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Lodge Administration
December 2025: New Programs Coming to Lodges and Halls
- New Programs Coming to Lodges and Halls
- New Tax Service Provider
- Transition to iMember Accounting
- Centralized Dues Billing and Automatic Dues Payments
- Property Insurance Captive Program to Benefit Halls
- Free Hall Assessments Coming Soon
- For your Trestleboard, December Officers' Checklist, Question of the Month
Past Issues
Lodge Culture
April 2020: Uncertain Times Strengthen Our Obligation
- Uncertain Times Strengthen Our Obligation
- Tips for Hosting a Virtual Meetup for Lodges
- Meeting on the Level, Virtually
- Your April checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Events
March 2020: Public Schools Month
- This Public Schools Month, No Effort Is Too Small
- Get Schooled: Public Schools Month Fundraising 101
- Your March checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
February 2020: Youth Orders
- The Secret Ingredient to an Active Lodge? Youth Orders.
- Tips for Working with Youth Orders
- Your February checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Finances
January 2020: Getting Ahead of Hall Taxes
- New Officers, Same Problem: Getting Ahead of Hall Taxes
- Lodge Financial Health Check-up
- Your January checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Finances
December 2019: Managing Your Hall Association
- Death and Taxes: A Primer on Managing Your Hall Association
- Tips for Maintaining the Hall’s Financial Health
- Your December checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Administration
November 2019: Expecting to Be Master
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Be Master
- Putting It Into Practice
- Your November checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
October 2019: Annual Communication
- AnnComm For Dummies: A Primer on the Biggest Masonic Weekend of the Year
- The Super-Simple AnnComm FAQ
- Your October checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Culture
September 2019: How Unique Culture Defines a Lodge
- Sea Shanties and Rum Punch: How Unique Culture Defines a Lodge
- Tips for Crafting Your Lodge Culture
- Your September checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Publicity
August 2019: How One Lodge Turned its Public Event into Front-Page News
- How One Lodge Turned its Public Event into Front-Page News
- How to Win Friends and Influence the Media
- Your August checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Lodge Administration
July 2019: Bringing Absent Masons Back to Lodge
- Fighting Membership Drift and Bringing Absent Masons Back to Lodge
- Tips for Reaching out to Absentee Members
- Your July checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Events
June 2019: Opening Your Lodge’s Doors
- The First Step to Opening Your Lodge's Doors
- Cheat Sheet: Event Planning 101
- Your June checklist
- For your Trestleboard
- Find it on freemason.org
- Question of the month
Best
Practices
- Using On The Level to Attract potential new members
- Using technology to keep members connected
- Supporting our youth
- Performing outstanding ritual
- Supporting public education
- Serving out communities
- Remembering our sweethearts
- Focusing on fellowship
- Masonic education
- The masonic center as a community resource