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2 From the Regional Managers Desk Greetings Brother s & Co-Workers, Wow!! This winter just keeps on going. Here we are entering March and spring is supposed to be just around the corner. We are all hoping that it gets here sooner than later. March can be a nasty weather month and I m sure we ve all had enough of old man winter messing with us for the past few months. There are a lot of things going on over the next couple of months as we enter the final 2 months of our year. There is a lottery raffle that Hugh Sheridan has put together to help the MA/RI Association raise some much needed funds to help pay for conventions and conferences and other association obligations. A challenge has been put out to Mike Tolson that if all lodges sold their tickets by March 1 st Woburn would donate a book of $10 tickets. Today is March 1 st and something tells me some lodges haven t done their part to help. We also have the Tri Association Midyear Conference just around the corner in Framingham MA Mar The Theme for the weekend is keeping with St Patrick s day on the 17 th. This should be a fun weekend where everyone can pretend to be Irish and have a great time with friends from around New England. As part of the weekend we will be discussing the proposed General Law changes. The proposed changes to the General Laws have been sent to all our lodges and are on the General Governor s web page on the Mooseintl.org website. The changes are much less controversial than the last batch. Please make sure you come to the Mid Year Conference in Framingham for the open forum discussion that will be held there. We need your opinion about the changes. Both good and bad. We will also be discussing the latest survey on why members choose not to renew their dues as well as offer many classes. Other events on the radar coming up fast are the Bring Mooseheart to New England Golf Tournament to be hosted by the Chicopee Falls lodge on May 24, This will be a great time as we are moving it to the spring this year. I m sure every golfer will be looking forward to this event and Chicopee will do an awesome job hosting it. More information will be available at the Midyear and will be sent to all lodges once everything is finalized. We are always looking for new ideas to raise funds for what we have to do. If you have any suggestions please let us know. Your ideas do make a difference in how we do business. As we continue to bring in new members to our lodges it is important that we inform them about what Moose is and what it does for children and seniors in our care. We are an organization that cares about helping others and that is what we should be promoting to new members. Not just our bars and cheap drinks. Those are not reasons why we exist. Please keep that in mind when you talk to your friends and family members as you tell them about the Moose. We have been doing good things to help others for over 100 years and that in itself is something to be really proud of. We ve made a difference in thousands of lives and that is more important than all the cheap drinks and food in the world. One thing that many of our members have been asking is why Moose doesn t have a national advertising campaign. The answer is quite simple. All lodges aren t created equal and not every lodge holds to a high standard. Over the next year we will be working with our lodges to bring them all up to speed to where we would be proud to bring our mothers or children in our lodge s and not have to worry about the foul language and poor behavior in our lodges. This will be a huge undertaking. But one we need to meet head on in order to be ready for when that national advertising campaign comes along. We must do out part to make sure our lodges are fun, friendly, and a safe place for our members to go and enjoy what our lodges have to offer. Sincerely & Fraternally Scotty Fiske New England Regional Manager Fraternalism + Teamwork + Volunteerism = FUN Cell:

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8 Moose Dates from MA/RI State Moose Association 3/1 6:00pm District 4 Winter Bash / Plymouth 3/7, 8, 9 MA/RI State Dart Tournament / Yarmouth 3/12 Money Due to Yarmouth for State Raffle (Books of Scratch Tickets) 3/13-16 Tri-Association Convention / Framingham 3/16 State Raffle (Books of Scratch Tickets) to be Drawn 4/1 Lodge Safety Reports due to Moose International from all Lodges 4/6 1:30pm District 5 Meeting in Chicopee 4/11 8:00pm District 2 Meeting / North Reading 4/12 1:00pm eboard State meeting 2:00pm Meeting / Yarmouth 4/12 State President's Dinner Dance / Yarmouth 4/13 District 4 Meeting / Yarmouth 4/13 11:00am Legion Celebration / Yarmouth 4/19 (tentative) State Pool Tournament / Woburn 4/27 11:00am District 1 Meeting / Braintree 5/3 MA/RI State Bowling Tournament / Malden 5/4 1:30pm District 5 Meeting in Greenfield 5/9 8:00pm District 2 Meeting / Revere 5/10 1:00pm eboard State meeting 2:00pm Meeting / Plymouth 5/10 11:00am District 4 Meeting / Plymouth 5/10 State Dinner Dance / Plymouth 5/17 Chicopee WOTM 50th Anniversary Celebration / Chicopee 5/ Bring Mooseheart to New England Golf Tournament / Chicopee

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16 Coming up at North Reading Lodge 1511 (140 North Street, North Reading, MA): March 1 st Saturday Red Cross Blood Drive March 1 st Saturday 7 PM Meet the Medium March 29 th Saturday Foxwoods - Leaving at 8 AM and returning at 7 PM. $20.00 Donation. First Come First Served!! Martinis & Oldies Nite - Join us on the fourth Tuesday of every month starting at 6:30PM. Ongoing events - Food Pantry Collection, - Eye Glasses donations for the Lions Club, Can Tab Collection for the Shriners -Label and Box Top donations to benefit Mooseheart, Book Swap - Take a book, leave a book.

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18 DISTRICT 1 MEETING DATES 2014 MARCH 23 RD NO MEETING- MID YEAR CONVENTION APRIL 27 TH BRAINTREE LODGE 413 MAY 18 TH DEDHAM LODGE 189 JUNE 29 TH MARLBORO LODGE 1129 JULY 27 TH WOBURN LODGE 1214 ( CAUCUS ONLY ) ALL MEETINGS START AT 11 AM BO GIORDANO DISTRICT 1 PRESIDENT MA/RI MOOSE ASSN.

19 District 2 Meeting Schedule All meetings start at 8:00 PM sharp! March - Tri State Convention/Framingham Apr 11 th - North Reading May 9 th - Revere June 13 th - Malden July 11 th - Salem August - MA/RI State Convention

20 DISTRICT 4 MEETING DATES: YARMOUTH 4/13 PLYMOUTH 5/10 YARMOUTH 6/29 TBD 7/13 EVENT DATES: PLYMOUTH WINTER BASH DISTRICT FUND RAISER 3/1/2014

21 DISTRICT 5 CALENDAR Meeting Date's & Time 1:30 pm March 2014 Tri / State Convention April 6, 2014 Chicopee 1st Sunday May 4, 2014 Greenfield 1st Sunday June 8, 2014 Westfield July 13, 2014 Chicopee