Nomination and Election of Officers for 2018/19

The nominations and election for the 2018/19 year will be held at the regular meetings in February. Nominations will be made at the February 6th meeting. If only one person is nominated for each office on February 6th, then at that time, nominations will be closed. The election will take place at the second meeting in February, the 20th, as a group. If more than one person is nominated for a particular office than that office will be voted on separately.

If no nomination for a particular office is made at the February 6th meeting, or if all candidates previously nominated for a particular office decline or withdraw, nominations for that office may be made at the 2nd meeting in February immediately preceding the election.
 
If you're interested in serving in an elected or appointed position, we'd like to hear from you. Just contact June Maher, Jack Houlihan, Les Owen, Paul Diaz, Tex McClurken, Donna Knerr, Craig Waskow or Dennis Ryan by January 17th.  You may send an email to any of the above PERs via our website at the Lodge Officers or Committees pages.

We'll be holding a meeting for interested members on January 21st at 1:30 pm at the Lodge to answer questions, to ask questions and to explain what serving in a position means; and the benefits to you and the Lodge.

All inquiries and interest are greatly appreciated. Submitted by Paul Diaz, Exalted Ruler.
 

New candidates to be voted on at January 16th meeting

The following candidates will be voted on for membership at the regular Lodge meeting on January 16th:

• Rick Clevinger proposed by Robbie Friedman
• Louise Klier proposed by Pat Diaz
• Susan Murray proposed by Sam Pollizi
• Margaret Westenberger proposed by Nancy Seeley
• Frank Rupienetti proposed by Robert Deniger

On January 24th there will be an Orientation held at 5:00 pm and immediately following we will hold an Initiation of new members.  All members are invited to attend a help welcome new members into our Lodge. Submitted by Lodge Secretary, Jack "Tex" McClurken.
 

Queen of Hearts Raffle

Buy your raffle tickets from the Bartenders. They are $1 a chance, $5 for 6 and $20 for 25. For those members that cannot come to the Lodge each week, we are offering a subscription for multiple weeks. If a raffle ends with the Queen of Hearts being picked, subscriptions will continue with the next raffle. Click here to access the Subscription Form.

The Rules of the Game are published on our website at qofh.veroelks.com and in the Lounge right below of Queen of Hearts game board. We've developed a Frequently Asked Question and Answer set that is available now in a trifold brochure format.

This raffle has the potential to be a huge money-maker for our charities, but we need your support to make it happen. Come to the Lodge and buy your tickets or start a subscription.
 

 

 Books for needy children

 

El Schneider Raffle

El Schneider Raffle Tickets are now available for purchase or to sign out at the bar. We have also mailed two tickets to each member that they can sell to anybody: friends, neighbors, family members or even other people they might not like and make friends of them.

All this for a good cause, because not only can they win great prizes whether they are the buyer or the seller. That’s right, you can win two different ways and the Lodge is also a winner, because all the profits will benefit the Lodge and go to the El Schneider Memorial Fund. This is the ONLY fundraiser held to help the Lodge itself and will allow us to be able to maintain our building and property in the future.

I invite all members to visit our award winning website and read about El Schneider on our Frequently Asked Questions and Answers page. A trifold brochure with this same information was mailed to all members with their two tickets. Paul Diaz, Exalted Ruler.

Beginner Mah Jongg classes will start Monday, January 22 and continue for four weeks. Time is 2:00 to 4:30 pm at the Lodge. Cost is $50 for Elks members or their spouses or $70 for guests, plus $10 for the Mah Jongg card and a helper card. So far we have six sign-ups.

Contact instructor Melody Gabriel by January 15 if interested at melodygabriel@aol.com. The classes are limited to a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 16 students.