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Name:
Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International
Object: The
object of this Order shall be the promotion of charity, good
fellowship and acts of benevolence among its members.
Governing Body:
Made up of the state and provincial Ponds known as Grand Nest, its
officers to be elected annually by delegates from the Ponds.
Members of Ponds shall be known as Ganders.
Officers of Grand
Nest: Most Loyal Grand Gander
Grand Supervisor of
the Flock
Grand Custodian of
the Ganders
Grand Guardian of
the Nest
Grand Keeper of the
Gold Goose Egg
Grand Wielder of the
Goose Quill
Delegates: Not
to exceed 2 delegates from each Pond
Fiscal Year:
Grand Nest shall begin July 1st of each year and end June 30th the
succeeding year
Grand Nest Annual
Meeting: Usually mid August but may vary depending on
sponsoring association planning. Majority of the time
the convention will begin Sunday afternoon and end Wednesday night
with a gala ball. This is a family convention with children of
all ages welcome. The events are well planned to give moms and
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Officers: An
Executive search committee seeks out candidates to fill the vacancy(ies). They are presented to the Pond and elected by
majority vote. Candidates may come from the new member ranks
or seasoned vets. They shall hold office for one year at each
position or until their successors are found and consist of:
Most Loyal Gander (MLG), Supervisor of the Flock (SOF), Custodian of
the Goslings (COG), Guardian of the Pond (GOP), Keeper of the Golden
Goose Egg (KGGE), Wielder of the Goose Quill (WGQ), Permanent
Wielder (PW).
Click here for the current year's executive.
A past or Present
Grand Nest Officer (our Pond has two such individuals), or present
Most Loyal Gander, shall install officers - Elect at the same
meeting at which they are elected.
Meetings:
Meetings of Ponds may be held at any time on call of the Most Loyal
Gander or his/her successor. The Nova Scotia Pond typically
meets every month from October to May, at a
location chosen by the MLG.
Fiscal Year:
Shall begin on July 1st and end on June 30th of each year.
Delegates: A
maximum of two delegates represent the Pond at the Grand Nest
Convention. The Pond supports the delegates with funding.
First refusal to be a delegate falls to the Most Loyal gander
and then to the executive members after that. If there still is no
delegate(s) it will fall to PMLG's, and then to the members at large in good standing.
Elections:
Ballot box method or, on occasion, raised hands. Candidates
receiving a majority vote shall be declared elected. Voting
tends to be more ceremonial than official.
Quorum: Ten
Ganders of a Pond shall constitute a quorum.
Vacancies:
Offices of the Pond shall be filled by ballot at any regular or
called meeting, and a majority of the votes cast shall elect.
Executive:
Committee is empowered in the intervals between meetings, to
transact routine business needing immediate attention. It
consists of the MLG, SOF and WGQ.
Membership: Is
the only standing committee and consists of 3 Ganders appointed by
the MLG. The criteria for membership are laid out in the
Order's Constitution.
Dues: The Nova
Scotia Pond charges an annual fee of $50, $20 of that goes to Grand
Nest and the remainder is used to help fund pond activities. |
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Most Loyal Gander (MLG)
- Duties shall be; to call the flock together and direct its
meanderings; to supervise the conferring of the degree; to deliver
the secret work of the Pond; to maintain a dignity and decorum; to
have the general supervision and management of the offices of the
Pond; to promote the increase of its membership, and to execute
vouchers authorizing disbursement by the KGGE.
Supervisor of the
Flock (SOF) - Duties shall be: to preside in the absence of the MLG;
to assist in preserving order; to order the admittance of all
Ganders entitled to enter during the session upon the satisfactory
report of the Guardian of the Pond, and to assist in the conferring
of the degree.
Custodian of the
Goslings (COG) - Duties shall be; to welcome and introduce visiting
Ganders; to receive innocent and unsuspecting Goslings and to
accompany and give them safe guidance at their first swim in the
Pond; to supervise all preparations for conferring the degree; to
take up the password upon the opening of the Pond and satisfy
him/her/self that all present are Ganders, then he/she will report
to the SOF; to have custody of the insignia and paraphernalia of the
Pond, and to be responsible for its safekeeping and presence when
required for use.
Guardian of the Pond
(GOP) - Duties shall be; to receive the password from all Ganders
desiring to enter therein while a meeting is in session. If
found correct, to admit them on order of the SOF.
Keeper of the Golden
Goose Egg (KGGE) - Duties shall be; to receive all funds paid over
to him/her by the WGQ, giving proper receipts and disbursements of
the Pond and to pay out such sums as may be called for by voucher by
the WGQ, the signed by the MLG.
Wielder of the Goose
Quill (WGQ) - Duties shall be; to keep a proper record of all
proceedings of the Pond; to receive and present applications from
strange goslings seeking entrance, and such other communications as
may be presented; to maintain a complete membership list; to collect
and transmit to the KGGE all funds, to countersign vouchers executed
by the MLG covering disbursements by the KGGE, and to make all
required report to the GWGQ.
Guards - Duties to
prepare and present strange goslings for their first swim in the
Pond, and to assist the COG in conferring the degree. |
