ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GRAND CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF WASHINGTON For Year Starting January 1, 2014 AD And Ending December 31, 2014 AD Chapter No. RAM THE STATED CONVOCATIONS OF THIS CHAPTER Are Held At: Address: ;, STREET CITY STATE ZIP When Held: Excluding: Time: THIS REPORT IS DUE JANUARY 1, 2015 IT MUST BE MAILED TO THE GRAND SECRETARY NOT LATER THAN MARCH 1, 2015 The return must be in hard copy under Chapter Seal and signed by BOTH the High Priest and Secretary with full payment due enclosed. If any requested information is not provided this Form will be returned to you as incomplete! By law each Chapter is required to submit FORM 990-N (e-postcard) to the IRS every year. A receipt of filing said form 990-N for the Chapter Fiscal Year Ending in 2014 must be attached to this report. ****************************************************************************************** We certify possession of Grand Chapter Essentials Serial # ( ) and Serial # ( ). We certify that this document is a true and correct return required to be reported to the Grand Chapter for the year ending December 31, 2014. CHAPTER SECRETARY Date: mm/dd/yyyy CHAPTER HIGH PRIEST Date: mm/dd/yyyy CHAPTER SEAL ***************************************************************************** ATTENTION: IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS Members & Candidates Elected 2014 - FULL NAME IS REQUIRED NO INITIALS - If No Middle Name Write (NMN) NO EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED! Type All Entries In This Report, if possible - otherwise print legibly with blue or black ink. Write NONE in sections for which you have nothing to report. NOTE: if you are typing the report - use the TAB KEY to Advance to Next Field or Position Mouse Pointer in the Field where you want to enter data. NOTE: DO NOT TYPE BEYOND THE MARKED ENTRY LINE(S)! (The added data may display on your computer screen BUT IT WILL NOT PRINT.) Page 1
CHAPTER OFFICERS: Highest RA Title - Last Name, First Name {Middle Name [If None Write (NMN)]} High Priest: Phone: King: Phone: Scribe: Phone: Treasurer: Phone: Secretary: Phone: Chaplain: Phone: Captain of Host: Phone: Principal Sojourner: Phone: Royal Arch Captain: Phone: Master of 3 rd Veil: Phone: Master of 2 nd Veil: Phone: Master of 1 st Veil: Phone: Sentinel: Phone: Musician: Phone: ;,. Page 2 :
GRAND CHAPTER FEES, DUES, AND ASSESSMENTS 1. Total # Exalted Members End December 31, 2014 (Line M Page 4): # 2. Number of Indigent Members (From Page 6): # 3. Number of 50 Year Members (From Page 6): # 4. Add Numbers # on Lines 2 & 3: # 5. Subtract Number # on line 4 from Number # on Line 1: # 6. PER CAPITA TAX (Multiply $9 by Number # on Line 5) {Minimum $25} $ 7. NEWLY ELECTED FEE (Multiply $5 by Number # on Line (N)-Page 4): $ 8. NEWLY CONFERRED DEGREES FEE (Multiply $2 by Number # on Line (O)-Page 4): $ 9. GRAND MASTER S RECEPTION ASSESSMENT: $ _3_ 10. Members with Life Membership in RAMCHF (From Count on Pages 11-16): # 11. Subtract Number # on Line 10 from Number # on Line 5 {Enter 0 If Negative #}: # 12. RAMCHF ASSESSMENT (Multiply $1 by the Number # on Line 11): $ 13. SEMI TOTAL (Add Amounts on Lines 6, 7, 8, 9, 12): $ 14. LATE FILING FEE ($5 Per Day - If Return Mailed Later Than March 1, 2014): $ 15. LIST AMOUNT DUE From Previous Years {Explain This On Remarks Pages 8 & 9}: $ 16. LIST CREDIT DUE From Previous Years {Explain This On Remarks Pages 8 & 9}: $ 17. Total Due Grand Chapter With This Return: $ (ADD Values Lines 13, 14, 15) & (SUBTRACT Value Line 16) {Enter 0 if Result Less Than Zero} 18. CREDIT DUE: $ {Enter 0 or (Absolute Value of Line 17 Calculation - if Less Than Zero)} Page 3
CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP CALCULATIONS (A). Total Number Exalted Members End December 31, 2013: # (Exalted Members As Reported on Last Annual Return DO NOT CHANGE)! Exalted Members GAIN (January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014) (B). Number PLURAL Members ELECTED (From Page 5): (C). Number AFFILIATED Members ELECTED (From page 5): (D). Number REINSTATED Members ELECTED From page 5): (E). Number EXALTED To The Holy Royal Arch (From page 6 CANDIDATES): # # # # (F). Number Exalted Members GAINED OTHERWISE (List Names & Explain - Remarks Pages 8-9):# (G). Total Number Exalted Members GAIN {Add # on lines B, C, D, E, F}: # Exalted Members LOSS (January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014) (H). Number DEMITTED (From page 7): (I). Number who DIED.(From page 7): (J). Number DROPPED NPD (From page 7): (K). Number Exalted Members LOST OTHERWISE (List Names & Explain - Remarks Pages 8-9): # # # # (L). Total Number Exalted Members LOSS {Add # on lines H, I, J, K}: # (M). Total Number Exalted Members End December 31, 2014: # {(To Total # Line (A) (ADD Total # GAIN Line G) & (SUBTRACT Total # LOSS Line L)} NOTE: Total # Line (M) must be the same as Running Total of Exalted Members listed on Pages 11-15) (N). Total Number Of MEMBERS & CANDIDATES ELECTED IN 2014 (From Pages 5-6): (INCLUDE All Newly Elected Candidates and Plural, Affiliated, and Reinstated Members.) # (O). Total Number Of DEGREES CONFERRED IN 2014 (From Page 6): # Page 4
For Plural, Affiliated, Reinstated Members and Candidates Elected In 2014 Use Remarks Section On Page 8-9 To Enter: Mail Address (& Home Address if different), Phone Number, Email Address, Wife Name, Lodge Name, Number & State. This Return will be sent back to you for completion if not done! PLURAL MEMBERS ELECTED IN 2014 Companion Is A Member Of And Not Demitting From Another WASHINGTON Chapter. Grand Secretary Must Verify That He Is In Good Standing With Other Chapter. (See Code Section 168) BIRTH ELECTED FROM FULL NAME REQUIRED DATE DATE WASHINGTON CHAPTER (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yy (Name # ) 1. 2. 3. 4. COMPANIONS ELECTED TO AFFILIATION IN 2014 Companions With Demit Or Unaffiliated Over 25 Months Or Out Of State Companions Not Demitting From Foreign Chapter. Grand Secretary Must Verify Demit Or Verify He Is In Good Standing. {See Code Section 267 & Appendix A - (LL)} BIRTH ELECTED FROM CHAPTER FULL NAME REQUIRED DATE DATE (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yy (Name # & State) 1. 2. 3. 4. ELECTED TO REINSTATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP In 2014 Report here only those former members who are now unaffiliated and PETITION for reinstatement. It being over 25 months since membership was terminated. {See Code Section 267 & Appendix A - (LL)} Report Other Reinstatements as Number GAINED OTHERWISE Line F Page 4. (Explain on Page 8-9) BIRTH ELECTED FROM CHAPTER FULL NAME REQUIRED DATE DATE (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yy (Name # & State) 1. 2. 3. Page5
CANDIDATES ELECTED OR RECEIVING DEGREES In 2014 BIRTH ELECTED MARK PAST MOST EX ROYAL FULL NAME REQUIRED DATE DATE MASTER MASTER MASTER ARCH (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yy mm/dd/yy mm/dd/yy mm/dd/yy mm/dd/yy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. FIFTY YEAR MEMBERS ON ROLL (NO FEES OR ASSESSMENTS DUE ON THIS LISTING See Code SECTION 62 Subsection 4) NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name DATE EXALTED (mm/dd/yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. INDIGENT MEMBERS ON ROLL (NO FEES OR ASSESSMENTS DUE ON THIS LISTING See Code SECTION 62 Subsection 4) (THIS STATUS MUST BE VOTED ANNUALLY - See Code SECTION 300) NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name DATE APPROVED By Chapter (mm/dd/yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Page 6
DEATHS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) DATE OF DEATH (mm/dd//yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. DEMITTED SINCE LAST REPORT (The Demit is to be Granted and Recorded on the day it was read in Chapter see Code Sections 200 & 201) NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) DATE OF DEMIT (mm/dd/yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. DROPPED FOR NPD SINCE LAST REPORT (NPD is to be referenced on the date it was read in Chapter see Code Sections 259 & 260) NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) DATE READ In Chapter (mm/dd/yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. DROPPED IN LODGE FOR ANY REASON SINCE LAST REPORT NAME (LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name) DATE REPORTED (mm/dd/yyyy) 1. 2. 3. 4. Page 7
REMARKS AND EXPLANATIONS PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: (CONTINUE REMARKS ON NEXT PAGE IF NEEDED) Page 8
REMARKS AND EXPLANATIONS Continued From Page 8 PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: PAGE REF: NAME: Phone: Cell: Birth Date: Wife s Name: Lodge Name, #, State: Remarks: (IF NEED TO CONTINUE REMARKS TYPE OR WRITE THEM BY HAND AND APPEND TO THIS REPORT.) Page 9
SECTIONS OF THE GRAND CHAPTER CODE PERTINENT TO THIS REPORT SECTION 62 Subsection 3. For each degree conferred by a chapter, the fee shall be two dollars. One dollar shall be deposited in the Grand Chapter Endowment Fund. SECTION 62 Subsection 4. From each chartered chapter an annual fee of eight dollars plus the General Grand Chapter per Capita Tax for each Royal Arch Mason on the rolls at the date of the annual return, as per capita tax. Further, using the same criteria, the additional sum of one dollar shall be collected from the membership of each chapter as a contribution to the Royal Arch Masons Children s Heart Foundation, except those who have purchased a Life Membership in the Foundation. No chapter shall pay such contributions or per capita tax on any of its members who are qualified members of the Masonic Retirement Center or who are carried on its rolls as indigent. Likewise, all fifty year members are exempt from these charges. All fees and assessments levied on this Grand Chapter by the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International shall be paid with the annual return of the Grand Chapter. SECTION 62 Subsection 4.a An additional fee of three dollars shall be paid to the Grand Chapter annually for our participation in the yearly reception for the Grand Master of Masons of Washington. The time and place of that reception will be determined by the Grand High Priest. SECTION 65. No chapter shall pay less than $25.00 per capita tax. SECTION 89. All amendments to this Constitution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon their adoption. SEC. 132. No chapter within this Grand jurisdiction shall confer the degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master and Royal Arch Mason on any person for a sum less than $40.00. No petitions shall be received and referred unless accompanied by the fee for the Mark Master Degree. Additionally, the minimum fee for degrees is established in the chapter bylaws. Each chapter shall be required to pay five dollars of each petition to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns after a favorable ballot is attained on his petition. The Grand Secretary will deposit this surcharge in the Grand Chapter Endowment Fund. SECTION 168. A Royal Arch Mason may hold concurrent membership in as many chapters in this jurisdiction as he desires. However, he shall not hold the office of High Priest or exercise High Priests power in more than one chapter at a time. If one is expelled or suspended from any chapter it shall apply to all chapters. A Plural member who is dropped for non-payment of dues in one chapter loses membership in all chapters. The Grand Secretary must certify in writing the standing of all companions who apply for Plural Membership in a chapter before any petition may be voted on. SECTION 200. All Demit applications shall be made in writing or orally at a stated convocation. They shall be read in open chapter. The High Priest will grant the Demit on the date it was presented to the Chapter if all dues are current and there are no charges against the petitioner. SECTION 201. The secretary shall record the date of receipt of all demits. The companion shall be made a member of the chapter from the date of his election to membership. SECTION 215. Petitions for affiliation will be accompanied by the necessary fees and dues. It shall be signed by the petitioner and contain his full name, occupation, when and where born, name and number of his lodge, and name, number and location of his chapter accompanied by a demit or Certificate of Good Standing. He shall be recommended by two chapter members. No further investigation of a Master Mason is required. The chapter may then have a closed ballot on the proposal. SECTION 216: Royal Arch Masons with dementia may not petition for affiliation. SECTION 259: a mentally incompetent companion may not be dropped from chapter rolls. SECTION 260. Any member who is in arrears to his chapter shall be dropped from the rolls if he owes two year's dues including the current year. Reference date for such action shall be at the close of the stated Convocation for the annual election of officers. He is then indebted to his Chapter for one year s dues and, if not paid on or before the close of December 31st following or if his Chapter does not vote to remit his dues, he will then cease to be a member of said Chapter and his name shall be dropped from the rolls SECTION 267. Any companion ceases to be a member of a chapter when his membership lapses and he is considered an unaffiliated Royal Arch Mason without demit. His membership may be restored by paying all dues or by having such dues remitted within 25 months after being dropped. He must notify the chapter in writing or orally in open chapter of his desire to resume membership. He must submit a petition for affiliation to any chapter in this jurisdiction if the 25 months has passed. SECTION 286. Every chartered chapter within the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter shall complete and forward to the Grand Secretary annually, on forms furnished by the Grand Secretary, a statement of all work completed from the first day of January to the last day of December. The report shall include: number of exaltations, affiliations, reinstatements, demits, suspensions, expulsions, 50-year members, plural members, deaths, non-affiliations in Lodge, suspensions for non-payment of dues, and Royal Arch Masons Children's Heart Foundation Life Members. SECTION 287. The annual report shall be completed and forwarded with the Grand Chapter per capita tax to the Grand Secretary not later than the first day of March yearly. Each Chapter shall be fined five dollars per day for reports submitted after the first day of March. Any or all chapter representatives who do not submit their annual report may be debarred from all privileges of the Grand Chapter. Furthermore, a chapter s charter may be forfeited by vote of the Grand Chapter. SECTION 288. The annual returns of the chapter must be signed by the newly elected and installed High Priest and Secretary. SECTION 300. The term indigent applies only to such companions who are financially unable to pay their dues. Their status shall be determined by a committee appointed by the High Priest of the members chapter. The committee shall file a written report with the secretary. No companion shall be continued as indigent from year to year unless his status is verified annually by a committee appointed by the High Priest for that purpose. APPENDIX A (Grand High Priest Edicts, Rulings and Decisions) SECTION LL: A chapter shall not be liable for Grand Chapter per capita tax on any suspended or dropped member. A suspended or dropped Royal Arch Mason is not liable for chapter dues during his period of suspension. (Grand Secretary s Note: The two years dues owed prior to his suspension must be paid to his former Chapter before he can be Reinstated or receive a Certificate of Good Standing. NOTE: This Report Requires Listing All EXALTED CHAPTER MEMBERS as of End December 31, 2014 This list will not be needed for subsequent Annual Reports IT IS A ONE TIME REQUIREMENT! Sincerely and Fraternally REC Robert W. Benish, Grand Chapter Secretary Page 10
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 IMPORTANT: FULL NAME Is Preferred - If No Middle Name Or Initial Write (NMN) BIRTH DATE IS REQUIRED INCLUDE: Plural, Affiliated, Reinstated, Exalted Members NEWLY REPORTED On Pages 5-6 & Those Otherwise Gained. In The TITLE FIELD State The Companions HIGHEST PERMANENT ROYAL ARCH TITLE! IDENTIFY All Having Life Membership In The YRLMMF At Y# By Increasing It s Count By 1 IDENTIFY Plural Members and/or Life Members of RAMCHF At P# or H# By Increasing Their Count By 1 IMPORTANT: List As A Member! But Count As PLURAL Only Those Who CAME FROM Another In-State Chapter. RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 1. Y# P# H# 2. Y# P# H# 3. Y# P# H# 4. Y# P# H# 5. Y# P# H# 6. Y# P# H# 7. Y# P# H# 8. Y# P# H# 9. Y# P# H# 10. Y# P# H# 11. Y# P# H# 12. Y# P# H# 13. Y# P# H# 14. Y# P# H# 15. Y# P# H# 16. Y# P# H# 17. Y# P# H# 18. Y# P# H# 19. Y# P# H# 20. Y# P# H# 21. Y# P# H# 22. Y# P# H# 23. Y# P# H# Page 11
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 (Continued from page 11) RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 24. Y# P# H# 25. Y# P# H# 26. Y# P# H# 27. Y# P# H# 28. Y# P# H# 29. Y# P# H# 30. Y# P# H# 31. Y# P# H# 32. Y# P# H# 33. Y# P# H# 34. Y# P# H# 35. Y# P# H# 36. Y# P# H# 37. Y# P# H# 38. Y# P# H# 39. Y# P# H# 40. Y# P# H# 41. Y# P# H# 42. Y# P# H# 43. Y# P# H# 44. Y# P# H# 45. Y# P# H# 46. Y# P# H# 47. Y# P# H# 48. Y# P# H# Page 12
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 (Continued from page 12) RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 49. Y# P# H# 50. Y# P# H# 51. Y# P# H# 52. Y# P# H# 53. Y# P# H# 54. Y# P# H# 55. Y# P# H# 56. Y# P# H# 57. Y# P# H# 58. Y# P# H# 59. Y# P# H# 60. Y# P# H# 61. Y# P# H# 62. Y# P# H# 63. Y# P# H# 64. Y# P# H# 65 Y# P# H# 66 Y# P# H# 67. Y# P# H# 68. Y# P# H# 69. Y# P# H# 70. Y# P# H# 71. Y# P# H# 72. Y# P# H# Page 13
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 (Continued from page 13) RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 73. Y# P# H# 74. Y# P# H# 75. Y# P# H# 76. Y# P# H# 77. Y# P# H# 78. Y# P# H# 79. Y# P# H# 80. Y# P# H# 81. Y# P# H# 82. Y# P# H# 83. Y# P# H# 84. Y# P# H# 85. Y# P# H# 86. Y# P# H# 87. Y# P# H# 88. Y# P# H# 89 Y# P# H# 90. Y# P# H# 91. Y# P# H# 92. Y# P# H# 93. Y# P# H# 94. Y# P# H# 95. Y# P# H# 96. Y# P# H# Page 14
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 (Continued from page 14) RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 97. Y# P# H# 98. Y# P# H# 99. Y# P# H# 100. Y# P# H# 101. Y# P# H# 102. Y# P# H# 103. Y# P# H# 104. Y# P# H# 105. Y# P# H# 106. Y# P# H# 107. Y# P# H# 108. Y# P# H# 109. Y# P# H# 110. Y# P# H# 111. Y# P# H# 112. Y# P# H# 113 Y# P# H# 114 Y# P# H# 115 Y# P# H# 116. Y# P# H# 117. Y# P# H# 118. Y# P# H# 119. Y# P# H# 120. Y# P# H# Page 15
ALL EXALTED MEMBERS ON CHAPTER ROLL End December 31, 2014 (Continued from page 15) RA NAME (In Alphabetical Order) BIRTH DATE YRLMMF PLURAL RAMCHF TITLE LAST NAME, First Name Middle Name_ mm/dd/yyyy Y# Count P# Count H# Count 121. Y# P# H# 122. Y# P# H# 123. Y# P# H# 124. Y# P# H# 125. Y# P# H# 126. Y# P# H# 127. Y# P# H# 128. Y# P# H# 129. Y# P# H# 130. Y# P# H# 131. Y# P# H# 132. Y# P# H# 133. Y# P# H# 134. Y# P# H# 135. Y# P# H# 136. Y# P# H# 137. Y# P# H# 138. Y# P# H# 139. Y# P# H# 140. Y# P# H# 141. Y# P# H# 142. Y# P# H# 143. Y# P# H# 144. Y# P# H# Page 16