We have recieved a 90 day extension to our TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. The City and the city engineer request a copy of our SANITATION CERTIFICATION, if you will remember this is the first item completed in this long relocation process. When we certified the septic system is when we first verified that it would not be adequate to our needs and we then started the process of installing a lift station and tying into the county sewer system. I did not bring this to the City Council meeting, but I do have it and I will deliver it to the city clerk FIRST THING TOMMORROW MORNING. We have until August 18 to complete ALL PROJECTS, we will remain open and we will have a PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY well before that date.

I stated to the Council that we should have our final permit this Friday, I also stated that I have been saying "this friday" to our membership for over four months, I think that I may be right this time, if not we may go as a group and pick it up personally, I am not exaggerating, enough is enough, we have been too patient.

We will now start booking entertainment, karaoke, and other events, watch the calendar and weekly events here and get into the lodge for updates on the scheduled events.

UPDATE MAY 20TH 2010

We certified our system on June 10th 2009, Roofmaster upgraded and certified the system in 2006. The roofmaster cert. was on file at the County Health Dept. and that cert. was used for our permitting. I have delivered copies of both certificates to the City Engineer and City Hall.

Orange County has stamped our final permit, it is now on the desk of the FDOT engineer who has had our plans since January and our application since December 2009. If we do not have this plan approved by Monday May 24th we are going as a group to pick it up on Tuesday May 25th. Our Engineer agrees that this is a good idea, "the system" has milked our job out for far too long. If you are available Tuesday let me know.

UPDATE 4/27/10, SEE BELOW CONCERNING LODGE OFFICERS SCHOOL.


We have a lot of work to do that does not involve building improvements, if you have an aversion to hammers and paint brushes you may find a job here to your liking.

First here are some important dates.

4/13, LOOM Elections

4/15 thru 4/18, FBMA Mid year convention in Tampa

4/24, Fundraiser for Pine Castle at Kissimmee 2056

5/1 Lodge Officers School at Kissimmee (THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP TRAINING, MY MISTAKE)4/27/10

A Joint Installation Ceremony needs to be scheduled before the end of the month.

I am currently working on two major fundraisers and cannot effectively handle the Kissimmee event myself. We need one man and one woman to spearhead and coordinate with Kissimmee and several more people to assist. This matter is of greatest importance.

Lodge Officers School is open to all members and co-workers, attendance of elected officers is mandatory. (THIS IS NOT THE MANDATORY LEADERSHIP CLASS, I WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS I HAVE INFO ON OUR NEAREST CLASS)4/27/10

Our Lodge's only Pilgrim will be our Governor next year, why would he do this again? Dedication to the Lodge and Fraternity, plain and simple. If we blend the best practices of the past with the best practices of the present we will have the best business model to run our operations, plain and simple.

Dedication to the Lodge and Fraternity has earned many of us the titles of Moose Legionaire or Moose Fellow, that dedication should now be taken down and dusted off. In the process of building our new location we have been blessed with the opportunity to rebuild our Lodge, meaning ourselves. It is now the time for Moose Legionaires, Fellows, Past Governors, and any other past leaders to resume their roles of leadership and make sure this new lodge is pointed in the right direction from the start. Here is your first chance.
THE MOOSE LEGION MEETS WEDNESDAY APRIL 7TH AT 7:00 PM.

In the coming months we will be hosting a Moose Legion Celebration, and within the year the Florida Bermuda Moose Association Conference and Convention will return to Orlando. Having a pretty building will be nice to show off, having disorganized membership and fraternal programs would make all of our recent efforts nothing more than wasted time.

One building note,

It is time for landscaping. We can do this very inexpensively ourselves. We need 92 vibernum, 7 live oaks, 5 crepe myrtles and irrigation. Professional landscapers would love to charge $8,000.00 to $9,000.00 for this, we can do it for a fraction. I will be meeting with the city council in April and would like to have this complete beforehand.

Danny

UPDATED 3/4/10

The Summer Celebration scheduled for June will now be held at the Kissimmee Lodge, we will take the Fall Celebration scheduled for September. This is a win-win for the Lodge and Moose Legion 178.

Start planning NOW Pine Castle.

EDIT 3/4/10

We may be swapping dates once again. Cocoa Lodge is scheduled to host the Winter Celebration in December, we may take those dates and Cocoa will take September. I believe a decision will be made this weekend at the Orlando 766 Celebration, though nothing is certain yet.

This will give us more time to plan, and to also get our new Lodge Home working properly, I will get you updated here.

The District 9 bus trip is quickly turning into the "Pine Castle Bus". The ladies of Chapter 1917 are coordinating this and have purchased 25 of the 54 seats available. I do not know how many are still open, check with a WOTM Officer to get your ticket.