{"id":99503,"date":"2026-06-08T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99503"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:53:17","slug":"masters-memo-november-2017-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99503","title":{"rendered":"President’s Perspective – June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sherry Harriman<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>
Maine State Grange Master\/President<\/em><\/strong>
207 490-1029<\/p>\n\n\n

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THANK YOU to Manchester Grange once again for allowing us to use your hall for our annual fundraising yard sale event. Thank you to all the folks who came to support us, and\/or helped. We appreciate your participation, efforts, donations, and hard work. We had a wonderful day, and the weather cooperated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELECTIONS<\/strong>\u00a0are at hand; June is the time for electing officers.<\/span> Our State By-Laws require every Grange to have full elections every year and yes, we use paper ballots for each officer with names being presented for each, one officer at a time prior to the ballot. Please consider the officers\/leaders of your Grange, are you ready for a change, what is best for your Grange, are there others who would make good officers, are you helping others learn the different duties of the offices, or are you pushing too hard?\u00a0 Some offices are more involved than others. Some committees are more involved than others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the election, the reelected or newly elected Master\/President shall appoint\/select the Committee Chairs and committee members for their Grange. This should be done right away; there is no need to wait for the installation of officers to get your committees set up. Some of the most common Committees in our Granges are: Legislative-Agriculture; Women\u2019s Activities; Youth; Junior; Community Service; Family, Health & Hearing; Membership and Others. Committee terms begin upon installation of officers. Other Committees may be named as needed that may be specific to your Grange. Special Committees are established as needed for a special event or activity. Please tell your Secretary who the chairman will be, so they can report the roster information to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROSTER<\/strong> INFORMATION<\/strong> is to be sent to the State Grange office as soon as possible after your elections are completed. Grange Secretaries will receive the 2027 Roster forms next week. Please fill them out legibly and return them to the office as soon as possible. If you want to type the information out separately and mail or email it to us, that would be fine also.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will be looking for the following information to be provided to us for each Grange:\u00a0 Grange Name and Number; Street Address and Town of Grange Hall; Meeting Day(s) and Time; Supper or Refreshments and Time.\u00a0 (Maine State Grange By-Laws:\u00a0 ARTICLE XXII \u2013 MEETINGS\u00a0 Section 1.\u00a0 The Bylaws of each Subordinate Grange should definitely fix the day and hour of all regular meetings.)\u00a0 <\/em>Plus the following information for Officers and chairmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n