Click here to pay your dues at Moose International.

Click here for the online membership application

Nosotros are non a secret society but a private society. You must be invited and sponsored by a current fellow member in good standing to bring together the Loyal Order of Moose. Downers Grove Lodge 1535. Beginning years dues are $65 and application fee is $xx.

Only new or re-enrolled applicants for the Loyal Order of Moose or the Women of the Moose may be processed through the electronic application at this time. The Moose Legion awarding may be added at a future date, but is non available at present. Reinstatements may not be made electronically.

General Laws: Chapter 28 – Membership
Sec. 28.1 – Qualifications of Membership – Members of The Moose shall be a member of a Lodge.
To qualify for membership in a Lodge, an applicant must:

  1. Exist xx-one (21) years of age or older.
  2. Not be a fellow member of a terrorist group or recognized subversive organisation.
  3. Non be a registered sex offender or bedevilled felon, unless the conviction has been expunged, the conviction has been vacated by an unconditional pardon or a dispensation waiving this requirement has been obtained from the Primary Compliance Officeholder.
  4. Be of good moral character and capable of understanding the obligation of membership.
  5. Profess a belief in a Supreme Existence.
  6. Have not been expelled from any Club, unless a special dispensation has been granted in accord with the laws of the Gild.
  7. Not currently suspended from membership in any Lodge.
  8. Not having had an original application for membership rejected in any Lodge.
    Sec. 28.2 – Application for Lodge Membership – Each person applying for membership in a Club must be sponsored by another active member. An active fellow member of the Lodge to which the applicant is making application must too endorse the bidder. An applicant must properly complete and sign an official membership application on the form provided by Moose International, equally authorized by the Moose International, Inc. Board of Directors.
    Both the sponsor and endorser must sign the application. The completed application will be a role of the condition of membership betwixt the member and the Guild.
    The answers within the application shall exist warranties, and if whatsoever reply is materially false, incomplete or incorrect, information technology may cause forfeiture of all rights and privileges every bit a member of The Moose, unless a special impunity is granted by the Chief Compliance Officer (i.due east., prior felony conviction or registered sex offender). If any applicant is elected or enrolled into whatever Society in violation of this section, they shall be dropped from the rolls of the Club, subject field to the right of entreatment as ready out in Department 60.i. Convicted felons and registered sex offenders not receiving a special dispensation to retain their membership shall exist expelled.

Affiliate 32 – Transfers
Sec. 32.i – Issuance of a Request for Transfer – Requests for transfers will be completed by the Administrator of the receiving Lodge. The Administrator must receive a completed application and the transfer fee of $twenty.00. This amount will be deposited by the Administrator of the receiving Lodge. At that place shall exist no transfer fees for members transferring out of General Assembly into any Lodge. The transferring member's current Guild shall be notified and have 14 (xiv) agenda days to object to the transfer for the post-obit reasons:

  1. The fellow member'due south dues expired prior to the engagement of application for transfer.
  2. The fellow member has disciplinary charges awaiting.
  3. The member has fines, lawful obligations or other charges due to the Lodge.
    At the end of the fourteen (14) calendar days, if no objection has been expressed and the receiving Lodge'due south Application Review Commission has approved the applicant, the Lodge shall vote on the transfer at the next regular Lodge meeting. If plant favorable, the fellow member shall immediately become a member of the receiving Club. The Administrator shall notify the former Social club of the acceptance. The former Lodge will forward all membership records and pertinent documents and retain a copy for their files. The receiving Ambassador shall notify Moose International of the transfer to maintain the member'south original enrollment date.

During the 132nd Meeting of the Supreme Lodge, delegates voted favorably to pass a set of General Constabulary Amendments that would substantially create a new and unified Moose membership where all members, male and female, would take equal opportunities, rights and privileges within the Society. Near, 77% of the delegates voted in favor of moving to a unified Moose membership, easily surpassing the 67% majority necessary for adoption.

For a brief rundown, check out the FAQ below.

The changes are scheduled to go into result on May 1, 2021 and will touch on the membership in the post-obit ways:

For the Supreme Guild:

  • The "Supreme Lodge" and any references to "the Society" will now exist referred to equally "The Moose."
  • There will exist private championship changes for what was previously referred to as the "Supreme Council;" at present the Board of Directors. Women will be allowed to serve on the Board beginning May 1, 2021, however, no terminology change volition be necessary to brand this happen.
  • The Lath of Directors shall consist of non less than nine (ix) or more 13 (13) members, including the post-obit five (v) officers, who shall serve on the Moose International, Inc. Board of Directors during the terms of their respective offices: The Chief Executive Officer (Director General); the Junior By Chairman of the Board of Directors (Jr. By Supreme Governor); the Chairman of the Lath of Directors (Supreme Governor); the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (Supreme Jr. Governor); and a Managing director/Chaplain (Prelate).
  • "The Moose" shall be composed of Past Chairmen of the Board of Directors; members of the Moose International, Inc. Board of Directors; officers of The Moose; committeemen of The Moose; Past Club Presidents; Past Senior Regents (having received the honour prior to May 1, 2021); and representatives of the member Lodges. Each member shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and except as otherwise defined herein, the majority shall rule.
  • No changes at this time to the men's or women's higher degrees.

For Associations:

  • The ability to incorporate chapters into an Association is no longer applicative as this role is no longer needed in the "1 Moose" Gild structure. All Moose Lodges (too as the entirety of their membership) will automatically be members of their local Associations.

For the Lodge:

  • Women volition become members of the Lodge automatically on May one, 2021.  Women may become elected to the Board of Officers beginning May 1, 2022; however, qualified women may exist eligible or appointed to open up positions on the Board or to committees beginning May 1, 2021.
  • Private championship changes will occur for the guild officers, including "President" for Governor; "Vice President" for Inferior Governor; "Chaplain" for Prelate and "By Lodge President" for Past Order Governor.  Any fellow member, human being or woman, may serve in the new positions equally long as they are a member of either the Moose Legion or the newly structured Women of the Moose, or join within 60 days,
  • All previous honors volition transition seamlessly to the new integrated Moose. i.e. Any member receiving the honor of By Club Governor shall bask all the rights and privileges of whatever Past Lodge President of The Moose.
  • The revised Laws for Moose Social Quarters and Homes (Department Iv) eliminates the House Committee; those duties will at present be performed by the Lodge's Lath of Officers.
  • An Executive Session has been added to every Board of Officer'due south meeting, if necessary, to hash out confidential topics (i.e. personnel matters, legal matters, etc.), including issues previously handled past the House Committee.
  • The minimum proposed ante corporeality for the Society will exist $38, although Lodges accept the option to set college ante amounts.

For the Affiliate:

  • The Women of the Moose will be structured similarly equally the Moose Legion; as an affiliated unit of the new Moose lodge.
  • The WOTM will maintain all honors, charitable focus, lower ante and influence.
  • Capacity will retain their electric current avails, without turning monies over to the Lodge.
  • The minimum proposed dues amount for the chapter is $15, although Chapter ante are waived for the first three years of the transition to the One Moose lodge structure.
  • Stand up Alone Chapters will need to exist chartered every bit a new Moose Lodge although the current WOTM Chapter will all the same exist.
  • Similar to the Moose Legion, women have the option of joining the Lodge without having to join the Affiliate.
  1. What is the One Moose concept?
    With full support of the Loyal Social club of Moose Supreme Council and the Women of the Moose Grand Quango, nosotros take created a new and unified Moose membership. In this new "One Moose" Lodge, women and men have equal membership rights, privileges, opportunities and a vote in Lodge business and activities. All active Loyal Club of Moose and Women of the Moose members will get members in the new Moose Lodge, governed by a new ready of General Laws, on May 1, 2021.
  2. When was the General Police Amendment Vote taken and where tin I find the approved changes? The proposed Amendments were approved during the 132nd Virtual International Moose Convention on Friday, June 26, 2020 by 77% of the registered delegates. The General Laws Amendments are posted on http://www.mooseintl.org and will have effect on May 1, 2021.
  3. What will happen with the Higher Degrees (i.e. Moose Legion, Fellowship, Pilgrim, Academy of Friendship, Star Recorder and College of Regents)? Nosotros may accommodate requirement criteria for advancing to the Moose Legion, even so, for the Fellowship Caste and Pilgrim Degree there are no changes being recommended. Academy of Friendship, Star Recorder and College of Regents degree as well remain essentially the aforementioned, with the potential for modify as adamant by the Yard Council of the WOTM. To achieve or maintain a college degree membership volition be contingent upon maintaining current basic memberships in active condition. For the men that means both an active lodge and Moose Legion membership. For the women that means both an active order and affiliate membership.
  4. Why don't nosotros create a whole new Higher Degree structure? Our showtime priority was to unify the men and women into a new Moose membership. As nosotros begin to experience growth and success in carrying out our mission together as One Moose, with the assist of our members, we can definitely create new honors and recognition awards.
  5. Will the Lodge Board of Officers modify?
    Lodge Officer Titles volition modify, just the responsibilities and duties of the Board of Officers remains the same. For instance the Lodge Governor volition be retitled Social club President and the Club Inferior Governor will exist retitled Lodge Vice President.
    Quorums for meetings remain the aforementioned – 5 officers for Lodges with 9 Officers on the Board (3 Trustees) and a quorum of iv officers for Lodges receiving dispensation to operate with vii Officers on the Board (1 Trustee)
  1. Who can exist officers in the new One Moose Lodge?
    Beginning May ane, 2021 any vacant Lodge Officeholder positions tin can be filled by a qualified male or female fellow member through a Special Election during a Lodge Membership Meeting. All Guild Officers must exist an active member in a WOTM Chapter or Moose Legion. Whatever officeholder vacancy other than the Ambassador or President (Governor) on or after November 1st shall exist filled by engagement by the President. Again, whatever active fellow member of the WOTM Chapter or Moose Legion is eligible for appointment to a Lodge Function, but must meet the membership length of service requirement for that specific office (i.e. eligibility for Social club President requires 1 year of service in another Officer position).
  2. As a Lodge Administrator, what happens to my position on May ane, 2021?
    You will now comport the duties and responsibilities of Order Corporate Secretarial assistant (i.e. document and retain Lodge Meeting Minutes). Your term as Ambassador is defined in Sec. 36.1 of the Full general Laws every bit a term of satisfactory service determined by the Board of Officers and lodge, subject to approving by the General Governor. This remains true on May 1, 2021 and going frontwards.
  3. What reward is there for the Society now that the General Law Amendments were passed? Your Lodge automatically gains talented and capable leadership candidates by unifying with the women. Boards of Officers and Committee Chair positions should be filled in every Lodge. Lodge membership increases overnight (i.e. Princeton, IL Lodge No 1339 with 301 members unifies with Princeton, IL Chapter No 1973 with 192 members and on May ane, 2021 now has an active membership of 493 members). Continuing to employ Princeton, IL equally an example, going forwards, those 493 members (excludes Life Members) will all pay the $sixty annual dues fee, as will all new or re-enrolled members, male person and female, moving forward. Men and women will be working together to come across and exceed annual membership goals for the Lodge. This expands the Gild achieve and influence out into the community and secures the time to come for Mooseheart and Moosehaven.
  4. Equally a member of the Women of the Moose, on May 1, 2021 will I automatically become a member of my Social club? Aye, all members, both men and women will become members in the new "1 Moose" Lodge. All members (does non use to members holding a Life Membership in that Lodge) will pay the annual Lodge dues amount on their fellow member ceremony date/month. Y'all will also continue to remain a fellow member of your Chapter.
  5. As a woman and now a fellow member of the Lodge on May 1, 2021, what are my Gild and Chapter dues going to exist? For women not holding a Life Membership in a WOTM Chapter prior to May 1, 2021, your dues payment will at present be the almanac Lodge dues corporeality and exist payable on your membership anniversary appointment/calendar month. You can find your payment calendar month in the "Paid to" information in the lesser correct-paw corner of your current Moose membership menu. For all WOTM Chapter members not holding a Life Membership, your Chapter dues are being waived for three years (with paid Society membership). The iii years start following May 1, 2021 and are again based on the "Paid to" information on your membership card (i.eastward. Your "Paid to" date is 12/31/2021, and so your Chapter dues will need to be paid next by 12/31/2024). The WOTM Grand Quango has set the minimum Chapter dues to be $xv.00 effective with implementation of the "One Moose" society / May 1, 2021 Chapters may increase their dues amount any time following May 1, 2021 by following the WOTM Full general Laws.
  6. What affect does unifying our fraternity accept on Life Memberships?
    All WOTM Affiliate members holding a Life Membership on or before April xxx, 2021 will on and following May 1, 2021 continue as a Life Member in that same Chapter and be granted Life Membership in the new Ane Moose Lodge. To authorize for this 1-time conversion, all WOTM Life Membership payments must be postmarked by April 1, 2021 when mailing to the Moose International Dues Processing Center. All Loyal Society of Moose members property a Life Membership on or before April 30, 2021 will on and post-obit May ane, 2021 continue every bit a Life Member in the same Society. Moose Legion Life Membership status does not change.
  7. What if I paid my WOTM Chapter dues across May i, 2021?
    WOTM Chapter annual dues payments only apply to WOTM Chapter membership. Lodge ante will be billed at the first normal renewal month following May ane, 2021 (i.e. WOTM dues paid to September 30, 2026, then Club ante volition be billed in September of 2021). Reminder that for 3 (iii) years, beginning May 1, 2021, all Chapter members non holding a Life Membership will receive an additional 3 (iii) years of free WOTM Chapter dues (must maintain an active Social club membership). In looking at the scenario given above, your WOTM Chapter ante would now expire on September 30, 2029.
  8. Are any of the application fees irresolute or going away?
    The Gild Application Fee of $xx volition remain. Starting time May 1, 2021, there would not be an application fee for new WOTM Chapter members or new Moose Legionnaires.
  9. Our Chapter has $5,000 in our bank account, will that coin stay with the Chapter or have to be turned over to the Club? All Chapter funds on May 1, 2021 and going forrad remain with the Chapter. Those funds will not be deposited into the Lodge account.
  10. Does our Lodge number change? What about Affiliate numbers? All active Lodge numbers as of April 30, 2021 will remain the same on May 1, 2021 and going frontward. All active Affiliate numbers as of April 30, 2021 volition remain the same on May 1, 2021. Stand Alone Capacity will also exist assigned a new Society number in addition to their electric current Chapter number.
  11. Will our Lodge have to refile our Incorporation paperwork with the State?
    At that place is no need to refile Incorporation paperwork (i.e. Batavia, IL Society No. 682 will continue to do business organization as Batavia, IL Lodge No. 682).
  12. How will condign One Moose impact our Lodge's liquor license? There is no impact to your Club liquor license.
  13. Is the Individual Policy going away? No. The Private Pollicy remains in effect and provides for the protection of our taxation gratis status and our Constitutional Rights to Privacy.
  14. Can a woman serve on the Supreme Quango beginning May 1, 2021?
    Yep, the Supreme Council will exist retitled the Moose International Board of Directors and the offset female fellow member of this board would be able to exist nominated, elected and installed into office during the 2021 International Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  15. Will Chapters operate similarly to Moose Legion jurisdictions? Recollect, we are creating a new Moose organizational construction. WOTM Chapters will operate as an associated entity of the Moose Club showtime May 1, 2021. The WOTM Chapter is not to be considered an Activity Grouping of the Lodge or a regular standing committee of the Club. The Chapter volition continue to promote and celebrate the Higher Degrees of the WOTM, organize Chapter activities and fundraise for Mooseheart, Moosehaven and local community charities.
    All information provided above is subject to change

Comments welcomed. All members and activity groups are invited to send pictures, info, and article's they would like to see posted to davegardner@dgmoose.cyberspace.

The Loyal Order of Moose is a private system. All activities and events referred to on this Web site and in the Moose newsletter are available to members in good standing and their qualified guests merely. This Spider web site is for informational purposes with proprietary information intended for members simply. General information is available to the public at large, but should not be construed to be a solicitation for membership. This Spider web site is an initiative of Downers Grove, IL. Moose Club No. 1535 and is not sanctioned by the Loyal Society of Moose, Moose International or whatever subsidiary thereof. All logos, trademarks and service marks pertaining to the Loyal Gild of Moose and/or its programs or degrees are copyrighted © by Moose International, Inc., Mooseheart, IL.