Happy 2020 New York DeMolay!Every year I make resolutions for myself, some personal, some professional, some fraternal. Some of these resolutions I manage to keep, others, well, that's what 2021 is for!
Just before Christmas, I sent a note to the 2019 KeyMan University Jurisdictional Officer Track and challenged them to come up with resolutions for themselves and their jurisdiction. This weekend I am meeting with our State Officers for their State Officer Retreat and will be asking them to also make resolutions.
I wanted to share with you some of the resolutions New York DeMolay is going to make for this year. Do you have thoughts on others? Let me know!
My every best wish to you and yours for a happy and prosperous 2020!
"Dad" Brusoe
1. New York DeMolay Will Have Positive Growth in 2020: Young men need DeMolay. The brotherhood, the friendship, the education, the moral framework. To grow in 2021 we need to bring in 42 young men. I would like to see us bring in 50! "Dad" Myers, our new director of membership has this awesome plan to get us forward. To do this all of us need to be sharing DeMolay with our friends, our families and others with whom we come in contact with. The Grand Master's Class on March 21 is a great opportunity for this to happen!
Did you know our friends in Colorado DeMolay just celebrated 11 years of continuous positive growth sharing DeMolay. I want that for us in 2031!
2. Better Communication: New York DeMolay has a great story to tell and we are going to do a better job telling that story with our social media, our website, and yes even printed mediums.
3. More DeMolays Attending Leadership Conferences: We have a number of great leadership conferences around us. KeyMan, Ohio DeMolay Leaders of Excellence, Region 1 LTC, Garden State LTC. These are tremendous growing opportunities for DeMolay. We want to see more active participation in these conferences. I believe in these leadership conferences so much that in order to run for any state office in 2020, you will have needed to attend a conference in 2020.
4. More Representative DeMolays: It's "Dad" Land's dream that every youth be a Representative DeMolay. "Dad" Schneider runs a really good program and he's more than eager to help. Please reach out to him and begin your path to being a Representative DeMolay!
5. More Adult Volunteers: As adults, we need to be sharing the joy of being a DeMolay advisor with our brothers and sisters. How are we going to get there? By sharing DeMolay with our friends and asking them to become mentors and guides.
6. An Awesome Winterfest and an amazing Convention: Winterfest 2020 is going to be one for the books and we look forward to seeing everyone there! In addition, New York DeMolay will have an awesome convention in 2020! Plans are underway and we are excited about going back to Camp Turk and having an amazing experience.
7. More LCCs: LCCs provide the skill sets you need to be successful in DeMolay. "Dad" Schneider runs this really well and will bend over backwards to help you achieve this.
8. Continued Administration Standardization: You may have noticed I am a bit of a wonk when it comes to administrative policy. We will continue to do more of that this year.
9. A Renewed Focus on Obligatory Days: I loved the huge response to the Day of Comfort, what are we going to do for Patriot's Day in February? Devotional Day in March? These are fun and can be easy events to do!
10. Fun: New York DeMolay is going to have a lot of fun. If it's not fun and we're not enjoying it, why are we doing it?
2020 Here comes New York DeMolay!
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