04/16/25 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Lodge Presidents and Administrators;
I will be visiting lodges in your Association until the end of April, I will be sending a tentative schedule this Friday.
This schedule will include the following items and actions I will require.
Meeting with your current Board of Officers and Board of Officers slated to begin on May 1st.
Create a list of members to contact expired members to renew their dues.
All Insurance Policies
All filed and non-filed tax reports
All gaming reports
Copies of Alcohol server compliance certificates.
Monthly Safety reports
Monthly Financial Review Reports.
QuickBooks transactions are current and reconciled.
Have these items available when I arrive so as not to delay my reviews.
Fraternally,
Jeffery A Gutowski
Regional Manager
406-781-5419 – jgutowski@mooseintl.org
03/13/25 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Good Afternoon all:
Chief Compliance Officer Rick King has clarified procedures for Lodges that have paid employees who are considering running for an elected Board of Officers position.
If the lodge directly pays an employee, that employee cannot be an elected officer.
If an officer owns a business (aka a Contractor). A Lodge check is to be made to that business, and that Lodge is to receive a receipt for those services. (IRS forms such as W9 and 1099 may be required)
A lodge must follow all procedures in the Nominations and Election Handbook. There will be no exception.
Sorry for the confusion. These procedures and instructions come directly from our Department of Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer Rick King.
Please call me if you have any questions.
Jeffery A Gutowski
Regional Manager
406-781-5419 – jgutowski@mooseintl.org
02/26/25 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Administrator and Presidents;
There is a disturbing trend happening in Members’ Status within lodge’s LCL Web. Administrators are changing status of expired members to Resigned. I have reviewed those whose status has been changed with the following results:
I have called these members and asked why they chose to Resign their membership. Most had no idea what I was talking about, because they never contacted their lodge to Resign.
Case in point, Danny Albert (Past Supreme Governor) went to paid his dues in a lodge in our region and was refused because his status was changed.
Moving forward the following procedures will be put in place:
Resigned Status option will be removed from Lodge’s LCL Web Member’s Status.
If a member wants to Resign from their lodge, the Lodge Administrator is to contact me as Regional Manager with that member’s information so I may contact that member.
Fraternally,
Jeffery A Gutowski
Regional Manager
406-781-5419 – jgutowski@mooseintl.org
02/10/25 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Heart of the Community reports are due today for my review. See attachment of current status.
02/08/25 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Nomination and Election Time Chart. 2025-2026 Lodge Elections Information (see Forms & Documents for attachments)
11/22/24 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Moose International is currently looking to fill the Territory Manager position for Territory 39 Plains West Region Arizona-New Mexico. See attached Territory Manager’s Job Description, if interested send an email to Troy King at: tking@mooseintl.org. The email must have attached your professional with (3) three references and Moose resume attached.
11/06/24 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski
Quickbooks SCAM! A Wisconsin lodge received this email, and other lodges may have also. Advise your lodges to just DELETE the email. Our QuickBooks online NEVER needs updating, that is an automatic feature of QuickBooks Online and there is no additional charge.
08/12/24 - From Regional Manager, Jeffery A Gutowski