Government Relations

Matthew J. Chitiea - NCD Chairman

mjc@directcon.net
(530) 622-8265

The purpose of the Government Relations Committee is to:
1.  Protect our Order’s right to exist,
2.  Prevent legislation that hinders our Order’s charitable work,
3.  To promote fair and appropriate legislation that will enhance our community and charity work.

There exists fellow citizens and politicians that do not believe in allowing Fraternal / Charitable organizations the benefit of laws that allow us to perform our charitable works. To protect our right to exist and to prevent negative legislation, we must be ever vigilant in paying attention to what transpires in our Legislature.  It is the duty of every member TO REPORT ANYTHING THEY HEAR OR READ that concerns legislative actions/proposals/laws that may affect our charitable works to their lodge’s GovRel Chairman.  

To promote fair legislation, we must provide information to our political leaders that shows how many people, how many hours, how many miles…how much people volunteer to Charity, so that those politicians can and will support our efforts and activities.

The best way we can accomplish this goal is ensuring our “Charity Records Booklet” is kept up-to-date throughout the year. (This information is also required to be uploaded and maintained on line in CLMS by the Lodge Secretaries.) It is imperative each Lodge records all their charitable and community efforts; be it a public event, a Friday night dinner, fundraiser and/or all other activities.

To facilitate the acquisition and proper reporting of data by each Lodge’s Government Relations Chairman, it is imperative that each Government Relations Chairman and any event chairman download and use the forms shown below.

Lodge Chairman:
Introduction
GovRel Manual
Lodge Chairman Report Form to NCD Chairman

Event Chairman:
Event Form (print & Write)
Event Form (type, print, email)

Charity Records Book:
Charity Records Book (print & write)
Charity Records Book (type, email, MS Excel file)

The Government Relations Committee has a Yahoo Group! The purpose is to have a place where everyone can enter information concerning our Charitable works.   

JOIN THE GROUP AT:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bpoe_ca_govt_relations/