North Central Region Happenings
Submitted by Steve Balke, General Grand Recorder, Cryptic Masons International

Anthony T. Johnson
North Central Regional Deputy General Grand Master
On early May 4, a regional conference call was held wih the North Central Region Grand Recorders. These calls will be mentioned in the Decryption as a way to nofify every Companion of what is happening with each Region. The Jurisdictional Highlights of the call are below. Other Regional Calls will be covered in the upcoming weeks.
- General Grand Council Updates
- General Grand is working on alternatives and recommendations for how to navigate electronic meetings.
- The triennial alternative plans.
- Providing platforms for electronic means.
- If electronic, Special GG Assembly at earliest opportunity (where many members will also be).
- General Grand is working on alternatives and recommendations for how to navigate electronic meetings.
- General Grand Resources
- Electronic Conferencing
- Zoom – Used for the last two years, no malware apparent.
- Upgraded to 500 users.
- FreeConferenceCall.com – Not recommending due to experienced bandwidth issues.
- Zoom – Used for the last two years, no malware apparent.
- Voting
- Document prepared by Companion Len Roughgarden for New Mexico: View Document
- Review by measures
- Electronic Conferencing
- Updates
- Nebraska
- Annual Sessions electronic – successful
- Provided report to Decryption
- Voting delegates
- Minnesota
- June 26th – Zoom on GGC
- Officer Meetings (regular – monthly)
- Going Electronic
- Iowa
- Looking at GKT/GCH electronic – unsure regarding Grand Council
- North Dakota
- Zoom – July 11, 2020 (may adopt for future)
- Wednesday planning meeting
- South Dakota
- Going to meet in Zoom in May to plan for September.
- Wisconsin
- Grand Chapter is extending offer to recombine sessions with Grand Council.
- Nebraska