Northwest Region Happenings
Submitted by Stephen Balke, General Grand Recorder, Cryptic Masons International

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Photo Credit; MIC John Bridegroom
On July 9, a regional conference call was held wih the Northwest 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.
- Triennial
- General Grand Council Triennial Assembly will be fully Electronic.
- Held on Saturday, September 26, 2020.
- Voting for General Grand Council will be electronically managed, cast and tabulated.
- Specifics on the process will be forthcoming (planned for 15 July).
- General Grand Council Triennial Assembly will be fully Electronic.
- General Grand Resources
- Electronic Conferencing
- Zoom – Used for the last two years, no malware apparent.
- Upgraded to 500 users
- Zoom – Used for the last two years, no malware apparent.
- Voting
- Electronic Conferencing
- GGR Office
- Annual Returns and per capita are on your normal timeline.
- Awards are intended to get there on the same/usual timeline.
- CMMRF
- Feedback – Dr. Murphy – All the research is on hold for now except for actual ongoing trials – still doing some research for non-human contact projects.
- Specific stem cells designated for a project so they were retasked to do COVID research – preliminary success for threating systems.
- Seeking people who are interested in running for the Board of Trustees for the At-Large positions – deadline for submission 15 July. Ensure people are ready to be a part of an active working Board.
- We have a 4th board space open to those who are outside the United States, specifically put in place to encourage participation outside the USA.
- Send any declarations of availability to cmmrf@aol.com.
- Feedback – Dr. Murphy – All the research is on hold for now except for actual ongoing trials – still doing some research for non-human contact projects.
- Events
- Regional Conference
- Red Lion Downtown Boise – Cancelled (but contracted for two years). Oct 16-17 – Still planned.
- Only 61 identified as coming – Zoom.
- Steve – Scheduling Zoom for the Conference.
- NWYRC Registration and Coordination – Norm Lane included.
- Grand Sessions
- AK – Steve to Contact Dennis
- CO – August 1 Deadline for registration and information
- Grand Council Assembly – Virtual – 7:00 PM September 11, 2020
- 1:00 PM MDT – Grand Chapter Convocation
- 7:00 PM MDT – Grand Commandery Conclave
- Some lodges are meeting, York Rite Bodies are dark this time of year. A lot of fraternal gatherings. Some social distancing gatherings being planned and done.
- ID – Closed for meetings – Grand Master’s Edict.
- Lots of Zoom meetings – planning to kick off for York Rite as well.
- MT – Grand Sessions in June – Went well.
- OR – Steve to Call.
- WA – Successful Zoom Sessions – Learned to use Zoom Breakouts.
- WY ––
- Grand Lodge, August 29, 2020
- Grand Sessions – September 18-19, 2020 (currently in Casper WY – In person – Limited to 50 people, WY YR Only)
- Lodge/CCC open – if follow state guidelines (50/250 Outdoor)
- Usually dark between June and September.
- Regional Conference