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Thursday July 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM MDT
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Saturday July 16, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT

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Contact:
Monte Bollar, RW Grand Secretary 
Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Idaho
208-343-4562 
866 674-1867 (toll free)
gs@idahomasons.org  
 

65th Annual Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference 

Please join us for the
65th Annual Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference
in Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 14-16, 2016

Grand Jurisdictions of
Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming Nebraska, and Arizona

Hampton Inn Idaho Falls/Airport

645 Lindsay Blvd
Idaho Falls, Idaho  83402,
For reservations call 1-208-523-1400  and use the block code of  "RMMC"
Our cost is $119:00 per night which includes a hot breakfast buffet 

Each attendee is responsible for their own hotel reservations

Meals available during the conference on Friday: 

Lunch will be a Sandwich Buffet: including  Roost Beef, Turkey, Ham and Two Salads for $10.00 per person

 Dinner: will be at  Mountain River Ranch  for $60.00 per person  (cost includes transportation to the ranch)
http://www.mountainriverranch.com/
Your evening begins with us in Rock Bottom Springs at 6:15pm. Once you're checked in and branded as part of our herd, trouble begins. Witness the good guys and the bad guys as they shoot it out on Main Street starting at 6:40 pm. After the smoke clears, wagons will take you on a scenic ride to the Meadow Muffin Dinner Theatre.
Prepare to feast on your choice of Mountain River Steak or BBQ chicken with baked potato salad, BBQ baked beans, corn-on-the-cob, garlic sourdough bread, huckleberry ice cream and lemonade. We are proud to say that our food is unique to Mountain River Ranch and as good as it gets! With your belly full, it's show time! We'll laugh, dance and sing until we have you doing the same!

 Dinner tickets are limited to the first 90 reservations.

65th Annual Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference Schedule

07:00 - 09:00 am Registration - Hampton Inn
07:00 - 08:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Hampton Inn) Included with room cost.
08:30 am Opening
09:00 - 09:30 am Idaho - Proficiency Requirements 
09:30 - 10:00 am Utah  - Reclamation:  Ideas for Bringing Brothers back after NPD
10:00 - 10:25 am Break
10:30 - 11:00 am Colorado - Are we shooting ourselves in the foot? (The effects of un-masonic conduct within the Fraternity and to the public) & Image is everything! (Marketing and promoting the Fraternity in the modern age).
11:00 - 11:30 am Nevada - How do we meet the expectations of the newer generation of mason?
11:30 - 12:00 am Jeffery S. Carlton National Masonic Foundation for Children
12 noon - 01:00 pm Lunch
01:00 - 01:30 pm New Mexico - What characteristics do the best Lodges possess, and what characteristics do failing lodging display.
01:30 - 02:30 pm Nebraska - What type of security measures (if any) should lodges implement?
02:30 pm Break for the Day
4:00 PM Board buses for Mountain River Ranch
06:30 - 8:00 pm Dinner - Mountain River Ranch 

Saturday, July 16, 2016           
07:00 - 08:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Hampton Inn) Included with room cost.
08:30 am Reconvene
09:00 - 09:30 am Montana - Should concealed weapons be allowed to be carried in the Lodges?
09:30 - 10:00 am Wyoming - What makes a good lodge good, Attendance, size, activities, education or is it something else?
10:00 - 10:30 am Arizona
10:30 am Wrap-up - Election of President, V.P. and Secretary for the 2017 Conference to be held July 21-22, 2017 in New Mexico

It is our desire to have the Conference completed no later than noon on Saturday.
All times are approximate.  This is a relaxed meeting subject to change and adjustment by the President of the Conference. 

Remember this is a casual meeting NO TIES, no aprons or collars.