Lodge Secretary Interface Membership Management System How to add a New Member to the Nebraska Lodge Secretary Interface Grand Lodge of Nebraska Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons Membership Management System

To add a new member you’ll have to enter all of his pertinent information. So start by clicking on “Add New Member”

From here you have two choices, add “New Degree Candidate” or “Affiliate Member from Another Nebraska Lodge”. To add a new member (Petitioner) you’ll need to enter all of his pertinent information. Click on "New Degree Candidate".

On this page you will find that the highlighted text fields such as “First Name”, “Last Name” and "Date of Birth", among others, are required fields. Middle names are not required but you are highly encouraged to submit them.

When adding addresses it is very important that the address you enter has been verified by the USPS, you can easily make sure the address is correct by running it through the USPS website. After confirming the address is correct and in the proper format, including the zip +4, you can copy and paste it in the proper fields from their online address verification service.

As you can see under the transaction dates, at least one of these fields needs to be completed, you can populate them all if applicable, then hit the “Submit New Member” button.

Once submitted you can check the status of your submission from the Lodge page by clicking on the “View Updates” button.

Below is were you would see the status of your update, whether still pending, accepted or rejected. When we run the approval process in the Grand Lodge office, the system checks for the possibility of a duplicate member. This is why it is important to include middle names, not just initials!

Membership Management System Affiliation of a Member from Another Nebraska Lodge Grand Lodge of Nebraska Ancient , Free and Accepted Masons Membership Management System

Lets now “Affiliate Member from another Nebraska Lodge”

This process will cover “Transfers to your Lodge”or someone who wants to join your Lodge as a “Plural Member”. You access these drop down menus by clicking the drop down arrow.

To complete the affiliation there are several required fields that must be filled in. All of the petitions and forms online have the required information included in the form. If the Brother does not leave the pertinent fields blank, you will be able to effect his membership into your lodge without further assistance, once the submission has been accepted by the Grand Lodge Staff.

Please check often for updated information, instructions and forms that Secretaries use on a monthly basis if not a weekly basis. We will notify you of any updates as soon as they are made available.