sebutler1234
New Member
Do any of you know if its okay to laminate your membership card?
Laminating Membership
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Duncan1574
Lodge Chaplain & arms dealer
I did a little search on my GL website and through the PDF of the Wisconsin code and while I thought I had seen or heard that laminating membership cards was not allowed, but I didn't find anything.
Duncan1574
Lodge Chaplain & arms dealer
Our cards don't have an embossed seal.
Just a front and back with some Lodge specifics on one side and GL stuff on the other.
Just a front and back with some Lodge specifics on one side and GL stuff on the other.
Winter
I've been here before
Wisconsin dues cards no longer have the embossed seal on them, it is just printed. They used to and I can tell you from experience what a pain in the third point of contact it was to emboss all of them before sending them out.
If you have an embossed seal on your dues card: Don't do anything that would obscure it as it may be used as part of the vetting when traveling.
If you don't have an embossed seal, laminate away. I do now that our are not embossed.
Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
Laminate away .
Duncan1574
Lodge Chaplain & arms dealer
The card is good for a year, why go to such lengths and expense?
arcxjo
Goat Jockey
So that if your wallet gets wet, the paper cards won't become unreadable.
Mind you, if you use the adhesive sheets rather than a laminating machine, it only costs twenty cents and you won't press out an embossed seal.
PatrickWilliams
I could tell you ...
How often do you get the contents of your wallet wet? Jeeze, I can't think of the last time that happened to me ... more than 20 years. Why go to the trouble for something you probably will never need, and should you need it, your Lodge secretary can replace it quickly and with no real bother?
Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
A couple of months ago , I threw a pair of khaki slacks in the washing machine with my wallet still in the back pocket . But that was the last time my wallet had gotten wet in a very many years .
But you have a point Patrick , The only time I need my dues card is when I am checking in once year at Grand Lodge , other than that it sits forgotten in my wallet or in the drawer beside my chair as that is where they spend most of their time until my new dues card comes in every December .
But you have a point Patrick , The only time I need my dues card is when I am checking in once year at Grand Lodge , other than that it sits forgotten in my wallet or in the drawer beside my chair as that is where they spend most of their time until my new dues card comes in every December .
Winter
I've been here before
I lamenated mine because I felt the need to.
A: I work in a job that is outside every day regardless of the weather. And between Florida storms and water past my waist sometimes, I laminated everything in my wallet.
B: I do not live in my home jurisdiction so I am required to show my dues card whenever I attend Lodge.
A: I work in a job that is outside every day regardless of the weather. And between Florida storms and water past my waist sometimes, I laminated everything in my wallet.
B: I do not live in my home jurisdiction so I am required to show my dues card whenever I attend Lodge.
NZ-Freemason
Member
I wish we got membership cards here in New Zealand...I am unsure why, we just don't...
Bob Franks
Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer
The heat lamination process would probably flatten the seal, but I most often [enter:/cheapskate mode] just use clear package sealing tape. I've got it at home, it doesn't require a trip to the office supply store,...and it's CHEAP![exit:/cheapskate mode]
S&F