1. Preparing for the Future

2. Why are we doing what we are doing?

5. “Empirical Validation” Relying upon direct observation, conducting practical experiments, and/or engaging directly with evidence rather than relying upon opinion, whim, conventional wisdom, authority or untested ideas.

6. 450,000,000 400,000,000 350,000,000 300,000,000 250,000,000 200,000,000 150,000,000 100,000,000 50,000,000 193019401950196019701980199020002008 20092010 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 US Population 4,099,219 1,373,453 / Masons 308,745,538

7. AASR-NMJ (July, 2011) US Masonic Membership 1955-2009 and US Population 1950-2010 (data from Masonic Service Association)

8. Membership Changes: Count Census Year Ending June 15 (+) Initiated (+) Restored (-) Deceased (-) Suspended Ending Count NMJ Net Change 20062,5421,4838,5258,627 215,933-15,256 20073,1771,0288,0716,185 203,949-11,984 20083,0779507,7575,853 192,859-11,090 20092,6521,9717,6925,873 182,142-10,717 20103,4651,2579,1425,064 171,230-10,912 20114,1281,2016,8944,846 163,443-7,787 Membership Changes: Percentage Census Year Ending June 15 (+) Initiated (+) Restored (-) Deceased (-) Suspended Ending Count NMJ Net Change Excl Deaths 20071.5%0.5%3.7%2.9% -5.5%-1.8% 20081.5%0.5%3.8%2.9% -5.4%-1.6% 20091.4%1.0%4.0%3.0% -5.6%-1.6% 20101.9%0.7%5.0%2.8% -6.0%-1.0% 20112.4%0.7%4.0%2.8% -4.5%-0.5% Membership Trends

9. Getting Back to Basics Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth

10. Inspiration Convenience Enjoyment

11. “Great by Choice” The difficult task is to marry relentless discipline with creativity, neither letting discipline inhibit creativity nor letting creativity erode discipline.

12. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.