{"id":63805,"date":"2019-06-06T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?page_id=63805"},"modified":"2022-05-16T13:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:23:39","slug":"national-grange-rulings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-rulings\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grange Rulings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings<strong> National Grange Delegate,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This webpage contains information to keep you informed of important rulings, decisions, announcements and updates concerning the Grange.\u00a0 Below are the most recent rulings by the National Grange President, Betsy Huber.\u00a0 If you have a concern or question that you would like addressed and or clarified, please submit your request via email to <a href=\"mailto:be***@************ge.org\" data-original-string=\"YCQDNG3ntzyaK5pTGgUQyA==483hcedYeZtOv3lk8AJa3rp49tsVCsrZmpjVls4BhwNMks=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. 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To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>be<span class=\"apbct-blur\">***<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">************<\/span>ge.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">RULINGS<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 96.0092%; height: 1184px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Executive Committee VS Board of Directors<\/strong> (May 16, 2022)<br \/>\nSince a delegate decision in 2002 the Digest states that \u201call references to the Executive Committee in the various divisions of the Order, may be titled Board of Directors who have the same duties\/ responsibilities as the current Executive Committee.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Duties-of-Board-of-Directors-vs-EC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 26px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 26px;\"><strong>Associate Member Holding Office in Community Grange <\/strong>(April 11, 2022)<br \/>\nCan Associate members hold office in a Community Grange? Can they be counted for the minimum<br \/>\n13-member requirement for a charter of a Community Grange?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ruling_associate-member-holding-office.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 96px;\"><strong>Removal of Member<\/strong> (March 1, 2022)<br \/>\nNational Grange President&#8217;s Ruling on Situations Warranting Immediate and Permanent Removal from Office and\/or Expulsion from the Order of Patrons of Husbandry<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removal-of-member-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 23px;\"><strong>Grange Member to Emember Year of Service<\/strong> (August 21, 2020)<br \/>\nCan a Grange member terminate their fraternal Grange membership and become an e-member and continue to count years of service toward Grange membership awards such as Golden Sheaf?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruling-e-membership-Stephanie-Wilkins.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 23px;\"><strong>Digital Signatures<\/strong> (June 3, 2019)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Can the Charter application form for a new Grange be signed online by applicants by a digital signature?<em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ruling-dital-signature-accepted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 143px;\"><strong>Family Membership<\/strong>\u00a0 (June 19, 2018)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>I have a question about the definition of family membership. Section 4.6.6 (B) of the By-Laws states that a \u201cfamily shall consist of a couple and their dependents, or a single person and their dependents.\u201d However, what happens if one spouse isn\u2019t a Grange member, has passed away or is a single parent raising a family. Is the remaining spouse and dependents not eligible for family membership?<em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ruling-family-membership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>No Recommendation<\/strong> (March 12, 2018)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>This Grange had an open house and a couple of the visitors were interested in the Grange, so they picked up a Grange application. They later submitted the application, without any Granger signing the \u201cRecommended by\u201d section. Since they were not known to any of the Grangers in that Grange the Master tried to find out some background on them and asked around the community to see if they were known to anyone. This couple had just moved into the community within the last few months apparently, and the Grangers knew their address and did find out that the women baked for a Marijuana bakery I guess. The couple seem to have no online presence, but somehow The Grange heard some rumblings that the man may have a history &#8230;&#8230;.., although this was not confirmed by anyone \u2013but one person did say that if he joined he should not have anything to do with the Juniors that attend their Grange. So the upshot was that they did not vote on the application at all.The people showed up at the next meeting, the Master met them at the door and said they would not be voting on the application because these people were not known to anyone in the Grange, and no one had recommended them, but that they were welcome to stay for the meeting.<em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ruling-no-recommendation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>State Grange Must Hold Proceeds <\/strong>(June 20, 2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ruling-State-Grange-must-hold-proceeds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>Appeal of Balmville Grange Revocation of its Charter<\/strong> (June 20, 2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Balmville-NY-appeal-ruling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>READ THE RULING<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>Membership Application of Jon Luvaas<\/strong> (June 19, 2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Luvaas-membership-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>OR Virtual Attendance Policy<\/strong> (June 6, 2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/OR-virtual-attendance-policy-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>Virtual Meeting Policy<\/strong> (March 21, 2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/virtual-electronic-meeting-policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 44px;\"><strong>Virtual Attendance at Grange Meetings<\/strong> (March 25, 2016)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RULING-ON-VIRTUAL-ATTENDANCE-AT-GRANGE-MEETINGS-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ THE RULING<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 23px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings National Grange Delegate, This webpage contains information to keep you informed of important rulings, decisions, announcements and updates concerning the Grange.\u00a0 Below are the most recent rulings by the National Grange President, Betsy Huber.\u00a0 If you have a concern or question that you would like addressed and or clarified, please submit your request via &hellip; 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