That would be awesome. I cant understand why it hadnt been done. Like someone else said, they would get the money back without a doubt. Texas Masons are proud and display our masonic membership any chance we can. So you know probably 90% of masons here in Texas would buy one or more.
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Would you purchase a Texas Freemason License Plate?
- Thread starter Blake Bowden
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A Brother just sent this to me:
I emailed myplates.com and this was the reply. I think a masonic license plate is something that's long over due.
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From:
Elisabeth.Grimes@myplates.com
Good morning:
Thank you for your interest in My Plates. If you or someone within your
organization would be interested in talking to our VP about the
possibility of setting up a sponsored plate, please send me your contact
information and I will have him contact you soon.
Thank you and have a great day.
Elisabeth D. Grimes
Account Leader Customer Service Center
888-769-7528
MyPlates.com
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The only way this will become a reality is for us to get the word out. Copy this link and email it to your friends. The more buzz, the better. The other option is for a Past Master to step up and submit this to Grand Lodge for next years communication.
This thread is over a year old and nothing has happened. It's time for less talk and more action.
I emailed myplates.com and this was the reply. I think a masonic license plate is something that's long over due.
__________________
From:
Elisabeth.Grimes@myplates.com
Good morning:
Thank you for your interest in My Plates. If you or someone within your
organization would be interested in talking to our VP about the
possibility of setting up a sponsored plate, please send me your contact
information and I will have him contact you soon.
Thank you and have a great day.
Elisabeth D. Grimes
Account Leader Customer Service Center
888-769-7528
MyPlates.com
__________________
The only way this will become a reality is for us to get the word out. Copy this link and email it to your friends. The more buzz, the better. The other option is for a Past Master to step up and submit this to Grand Lodge for next years communication.
This thread is over a year old and nothing has happened. It's time for less talk and more action.
I was bored...
We could do like the other organizations and have a portion of the fee go to Masonic Home and School of Texas
Dear brother,
I'm going to start sending out letters to the lodges of Texas asking for $1 donations from members to help raise the money for the initial deposit. I feel there are enough Proud brothers out there that we can get the money for the deposit, just by asking for $1. Grand Lodge doesn't plan on pursuing the license plate issue, so I'm going to take it upon myself to make this happen.
This is the reply I got from the grand lodge.
Stephen:
The issue of a specialized plate has been addressed by Grand Lodge more than once. However, I put the question to Mr. Guest and below is his response to me.
Fraternally,
Bruce Mercer
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Bruce, I think the prospects of the Masonic License is slim. Two set of Trustees looked at the issue and couldn't get enough Masons interested without the Grand Lodge laying out a lot of money. We don't have the money and apparently not the desire.
Tom Guest
I'm going to try and get enough donations by march so we can get the ball rolling .
Smokey 613 read my mind, I was planning for all money raised to go to the Masonic home and school of Texas.
We can set a deadline, so if we see this isn't going to happen than we can go ahead and donate the money. If for some reason we can't make this happen than at least we raised some money for a good cause.
Brother Blake had a couple of good design ideas does anyone else have any suggestions?
I'm going to start sending out letters to the lodges of Texas asking for $1 donations from members to help raise the money for the initial deposit. I feel there are enough Proud brothers out there that we can get the money for the deposit, just by asking for $1. Grand Lodge doesn't plan on pursuing the license plate issue, so I'm going to take it upon myself to make this happen.
This is the reply I got from the grand lodge.
Stephen:
The issue of a specialized plate has been addressed by Grand Lodge more than once. However, I put the question to Mr. Guest and below is his response to me.
Fraternally,
Bruce Mercer
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Bruce, I think the prospects of the Masonic License is slim. Two set of Trustees looked at the issue and couldn't get enough Masons interested without the Grand Lodge laying out a lot of money. We don't have the money and apparently not the desire.
Tom Guest
I'm going to try and get enough donations by march so we can get the ball rolling .
Smokey 613 read my mind, I was planning for all money raised to go to the Masonic home and school of Texas.
We can set a deadline, so if we see this isn't going to happen than we can go ahead and donate the money. If for some reason we can't make this happen than at least we raised some money for a good cause.
Brother Blake had a couple of good design ideas does anyone else have any suggestions?
I received this message from a Brother:
"Please send a proposal in writing (not e-mail) with detailed procedures that you recommend. I will give it to the GL Trustees for their consideration."
"Please send a proposal in writing (not e-mail) with detailed procedures that you recommend. I will give it to the GL Trustees for their consideration."
I found this on MISSISSIPPI Grand Lodge Home Page. shows how they handle the matter.
We all have to buy a tag for our vehicles. Why not support Masonry in Mississippi at the same time? For an additional $31.00 you can have a Masonic tag like the one pictured below. Of the $31.00 extra cost, $24.00 of this goes to The Grand Lodge. This helps keep Grand Lodge assessments low while making your car look good.
You'll need to get a form from the Secretary of your Lodge in order to purchase the tag. If your Lodge Secretary does not have one, he may download it from the Secretary's Center of this website, or you may contact the Grand Secretary here. You can get these tags in your county where you pay your taxes.
We all have to buy a tag for our vehicles. Why not support Masonry in Mississippi at the same time? For an additional $31.00 you can have a Masonic tag like the one pictured below. Of the $31.00 extra cost, $24.00 of this goes to The Grand Lodge. This helps keep Grand Lodge assessments low while making your car look good.
You'll need to get a form from the Secretary of your Lodge in order to purchase the tag. If your Lodge Secretary does not have one, he may download it from the Secretary's Center of this website, or you may contact the Grand Secretary here. You can get these tags in your county where you pay your taxes.
texasaggienuke
Registered User
When I was in Mississippi, to obtain a Masonic license plate required a signed letter from the lodge Secretary (embossed with a notary type stamp) that the Mason was affiliated with. That letter was taken to the tax assessor and the plate was given to the brother.
MGM357
Registered User
I 2nd the motion.
There have been 1,917 replies to this thread alone. This might make for a for a pretty good random sample of those who would actually buy a masonic themed license plate. Yes or No?
State of Louisiana issues Grand Lodge License Plates
http://www.masonsoftexas.com/showth...f-Louisiana-issues-Grand-Lodge-License-Plates
http://www.masonsoftexas.com/showth...f-Louisiana-issues-Grand-Lodge-License-Plates
TX personalized license plates generate $1.1M
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/02/08/daily31.html
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/02/08/daily31.html
dhouseholder
Registered User
I've been out of the loop. Do we have a PM yet willing to submit a resolution to the GLoT? Maybe we could, on this very forum, scrounge up a resolution so a PM wouldn't have to? He could submit it, we could all get plates! :SNC:
Dave in Waco
Premium Member
Brothers, I believe if we look at our numbers, 1,900 plates to get the deposit back roughly comes out to about 2 plates per Lodge considering we have roughly 950 Lodges in Texas. That's not even 2 people, but just 2 plates. I know many have said they would get them for the multiple vehicles they own. So numbers won't be a problem at all. We just need to get the proposal wriiten and submitted.
Well said!
