LMCP_Member_Experience

membership, he enters the applicant phase of his journey to membership.

The applicant phase includes:

• Application • Background check • Character investigation • Balloting

Application

The two recommenders complete the first page of the application, and give it to the prospect. The “prospect” is now referred to as the “applicant”. The applicant completes and signs the rest of the application. Once it completed and signed, it should be returned to the lodge with the application fees. At the next stated meeting the lodge will read the application aloud, which signifies that it is formally received. The secretary then enters the application into iMember, which is important, because it triggers the criminal background check and produces the applicant

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