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Grand Counselor's Association
Purpose:
- To provide for the discussion and study of amendments to the UCT Constitution, By-Laws and Standing Orders governing Supreme, Grand or local councils.
- To make recommendations to Supreme Officers, staff and delegates at the annual session.
- To provide training for members wishing to be considered as Supreme Officers.
- To provide a burial fund benefit to the beneficiaries of members.
- To provide scholarships for children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of members.
Membership is open to:
Any Grand Officer who has completed three (3) full terms (years) as a Grand Officer. Those 60 years of age or older must join by July 31 of the first year of eligibility or at the first Supreme Session attended to qualify for the Burial Fund Benefit membership.
Types of Membership:
- Basic Membership only: Dues are $10 per year. Receive full voting rights and privileges.
- Basic Membership and Burial Fund Benefit:
- Dues are $10 per year, plus $2 assessment per death of Burial Fund members, payable upon notice of the secretary-treasurer of the GCA within 60 days.
- Member's beneficiary will receive the Burial Fund Benefit, not to exceed $650, upon presenting a death certificate copy to the secretary-treasurer of the member's local council.
- If over sixty (60) years of age, the member must have joined by July 31 of the first year of eligibility or at the first Supreme Session attended to qualify for the Burial Fund Benefit.
- May join at any time later; provided you are under (60) years of
age.
Grand Counselor's Association
2009-2010 Officers and Committee Members
President
Kevin Stinson, Region 3, Oklahoma (508) 223-3618
First Vice President
Stephen Desselles, Region 2, Mississippi-Louisiana (225) 761-7228
Regional Vice Presidents
Richard "Sid" Toleno, Region 4, Oregon-Washington-British Columbia (514) 672-4767
Ross Drake, Region 1, New York (845) 566-7149
W. David Cumrning, Region 5, A.C.T.-UCT Dominion (205) 426-6677
Jo Ann Pauli, Region 3, Colorado-Wyoming (307) 638-9337
Secretary
Michael Quinn, New England (401) 737-3556
Treasurer
David Accinno, New England (401) 821-4747
Chaplain
Charles "Chuck" Downing, Oklahoma (918) 682-7459
Parliamentarian
David Baxter, PSC, Texas (903) 561-7534
Chief Marshal
Kent Tucker, PSC, Oklahoma (580) 226-7700
Assistant Marshal
Tom A. Smith, PSC, Ohio (614) 579-6585
Installation Officer
Mike McComber, PSC, Oklahoma (580) 223-1383
Advisory Board
David Burt, Chairman, Ohio (740) 654-9753
Bert Zovistoski, New York (518) 279-1301
George Bohn, California-Nevada-Arizona (909) 862-8340
Instruction Committee
Kent Tucker, PSC, Chairman, Oklahoma (580) 226-7700
David McKay, PSC, Michigan (616) 405-4292
Lorin Stough, PSC, Pennsylvania (717) 648-2694
Audit Committee
Stephen Desselles, Chairman, Mississippi-Louisiana (225) 761-7228
Richard "Sid" Toleno, Oregon-Washington-British Columbia (514) 672-4767
Gordon Woodworth, Atlantic (902) 864-6209
Kenneth Lee, PSC, Iowa (641) 774-4485
Necrology Committee
Susan Vogel, Chaiperson, Texas (903) 463-4544
Mary Vogel, Texas
J. Delbert Akin, Oklahoma (405) 850-3986
Charles "Chuck" Downing, Oklahoma (918) 682-7459
Historian
Walter Schneider, PSC, New York (845) 564-1387
State of the Order Committee
Robert Blanchard, Chairman, New England (207) 783-9471
O. C. Cooper, PSC, Ohio (614) 877-3527
J. Wesley Cosman, PSC, Atlantic (506) 738-8306
David Cumming, A.C.T.-UCT Dominion (205) 426-6677
Jurisprudence Committee
Robert Marshall, PSC, Chairman, Atlantic, (902) 462-4920
Ronald Hedglin, PSC, Illinois (815) 672-2548
Edward Stuebe, PSC, Wisconsin (715) 823-2682
Jerry Giff, A.C.T.-UCT Dominion (705) 670-0007
Resolutions Committee
Kevin McCarville, Chairman, Atlantic (506) 635-1102
Douglas McComber, Oklahoma (580) 226-4101
Tom Hoflkan, Texas (713) 477-9176
John Williams, Oklahoma (580) 223-6053
Panels and Projects Committee
Mike McComber, PSC, Chairman, Oklahoma (580) 223-1383
Darlene Gillies, Manitoba-Saskatchewan (204) 476-2417
R. Peter Whitmore, PSC, New England (207) 933-9705
Robert Torvund, PSC, California-Nevada-Arizona (209) 728-1221
Scholarship
David Piper, PSC, Chairman, Michigan (517) 764-1889
Alfred Maddalena, PSC, New England (860) 739-0077
Frank Zovistoski, New York (518) 279-1301
Stewart McDonald, Ky.-Va.-W.Va.-Md.-D.C. (304) 476-2417
JoAnn Pauli, Colorado-Wyoming (307) 638-9337
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The Grand Councelors’ Association offers an educational scholarship to children, grandchildren or great grandchildren of Grand Counselor's Association members.
