Well I just got home from Lodge tonight and I have to say that I am very disappointed with the Trustees of GL. It was made known tonight that GL would not be making that annual returns payment on the endowment fund. Apparently our Endowment Fund was poorly invested and has suffered because if the economic down turn. It was known in JUNE that this was going to happen, however the Trustee waited until NOW, some 6 months, to start informing Lodges that they would need to find alternate funding. What is the reactions of the other Lodges? Our Sec. called the Grand Sec. T. Guest who explained to him that a $500 endowment is worth about $80 right now, and because it is below $100 in value GL doesn't have to pay the minimum $5 per unit. So for our Lodge we will loose about $1000 in income and will be still be expected to pay the per capita on the Endowed memebers, so that equal to approx. $2000 loss total.