Worthy State Deputy:

Attached  are  current  lists as of November 1, 2008 of the Certified First
Degree  teams,  Partially  Certified  First  Degree teams, Certified Second
Degree  teams  along  with the number of Certified CO's and Certified Third
Degree teams in your jurisdiction.

Certified 1st Degree Teams

Certified 2nd/3rd Degree Teams

Partially Certified 1st Degree Teams

As  a  reminder,  the  District  Deputy  is  responsible for certifying the
council  teams  within his district.  Teams are encouraged to have multiple
members  certified  in each role, so that the First Degree can be conducted
on  a  regular  and recurring basis.  This way a team is not dependent upon
the  same  members  to always be available.  There are several First Degree
teams  that  have  on  the pending list for a long time.  There are several
teams that only need minor roles to be certified to become fully certified.
The  D.D.'s  may  be  unaware  of  the  statue  due to changes in D.D.'s or
district  assignments.   To date 16,783 dedicated members have become fully
certified  on 2,439 teams.  Please encourage your District Deputies to make
certain  that all of the certifications of teams and personnel is processed
to  my  office  as  soon as possible.  All additional member certifications
should also be completed on the Form 543.

The  Second Degree teams certifications are going well.  To date 713 Second
Degree teams have been made with 213 already certified.  State Deputies and
State  Ceremonials  Chairman  are  responsible for the certification of the
Second  Degree  team.   Teams need to pick a name, that is not a "District"
number,  as  these numbers change as time goes by, thus having a team name,
avoids much confusion. After review of the lists, if you do not see certain
teams,  please  contact  my  office  as, we don't have (or are waiting for)
information.   The  Second  Degree  must  be  presented  as revised, in all
countries and all languages without exception.

Please  send  Third  Degree  schedules for the current and upcoming 6-month
period,  as  soon  as  possible.   For  those  that are conducting Workshop
Version  revised  Third  Degree's  please  send  me  your  observations and
thoughts,  and  remind  your C.O.'s and Team Captains to do likewise and as
soon as possible.  Those teams and CO's conducting the revised Third Degree
should  continue to do so, until further notice.  In cases where the CO and
team are conducting the revised degree, the mandatory CO/Team rotation will
be  waived,  however,  the  CO Report 535 must acknowledge that the revised
degree was conducted, for reimbursement.

As  always,  if  any  challenges  remain in your jurisdiction regarding the
Ceremonials  do  not  hesitate  to contact the office.  God Bless and Vivat
Jesus!

(See attached file: California_Councils - Partial Certification First
Degree.pdf)(See attached file: California_Certified First Degree Teams.pdf)
(See attached file: California_Certified Second Degree Teams.pdf)

GARY R. NOLAN, PSD
Director of Ceremonials
1 Columbus Plaza - 19th Floor
New Haven, CT  06510-3312