Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY AGREEMENT 

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, (IOOF), is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards.

THEREFORE, this Privacy Policy Agreement shall apply to Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, and thus it shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof. Through the use of https://mnoddfellows.org you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this agreement.

It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent as a means to better understand the way in which other websites garner, make use of and share information collected.

Collection of Information

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows may have the occasion to collect non-personal anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, household income, political affiliation, race and religion, as well as the type of browser you are using, IP address, type of operating system, at a later time, that will assist us in providing and maintaining superior quality service.

Use of Information Collected

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request. At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be available to you from https://mnoddfellows.org. Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows may also be in contact with you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered.

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent or lease any of its customer lists and/or names to any third parties.

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows may disclose your personal information, without any prior notice to you, unless required to do in accordance to applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that such action is deemed necessary or required in an effort to:

  • Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws and/or statutes or in an effort to comply with any process which may be served upon Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows and/or its website;
  • Maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows; and
  • Perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of https://mnoddfellows.organd/or the general public.

Non-Marketing Purposes

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows greatly respects your privacy.  We do maintain and reserve the right to contact you if needed for non-marketing purposes (such as bug alerts, security breaches, account issues, and/or changes in Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows products and services).  In certain circumstances, we may use our website, newspapers, or other public means to post a notice.

Children Under Age of 13

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communication from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to [email protected]. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out. Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows will continue to adhere to the privacy policy described herein with respect to any personal information previously collected.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.

Security

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows shall endeavor and shall take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to its offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user’s personal information under our control.

The company also uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for authentication and private communications in an effort to build users’ trust and confidence in the internet and website use by providing simple and secure access and communication of credit card and personal information.

Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those changes to our website, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information. If at any point in time Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether or not to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

Acceptance of Terms

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy Agreement related to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email, telephone number or mailing address.

Telephone Number: 320.234.0101

Mailing Address:

Minnesota Grand Lodge Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows

146 Main St

Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350

May 2, 2019

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Excelsior ♦ Minnetonka #102

Organized January 1,1885

Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesday
Meeting Time: 7:00 PM
Address: PO Box 129
Excelsior, MN 55331

Contact Info

Ty Hodges, Secretary
10008 Quebed Ave. S.
Bloomington, MN. 55438
Phone: 612.638.7441

Excelsior, Minnesota ~ Minnetonka No.102

Past Grand Masters

  • Bernard Leach 1984-1985
  • Wesley Searles 1986-1987
  • Roland Schallberg 1999-2000
  • Allan P. Sauter 2003-2004
  • Bernard Leach 2005-2006
  • J. Douglas Plott 2008-2009
  • Rick Benesh 2015-2016
  • Wayne Rosengren 2017-2018
  • Robert Arthur, Jr. 2018-2019
  • Rick Benesh 2023-2024

Charter Members

  • W.H. Le Van
  • J.T. Rawlings
  • Wm. F. Darver
  • Lewis Hanson
  • Wallace W. Wait
  • Osby V.W. Digafoos
  • W.E. Rawlings

NOTE:
Any inquiries regarding genealogy questions should only be in regards to individuals that were a member of a Minnesota Lodge. All other inquiries for other states will be answered with a referral to your states Grand Secretaries contact information.

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