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Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International : ウィキペディア英語版 | Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International
The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International is a fraternal and charitable organization of men and women that work in the insurance industry. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake occurred on April 18, sending shock waves through the insurance industry, threatening to destroy its entire existence. With this gloom hanging over the industry, the group was founded as a one-time joke to initiate three new unsuspecting insurance fieldmen into a fake lodge, the ''Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose'', during the Wisconsin Fieldmen's Meeting on the evening of June 19, 1906, at the Oakwood Hotel in Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States. The "fake lodge" soon grew to have thousands of members throughout the USA and Canada. International Headquarters are maintained near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States at the ''Wisconsin Home Nest''. == Organization ==
Local chapters are called "Ponds". Each Pond has six officers: Most Loyal Gander. the president; Supervisor of the Flock, vice-president; Custodian of the Goslings, warden; Guardian of the Pond, door guard; Wielder of the Goose Quill, secretary; Keeper of the Golden Goose Egg, treasurer.〔Preuss, Arthur ''A Dictionary of Secret and other Societies'' St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co. 1924; republished Detroit: Gale Reference Company 1966; p.35〕〔Alan Axelrod ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'' New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p.34〕 Some Ponds are further split into ''Puddles'', where there are multiple cities in each state or province, and at one time one Puddle even had a ''Pothole''. A fledgling group was even started in Australia. Blue Goose is governed by the ''Grand Nest'', with each Pond sending two delegates, and which then elects a group of officers, one each from each of the five regions. Blue Goose has an annual ''Grand Nest Meeting'' of delegates, which is a Summer convention held at various locations throughout the USA and Canada, where its members (''Ganders'') and their families meet for fun and fellowship. There is usually a large class of new members (''Goslings'') initiated at that meeting.
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