The Secretary's week does not stop when the Stated Meeting ends. There are Dues to track, records to update, messages to send, and a minute book that has to move from draft to approved before it can be filed. None of that work disappears — and it all lands on the same one or two unpaid volunteers, year after year. Daviah cannot make the work smaller, but it can put it in one place instead of scattered across a filing cabinet, a spreadsheet, a separate email account and someone else's memory.
Every screen in Daviah's office uses the words your lodge already uses: Members, Dues, Stated Meeting, Officers, Worshipful Master, Secretary, Treasurer, Jurisdiction. You will not be translating between software vocabulary and Masonic vocabulary. The same words appear whether you are editing the public site, recording attendance or raising this year's Dues — and no other kind of organisation is shown them.
Dues raised, tracked and paid without chasing by hand
At the start of each lodge year, the Treasurer raises the year's Dues for every Member in a single step. Each Member immediately sees what they owe on their portal. Those who pay by card do so from the portal directly, and the payment is only recorded once the money has moved — no provisional entries to tidy up later. Cash and check payments are entered by hand, each with a receipt number that runs in sequence for the year, so the paper trail matches the ledger.
When a charge needs to be corrected, waived or voided, the Treasurer makes that decision and records a reason. Every correction is written to the audit trail. Reports on Dues and payments are counted live from those records, and the full Dues and payments history can be exported to a spreadsheet whenever you need it for your annual budget or your Grand Lodge obligations.
Card payments go straight to the lodge's own Stripe account. Daviah takes no cut of the money — the lodge is the merchant, and Stripe's fees are the only processing costs.
- Raise Dues for all Members in one step at the start of the year
- Members pay by card from their portal; cash and check recorded by hand with a sequenced receipt number
- Every correction or waiver logged with a reason in the audit trail
- Dues and payments exported to CSV at any time
- Card payments go to the lodge's own Stripe account — Daviah takes no cut
Member records that do not live in one person's files
Every Member has a record in one office, with a dated history of changes. Degree records, Officer history and the full audit trail are held there too — so when someone new takes over as Secretary, the records do not leave with the previous one. The lodge can always see who held each Officer role in past years, and changes to records are written to an append-only trail that cannot be quietly edited away.
Lodges also get degree records and a start-a-new-lodge-year Officer rollover that other kinds of organisation never see — those screens are built for lodges and refuse any other kind. Bringing an existing list in from a spreadsheet is handled by uploading a CSV: columns are matched automatically, and any problems or duplicates are shown before anything is saved.
Multiple administrators can be invited to help run the office, so access is not concentrated in one person. A Lodge Administrator can invite another without handing over the entire account.
- Degree records held in the same office as member and dues records
- Officer history kept year by year so the lodge always knows who held each role
- Audit trail records every change — append-only, not editable
- Invite additional Lodge Administrators to share the work
- Import an existing membership list from a CSV spreadsheet
Stated Meetings, minutes and attendance in one minute book
Stated Meetings are recorded with a minute book that moves from draft to submitted to approved. Approved minutes can still be amended, but the reason for the amendment is recorded. Attendance is taken from the office at the meeting, or a tablet at the door lets Members sign themselves in — it shows only a first name and initial, and the officer in charge can switch it off at any time.
If someone at the door owes Dues, the system notes it quietly — but it never stops them signing in.
- Minute book moves through draft, submitted and approved stages
- Amendments to approved minutes recorded with a reason
- Attendance taken from the office or from a tablet at the door
- Door check-in shows first name and initial only
Grand Lodge returns and Officer compliance without starting from scratch
Lodges get access to Grand Lodge returns screens that no other kind of organisation sees. Reports on membership, Officers, attendance and Dues are counted live from the records already in the office, so you are not re-entering figures you have already kept. Everything can also be exported to CSV — members, dues, payments and officers — for any return or District visit that needs a file.
The audit trail means there is always a record of what changed and when, which matters when a filing has to be accurate and your lodge's standing with the Jurisdiction depends on it.
- Grand Lodge returns screens available only to lodges
- Live reports on membership, Officers, attendance and Dues
- CSV export for members, dues, payments and officers
- Append-only audit trail for every change to records
A lodge website ready the moment you sign up
When you sign up, a website is created from a design immediately — a front page and pages for your sections, ready to edit. No card is asked for and no domain is required. You can build the whole site, preview it through a private link and save everything before you spend anything. The site only goes public when you choose a paid plan.
On Website and Members, your own domain is connected for you: the Daviah team registers it and you add one DNS record. The Officers page on the public site is drawn from the Officer records in the office and updates automatically when roles change. Events, news and photo albums on the site come from the same office, so there is no separate content system to maintain.
Pages are built from a library of ready-made sections — no code, no specialist needed. Someone can be given a Website Editor role that lets them update the site without access to Dues or member records.
- Site created from a design the moment you sign up — front page and section pages included
- Build and preview free, with no card and no expiry; goes public on a paid plan
- Officers page updates automatically when Officer records change
- Events, news and galleries drawn from the office
- Website Editor role keeps site access separate from financial and member records
- Domain connected for you on Website and Members
Messages, flyers and a little help with the wording
From the office you can email all Members, Officers, a committee, the attendees of an event, or only those Members with unpaid Dues. Messages can be written now and scheduled to send later, and are guaranteed never to be sent twice. Every newsletter includes a one-click unsubscribe link that needs no sign-in.
The office can draft wording for an event and generate a printable flyer, square and portrait social images, and an email banner — nothing is published until someone reads and approves it. Website and Members includes forty pieces of generated artwork a month.
- Email all Members, Officers, a committee or only those with unpaid Dues
- Schedule messages to send later — guaranteed not to send twice
- Generate a flyer, social images and email banner for an event; nothing published until approved
- 40 pieces of AI-generated artwork a month on Website and Members
What your Members see on your own site
Members sign in to a private portal on your lodge's own site — not a third-party platform — to update their own details, see their record, pay what they owe by card, reply to events, and open members-only documents and photographs. Documents are private by default and can be shared with Officers, with all Members, or placed on the public site. Photo albums can be set to public, members-only, officers-only or private.
- Members update their own details and pay Dues from the portal
- Members-only documents and photographs protected by access checks
- Event RSVPs, waiting lists and guest fields available to Members
- Portal lives on your lodge's own site, not a third-party platform
Questions
Does Daviah use Masonic vocabulary — Dues, Worshipful Master, Stated Meeting?
Yes. Every screen in the office, the website editor and the member portal uses your lodge's own words — Members, Dues, Officers, Stated Meeting, Worshipful Master, Secretary, Treasurer. No other kind of organisation is shown those words, and the lodge-specific screens, including degree records and Grand Lodge returns, are locked to lodges only.
What does it cost, and what do I get on each plan?
Signing up is free, asks for no card, and never expires — you can build and save the whole site on the free plan and preview it through a private link. The Website plan is $29.99 a month (or $300 a year) and publishes your site. Website and Members is $79.99 a month (or $819.99 a year) and adds the full office: members, dues, meetings, minutes, documents, messages, the member portal, attendance, check-in and 40 pieces of AI-generated artwork a month. Both paid plans run month to month with no contract.
Can more than one person help run the lodge's records?
Yes. An administrator can invite other people to help run the organisation, and there are seven named roles — Administrator, Presiding Officer, Secretary, Treasurer, Officer, Website Editor and Member — each shown in the lodge's own words. A Website Editor can update the public site without access to Dues or member records. If someone leaves and closes their account, the lodge keeps its records with that person's name removed.
What happens to our records if we stop paying?
If a subscription payment fails, nothing is withheld for ten days and you receive three emails before anything stops. If the lodge does stop paying, all records stay readable, and CSV exports for members, dues, payments and officers continue to work. The full site and office come back as soon as you pay again.
How do card payments work — does Daviah take a percentage?
Card payments go directly to the lodge's own Stripe account. The lodge is the merchant and pays Stripe's processing fees. Daviah takes no cut of the money.
Can we bring in our existing membership list?
Yes. People can be imported from a CSV spreadsheet. Columns are matched automatically, and any problems or duplicates are shown to you before anything is saved.
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