just as an update, I went to fellowship dinner this past Tuesday, and had good conversations with some of the members, one of them since we live in FL was about travel to Cuba and all that the Cuban people are going thru , and come to find out later the guy I was talking to was part of the interview/discovery panel, as he had asked at the end of the night how long I had been coming to these dinners and paperwork and all and I had mentioned I submitted last time, but the past WM I interacted with told me the two month process, and he goes oh im usually part of that group of guys that visits. The secretary at the end of the night had casually mentioned my paperwork was being brought up for voting on me that night for the right to start the background check and all that. only reason that came up was that the last dinner when I submitted the paperwork they were limited on time before their official meeting, but they let one of the Past WM's at the lodge take my paperwork and money, and then later on in the week he text me a photocopy of the receipt, and talking with the secretary I guess the paperwork packet I was given had one form that I was not suppose to fill out till later, but that everything was good so far, and since im in the bodyguard/armed security field I included a photocopy of my state licenses along with my DL for when they do the BG check to assist in anything they may want to look up/ know, IE being 100% transparent, he said I was fine and all with all that included.
I will say, that now since I've been to 5-6 dinners my nervousness/anxiety is calming down, as im recognizing faces and building report with most of the guys. the one thing I admittedly have to work on is remembering the names associated with the faces. I think its due to me being in security and having to spot someone most anywhere, but I can recite conversations that me and that person have had almost down to a T, but putting the name to the face is my weakness.