cemab4y
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None of the appendant/concordant bodies do the "serious work" as you call it. No one disputes that. You would be surprised how many Masons tell me that business meetings are BORING. Like the old joke: A man walked up to a Mason, and asked him. "What do you in those Masonic meetings?". And he replied "In the regular stated meetings, I usually sleep".
One change that I, and many others would like to see, is meetings which are interesting, informative, and offer value to the members. I would like to see most of the routine business conducted in executive session, with a report back to the members, and posted on line. No point in reading the water bill, electric bill, etc.
Each meeting should have a speaker, with some Masonic or non-Masonic topic. If no speaker is available, a Masonic video from YouTube, or some other instructional video could be shown.
I am on point, and that point is that there are no appendant examples that you have offered that do the serious Work of Freemasonry, which, to be on point, is a change that I would like to see. Perhaps we could start with the lodges themselves. It sure would be an improvement over the currently offered business meetings.
None of the appendant/concordant bodies do the "serious work" as you call it. No one disputes that. You would be surprised how many Masons tell me that business meetings are BORING. Like the old joke: A man walked up to a Mason, and asked him. "What do you in those Masonic meetings?". And he replied "In the regular stated meetings, I usually sleep".
One change that I, and many others would like to see, is meetings which are interesting, informative, and offer value to the members. I would like to see most of the routine business conducted in executive session, with a report back to the members, and posted on line. No point in reading the water bill, electric bill, etc.
Each meeting should have a speaker, with some Masonic or non-Masonic topic. If no speaker is available, a Masonic video from YouTube, or some other instructional video could be shown.