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I think it is as simple as this (which I often day) - Brother is an easy title to get and a very hard one to earn.. but there are only so many hours in the day, and Lodge must be in the context of Family First, Work Second, Lodge Third... but many Brothers I truly count as family.. and there...

Agree - but also sometimes it is comparing apples to oranges.. here, we go into a 5 day lock-down for two cases in the State. Other places have thousands and it is business as usual.. so, as usual, Freemasonry is often a product of time and place..

Interesting.. here you would be called the First Principal.. Congrats !

Barack Obama a Freemason ? Do you have a source Brother ? Always good to claim a President, but I've never seen that in any decent source.. and he has so obviously been added later to that pic (as has Richard Pyror - but he actually was a Freemason for which there are good sources to...

Best wishes to you Brother !

Welcome Brother :)

Thanks for sharing. One of the great things we did at our second ZOOM meeting in April 2020 was pass a motion saying ZOOM meeitngs were binding on the lodge if properly summoned. We got back to our first phyisical meeting last night - only to have a snap lockdown declared the next day starting...

Culture change takes time. That was probably true of my lodge 20 years ago, but now, most members I call mentioned they have spoken to another member in the last couple of weeks. A membership list with phone numbers is a good place to start. Asking one member to check on another member is a good...

I checked - Supreme Council 33° A. & A. S Rite for Scotland Province of Victoria is a Christian Order Antient and Accepted Scottish Rite for Australia - do not need to be Christian. I used to have the same view - but changed it. Freemasons should be encouraged to follow their interests and meet...

Looks like that post has gone away ?

Victoria has two AASR, one with a Trinitarian requirement, one with none. One Australian, the other Scottish. I can't remember which does not have the requirement.. Is it the Australian one ?

Sunday 6 am here ! but at a ZOOM call might be doable..

I'm interested, but also time poor. I also don't know much about it so will not be able to critique it much on "facts" - but was going to have lunch today starting to watch it in installments.. but the phone started ringing.. and that plan went astray. I will let you know what I think if I get...

I don't do facebook. This will be held in the FB environment or is it a ZOOM meeting or similar ?

Really !? It always amazed me how "standard practice" is not so standard .. Do they send some sort of notice of a meeting ? Of all the time I have been on the web, I've never even asked the question of any of my American Brothers.. I still got a lot to learn..

LOL.. nah.. just looking for guidance if I invest the considerable time to do so... but I love the function in youtube which allows you to watch at 1.25 or 1.5, 1.75 or x 2 speed.. I hardly ever watch a youtube on normal speed.. unless it is music - but even then, it often sounds better sped up !

I guess for many of us, it might be a bit early to answer this question... but we can take stock as at now.. Firstly, we have have a build up of applicants. One of my friends lodges here has 11 applications. We only get a few per year normally. Both my lodges have at least 4. Many have 4 to 8 -...

Things ebb and flow Brothers.. but one thing is always with us - necroposting ! I often don't mind it when it bumps interesting stuff, but an antient operational question with a simple answer... well, no so interesting..

2 hours.. oh dear.. but no doubt an interesting topic.. Have you watched this @Glen Cook ?

Does that mean they have to mail all their summons by post ? Not a very practical position - and through the COVID-19 pandemic - our lodges have been holding business meetings via ZOOM, at the encouragement of our GL (no signs).. and the main focus of many of them have been social "how are you...