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Not a problem per se, just our lodge secretary's health has declined and if I can get this done without increasing his already overloaded plate it would be nice. I have enlisted the assistance of other brethern and will have my certification complete before installation. Sometimes I forget how...

Sad to say, if we have a LIFE instructor I am unaware of who he is. You have to understand, we are a very small lodge with less than 20 members normally in attendance. I will see what I can come up with from one of the more active lodges in my area.

What is the process for enrolling into the LIFE program. Don't tell me to check with my lodge secretary as I need other options. I have looked all over the Grand Lodge's website and found an explanation of what the LIFE program is just no place on how to enroll in it or obtain the study materials.

It seems the Grand Lodge has added another requirement to the WM certification process. I need to get busy. Certification of Lodge Masters & Wardens: Article 276a adopted in December 2008 now requires the Worshipful Master of a Lodge to be certified as being capable of opening and...

What are the requirements or guidelines for the WM's hat?

It was taught me as a part of my MM study. My instructor advised I needed to know it as it may be required to gain entrance into some lodges I visit.

It may be the same way some people feel about voting in political elections... what's the point. I vote because it is my obligation as a citizen to do so and I want the right to complain about the results. :D I think the same could be said for going to Grand Lodge and participating.

Well, the feeling around our lodge is if you do not like what Grand Lodge is doing just wait until next year because it will change. :D

To be fair, if you do not use your smartphone in a business environment where constant access to your email and calendar are vital then get whatever works for you. I am just relating it from a backend support manager's perspective. The less I have to baby sit the users the happier I am. The BB...

In my current occupation I manage an Exchange server, Blackberry Enterprise server and a Good Messaging server, among several other duties. We have employess with Palms, Blackberrys and various other types of phones. By far the biggest headache are the Blackberrys. The RIM (Research in Motion)...

We team up with the ladies of our OES chapter and hold a garage sale. We split the monies and it has produced good results in the past.

Even if it were permitted by GLoT it would not happen on our lodge property. Now I enjoy a glass of wine or even a beer while BBQing but I see no place for it on lodge property. Too easy for things to get out of hand and be perceived in a bad light by the public. We do not need to give the...

Yes and the amazing part was he did not use a cane, walker or any assistance to get around. He was sharper than I am most of the time. :) If you factor that he had to be 21 to join, he is at least 92.

Monday night I was visiting a lodge nearby. The WM normally takes a headcount on PM, 60, 50 and 25 year Masons. He also gave a special reognition to one brother for his 71 years of service to the craft. Imagine the changes he has seen over his tenure in Masonry.

I understand what you are saying and I will be ready and certified by the time I am hopefully installed as WM. My question was what if NO ONE in the lodge meets the qualifications to be installed? This is just a curiosity on my part, not anything directly related to our lodge.

What if? Okay, here it is.... if no one active in the lodge holds a certificate nor has been certified to be installed in the East.... what happens? What are the "teeth" to this? Knowing how slow to change some are and how information coming from the Grand Lodge can get confused by the time it...

We elect WM,SW,JW,Treas,Secy&Tiler. The rest are appointed.

Has anyone been to a stated meeting opened in an EAM Lodge? Just curious if this was still permitted as passed a year or 2 ago.

Thank you for the follow up information. We had our stated meeting last night and it was the topic of discussion during the meal afterwards. We had several from other lodges in attendance and it was amazing to learn how little factual information the brethren had on it. I will pass this along.

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