cemab4y
Premium Member
The internet is here to stay, and lodge newspapers (printed, and sent in the US Mail), are expensive and obsolete. I would like your opinions on whether non-sensitive lodge proceedings (the minutes), be posted on line, and/or published in the lodge electronic (or print) newsletter. Some (not all) Grand Lodges forbid the electronic posting of any lodge proceedings (in the tyled meetings) from being published at all. Personally, I see no problem with publishing the non-sensitive portions of the lodge proceedings. Example:
-The lodge voted to thank the brothers who volunteered to paint the lodge room last week.
-The lodge voted to purchase a new water heater.
-The lodge voted to hold a picnic at the park next week.
and other such harmless and routine proceedings.
I do feel, that it is inappropriate to publish such things as:
-The sick list
-Who is getting an operation
-Balloting on new petitioners
-Who is in financial distress
and other such highly personal items.
What do you think? Can we have some more "transparency", and publish some (not all) of the lodge proceedings in the electronic and/or print newsletters?
-The lodge voted to thank the brothers who volunteered to paint the lodge room last week.
-The lodge voted to purchase a new water heater.
-The lodge voted to hold a picnic at the park next week.
and other such harmless and routine proceedings.
I do feel, that it is inappropriate to publish such things as:
-The sick list
-Who is getting an operation
-Balloting on new petitioners
-Who is in financial distress
and other such highly personal items.
What do you think? Can we have some more "transparency", and publish some (not all) of the lodge proceedings in the electronic and/or print newsletters?