Grand JW- Jerry Kirby
Grand Treasurer- Archie Scott
Committee on Work- T.K. Anthony
2012 Holdover #7- rename "Grand Organist" to "Grand Musician"- PASSED
2012 Tabled #17A- regarding criminal background reports- POSTPONED UNTIL 2014
2013 #1- to allow only members of a Lodge to vote on petitions & advancement- FAILED
2013 #2- To preserve endowed membership installment plans- PASSED
2013 #3- to rescind existing Title V & restore it to as it existed in 2004- POSTPONED UNTIL 2014
2013 #4- to set a minimum price of $1000 for endowed memberships- FAILED
2013 #5- to reallocate the $1.25/member per capita from the Masonic Home & School to the Grand Lodge building fund- FAILED
2013 #6- to reallocate the $3.75/member per capita from the Texas Masonic Charities Foundation to the Grand Lodge building fund- FAILED
2013 #7- to clarify the requirements to become a "Fellow in Masonic Research"- PASSED
2013 #8- to eliminate Masonic District #101- PASSED
2013 #9- to allow Brethren to add to their endowed memberships in $100 increments- PASSED
2013 #10- to limit per capita to the amount of the return on endowed memberships- FAILED
2013 #11- to require the Grand Secretary to mail information to Lodges which do not have email- PASSED
2013 #12- to allow restored Lodges to amend their names- PASSED
2013 #13- to change the manner of voting in the Grand Lodge- TABLED
2013 #14- to allow grading of exemplified degrees- FAILED
2013 #15- AMENDED to prohibit possession of cipher work IN ANY FORM, including electronic/digital, on Lodge premises or in the presence of a candidate- PASSED
2013 #16- to allow "walking" MM Lectures- PASSED
2013 #17- to ban smoking anywhere on the Grand Lodge premises- WITHDRAWN
2013 #18- AMENDED to prohibit EAs & FCs from serving as SW or JW in any Lodge in which a ballot is taken (they may still serve as Wardens during degree conferrals)- PASSED
GM's RECOMMENDATION #1- to place a moratorium on the holding of "table Lodges" until a uniform procedure & ritual for such is established & approved by Grand Lodge- PASSED
GM's RECOMMENDATION #2- that the methods of preparation of candidates for the degrees and all paraphernalia used therein be only that approved by the Committee on Work and listed or provided for in the Monitor and/or the Grand Lodge Law (NO "Chambers of Reflection")- PASSED
Grand Treasurer- Archie Scott
Committee on Work- T.K. Anthony
2012 Holdover #7- rename "Grand Organist" to "Grand Musician"- PASSED
2012 Tabled #17A- regarding criminal background reports- POSTPONED UNTIL 2014
2013 #1- to allow only members of a Lodge to vote on petitions & advancement- FAILED
2013 #2- To preserve endowed membership installment plans- PASSED
2013 #3- to rescind existing Title V & restore it to as it existed in 2004- POSTPONED UNTIL 2014
2013 #4- to set a minimum price of $1000 for endowed memberships- FAILED
2013 #5- to reallocate the $1.25/member per capita from the Masonic Home & School to the Grand Lodge building fund- FAILED
2013 #6- to reallocate the $3.75/member per capita from the Texas Masonic Charities Foundation to the Grand Lodge building fund- FAILED
2013 #7- to clarify the requirements to become a "Fellow in Masonic Research"- PASSED
2013 #8- to eliminate Masonic District #101- PASSED
2013 #9- to allow Brethren to add to their endowed memberships in $100 increments- PASSED
2013 #10- to limit per capita to the amount of the return on endowed memberships- FAILED
2013 #11- to require the Grand Secretary to mail information to Lodges which do not have email- PASSED
2013 #12- to allow restored Lodges to amend their names- PASSED
2013 #13- to change the manner of voting in the Grand Lodge- TABLED
2013 #14- to allow grading of exemplified degrees- FAILED
2013 #15- AMENDED to prohibit possession of cipher work IN ANY FORM, including electronic/digital, on Lodge premises or in the presence of a candidate- PASSED
2013 #16- to allow "walking" MM Lectures- PASSED
2013 #17- to ban smoking anywhere on the Grand Lodge premises- WITHDRAWN
2013 #18- AMENDED to prohibit EAs & FCs from serving as SW or JW in any Lodge in which a ballot is taken (they may still serve as Wardens during degree conferrals)- PASSED
GM's RECOMMENDATION #1- to place a moratorium on the holding of "table Lodges" until a uniform procedure & ritual for such is established & approved by Grand Lodge- PASSED
GM's RECOMMENDATION #2- that the methods of preparation of candidates for the degrees and all paraphernalia used therein be only that approved by the Committee on Work and listed or provided for in the Monitor and/or the Grand Lodge Law (NO "Chambers of Reflection")- PASSED
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