Brother_Steve
Premium Member
I've been an officer since being raised working my way through all the chairs minus junior steward.
Oh how time flies....
Oh how time flies....
Lol....same here except I started out as SD, small lodge. Congratulations! You are going to love the JW position.I've been an officer since being raised working my way through all the chairs minus junior steward.
Good luck. We too must do the EA as JW, FC as SW and MM as WM. However, we do not have to prove proficient before being elected and installed. I feel like a 4x4 vehicle that is downshifting into 4-wheel low to get done what I need to get done come December.Very similar here Brother_Steve.
The JD appointed last December only showed up to the January stated meeting and then disappeared. The chair was filled with various people for February and March. Meanwhile for Degrees I was asked to sit in various chairs, Pursuivant, Jr and Sr MC and JD. At one of our extra meetings in March I was asked if I would be willing to start "in the line" and be appointed JD for the rest of the year, which would mean next year being SD, and also begin to learn the EA Degree, Business of the Lodge and the Charges with the recommendation that I work on the charges, since very few brothers in my lodge know them. So April, May and June things were going well, and I had the charge down for the EA degree and then we went dark for July and August. The last week of August I got a call from both the SW and WM informing me that out SD was "stepping out of the line" and they would greatly appreciate it if I would be willing to stand for election as JW for next year. So I began the scramble to learn the Business of the Lodge and the EA degree before November ends. I have set up with the District School to emulate the Business of the Lodge on November 1st and the EA degree on November 15th. Wish me luck as there is really no margin for error here! If I mess either up the lodge will be scrambling to find someone to sit in the South.
Good luck. We too must do the EA as JW, FC as SW and MM as WM. However, we do not have to prove proficient before being elected and installed. I feel like a 4x4 vehicle that is downshifting into 4-wheel low to get done what I need to get done come December.