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2010 Grand Lodge Annual Communication resolutions results

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eagle1966

Guest
what happened to this thread with Saturday results? somebody drop the ball?:sad:
 

Bro Mike

Registered User
We seem to be all over the place, so I'll post the Cliff-notes version here, too.

Grand Master's resolution was Adopted

Jerry L Martin was elected to the Grand South

Holdover 18 from 2009 (lowering number on Board of Directors of Home & School) Adopted

1 (shortening EA turn in) Not Adopted
2 (codebook) Not Considered
3 (per capita on endowed members) Tabled
4 (Publication of candidate names) Withdrawn
5 (Rangers Foundation) Adopted
6 (Canvassing) Adopted with amendment to wording
7 (Qualification of WM) Not Adopted
8 (Exemption of Per Capita) Withdrawn
9 (Change of "Lodge" to "Degree") Withdrawn
10 (Holy Bible as only VSL) Withdrawn
11 (Faith/Creed/Race) Adopted
12 (Covering in Lodge) Adopted
13 (Golden Trowel) Not Adopted
14 (Social Security #) Adopted after paper ballot
15 (Repeal of Endowed Membership) Withdrawn
16 (Per Capita on Plural Memberships) Not Adopted
17 (Removal of "divine auth. of the Holy Scriptures") Withdrawn
18 (Adding non Masonic activities to Statement of Availability) Amended, then Adopted
19 (Member Adding to Endowment) Not Adopted
20 (Change to Cornerstone Ceremony)Adopted
21 (Voting by Lodges and Members) Withdrawn
22 (Voting by Lodges and Members) Not Considered
23 (Trustee appointments) Adopted

This is what I have from my notes. Corrections brothers?
 

webstermason

Registered User
In response to those would would shorten the EA Proficiency, shouldn't we also remove the Lecture from the Degree. the meetings would run so much shorter.
 

Bro Mike

Registered User
Forgot to add the final outcome of one other action taken this weekend.

The charter of Panhandle Lodge 1044 had been arrested during the summer. The Grand West voted not to return the charter.
 

owls84

Moderator
Premium Member
what happened to this thread with Saturday results? somebody drop the ball?

Sorry about this. The guys that were doing this thread ended up going to Waco so we were unable to update the forum on Saturday and for the final hour Friday.
 

Dave in Waco

Premium Member
Bro Mike said:
Yes. A sad, but necessary duty was done.

Agreed. After hearing the amount of charges against them, the amount of assistance they turned down to correct some of them, capped off by the WM of the lodge attempt to blame everyone else instead of taking responsibility for any of them including trying to burn one of their own brothers; it made it pretty clear why there wasn't a hand in the air to give it back.
 

webstermason

Registered User
Listening to the person proposing the return of their Charter left me stunned. I just didn't know what to think or say. And from my vantage point upstairs on the back row, I couldn't see the license plate. Is there a picture somewhere?
 

Bro Mike

Registered User
The increase was adopted as written, so it goes to $25 with the next returns. A couple of amendments were proposed, but not adopted while the issue was under discussion.
 

LDSpears

Premium Member
Will that change the price of the endowed membership? Also, is there a difference between an endowed membership and a lifetime membership?
 

David Duke

Premium Member
The increase was adopted as written, so it goes to $25 with the next returns. A couple of amendments were proposed, but not adopted while the issue was under discussion.


As I understand it the increase will not apply to the 2011 returns; the increased returns will come due in 2012..............I could be wrong wouldn't be the first time :huh:.

Will that change the price of the endowed membership? Also, is there a difference between an endowed membership and a lifetime membership?

The cost of an endowment is set by the individual lodge; the lodge must pay returns on both endowed members and lifetime members the difference being that the lodge doesn't get any disbursements for lifetime members and hopefully will for those endowed. We use to give lifetime membership to all of our past masters but began purchasing an endowment for them several years ago so that we could get the benefit of disbursements......hasn't worked out real well for the past couple of years but hopefully the worm will turn soon.
 

Dave in Waco

Premium Member
Endowed membership prices are set by each lodge with a minimum value of $500. The price is set only during the same meeting as the election of officers each year, in amounts of $100.

Lifetime and Endowed memberships are different. Endowed memberships are paid to GL. Lifetime memberships are limited to 4 every 3 years and the money doesn't go to GL.
 
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