And (especially country) lodges need to review their ways of thinking. One of the lodges that I am a member of has a lot of active members, and we're initiating the EA's (8 EA's in August). But every activity is geared toward the retired folks, for example, all of the degrees start at 6pm on Fridays, with no food served. That is not enough time for some of the working guys to get off from work, get cleaned up, grab a bite and make it to lodge, so mainly most of the members that are there are retired. And when it's brought up to move the time and hour, it gets really uncomfortable.
I've only been a MM for a little over 3 years, and I'm 51 now, and there aren't many that come that are younger than me.
We need to change our way of thinking.
My .02 worth.....
Robert