JJones
Moderator
Hello brothers!
I'm the Junior Warden at our lodge which seems to have about 10 active members out of about 80 total dues paying members (which I think is good from what I hear from time to time). I'd like to try and renew interest among our current membership by introducing some presentations and lessons on masonic history and symbolism however our stating meetings can draw out for quite some time as it is already.
For example, it's not unusual for a stated meeting to begin around 7:15 and continue on until it's near 10PM. While I personally feel it's a good thing that our lodge is active enough to discuss business for 3 hours I also find myself wondering if these long meetings centered on discussing mundane things might be somewhat...boring to some people.
I've read several posts and articles on this website which seem to have several good ideas to get people's interest yet I'm still unsure how to actually fit time into a lodge meeting to give an interesting presentation or lesson.
What I'm hoping for is advice on how to condense the business end of our meeting. I've also read somewhere on this website that, if I understood correctly, mentions approving previous minutes without them having to be read, which could shave off about 5-10 minutes right there. If anyone could point me in the right direction or show me where to look for information it'd be greatly appreciated.
I'm the Junior Warden at our lodge which seems to have about 10 active members out of about 80 total dues paying members (which I think is good from what I hear from time to time). I'd like to try and renew interest among our current membership by introducing some presentations and lessons on masonic history and symbolism however our stating meetings can draw out for quite some time as it is already.
For example, it's not unusual for a stated meeting to begin around 7:15 and continue on until it's near 10PM. While I personally feel it's a good thing that our lodge is active enough to discuss business for 3 hours I also find myself wondering if these long meetings centered on discussing mundane things might be somewhat...boring to some people.
I've read several posts and articles on this website which seem to have several good ideas to get people's interest yet I'm still unsure how to actually fit time into a lodge meeting to give an interesting presentation or lesson.
What I'm hoping for is advice on how to condense the business end of our meeting. I've also read somewhere on this website that, if I understood correctly, mentions approving previous minutes without them having to be read, which could shave off about 5-10 minutes right there. If anyone could point me in the right direction or show me where to look for information it'd be greatly appreciated.