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Masonic Meeting Minutes

Bro. Staton

Registered User
Typically for your lodge meetings your minutes are recorded on a format which format does your lodge uses? Do you use a template or grand lodge form or did you create your own??? Examples would be great to see as well.
 

Bro. Staton

Registered User
PM Carver thank you for your quick reply and your templates as well.. I will upload a template in which I created for my lodge but I have not yet sumbitted it for final approval.
 

Bro. Staton

Registered User
This is the format in which I created.....
 

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JMartinez

Registered User
Here's a good question, as a master mason can I go to a lodge or write to a lodge in another country and request a copy of their minutes? For example if I wanted to know what kind of motions where made by George Washington, can I contact his lodge and request a copy of the minutes to share for a Masonic moment? If you were contacted by a brother for a copy of your minutes would you give them to him?
 

Bro. Staton

Registered User
Bro. Martinez that is a very good question as well. I would think that the minutes to most lodges would be open for review for another lodge. I think many times you could use them to strengthen on your weak areas and see how many lodges are conducting meetings.
 

cemab4y

Premium Member
I have thought for some time about this very subject Lodge minutes should be available to all members in electronic format. You should excise and delete any items which might be sensitive or embarrassing. I believe that members would become more involved, if they knew what their lodge was up to.
 

caution22113

Registered User
Here's a good question, as a master mason can I go to a lodge or write to a lodge in another country and request a copy of their minutes? For example if I wanted to know what kind of motions where made by George Washington, can I contact his lodge and request a copy of the minutes to share for a Masonic moment? If you were contacted by a brother for a copy of your minutes would you give them to him?

Check your constitution regarding correspondence with "foreign" lodges. In my jurisdiction you would have to go through the Grand Secretary.
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Under GLoTX law, the minutes are only open to members of that Lodge and "by such other Masons as have an appropriate reason therefor". As stated above, a request from a member of another jurisdiction would have to be made through the respective Grand Secretaries.
 
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