Bloke
Premium Member
This might be of interest.. the numbers of Lodges are slightly off.. but it is still a decent overview I think...
"Some will say a lodge merger is an excellent idea for two weak lodges, that they come together to form one strong lodge. While on occasion this might be true, I have generally observed that combining two weak lodges often simply results in one larger weak lodge. While a merger might be a short term strategy to address personnel or financial pressures, unless you address the underlying causes of the weaknesses, those issues that led to a merger are very likely to simply re-emerge."
Read on..
http://www.lodgedevotion.net/devoti...ing-to-use-evidence-to-evaluate-lodge-mergers
"Some will say a lodge merger is an excellent idea for two weak lodges, that they come together to form one strong lodge. While on occasion this might be true, I have generally observed that combining two weak lodges often simply results in one larger weak lodge. While a merger might be a short term strategy to address personnel or financial pressures, unless you address the underlying causes of the weaknesses, those issues that led to a merger are very likely to simply re-emerge."
Read on..
http://www.lodgedevotion.net/devoti...ing-to-use-evidence-to-evaluate-lodge-mergers