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JW Reading the Law

How often does the JW read from the Book of Law?

  • Every Meeting

    Votes: 24 35.8%
  • Every now and again

    Votes: 12 17.9%
  • He is supposed to read from the law book?

    Votes: 23 34.3%
  • Our JW can read?!

    Votes: 8 11.9%

  • Total voters
    67

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Brother Blake, If you have not received your copy, you can go downstairs to the book room at Grand Lodge, and ask for Brother Raywood, ( It is a small door in the hall where all the pictures of each lodge is posted)

Bro. Blake, you are truly honored. You have been entrusted with the knowledge of the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Grand Lodge of Texas, aka Masonic Supply. Guard this knowledge & use it wisely, Grasshopper! :D
 

owls84

Moderator
Premium Member
I wonder if we shop the printing around? I can get things printed in those volumes in a weeks time by surfing the internet. Why does it take 6 months to get Law Changes?
 

Dave in Waco

Premium Member
I wonder if we shop the printing around? I can get things printed in those volumes in a weeks time by surfing the internet. Why does it take 6 months to get Law Changes?

Agreed. Why do they not put out a Request for Proposal? They don't have to go with the lowest bid, but shopping the printing around has to get GL a better deal and more timely delivery.
 

Gerald.Harris

Premium Member
Premium Member
Agreed. Why do they not put out a Request for Proposal? They don't have to go with the lowest bid, but shopping the printing around has to get GL a better deal and more timely delivery.

Guys, The new books have been available for a good while now. I received mine a month or more ago. I don't know that it is so much a question of printing each year as it is a question of getting the book ready to go to the printer.
 

Dave in Waco

Premium Member
Guys, The new books have been available for a good while now. I received mine a month or more ago. I don't know that it is so much a question of printing each year as it is a question of getting the book ready to go to the printer.

It's all the printing they do. It took the printers months for the new Monitors this year. They worked on those for about 5 months.
 

Blake Bowden

Administrator
Staff Member
Well folks, I'm now SW and still haven't received a copy of the GL Bylaws. Thankfully I have a two year old PDF copy otherwise I'd be out of luck. At our last stated meeting I stood up and asked how many people own a copy of our Lodge bylaws. Only two hands were raised. Don't let that happen at your Lodge!
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Blake- because our Lodge operates a little differently than most, I'm in the process of writing a Lodge Manual defining the duties & responsibilities of the various officers. Each Manual will include a copy of our bylaws & the little booklet on Masonic Parliamentary procedure. You might consider doing the same for your Lodge.
 

HKTidwell

Premium Member
Blake- because our Lodge operates a little differently than most, I'm in the process of writing a Lodge Manual defining the duties & responsibilities of the various officers. Each Manual will include a copy of our bylaws & the little booklet on Masonic Parliamentary procedure. You might consider doing the same for your Lodge.

One of the many things I've been looking at putting togather for new MM is a CD. The CD will have a electronic Petitions (Blue Lodge, Scottish rite, York Rite, and Shriners), Lodge Bylaws, Grand Lodge laws, and the ALL program. Hopefully as time goes on I can add somethings to this but that is what I would like to start off with. Any ideas?
 

HKTidwell

Premium Member
I will be more then willing to send you a copy. However I had one of our PM contact Grand lodge(he was asking a question already) for a pdf version of the grand law and it wasn't availible as of a month ago. I need to call them again and see if it is now availible.
 

Papatom

Premium Member
Premium Member
Blake- because our Lodge operates a little differently than most, I'm in the process of writing a Lodge Manual defining the duties & responsibilities of the various officers. Each Manual will include a copy of our bylaws & the little booklet on Masonic Parliamentary procedure. You might consider doing the same for your Lodge.
Is it possible to purchase one from you, or make a donation to your lodge for a copy?
 

HKTidwell

Premium Member
I should be in Waco on Wednesday and I may have to drop by and snag a copy of this and also a copy of "Masonry for the Texas Mason's Lady" (thanks Brother Lins). Brother Ashton what was the cost on the cd?
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Is it possible to purchase one from you, or make a donation to your lodge for a copy?

There's no need. While donations to our Lodge are gratefully accepted & appreciated, I intend (if I ever get it finished) to post it online & make it available to any Brother who desires it.
 
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