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In some jurisdictions gold toned collars are traditionally reserve for GL officers so the team would be guys in district offices and up. In other jurisdictions gold collars are traditionally used for the most fancy events only like installation and official visit so the team would be especially...

You are conflating clandestine and irregular. They have the lineage so they are not clandestine. Those independent jurisdictions have the same form of lineage as the PHA branch. They are irregular because of the acts that caused them to be expelled. Either status means there will be no...

I can think of a couple of jurisdictions that deserve to have their sovereignty violated in this fashion. But that's a tough sell to be worked on in future years. In Texas it would appear that the MWPHGLofTX asked for local recognition in order to get recognized by UGLE. Very surface view of...

Or he was mistaken (that happens a lot - I've heard Prince Hall called clandestine by plenty of brothers). Or he over summarized. Or he meant the other direction as I posted above on the California situation. Failure of recognition is now more common going in the other direction for the...

That's incorrect. Once local recognition happens all of the rest become rubber stamp issues. Go look it up in your own jurisdiction. A number even have blanket policies to recognize automatically every state that has local recognition http://bessel.org/masrec/phablanket.htm States that don't...

Welcome again, and again, to the family thrice adopted brother.

For the record I use the unofficial "George Washington affiliated" because both branches of our family are mainstream. That said ... Yes. There is no requirement for recognition to be mutual. Sometimes it is not and it happens in the other direction even more often. Also there are times...

My mean reaction is to look at my wrist watch and notice that it no longer says the time is year 2007. I am unimpressed with what I view as delaying tactics with an agreement signed and folks not just going to the standard places to look it up. It's like there's a culture of no one is capable...

The prohibition in the landmarks is against partisan politics not against political principles in general. We need to be conservative about any political discussion because the boundaries are different brother to brother. The above is clearly an attempt to state away from partisans stances...

As to traveling I will point out that I promised to obey the rules of the jurisdictions I would become a member of. Not being an Arkansas Mason the degree of binding is ambiguous to me. Their rules within their tiled meetings, maybe their rules within their buildings. Double maybe if my...

The example of the PHO lineage comes to mind. They do have direct descent from African 459 but they went irregular at at least one point. Not having a direct lineage makes the jurisdiction's clandestine status slam dunk, but having a direct lineage does not make regularity a slam dunk. That's...

American principle of exclusive jurisdiction. Once a recognized jurisdiction controls a region any jurisdiction that opens a lodge there is an invader. It's easy to describe how this principle interacts with historical racism to create a catch-22. When California recognized there were several...

That's why it can't be a right. Every brother has the right to attend his own lodge. No other member may object. That's why the ballot should be unanimous. Every brother has the privilege to attend other lodges. A member there is allowed to object. It blows to be the WM when you have to...

This being the US lodges are visible to the public. Now that you've made your introductions with the lodge's secretary look up when they have their monthly meeting. Show up an hour before the stated time. Introduce yourself to the brothers and get to know them in the hour before the members...

Here's the place to look for regular PHA jurisdictions - http://www.conferenceofgrandmasterspha.org/gjlinks.asp All the others on the list match the pattern MWPHGLof(state). Some have "and jurisdictions" in their name. Sometimes this says they cover a nearby state.

When brothers remember some of the explanations given to the candidate about his preparation some think that one only refers to the candidate. Others think it refers to all present. There is no "right" answer to this difference just what your jurisdiction has voted as the "correct" answer...

In jurisdictions that require trustees do they ever have a chair on the floor? I figure the principle is simple - I only have one butt so I can only fill one chair. One appointed/elected for the year, one protem for the meeting. With a temple corporation board I'm used to a list of elected...

Why not just call it district meeting or district officers school the way most jurisdictions do? That way there's no need for just another acronym and officers who are aware of what a district is (in theory all officers but theory and practice often diverge) know it's supposed to apply to them...

You wrote "magic" when the word in question is "psychology". It would appear that as a result you missed the meaning. Nothing wrong with doing it that way. While actions speak louder than words, words are not devoid of effect or affirmations would not be helpful. Affirmations like the one I...

In public speaking we are taught to focus on one person in the audience and focus on them. Another approach is to focus on one person time focusing on them then moving your focus to the next person. Both are ways to tell the forest from the trees. Let's say I'm on my church group's annual...