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The activity program has various names in various jurisdictions. In GLofTX it is the Vanguard program or similar name. In Illinois it is the Grand Master's Award of Excellence program is it gets an acronym. I don't recall the California acronym. The idea is to give an activity goal to lodges...

It is if you are in any tiled meeting. No discussion of sectarian religion in any tiled meeting. This landmark is expanded to a tradition of no discussion of sectarian religion in our buildings or at scheduled but not tiled events. Our assemblies are sanctuaries from such topics. This forum...

Seems not much outside of routine to me. All of my jurisdictions have a program where lodges have activities that earn brownie points towards an award. In two of my jurisdictions having a lodge function attending a church service on either St John day is a brownie point in that program. We...

Welcome again to the family twice adopted brother.

My wife made a shadow box with my first gravel, the trowel I was presented the night I was raised, some life/endowed membership cards and such. I also have a small collection of Table Lodge commemorative engraved glasses. Most of my Masonic books are in the presentation case in the living room...

There are differences between full time staff, consultants and contractors. Fail to learn the differences and that increases your chances of disliking a job. Consulting takes a specific mind set to enjoy the work. Treat yourself as an employee of your parent company and you'll fail to like...

At one time the Navy offered guarantees of deployment region for folks who scored above some level on the pre-enlistment ASVAB test battery contingent on performance at all subsequent schools. Guys in my boot camp company already had fleet assignments on sub fleets east, west or Europe or...

Is that the one that gives a source of our ritual as events in Egypt having to do with initiating a Pharoh and some smelly mummy gets called Hiram? Any one step makes sense but there are so many guesswork steps that we can tell almost any story using the free method. Interesting as conjecture.

He was a member of at least one clandestine order. So insert the usual discussion of what that means. Members of regular and recognized lodges will answer no, but not everyone will give that answer. The dude was weird beyond the kenn of regular men.

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

Likely the constitutions you purchased was for the grand lodge. The rules for the lodge are probably called bylaws and are likely to be only a few pages. The by laws should "state" when the monthly meeting(s) is (that's why it is called the "stated" meeting), plus when the annual elections...

As it is not listed that means no member pushed forward the paperwork for it to come to a vote. Only a member who can vote at GL can submit a resolution. That's JW, SW, WM, PM plus a list of GL officers who have to be PMs. Every PM of every GLofTX lodge is supposed to understand it's up to...

It sounds like you mean honoring active members more than senior members. I've been to 50 year pin presentations for brothers who had not attended any lodge event before that in more than 20 years. Living Masonry out there in the public is real activity but it doesn't seem to be what you mean...

Search for "The Regular Grand Lodge of the Kingdom of Morocco". According to wikipedia (usual caveats about lack of accuracy) there web site is http://www.glm.ma/entree.htm

I wrote an extremely brief summary that lists the page number in the PDF that each item starts on. I included it as a text file so folks not interested will not see several pages of very terse description.

More than one of my lodges present 25 year pins at the annual awards dinner. You have to show up to get yours. There's a stack in the secretary's desk if any show up at a stated meeting and ask for it. Many GLs have a written presentation for the 50 year pin. I've seen them presented at...

You say poh TAY tow. I say puh TAH tow. Language barriers are common among speakers of the same language. Fun variation of details.

Strange. Before the monthly meeting is the first time and place to approach a lodge. After sending email so they expect you but not expecting or waiting for a reply from them. The way I find out about most public events is hearing about them at a meeting. It's cool that you've been to public...

You say po - TAY - to; I say po - TAH - to. You say gracias; I say danke. Translating something into another language does not make the meaning stop being identical. Good timing. This is "Mou-vember". I am using the month to redesign my beard. At the moment I look a bit like a were-bear...

It's typical. Many lodges wait a few months to make sure the candidate is serious. By your description you are most of the way through that sequence. Keep showing up monthly and ask for your petition each time. One of the lessons we teach is patience. For me that was one of the hardest...