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  1. Bigmel

    Favorite Degree?

    EA Because, The EA Degree started me on my Journey
  2. Bigmel

    How long have you been a Master Mason?

    Ea 1/1965 fc 2/1965 mm 3/1965
  3. Bigmel

    Offices Held...

    I am the Secretary in Blue Lodge and Treasuer for Commandery
  4. Bigmel

    Masonic Email Lists / Listservs

    Ours is manual and does nothing automatic. It is just a way to keep brother informed about district at low or no cost. We do use a Shrine Unit, Phone Tree, in South Carolina. For phone announcements by WM or Sec. it runs us about $10.00/$15.00 a month for phone messages. What did it take to...
  5. Bigmel

    Masonic Email Lists / Listservs

    I use an email list for our Lodge Members & District; it includes our DDGM, our Members and officers from the District Lodges, and their members if made available to me, and Appellate Org at our lodge. It is a monthly calendar, Trestle Board, with all activates in our lodge and District that is...
  6. Bigmel

    What Come You Here to Do?

    Very Good Bro. Blake
  7. Bigmel

    Role call of officers

    Secretary
  8. Bigmel

    Where does he get off....

    Bro Hale I would say that that depend on you Members. The Number of members or how much money you have does not matter. If you lodge meets its obligations and you have enough brothers to open and close your lodge that is all that should be required. I have seen Lodges with 50 members do and...
  9. Bigmel

    Where does he get off....

    All Lodges in Texas have ther same problem as my lodge. we have 224 members. of this number there are 99 living endowed members (53 deceased endowed), 58 members that are 50 or older, that leaves 68 dues paying members. our per capita was about $ 2400.00 this year. Up until this...
  10. Bigmel

    DDGM's

    It does not suprise me. I expect great things from the RW next year. He is a people person, very sharp and expects only the best from Masonary.
  11. Bigmel

    DDGM's

    Normally the incoming Grand Master checks with his contacts in each district for their recommendations, checks availability of persons recmended and then make his appointment. This is usually done in July or early august. Prior to GL meeting in Dec. They are usually informed in August of...
  12. Bigmel

    Worshipful Master

    I voted unsure. even though I think that the line officers should meet the proficency requirements listed above. our lodge was chartered in 1888 and for many years it was the lodge instructor/instructors responsiablty to certify that the officers were proficent they signed a lodge form and...
  13. Bigmel

    Crossing your legs during Lodge

    I found this on the net. Masonic Etiquette Summary: Masonic etiquette is simply the rules of good manners which make lodge meetings pleasant for everyone. The position of Worshipful Master in the East occupies the most exalted position within the lodge. A lodge which does not honor...
  14. Bigmel

    Scottish or York Rite?

    Both or excelent Degrees. I been both ways. I would do the one that has the nearest location to your home. that way you can be more active in the one you elect to take. You would get more out of it and so would your choice. My Blue Lodge has a York Rite Bodies in the Lodge. Scottish Rite I...
  15. Bigmel

    Use of the Lodge Room

    Our Lodge is lucky; we have a nice size Lodge Building. We have 2 lodge rooms, A Red and Blue room, A Dining Room, Commercial Kitchen, Library, Game Room, and Secretary Office. We have the Blue Lodge, York Rite (Chapter, Council, and Commandary), Scottish Rite Club, Shrine Club, OES, and other...
  16. Bigmel

    Age and Time

    I was initated 1-1965, Passed 2-1965, Raised 3-1965 and I am member and active in the following
  17. Bigmel

    Secretary Login

    I can pull up any brother that has been a member of my lodge. active, deceased etc. If the brother has had a Grand Lodge #assigned him. I love the fact that you have instant access to your lodge records. theses files can be downloaded sorted & handled in many ways.
  18. Bigmel

    Lecture Powerpoints

    I purchased the ones we use through the Grand Lodge they are the standard pictures they are good resolution and come on a CD. Check with schools or city organizations and see if the are upgrading to white boards. they may sell you one of the used ones at a low rate. or they may loan you one...
  19. Bigmel

    Reasons for becoming a Freemason

    When I was just a kid in the late 1940's I witnessed a Masonic Grave side service, It seems like there was more to the service then than now. I saw most of the communities leaders, who were masons, all good men. performing this service it stuck in my mind, and left a hunger, to belong to and...
  20. Bigmel

    Grand lodge website

    Yes It is the Secreary's responsibility. and it required a different web address, logon and password. Betty at Grand Lodge gave me the name and phone # of the Brother in charge of server where it was housed I cannot find his name at present time. This was several years ago. process may have...
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