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National Sojourners was once limited to Officers. We went through the same discussion during that change. I suspect the organization will eventually be opened up to all ranks, as fewer Officers (well, fewer anyone) now join Freemasonry. We have any number of bodies for which the...

They currently do appropriate criminal checks, but in some areas may have leaders who do not represent your values.

Well, I don't disagree with you. However, this is not lodge. I am unaware of any prohibition on side orders engaging in such purposes. There is a nationalistic bent in US Freemasonry. At one time, GL CA forbade members of the Communist Party. The AASR SJ has a committee specifically...

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It would be a life work to do for the US, and the technology may change by then. I thought someone else was doing an app?

I got rid of my Samsung that I use in the UK, and got another iPhone. Life is good again

For clarification, Story Lodge No. 4 is not the oldest established Freemasons in Utah. It would be the first lodge established by the Grand Lodge

I can't answer for your jurisdiction, but in mine, he is still a Mason, just unaffiliated. Many jurisdictions will place limits on his participation. In Utah, he is considered a drone in the beehive of Freemasonry.

We have fun in our Mark Master Lodge (Keystone), hamming it up a bit.

Yes, I do, having learned to use them as a boy. I quite like Cross, bit one of my best is a cheap one from WH Smith.

I prefer overly lit to overlighted. Feels better to say

Brethren: subsequent review has shown that this was not a lodge activity, but a former member using the Lodge name.

Welcome.

Yes, it would be. Luckily, that wasn't done.

I remember some pretty terse conversations in the 1990-2000 on Usenet and Csevre and Prodigy and yahoo. I view it as a volume and anonymity function now. Like you, I post with my pic and ten clicks you can find all about my Masonic and professional life.

UGLE is most short form: about 11 questions with the deacon in your ear to help. Utah is long, and even requires proficiency for the Master. I've never had the sense that English Masons feel short changed, unless it is the Scots buying the next round.

I like the clever comparison, but bridle at the suggestion that God had anything to do with founding Freemasonry. And, your definition of freemasonry as male only is not one that all accept, as the discussion shows. However, this won't stop me from using the second clause as a quip!

Thanks. In some jurisdictions we also have prohibitions on "electioneering".

Usually this would not be a GL matter. If your individual lodge culture promotes putting oneself forward, it is not my place to gain say that. I would urge caution and modesty, though, until you do know the culture.

I don't wish to nit pick on a worthwhile topic, but may I note my concern with the concept that one would "seek" an officer position? Surely one waits for the worshipful master to exercise his right to select such officers as he in his discretion believes appropriate.