Wear comfortable shoes to your initiation.
If you're active at all, as a male member of the OES, get ready to spend a lot of time going back and forth between the East and West.
I joined Waco Chapter No. 7 (which has since merged with another Chapter) a month before elections and did not hold an office for the first year I was a member (although I spent a lot of meetings pro-temming (not sure that's an actual word) as Chaplain. The next year, I was elected Associate Patron, then Worthy Patron. I spent three years as Worthy Patron between 2 Chapters (once in Lorena, twice in Waco). I laid back for a few years after that, not serving in any offices, but, as my wife is currently Conductress, I'll be Associate Patron in Lorena again next year and Worthy Patron the year after, so...
Of course, being WP is one of the more relaxed "presiding officer" positions I've ever held.
TU