superfluous
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What are the other major Masonic forums out there?
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Nate Riley
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There are other Masonic forums?!
YES silly boy, there are "others"!
148 forum is a whole other animal than this thang much smaller and private. pretty much meant for communication between brothers of that lodge. We got the idea from here of course and it has worked very well for us as an intimate setting to get to know the Brothers of our Lodge. Kinda like Blake's site had a baby.. ! lol That forum can sit dead for days so it really does not compare well to what this forum is. We mainly just make fun of each other on there. This site is much better at getting the Masonic juices flowing.
swole
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Congrats??!! :blink: lol. A Miracle baby...lol
Exactly. When 148 was born it was well documented it would not "compete" with MOT. Our active Lodge membership is a young group and due to the "internet age" that is finding our Lodge through the website we made wanted a way members could stay in connection and with several of us being original members of MOT it really opened our eyes as to the possibilities of the forum. What better way to get to know your members than 24/7/365 contact? It is a place where member or potential member can log on and ask a question or post a thought.
When I was searching for ideas the GL of Mass had a forum on thier site that we all loved (www.askafreemason.org) but when I contacted the web designer that made the GLoMass website he said it would be $11000. This was out of our price range and after being on here it showed that we could do the same for nothing. Thus, the inception of the 148 forum. It does its job and allows us to get to know our guys a little better and we have actually got to know some guys before they petitioned from it. It also allows members abroad to keep in touch.
Just checked it out, nice job you guys 
Now if only more Lodges would implement similar websites
Now if only more Lodges would implement similar websites
i was just kidding!
Lodge websites are a wonderful idea indeed. In today's modern electronic erra the internet is a primary source of communication. One other suggestion is that once your actual website is created also create a FaceBook page. For those of us who have internet based phones FB has numerous apps that link to pages, and for those of us stuck in SMS/Text service, FB also has SMS alerts directly to your phone.
I know that my lodge uses the SMS service to help keep all the brethren informed as to upcomming events etc. As well as inform non-members of events outside their lodge that they might also like to attend.
Just a thought.
you'll find that this is a common theme among PHA lodges. i'm not discriminating or saying it's a bad thing, but AF&AM lodges tend to be much more open about their existence. and by this i mean solely that we tend to advertise our existence much louder than other GLs. it has yet to be determined whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, however. it's how it is used that is important.