tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post5257775901492898035..comments2008-04-21T12:44:35.792-04:00M.M.M. from the North Eastern Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256800876052840450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-62773027727763829972008-04-21T12:44:00.000-04:002008-04-21T12:44:00.000-04:00Bro:. Accousti is correct as far as he has written.<BR/><BR/>In Connecticut, ANY Master Mason may assume the East at the will and pleasure of the Worshipful Master.<BR/><BR/>It is no common thing, but permissable under the rules and regulationsTraveling Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965508897438794269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-7673246172832538232008-04-20T14:12:00.000-04:002008-04-20T14:12:00.000-04:00Tom wrote:<BR/><I>In Connecticut, only elected officers may preside over a lodge; that means the SW or JW if the WM ain't around. Barring that, a DD (DDGM to you) can open. Should one not be available, a phone call to the GM to ask him permission, typically given to a PM. </I><BR/><BR/>Again, it's quite different here. For one thing, in one of my Lodges, all the officers are elected except the Organist and Stewards. For another, if the Master and Wardens aren't present, the Lodge cannot open. This happened once during my year as DDGM. It can be done only with a signed dispensation from the Grand Master; a phone call doesn't cut it.<BR/><BR/>In the days when Lodges had more work than they could handle, there were non-officer nights when a M.M. from the side would be asked to confer a degree. He just simply couldn't sit in the WM's chair.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://justmason.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Justa Mason</A>Justa Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728485633301626073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-9584911314985814162008-04-20T10:06:00.000-04:002008-04-20T10:06:00.000-04:00You will do fine...it truly is an eye opener when you sit there for the first time. Next year when you head west your perspective will change also. There is a reason why it should take several years to make it to east, we all need the time to properly season.<BR/><BR/>The good news is once you do an EA the FC is much, much easier to do.Paul Chapinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212247304405255102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-59056629732021926492008-04-20T10:00:00.000-04:002008-04-20T10:00:00.000-04:00<I>Incidentally, in my jurisdiction, only an Installed Master may take the chair</I><BR/><BR/>Well, your jurisdiction uses ferrets as a working tool in some way that I have yet to understand...<BR/><BR/>In Connecticut, only <I>elected</I> officers may preside over a lodge; that means the SW or JW if the WM ain't around. Barring that, a DD (DDGM to you) can open. Should one not be available, a phone call to the GM to ask him permission, typically given to a PM. <BR/><BR/>I don't know why, but here, a PM has no authority - not that some of them don't try, but it's <I>unofficial</I> authority. I understand why a PM should be allowed to preside, rather than a Warden, and the reasoning makes sense to me. However, the way we do it - I think - might be more conducive to dispelling power cliques within a lodge. <BR/><BR/>Note that in Conn, PMs have no vote/voice at GL sessions, either. Past DDs have a voice, having been GL representatives, but that's as far as it goes. Oh, and we all have one (1) vote. Some US states assign fractional votes to certain positions.Tom Accuostihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-74757065488907577912008-04-20T05:14:00.000-04:002008-04-20T05:14:00.000-04:00MMM, as long as you know all the protocol and think several steps ahead of what you're doing, you'll be fine.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, in my jurisdiction, only an Installed Master may take the chair, and at each installation ceremony, the new Master is told he cannot surrender the chair to anyone who is not an Installed Master. If a SW who is not a PM has to preside, he is given another chair to sit in on the dias.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://justamason.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Justa Mason</A>Justa Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728485633301626073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-71987090283328177362008-04-20T03:17:00.000-04:002008-04-20T03:17:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Câmera Digitalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07922236958975320281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-68265791076482723382008-04-18T23:56:00.000-04:002008-04-18T23:56:00.000-04:00Having done my first EA this year, I can relate.<BR/><BR/>First time in the East, well respected immediate Past Master to my left, and I also hasd to receive the district Grand Line Officer.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, once you get going - it just rolls.<BR/><BR/>Traveling ManTraveling Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965508897438794269noreply@blogger.com