A few innovative and modern ideas - some listed below.
• Zoom meetings have been held with 20 plus members at most meetings.
• The bi-weekly “FUN Newsletters” by VW Bro John MacDonald have provided humour to members and families.
• Business meetings have been conducted online using Zoom with positive results.
• Almoners and Lodge brethren and partners have done a wonderful job using the phone tree to contact members.
• Lodge rehearsals have been held in some Lodges although limited in content.
• Business social groups are being formed by innovative Masters aligning with their members requests for more contact outside Lodge.
• Master Mason forums have been created within a District by the District Grand Master – good positive initiative.
• The Grand Masters weekly video has been well received to keep Brethren informed.
• The Grand Lecturer has been active in presenting informative lectures using the online Zoom facility.
• Lodge newsletters with YouTube links attached to worthwhile presentations
• A Q & A session run by the Grand Master and Deputy GM - online
• ANZAC Day ceremonies involving the Grand Master, Dep Grand Master & others online.
The Freemasons Charity.
Some Reading From - The Grand Lecturer. Northern Division. VW. Bro John MacDonald - A Paper of Interest on Our Early History - Freemasonry in the early 1600s and 1700s - Bro. W.J. Hughan.
