(1 of 10) - TRYING TO SORT IT ALL OUT!

Still a far cry from being quite prepared for installing all officers, but at least I have a good “line” already formed, and I believe I´ve nailed all other officers for my year… as we are going to have our Christmas/Summer break in just 3 weeks, I believe I am going to talk to the “future” officers just next year, when we resume our activities in February…

I´ve had this idea of inviting a few PMs of our Lodge and our sister Lodges for a very informal Lunch at home with their families, and take advantage of our time together to ask for some advice on how to manage and rule a Lodge during my year in chair…

Another thing I´ve done: I´ve put together a list of guests for my installation, that point can become a touchy subject in Brazil… Lodges under the Brazilian constitution don’t ever charge visitors for the festive board, whereas in some English Lodges that is not the case… that means I´ll have to make it clear I´m inviting a certain Brother and in case he wants to bring another brother along, he will have to inform his guest of our Lodge rules, regarding festive boards…

Last, but not least I´ve come up with the agenda for the 10 meetings I´ll have ahead of me… differently from most London Lodges, with only 4 or 5 meetings a year, in our district most of our craft Lodges hold an impressive 10 meetings a year! That means, at least for me, a few of the meetings will be much more of an LOI than a proper ceremony…

We have an EA in Lodge at the moment, that means he´ll be a FC in the next few months, and I´ll be able to raise him in my year… and we´ve just read an application for a candidate, that´ll provide me with a 2nd degree next year… and I´ve been having some nice chats with a young gentleman, who seems to be starting to get interested in the craft… that might mean a 1^st degree…

Basically now, it´s all about studying the ritual for the installation… as the craft ceremonies are more or less well memorised…  

Catch you later