Proud to be a RA Mason Terry McGlone

by Terry McGlone

3rd Provincial Grand Principal

Resuming our Masonic lives later in the year is fast becoming a reality. I look forward to seeing you in the Autumn. Together with Graeme Wyles, Assistant to the Provincial Grand Principals, and Paul Settle, Provincial Grand Almoner, I have been looking at all aspects of Membership Retention. Our Retention Plan is in place and, in early March, we began to bring it to life. Our Retention planning is very much focused around working with Chapters. Our first step has been for Graeme and me to contact all Scribes E in our Province. As this goes to print, we have almost completed this part of our Plan. Our thanks to the Scribes for the time they gave us.

The discussions with the Scribes were both productive and enjoyable and created the opportunity to not only share our thoughts and plans for Retention but to hear news from Chapters. We intend to maintain this two-way dialogue. At the same time, we have been working on the introduction of a series of Forums involving three Companions. The Forums are badged “Listen & Learn” – and that is precisely what we want to do: listen to the views of Participants in relation to various topics that are key to our Retention planning and then use that learning to adjust our planning appropriately. Our intention is to run the Forums via ZOOM, starting during April. So, I truly believe that working together, listening to and learning from each other helps us to create an environment enjoyable for all where a Companion can feel proud of being a Royal Arch Mason.