NEWS
Grand Lodge of Missouri
199th Grand Lodge Communication The 199th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri was held on September 21, 2020 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri following all of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services guidelines as to face masks and social distancing. MWB Stanton T. Brown, II opened the Grand Lodge at 10:00 AM with 218 members present representing 159 lodges; 76 Worshipful Masters, 27 Grand Lodge Officers and 9 Past Grand Masters. The morning started off with the nomination and election of Keith P. Hensen from Lathrop 506 and Joshua A. Thompson from Compass Lodge 120/Kansas City 220 for Masonic Home Directors. The Grand Master then presented his Grand Master’s address and received a standing ovation, after which MWB David R. Ramsey read the Necrology Report and there was a moment of silence. RWB Jonce Chidister, Chairman of the Jurisprudence committee, reviewed each of the 7 proposals.
1. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many lodges to not meet, the Constitutional Amendment did not have enough responses and will be resubmitted to each of the lodges again next year. 2. The proposal to 10.045 to make the support to youth groups permanent was passed. 3. The proposal to 2.018 to make “Brother” the proper form of address was deemed not in due form. 4. The proposal to 17.150 concerning suspension of multiple members passed. 5. The proposal to 18.040 allowing lodges to charge a late fee of up $10 delinquent fee was passed. 6. The proposal to 10.050 and 19.010 changing the date that the annual report is due to April 30th; that dues are delinquent on March 1st, if unpaid, members will be suspended on April 1st passed. 7. The proposal to 5.160 concerning modifying Masonic Education was withdrawn. Following the legislation, an explanation of the safe dismissal of the members for lunch was given by RWB Ty Treutelaar, SGW. The Grand Lodge Officers election was held at 12:05 PM, after which all were released for lunch. At 1:30 PM the Grand Lodge reconvened and RWB Mitch Weinstein announced that there had been
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