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March 2024 Sharing
Seasonal Gathering (Meeting of Directors and Supervisors)

The United Grand Lodge of England meets four times a year, they only receive guests on June and December meetings. The March and September meetings are for UGLE members only. We have a similar system as UGLE, with four Meetings of Directors and Supervisors and one Annual Communication. Since the Annual Communication has to receive guests, listen to the annual work and financial reports of each committee and Grand Lodge, it leaves us not enough time to discuss business. This makes the Directors and Supervisors Meetings very important for us to commit issues, discuss, and find solutions. Blue Lodges may listen to the Grand Lodge Committees’ brief report of the progress of various tasks. It is also a good chance to negotiate with each other or with the Grand Lodge on various matters in this meeting.

This is the same as the Stated Meeting of the Blue Lodge. It is more a summons than a notice to the three Lesser Lights of each Lodge. There’s no way for Grand Lodge Officers to learn what Blue Lodges’ needs or difficulties they are facing, neither can advice or assistance be provided, if the Three Lesser Lights do not participate in our seasonal meeting.

In the quarterly meetings, you will have the chance to observe which brother can find questions that are truly beneficial to brothers, who can propose real solutions, and who has truly made a contribution to solve these problems. Rather than asking about which candidate of elected Grand Officers may perform better than others before our annual election, or complaining afterwards about the poor performance of the Grand Lodge, it is a better way to actively participate in the Supervisors and Directors Meetings, observe, suggest, and assist Grand Lodge in problem-solving. This is what we should do to return the trust of brothers to elect us to this position.

We are gathering not because the law stipulates that we hold a board of directors and supervisors, but because we hope that the representatives of Blue Lodges may get together to discuss how service can bring more benefits to the brethren. Quote by John Ruskin: “When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts.” I think this is the goal and what we hope to achieve at every gathering.