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DID YOU KNOW...........Did you know that an up-to-date total of money
collected towards the Somerset 2007 Festival is viewable in the
Festival Pages…….also a complete table of Acorn awards……….see how well
your Lodge and all other Somerset Lodges are doing………look now! The
Grand Charity, Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London Tsunami
Relief Situation Report a. Immediately following the disaster, a
President’s Emergency Grant of £100,000 was made to the British Red
Cross, providing funding for the initial flight of relief supplies.
(The grant was acknowledged in several national dailies, including The
Times, The Independent and The Daily Mirror, as well as the London
Evening Standard). b. I have also authorised two further Emergency
Grants of £10,000 to the District Grand Lodge of Madras and £25,000 to
the District Grand Lodge of Sri Lanka, to assist the Districts in their
charitable efforts to help the victims of the disaster. c. In response
to requests from a number of Provinces and to co-ordinate the efforts
of the Craft, the Grand Charity immediately established a designated
Asian Tsunami 2004 Floods Relief Chest (No. E0091) to receive
contributions from Lodges and individual Freemasons. At the close of
business today, Tsunami Relief Chest contained £245,000 – a truly
remarkable response from the Craft. At a meeting of the Council held on
26 January 2005 it was resolved that, apart from the initial Emergency
Grants set out above, all future funding will be directed towards long
term assistance to support the children orphaned or otherwise affected
by the disaster. Accordingly: 1. The Council will recommend at the
Annual General Meeting in March 2005, that £300,000 be allocated from
the Grand Charity’s general funds towards the provision of this long
term support for the children. 2. That in addition to the sum mentioned
in 1. above, all sums from time to time held in the above mentioned
Tsunami Relief Chest account will also be applied to this project. 3.
The Grand Charity is entering into discussions with a number of
specialist international charities who are operating in the affected
areas to identify suitable projects or purposes. 4. The Tsunami Relief
Chest will remain open indefinitely, to receive any further
contributions that the Craft wishes to provide towards these long term
plans. Freemasons are responding in the most generous way to this
horrific disaster. Raymond J. Lye President For the latest news, please
click on the News & Events tab above for Craft, Chapter and Mark
News and the 2007 Festival tab for Acorn Award News. Somerset Masters
Lodge No. 37462nd Annual Kenneth Kinnersley Memorial Lecture
Competition The Autumn meeting took place at the Weston-super-Mare
Masonic Centre on Friday 29th October 2004. The Winner of the
Competition, W. Bro. Maurice Johnson, a member of Exmoor Lodge, No.
2390, gave an interesting talk describing a personal history of our
order from its foundation to the present day. At the Festive Board,
Maurice was presented with an engraved Bristol Blue Firing Glass by the
Worshipful Master, V. W. Bro. J. Peter Layzell. The Installation
Meeting will take place at Yeovil on Monday 28th February 2005. 2.30pm
for 3.00pm PREPARING FOR THE MASTERS CHAIR Brethren, a number of
seminars for the above have been held within the Province & have
been very well received. These seminars were originally aimed at
Wardens & Deacons & afterwards opened up to any brother who was
particularly interested in attaining the Masters Chair. May I inform
you that a further seminar have been arranged; the date & venue is
as follows: Taunton Masonic Hall, Monday 28th February 2005 The meeting
will commence at 7.30pm. Please inform W. Bro. John Morgan on
01275-472141 if you would like to attend. READ ACORN NEWSLETTER NO.
TENRead the latest edition of the newsletter on the Festival News tab
above!! REGISTERED MEMBERS, how to change your PasswordIf you are a
Registered Member and want to change your Password for a personal one,
then please do the following…….Go to the Useful information tab at the
left hand top, of the Members Page, then down the list to Change of
Details.Follow instruction to change password. If you are a newly
Registered Member and you are still awaiting your Password, email me at
compasseditor@pglsomerset.org.uk and I will look for it and send it to
you!......Ed. Somerset Provincial Officers April 2004 - April 2005 To
view the Current list of Officers please click the ‘WELCOME’ link
above. ‘what makes a good News story on the Somerset News pages’?Please
find out by double-clicking on the ‘News and Events Page’ tag Above!
PROVINCIAL BENEVOLENT TRUST FUNDThe Trust Fund was set up originally in
1980, for donations to Local Charities. Please see the News Page above
to understand the objectives of the Fund and the latest list of
donations. NEW MEMBERS AREA If you are a member of a Lodge in the
Province of Somerset, you may now register your details in the Members
Area,- top right this page. This new service has now been activated ,
your details will be verified and you will be issued with a password.
You will then be able to ‘click’ the relevant link to receive regular
news updates, information for Mentors and PIG reps. – if applicable to
you – Lodge Secretary information, the ‘Masons Market’ to buy and/or
sell Masonic and non-Masonic items and also download various documents
and other relevant information. PROVINCIAL TEAM VISITS For information
about Provincial Team Visits throughout Somerset, please click on the
NEWS and EVENTS link above.For further information or to purchase any of these products please
visit our Website at www.pglsomerset.org.uk
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