PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin
PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin
PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin
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Permission to Call a Special Meeting or Communication ............. 9Permission to Have a Joint Communication and Fraternalvisits Between Sister Grand Jurisdictions ................................. 3Permission to Hold Joint Installations with Job’s DaughtersBethels .......................................................................................... 1Permission from Elected Lodge Senior Warden to also act asLodge Chaplain ............................................................................ 1Permission for a Lodge to Hold an Installation <strong>of</strong> Officers on aSunday .......................................................................................... 1Permission for a Past Master <strong>of</strong> a Lodge to act as Pro-TemMaster For Rest <strong>of</strong> Term due to Elected Master’s Call toActive Duty .................................................................................. 1Permission to Operate Under a Blanket Dispensation to ServeWine or Beer ................................................................................ 4TOTAL 114The Committee is <strong>of</strong> the opinion that all the dispensations were properly issuedpursuant to the Masonic Code.EDICTSThe Grand Master Issued one Edict this year, to all Constituent Lodges onFebruary 15, 2006, pertaining specifically to the Man to Mason to Shrine event tobe held March 25th in Madison and April 29, 2006 in Green Bay and Milwaukee:• Granting Dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapter 73.09<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Code, to allow more than one candidate to receive all parts <strong>of</strong>the degrees at the same time, with the use <strong>of</strong> exemplars as appropriate; and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapter 74.01<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Masonic Code, to allow the candidates to demonstratepr<strong>of</strong>iciency as defined and accepted by the Grand Lecturer and the DistrictLecturers and as defined in the White Paper for Masonic Classes, prior to theFellowcraft and Master Mason degree, and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapters 22.03and 78.03, to allow <strong>Wisconsin</strong> residents who have not resided in <strong>Wisconsin</strong> fora year to petition a lodge for this event. All cases involving the residencerequirement will be handled on an individual basis by the Grand Master andin concurrence with the Grand Secretary; and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirement as stated in Chapters 68.05and 73.02 <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Masonic Code, to allow the lodge to receive a petitionfor the degrees and take action on that petition at a stated or a specialcommunication called for that purpose only; and to allow that the time elementfor receiving and balloting on a petition be reduced to a time period that thelodge feels adequate to receive, interview and ballot upon such petition’ and toallow an adequate period <strong>of</strong> time between the receiving, balloting and theinitiation <strong>of</strong> a candidate as the lodge feels appropriate.It is the opinion <strong>of</strong> the Committee that this Edict was lawfully issued.15