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As a Master Mason, and Junior Warden of my lodge, Commander of
Tehran Flying Shriners for the second year in a row, 1st Lt Cmdr of
Tehran Legion of Honor, Purveyor ( getter of all that is alcohol ;-) )
for the second time and Sgt of Arms of the Turlock Amateur Radio Club,
all I can say is you get out of a club or organization what you put into
it. You can sit on the side lines and gripe or get involved.. This also
applies to coupe flying and The Young Eagles. Sid has proven this with
as much as he gets involved.
Now climbing off my soapbox!
Kurt Jauss
Jerry Eichenberger wrote:
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> I agree 100% with my friend Greg. I'm a Master Mason, Shriner, Flying
> Noble who hasn't been inside of a Lodge, except for one Masonic
> funeral, in over 15 years.
>
> Why, because the Lodge offers me little. When I was Junior Steward, I
> was being "groomed" to be Senior Steward. That meant I was being
> encouraged to spend my Sunday afternoons cooking a feast of a meal for
> the Brothers for the next Lodge meeting. Bullcrap!!! Maybe I might
> have swung by an picked up some pizzas for the Brothers, but that's
> about it.
>
> I resigned as an officer immediately. Maybe the retired guys had
> nothing better to do with their Sundays, since they could play 7 days
> a week. But after working 6 days a week, I wasn't about to spend
> Sundays that way.
>
> These fraternal organizations are dying because they don't offer
> anything that young people want. Most young professionals don't have
> enough time in the day to turn around - why would they want to spend
> more time away from their families?
>
> Today's parents ARE better parents - we're not looking for an excuse
> to get away from the family - rather, we're searching for more quality
> time with family.
>
> I've preached enough.
>
> Jerry E.
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