FVNews Daily. No 97. Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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UPDATED DAILY. What’s On (39 listings)
Please notify us about your event. Email: editor@FVNews.com.au
• Tuesday, September 1. 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Association. All Welcome. Zoom. ID: 6070901923. Password: 9JNjZx
• Tuesday, September 1. 7pm. Mitchell River Lodge. Meeting, including visitors from the UK who greatly contributed to bushfire relief. All welcome. LINK
• Tuesday, September 1. 7pm. Old Melburnians Lodge. 3 talks. Freemasons, non-Freemasons welcome. LINK
• Tuesday, September 1. 7.30pm. Blue Lounge Social Club. Education Forum. ‘Beyond Craft Freemasonry – What’s the story and journey?’ All welcome. LINK
• Tuesday, September 1. 7.30pm. Masons Connect Online Social Media Workshop. Speaker: Matt Cameron. ‘How people make sense of what they see on social media.’ RSVP
• Wednesday, September 2. 10.30am. VAT Leaders’ Meeting. Members. • Wednesday, September 2. 7.30pm. Dimboola Lodge. Talk by Bill Jones, ‘Let there be light – a short talk on the Ararat Electricity Supply’. LINK
• Wednesday, September 2. 7.30pm. Wonthaggi Masonic Family Zoom Meeting. LINK • Wednesday, September 2. 7.30pm Lodge of the Golden Rule. Talk: By Wor. Bro. Mick Black about the Humphrey Pump at Cobdogla in SA. The only one of its kind left in the world. LINK • Thursday, September 3. 10am. Funeral service for Wor. Bro. George Edward Ormerod. LINK• Thursday, September 3. 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Association. All Welcome. Zoom. ID: 6070901923. Password: 9JNjZx• Thursday, September 3. 7pm. Doutta Galla Lodge. All welcome. LINK
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Speaker: Alexis Rivero. ‘Freemasonry in Venezuela’. All welcome. LINK
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Melbourne High School Lodge. 3 Guest Speakers. All welcome. EMAIL for Link
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Killara Lodge. Business meeting. Speaker: Barry Minster on Electric Cars, specifically Tesla. LINK • Thursday, September 3. 7.45pm. Stewart Lodge of St Arnaud. First-ever Zoom Meeting. Talk: Richard Elikington. ‘My journey from Entered Apprentice to Grand Master’. LINK
• Friday, September 4. 7pm. Combined Arc, Mark and Chapter Zoom Meeting. LINK
• Saturday, September 5. 9.30am-3pm. Secretary’s Course. By Barry Reaper and Eric Williams. Register for both: Morning Session (Part 1) LINK and Afternoon Session (Part 2) LINK • Saturday, September 5. 10 am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Saturday, September 5. 7pm. Earl of Dunmore Lodge.Talk: Tony DelNevo, “A personal Masonic journey to Glasgow”. Brethren, Ladies, Visitors welcome. LINK
• Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Lodge Garibaldi. Speaker: Dominic De Candia,Grand Secretary General (33°) of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Australia. ‘Mosaic Pavement’. All welcome. LINK • Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Oakleigh Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Speaker: Craig Spendlove, ‘The Craftsman Mark’. Attire: Smart Casual. All welcome. LINK
• Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Rosebank Lodge. Speaker: Anthony Quantrell. ‘Mount Up Riders, You’re Burning Daylight’ – The story of HarleyDavidson Motor Cycles. All welcome. Dress: Neat casual, shirt must have a collar. LOG IN: 824 152 8207 • Tuesday, September 8. 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Association. All Welcome. Zoom. ID: 6070901923. Password: 9JNjZx • Tuesday, September 8. Colac Lodge. Speaker: Anthony Bucca. ‘Freemasonry and the American Civil War’. LINK • Tuesday, September 7. Richmond Lodge. DETAILS • Tuesday, September 8. 7.30pm. The Brighton District Lodge. Virtual Business Meeting. Presentations. Masonic Solids, by members of the Lodge. Introduction to HRA Chapter – WBro. Crew. Infobyte, by Bro. Dask, Melbourne’s Tunnels – Bro. Griffiths LINK • Wednesday, September 9. 7.30pm. Cosmopolitan Lodge. Visitors from 8pm. Grand Master Richard Elkington will be Guest Speaker. LINK • Wednesday, September 9. 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Speaker: Greg Goding, ‘Order In The House’. LINK
• Thursday, September 10. 7pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Speaker: Bill Kee. All welcome, including non-Masons. LINK • Thursday, September 10. 7.30pm. Central Highlands. Lecture: Nathaniel Buchanan. ‘Templarism and Freemasonry’. LINK
• Friday, September 11. 7pm-9pm. Lodge of the Golden Fleece. Performer: Wor. Bro. Kram, classical music and anecdotes. All welcome including wives, partners, friends and guests. LINK
• Saturday, September 12. 10 am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Monday, September 14. 7pm for 7.30pm. Yarraville Lodge. Presentation of a 70-year service award to Roy Richardson. Dress: collar and tie. All welcome. Meeting ID: 882 8152 5348 Password: 715 737
• Wednesday, September 16. 7.30pm. Communication. Freemasons Victoria. Details to be announced by Grand Secretary.
• Thursday, September 17. 7pm. Thursday, September 17. 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Lodge. Meeting. Opening and closing.  Interview: Grand Master Elect, RWor. Bro Bill Jones will be interviewed by the Lodge Master, VWor. Bro Lionel May. Dress: Officers jacket and tie, all others smart casual. LINK
• Friday, September 18. 7pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Meeting. All welcome. LINK
• Saturday, September 19. 10am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Saturday, September 19. 7.30pm-9.30pm. Blue Lounge Social Club and The Lodge of Evolution. Founding Fathers, Secret Symbols and the Hidden Mysteries. LINK • Monday, September 21. 7.15pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. 8pm. Open To Visitors. 8.10pm. Lecture: District Commander Very Illustrious Brother Michael Hyland 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, Victoria Eastern, with the Supreme Council of the 33° of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for Australia, Grand Secretary General HE Most Illustrious Brother Dominic De Candia 33° and Eminent Brother P.J. Milne to conduct a “Lecture on the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Australia”. LINK
• Monday, September 21. 7.30pm. Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Speaker: John Glover ‘The quest for missing children’, A talk on facial reconstruction. .All welcome, including ladies and non-Freemasons. LINK
• Monday, September 21. 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions. Includes casual 10 minutes on Fishing Hotspots and Tactics. All welcome. LINK • Wednesday, September 23. 7.30pm. Western District. Open Online Forum. Guest: Greg Goding, Past Assistant Grand Master (Qld). PRE-REGISTER • Monday, October 5. Time TBA. Williamstown Lodge official visit to Rosebank Lodge. LINK to come.
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$99,980 cheque presentation
• Neville Wiggins, North-East District Co-Ordinator, advises that a $99,980 cheque presentation is to take place tomorrow (Wed.), with support from Freemasons Foundation Victoria. The money will go towards helping burn-out farmers in the Corryong and North-East region.
• The Freemasons Victoria Communications and Volunteer Action Team has suggested that appropriate media outlets to cover the ‘good news’ story might be Corryong Courier, Border Mail, Wangaratta Chronicle, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer, Weekly Times and Country News. ABC and commercial radio and TV outlets in the North-East and Goulburn Valley could also be helpful.
• Do you have any contacts at any of these media outlets so that we can maximise the media coverage for Freemasons Victoria and theFoundation? Please contact Neville Wiggins today on 0418 118 427.

Masons help Interchange (1)
• John Poke and Peter White write: “Children who have a disability are able to access programs and obtain support from Interchange Outer Eastfunded by the NDIS.  However, the siblings of the children who have a disability do not receive any funding for support or assistance. RWor. Bro. Keith Thornton approached the management at Interchange Outer East some 12 years ago to seek out a project that Monash Gully District Lodges could support.

• “It was at that time that the Sibling Program was established assisting young people who have a disabled brother or sister.  This program is totally funded by the District Lodges. It has become the District fundraiser each year and Lodges assist with their fundraising all working together to make this program count for those who desperately need it.  It is well supported by the Freemasons Foundation.”

Masons help Interchange (2)
• John Poke and Peter White continue: “The program provides recreational activities which allow siblings to come together and take part in activities like camping in the bush and trips to the coast to enjoy some activities at the beach. Through these activities they discover they are not alone. 
• “They meet other young people in similar circumstances who have a disabled brother or sister. They look out for each other and support each other whenever they meet. They turn a negative into a positive and so they focus on their own development at school and their life learnings. It is wonderful and after all these years there are now young people who are attending university and others in the workforce doing a trade who may not have seen the possibilities for themselves without the support of the program.”

Masons help Interchange (3)
• John Poke and Peter White conclude: ” Having spoken with parents they really value this program because of the support it brings to their families. I met one family who approached Interchange to care for their disabled child; at the time there were no vacancies.  But they were told that there was a weekend activity coming up which they would be most welcome to attend.  
• “This they did, and it was a great introduction for this family to the Interchange network.  It was not too long before their disabled child was able to enter the nominated program and the siblings were just so grateful and continued to be engaged in the Siblings Program.

• “It is a wonderful privilege for Freemasons to assist those who desperately need our support and care. This we must continue to do. For further information on the Sibling Program follow this LINK

VAT advice for publicity
• News teams at local newspapers, radio and TV stations are stretched as never before because of budget cuts and Coronavirus restrictions.
• Lodges seeking publicity should not assume that media representatives will be able to attend events, particularly after hours and at weekends. Those days are gone.
• Lodges seeking publicity will have to do the “hard yards” themselves. You will need to write sharp media releases. Put everything that you want known in a first paragraph of 19 words. Assume everything might be edited. Avoid the temptation to give the complete history of our news event over past years.
• Provide crisp photos taken on a real camera. Media is in the eye-contact business. Have 2-3 people maximum in each photo. You must include the first name AND surname, from left to right, of every person in your photo. Include lots of names in your reports.
• Remember to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to the media representative. Don’t feel entitled to the media space or time. We have to compete for it.

‘All negative tests’
• All results received from the first round of testing at the Coppin Centre (Royal Freemasons) have returned negative. A further round of testing will be conducted this Thursday (Sept. 3).

Masons Connect Survey
• Matt Cameron advises of a seven-question survey.”Can social media help you connect?” There are Masons Connect workshops about how people make sense of what they read on the internet. SURVEY

‘Everyone has a phone’
• Deidre and Peter Crick, on behalf of Geoff Newby (Gippsland East), remind: “I have suggested that Lodges organise a phone tree including all Brethren and Widows to make sure contact is made with everybody.Not all people have a computer for emails but they do have a phone.”

World News
• VOCM Local News Now reports: “The pandemic situation has forced the Spirit of Newfoundland to put the historic Masonic Temple on the market. Kathy Hicks says the pandemic has been brutal for businesses like theirs that rely on audiences to survive. She says the Spirit of Newfoundland will persevere, but the cost of keeping the building going was too great. It was a heartbreaking decision to sell the building she calls an “architectural jewel.” LINK

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Famous Freemasons
• Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885-1948) – Malcolm Campbell started his career racing motorcycles but subsequently began hunting World Speed Records on land and on water, holding both records during the 1920s and 30s. At Bonneville Salt Flats in 1935, this English speedster became the first man to drive an automobile in excess of 300mph (480km/h). Bro. Campbell was a member of Old Uppinghamian Lodge, England.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• “According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon’s Temple, also known as the First Temple, was the Holy Temple (Beit Ha-Miqdash) in ancientJerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BCE.” – Wikipedia

Masonic Wisdom
• “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” – Bro. Henry Ford

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