FVNews Daily.  No. 115. Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Thursday, October 1
• 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Club. Kyneton Pizza Shop, 40 High St. Limited numbers because of COVID-19 rules. Attire: Smart Casual. 
• 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Sandringham District Lodge. Talk: Steve Ruglan, ‘History of Freemasonry’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK
• 7pm. Drouin Chapter. 7.30pm. Visitors admitted, Talk: Peter White, ‘Walking The Kokoda Track – A Personal Experience’. Attire: Neat Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Talk: Wayne Motton, ‘How To Conduct The Best Zoom Meetings’. All Welcome. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Doutta Galla Lodge. Talk: Patrick Strachan, ‘Washington DC’. Attire: white shirt and black bow tie if possible. LINK
• 7.30pm. Killara Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, Deputy Grand Master. ‘Post COVID Freemasonry’. Richard Elkington, Grand Master, will be in attendance. Zaidee night: wear a rainbow bow-tie, in remembrance of the girl, 7, who died of a blood haemorrhage in her brain. LINK. Meeting ID 74062482640 & Password 403265
• 7.30pm. Whitehorse Royal Arch Chapter. Talk on the Patriarchal system evidenced in the EMM ceremony. EMMs and Companions Only. LINK

Friday, October 2 
• 7pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Gardenvale, Shepparton, Geelong, Maroondah, Sherbrooke, Mornington and Wimmera Councils.
• 7pm. Melbourne Shrine Club Trivia Night. Won a bottle of whisky. LINK
• 7pm. Lodge Concordia. LINK

Saturday, October 3
• 8pm. Lodge of Evolution. Talk: Jon T. Ruark, ‘The Revelation: A Critical Analysis of Masonic Demographics’. LINK

Sunday, October 4
• 2am. Daylight saving time will begin in Victoria. 

Monday, October 5
• Time TBA. Williamstown Lodge official visit to Rosebank Lodge. LINK to come.
• Time TBA. City of Footscray-Wyndham Lodge. Presentation to VWor. Bro. Bill Wright PGIW. LINK
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm. Rosebank Lodge. Official visit from Williamstown. Talk: Paul Brennand. Membership Volunteer Action Team. Meeting ID 824 152 8207

Tuesday, October 6
• 6pm. Mentor Training Program. Launch. LINK
• 7pm. Old Melburnians Lodge. 7.30pm. Mitchell River Lodge (Bairnsdale) visiting. Discussion: “If individual lodges hold true to the ‘landmarks of the order’ should they be able to make individual decisions about the running of meetings and internal lodge administration rather than having them prescribed centrally by the United Grand Lodge of Victoria?” Attire: Neat Casual. LINK
• TBA. Lodge Garibaldi. Non-ceremonial meeting. LINK

Wednesday, October 7
• 10.30am. VAT Leaders. Fortnightly Meeting.
• 7pm. Old Scotch Collegians Lodge. Proclamation of Joseph Morrow as Patron. Attire: Smart casual with a touch of tartan. LINK
• 7.30pm. Powlett Lodge, Wonthaggi. Talk: ‘Basic introduction to Mark, Chapter, Red Cross of Constantine and The Royal and Select Masters’. LINK

Thursday, October 8
• 10am.Freemasons Future Recovery Team. Committee members. LINK to come.
• 7pm.Masons Connect. ‘Sharing Freemasonry’. RSVP
• 7pm for 7.30pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Talk: John Parkinson, ‘Let’s Talk’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Antient York Lodge. Talk: Ange Kenos. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Chuna lodge. Talk: Brendan Kyne, Guided Tour of the Victorian Lodge of Research portal. LINK
• 7.30pm. Hearts Of Oak. Talk: Paul Brennand, Chair, Membership Volunteer Action Team. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Talk: John Parkinson, ‘Let’s Talk’ (stress and suicide). LINK to come

Friday, October 9
• 7pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Victorian, Kerang, Oakleigh, Ballarat, McMillan, South Gippsland
• 7pm. EDL. Talk: Michael Maher, ‘The French Foreign Legion’. All welcome, partners too. LINK
• 7:30pm Altona Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘Masonic Time Machine – Post COVID Freemasonry’. LINK

Sunday, October 11
• 2pm. Walhalla Lodge. Talk: David Howell, ‘Kokoda Track’. LINK to come.

Monday, October 12
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK

Wednesday, October 14
• 7pm. Traralgon Lodge. Visitors at 7.15pm. Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘How To Create A Better Lodge Experience’.
LINK
• 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. Talk: Dennis Moss, Role of the Phillip Island SES. LINK
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Talk: David Newgreen, ‘Visiting Lodges Nationally and Abroad’. LINK

Thursday, October 15
• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Meeting. Opening and closing. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Mark Masonry Prior to 1813. Attire: members jacket and tie, visitors smart casual. Open to non-Mark brethren. LINK
• 7pm. Rupertswood Numurkah Lodge.Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘American Civil War – Brother against Brother’. LINK

Friday, October 16
• 7pm for 7.30pm.Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Geoff Newby. LINK to come.

Saturday, October 17
• 12 Noon. Education VAT Esoteric Freemasonry Series. Talk: Travis Trinca, ‘An Introduction to Hermeticism’. Hosted by Richard Shelly. LINK

Monday, October 19
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK

Tuesday, October 20
• 7.30pm. Lowan Lodge. Talk: Barry Minster, ‘Electric Cars’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK to come.

Wednesday, October 21
• 7pm. Grand Lodge Library/Museum Talks. ‘A Discussion on Masonic Etiquette’. LINK

Thursday, October 22

• 7.30pm. Communications and Volunteer Action Team. Members only. LINK to come.

• 7.45pm. Royal Ark Mariner Bayside trio meeting.  Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘In the Footsteps of Noah’. Current MMM, Former MMM, Current RAM, Former RAM only. LINK

Friday, October 23
• 7.30pm. Malvern-Waverley Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 39. Talk” Craig Spendlove, ‘Origins’.Saturday, October 24
• 9.30am-3pm.Secretaries’ Course. Hosted by Eric Williams and Barry Reaper. Register for both morning and afternoon sessions. MORNING and AFTERNOON
• 2pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Video Event in place of Annual Assembly which cannot be held due to COVID-19 lockdown. LINK
• 5pm. Concord Mark. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Importance of the Mark Lodge’. For Master Masons and above. Attire: Casual. LINK

Tuesday, October 27
• 7.45pm. Lodge Epicurean. Talks: Peter Gumley on his Isolation rehabilitation and Armen Mardirousi, Secretary of North Hollywood Lodge No. 542 to talk about his own Masonic journey, Hollywood lodge and starting a lodge in California.

Friday, October 30
• 7.30pm. Kilwinning Mark Lodge of Research No 2. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Craftsman Marks’.

Videos
• Freemasons Victoria Business Meeting. LINK, go to ‘Events’, click on Business Meeting
• Become A Freemason (‘David’). (02:12) LINK
• Freemasons Parade Through Cardiff. (01:21) LINK

Challenge from President (1)
• Myles King, President of the Board of General Purposes, published a challenge for all members: “My questions are these: Why do we tolerate bad behaviour? Why as an organisation that teaches brotherly love, relief, and truth as its core principles, do we not treat each other with dignity and respect? How many times have you witnessed or heard the character of a brother being assailed, a brother being bullied or subjected to terribly bad behaviour? How many times have you read rude, questionable comments on social media,identified contributors as people you know and chosen to do nothing? 
• “Let me put this in context, would you allow your wife, partner, child, or grandchild to be subjected to the same behaviour, the same abuse? Yet we allow that to happen to a brother mason. Did we not pledge, “I will not injure him myself or cause or suffer the same to be done by others” and yet that is exactly what we do?”

Challenge from President (2)
• Myles King continues: “Through our silence, through our inaction, we condone the behaviour and make ourselves complicit because we do nothing. We ask why our membership is declining, but we never question or challenge the way some people choose to behave. It is just not good enough.• “So, my questions are straight forward and less expensive to address than any behaviour reviews or policy changes. Put simply, it is time we all took responsibility. The time to call out bad behaviour is now. There can be no excuses. To be clear, for those among us who cannot treat people with dignity and respect, Freemasonry is not the place for you!”

Grand Chaplain’s Address
• Felix Pintado, Grand Chaplain,delivered an impressive address at the Freemasons Victoria Business Meeting, which was streamed last night. A written copy of his inspiring talk is available HERE.

Business Meeting Catch-Up
• You can still view the Freemasons Victoria Business Meeting which went to air last night. Go to www.freemasonsvic.org.au, go to ‘Events’, click on Business Meeting.
• The meeting includes a talk by Richard Elkington (Grand Master), a report by Anthony Bucca (Deputy Grand Master) as Chair of theFreemasons Future Recovery Team, and a presentation of accounts by Craig Head (Grand Treasurer). Peter Julier presented a tribute in memory of David McGee. 

Guide To Zoom Meetings
• Paul Brennand, Grand Superintendent of Membership, passes on this 16-page document on Your Step-By-Step Guide and (Some) Information on How To Set-Up and Join Zoom Meetings. The document was prepared by Barry Hodder.LINK

Baden Powell Lodge 90th Anniversary (1)
• Hayden McManus passes on news of this week’s 90th anniversary of Baden Powell Lodge, which has a Scouting flavour: “Founded on September 29, 1930, a meeting of Scouters was first held at Scout Headquarters on the June 6, 1929 for the purpose of forming a Masonic Lodge.• “The ‘Arrowe Park’ Jamboree, held at Birkenhead, England, in August 1929, presented an ideal opportunity for the leader of the Australian Jamboree Contingent, C.A. Hoadley, in conjunction with W.D. Kennedy, to mention the proposed new Lodge to the newly created Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell, and to seek his consent to the use of his name for this new Scout Lodge. Lord Baden-Powell readily consented.• “‘BP‘ had often openly expressed his admiration for Freemasonry, and while in Melbourne in 1931 he suitably inscribed the flyleaf of the Lodge VSL:“With best wishes for the success of the Lodge in its good work, Baden Powell of Gilwell.”

Baden Powell Lodge 90th Anniversary (2)
• Hayden continues: “Baden Powell Lodge No. 488, the oldest ‘Baden Powell Lodge’ in the world, is made up of men with links or interests to theScout movement. It strives to support Scouting in Victoria including the funding and execution of projects. In recent years, these projects include:
• For 22 years, presented the Rover Service Award, to the Rover Crew providing the most impactful and outstanding service to Scouting inVictoria;
• Funding to Mafeking Rover Park for their Picnic Shelter;
• Funding to Harkaway Scout Camp to provide repairs after a break-in;• Funding to Mataranka Scout Camp for the replacement of the roof to the ‘Bush Hut’ and a 22,000-litre water tank;
• Funding to Gilwell Park Scout Camp for the complete reconstruction of the Cleve Cole Hut and the restoration and conservation of the historically significant Russell Troop Room, complimenting other Lodge projects undertaken such as the jetty in the Lachan and the barbecue in the Training Ground;
• The supply of 20 defibrillators to major Scout campsites and activity centres across Victoria;
• Major sponsor to the Victorian Rover Scout ‘Mud Bash’ event over the past four years, and;• Funding to the Tende Beck Scout Group for Scouts with special needs and disabilities to re-build their Hall floor.
• The Lodge is proud of the close relationship it has developed with Scouts Victoria and the $100,000+ contribution made to assist Scoutingacross the state.”

Masonic Demographics
• Jon T. Ruark will be guest speaker at Lodge of Evolution at 8pm this Saturday. Heis a Past Master of The Patriot Lodge No. 1957 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. His love of technology and gadgets led him to start The Masonic Roundtable as an online dialogue platform. He is an Engineer for the US Federal Government by trade and specialises in Lean and Agile development. His Masonic interests lean toward the esoteric and philosophical aspects of the fraternity. LINK (Thanks to Damien Hudson)

Precious Metals Targeted
• The Gazette (UK) reports: “Would-be thieves have attempted to steal lead from a Masonic Lodge in Renfrew. Police were called to the building, in Queen St, at around 9.35pm on Monday after the owner reported hearing two unknown male voices and the sound of breaking glass. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered several wheelie bins filled with lead nearby that appeared to have been abandoned by the crooks.”LINK

Golden Trowel in Texas

• The Schulenburg Sticker reports: “On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Lyons Masonic Lodge 195 of Schulenburg awarded the Golden Trowel to J. Lewis Edwards (left), Senior Warden. The presentation was made by Lyons Lodge Worshipful Master Ben Lafferty (right). The Golden Trowelis the highest honour a Masonic Lodge in Texas can bestow to an individual member.” LINK

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Famous Freemasons
•Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) – 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) and the first ‘Westerner’ to be elected President, nicknamed‘Old Hickory,’ Andrew Jackson was a national military hero for his actions in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson’sadministration addressed many of the significant issues in the formation of the country but was marked by the political partisanship so common in that time. Nevertheless, he left a legacy of a strong presidency. Jackson was an extremely active Freemason and a member of Harmony Lodge No. 1 (originally St Tammany Lodge No. 29 at Nashville). He was also elected Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee for two terms from 1822-24.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• Richard J. Elman, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Indiana talks how COVID-19 has changed the world. “Where Do We Go From Here? Easy – stay the course; embrace technology; support and help each other; be kind; be patient; be understanding; be circumspect; be resourceful; do not be angry; especially at things you have no control over; adjust; be nimble. Never forget there are people relying on us as Freemasons to show them the way; we must be the hope they need. We ARE the hope we need. The fire to act asFreemasons should be burning with a fervency like never before in all of us – burning so bright that all can see the light, the hope and the good. Teach and practice the Art of Freemasonry for a greater tomorrow. Finally, understand that a new normal is and always has been … normal.”

Masonic Wisdom
• “The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today.” – Bro. Dale Carnegie.
• How To Stop Worrying And Start Living. WATCH

The Last Word
• Deidre and Peter Crick, in a note to Gippsland Freemasons, remind us: “Be sure to stay in touch as a phone call might be the highlight of somebody’s day.”

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