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Editors Review

Is communication the only real winner in this

Who’s Who at the pandemic?
Keystone
It is hard to comprehend that many of you last attended a Masonic Meeting

back in March 2020 and I am sure like me you have missed that friendship and
camaraderie that we all so much enjoy in Freemasonry.
The Keystone is the
Can you imagine what it would have been like back in the days prior to the
publication of the
phone and the internet, where no physical contact would have condemned us to extraordinarily little
Provincial Grand
conversation apart from our immediate family.
Lodge of Mark Master
Masons of Somerset
Aware that we have many Members who rely on masonic gatherings to meet and chat with existing
and new Brethren the Provincial Grand Master was totally committed in ensuring that
communications to members of the Mark Degree remained strong and meaningful.
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We can now look back and feel stratified that the actions taken hopefully kept most members in
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touch with, their own Lodges and gave all with the internet a chance to join in our extraordinarily
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successful Open House on Zoom.
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Somerset BA11 5AL
Starting at the top both the PGM and the DPGM spent time in contacting all Lodge Secretaries and
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setting up with them their own Lodge contact with Members, this we feel went well but I am sure that
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uk a few were missed in the process.
The introduction of “Send In Blue”, which is the e mail service now sent direct to all those who have
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the internet has certainly improved communications from the Executive Team. The main purpose of
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the E Brief is to keep everyone abreast of future activities which will allow you all to plan. We have
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no intention of using it to dispense with your Secretary’s Communication, but we feel it will enhance
Chapmanslade
Wiltshire
our ability to pass valuable information to you direct when necessary.
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As reported by the PGM we have decided to continue with the Open House Zoom Meetings and I
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am one of the team with the task of introducing some new ideas to what will be a day time Zoom
Meeting, if any of you would like to aid me with some positive suggestions then please feel free to e
mail me your thoughts, they will be most welcome. We will be using this meeting to continue the 6oo
Club Draw and later in the magazine you will find ways of signing up to support this worth while draw
which supports many charities within our province.
Check the Provincial
The last mention of communication from me is the importance of using our web site which will keep
Website at
www.somersetmarkMasons
you abreast of many of the activities which have not only taken place in the Lodges but point out the
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ones to come, you can check out who is to receive the Keystone and the Ark as well as seeing
where the PGM is going to appear within the Province. We have appointed two Communication

Officers to feed back information from the Lodges to the Web Master and we would encourage you

all to contact them, they are Graham Jeffery (graham1.jeffery@talktalk.net) and Rob Thomas

(hedgetohedge@hotmail.com)
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It has over the past 18 months been difficult to find quality information for the Keystone Magazine,

as we set out to make this an informative read with the view of setting down forthcoming events
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that would be of interest to you all. Now we are about to return to our Lodges, let me know what
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you have planned, and we will through our varying communication channels let others know.
Somerset
Many thanks

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