Cobleskill/Working Lodge Summons

Cobleskill and Working Brothers All,

Keep your eye on your mailbox — you should already have gotten (or will within a few days) a letter SUMMONING you to the next communication at Cobleskill Lodge on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 — a Joint Communication of the two Lodges coinciding with Cobleskill's regular third-Tuesday meeting. (I've attached copies of the two formal summons letters; our Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts are invited to participate in the meeting as well (though unable to vote, a privilege reserved to Master Masons).

Cobleskill's members will discuss and vote on our revised Bylaws (first presented to the Lodge on Jan. 2), which includes provisions establishing a Working Lodge Legacy Committee to determine the disposition going forward of that Lodge's resources at the time of merger..

Then each Lodge will vote separately on the Agreement on Consolidation that was signed at our meeting last week.... our long-awaited merger. Each Lodge's vote must exceed two-thirds of all those Master Masons present and voting in order to ratify the agreement, which would then be submitted to the Committee on Charters of Grand Lodge for their review and that of the Judge Advocate — and, if all goes well, scheduled for ratification by vote of Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication in May.

Momentous stuff — so we're hoping for a substantial turnout of our members to participate. And if you're planning on attending the pre-meeting meal at 6:30, please give our Junior Warden, David Grace, the courtesy of an RSVP at dgrace3 at rocketmail.com.

Please consider being there for this special occasion!

And just four days later, don't forget our annual midwinter feast : our Moose And Squirrel Table Lodge on Feb. 24, a Saturday, with fellowship beginning at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6. Please RSVP to Bro. Grace if you're coming — it's likely to be a full house!

In Brotherhood,
V.W. Joe Phillips
Secretary, Cobleskill Lodge