Due to the suspension of Masonic activity the Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Senatus of Kent was held as a Virtual Business Meeting using the Zoom video conferencing tool. Attending the meeting was the Grand Summus, M.Dist.Comp. Ian Stanley Currans; Deputy Grand Summus, R.Dist.Comp. Francis Charles Spencer; and the Grand Recorder, R.Dist.Comp. Ryan A Williams.
The meeting was attended by many members of the Provincial Grand Senatus of Kent, and Provincial Grand Summi and Companions from a number of other Provinces.
From Surrey there was our Provincial Grand Summus, R.Dist. Comp. Arnold Long; Past Provincial Grand Summi, R.Dist. Comps. Michael Barnes and Louis Keats; Deputy Provincial Grand Summus, Dist. Comp. Nigel Thomson; and our Provincial Grand Recorder, Em.Comp. Chris Eley.
By 7.30 p.m. 90 Companions had joined the meeting. R.Dist. Companion Philip Charles Clare, Provincial Grand Summus of Kent, declared the meeting open and the Provincial Grand Recorder, Comp. Scott Dunn, read the Permission to hold a Virtual Business Meeting.
The Provincial Grand Summus welcomed all the guests and visitors from Grand Senatus, Provincial Grand Senatus and from other Orders within the Province.
The Provincial Grand Summus proposed donations of £150.00 to the Chatham Masonic Hall in lieu of today’s meeting, £200.00 to the East Kent 2025 MCF Festival and £200.00 to the West Kent 2026 MCF Festival. These were approved by the Companions.
The Provincial Grand Summus asked the Provincial Grand Recorder to read the names of the Companions appointed to and promoted in Provincial Grand Rank. The Provincial Grand Summus congratulated those who have received appointment or promotion in the Provincial Grand Senatus of Kent. The Provincial Grand Summus then addressed Provincial Grand Senatus.
The Provincial Grand Summus invited the Grand Summus, M.Dist. Comp. Ian Stanley Currans, to address the meeting.
The Provincial Grand Summus then thanked everyone for attending and declared the meeting closed.
Article and photos by Chris Eley, Provincial Grand Recorder
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