Due to the suspension of Masonic activity the Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Senatus of Middlesex 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; Assistant Grand Summus, R. Dist. Comp. Howard Saul Markham; and the Grand Recorder, R.Dist.Comp. Ryan A Williams.
The meeting was attended by many members of the Provincial Grand Senatus of Middlesex, 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; our Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies, Dist. Comp. Ian Parsons; and our Provincial Grand Recorder, Em.Comp. Chris Eley.
By 11.00 a.m. 96 Companions had joined the meeting. R.Dist. Companion Trevor Peter Dutt, R.D., V, Provincial Grand Summus of Middlesex, declared the meeting open and the Provincial Grand Recorder, Dist.Comp. Raymond Bodell, P.G.Swd.B., 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 asked the Provincial Grand Recorder to read the names of the Companions appointed to and promoted in Provincial Grand Rank following which the Provincial Grand Summus congratulated those who have received appointment or promotion in the Provincial Grand Senatus of Middlesex. 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. He said how much he had enjoyed the meeting and spoke about what the future could look like and how much he was looking at moving the Order forward once meetings were allowed.
The Grand Recorder, R.Dist.Comp. Ryan Williams, updated the Companions on the work being undertaken at Mark Masons Hall to plan for the resumption of Masonic activities when the time is right. This depends on future Government guidelines to slowly come out of lockdown.
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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