An APP for Lodge Secretaries

Grand Lodge communications to its members instantly. Conversely, the members may avail of the official Lodge e-mail to send in all their official communications to the Lodge as may be required.

Legal Effect

All communications sent to and received from the official Lodge shall have the same legal and binding effects accorded to paper transactions. The date of transmission shall be deemed the date of receipt for all legal intents and purposes. Official notices successfully sent through the official e-mail shall be deemed as received on the date sent. For added measure, all successful email transmissions to the Grand Lodge shall be duly acknowledged by a GLP receiving team. The Secretary may read the Grand Lodge communications sent to the said e-mail address in all Stated Meetings.

By VW Gil B. Mendoza, PDGL (29)

Interim President of Guild of Lodge Secretaries

A special gift awaits the hardest-working Lodge Secretaries in the jurisdiction with a special App on the way. The Lodge Secretary Electronic Tools (LS_E-Tools) is a mobile / web App designed for the specific needs of subordinate lodges under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Philippines. It is a compendium of Lodge Secretary Tools, Templates, and References and an essential guide to the one of the most important Officers of the Lodge – the Brother Secretary.

The LS_E-Tools App is the brain-child of VW Anthony Tan, PDGL – Lodge Secretary of Isagani Lodge No.96, Circulation Manager for the Cable Tow, Writer for the TCT Column entitled “Lodge Secretarial 101,” and one of the founders of the Guild of Lodge Secretaries.

The App software was developed by Bro. John Paul Narisma of Shangri-La Lodge No.196. The same developer of several GLP Masonic Apps like TCTReader, GLProceedings, and ANCOM Digital Kit. This talented brother is Technical Adviser of the Cable Team, and member of the GLP IT Committee.

The App provides a compilation of Grand Lodge Communications such as Edicts, Circulars, and Circular 12’s. It attempts to include the most comprehensive references, essential in Lodge Administration and Governance. Some of its contents include:

1. Database format for Masonic Roll Book 2. Repository of Current and Past Grand

Lodge Communications 3. Templates for Lodge Meetings: Agenda &

Minutes 4. Templates for Forms, Letters, Dispensations, Resolutions, etc.

5. MP3 Music for various Masonic Ceremonies & Activities 6. Slides for Degree Conferrals and Orientation Meetings. 7. E-Book References

The App will surely help in the decision-making of subordinate Lodges especially the Worshipful Master. There is even a music playlist for Rituals. The compilation will be continuously updated through the efforts and collaboration of selfless Lodge Secretaries in the jurisdiction.

The LS_E-Tools is set to be launched by ANCOM 2021 with an apk file to be distributed among Lodge Secretaries and will be made available for both Android and iOS users. As a security measure, the App is password protected, ensuring that only the incumbent Lodge Secretary have access to its Archives.

The App is free. Its online distribution will be among the first projects of the Guild of Lodge Secretaries.