AMD Meeting

Tonight our AMD met with the ladies at the Middletown Olive Garden restaurant for dinner. We had a good turnout and it was a nice evening of fellowship. They made a couple of announcements and declared all other business suspended to the next meeting so we were able to get home at a reasonable time.

York Rite local cooperation meeting

Tonight the Chapter, Council and Commandery leaders got together and discussed the schedules for the upcoming year. As much as possible we tried to avoid major conflicts and minimize minor conflicts. Luckily the schedules we had coming into the meeting actually had very little conflict and we were able to finish within an hour.

3rd District Officers Meeting

Tonight we started our new monthly meetings within our District to talk about District activities and upcoming Grand activities which the District will be heavily involved with helping out.  It progressed well and we covered a lot of ground on laying out who was doing what and backups for each. As I am trying to keep the meetings short each month, we discussed District activities for the first hour by individual positions and then discussed where we stood on the statewide reception for next year for the next half hour. 

Ohio Grotto Association Meeting

Well it may sound a little strange but I was in Pittsburgh the past couple days at our Ohio State Convention. We elected new officers and the Grand Monarch was also in attendance, We had a breakout meeting which was informal and everyone was free to ask any question or give any suggestions. It seemed to work very well and several questions were answered and new ideas explored.

Crand Chapter Planning

Today my general Chairman REC Greg Clatterbuck, his wife Kathy and myself were formulating more details for the Grand Reception next year and determining who was going to be doing which tasks. I think we have a fairly detailed outline for the activities of the day and how we expect them to progress.

Out of Town for a Few Days

I will be out of town for a few days to attend the Little League World Series. This is something I've always wanted to do but never had made it. As my wife said when my daughters finance' ask if I'd like to go with him, "you'd better go while you can" so I guess I'm headed to Williamsburg PA.

Aaron Crawford Funeral

This afternoon I attended the viewing for REC Aaron Crawford. He was DDGHP a few years ago and currently was the Secretary for Friendship Chapter. He recently had a liver transplant but unfortunately he had complications with the surgery and was not able to fully recover. 

Grand Chapter DEO/DDGHP School

This morning I attended the DEP/DDGHP school of instruction in Delaware Ohio. Most all who were to be there were able to make it and the morning session was a joint training while the afternoon was to be specialized training. I had to leave a little to head back for a funeral.

ROJ Picnic

Today was our annual  ROJ Picnic at the palatial estate of Brad Middlestead). Those were his words not mine). We had several games going on during the day and ended it up with a nice pulled pork dinner. Clean up was quick as we had several helping to clean up. Over, I think all in attendance had a nice time. And we didn't run out of shrimp.

Ormus Grotto

Today was our stated Grotto meeting. I went a little early and with the help of the guy I took to the meeting, we were able to get a good start on cleaning out our cabinet in the temple. The meeting moved along fairly quickly as the business for the evening was minimal. We did however stay for a while after the meeting and discuss how we could increase membership.