Due to the suspension of Masonic activity the Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Senatus of Surrey was held as a Virtual Business Meeting using the Zoom video conferencing tool.
There were Companions joining the meeting from every Province in England & Wales, Australia, the Far East, India, USA and Canada, which was tremendous support for the meeting considering the different time zones.
By 6 p.m. 170 Companions had joined the meeting. The Provincial Grand Summus Designate, Arnold Long, declared the meeting open and welcomed all present. The Provincial Grand Recorder, Em.Comp. Chris Eley, read the Exemption from the Notice of General Suspension.
The Provincial Grand Summus Designate welcomed the Grand Summus, M.Dist.Comp. Ian Stanley Currans who addressed the Companions. After the Grand Recorder, R.Dist.Comp. Ryan Williams, read the Patent of Appointment the Grand Summus formally confirmed R.Dist.Comp. Arnold Long as the Provincial Grand Summus for the Provincial Grand Senatus of Surrey.
The Provincial Grand Summus then formally confirmed Dist.Comp. Nigel Thomson, our Assistant Provincial Recorder, as the Deputy Provincial Grand Summus and Dist.Comp. Christopher Francis Hatton, our Assistant Director of Ceremonies, as the Assistant Provincial Grand Summus.
The Provincial Grand Recorder read the names of the Companions appointed to and promoted in Provincial Grand Rank. The Provincial Grand Summus congratulated those who received appointment or promotion in the Provincial Grand Senatus of Surrey.
The Provincial Grand Summus announced that this year they will be supporting the Surrey Mark 2022 Festival with a donation of £1,000. Dist.Comp. Ian Clark, Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Province of Surrey, thanked the R.Dist. Provincial Grand Summus and the Companions for their kind donation.
The Provincial Grand Summus addressed Provincial Grand Senatus. He then thanked everyone for attending and declared the meeting closed.
A full report and photos can be seen on the Scarlet Cord web site.
Article and photos by Chris Eley
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