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Grand Masters Message ................3
A few words from the Chair:
Deputy Grand Master ...................4

Senior Grand Warden ...................5 Brethren,
The previous issue received quite a few good comments from
Junior Grand Warden ....................6 the membership. Mainly for the reason being that a copy was
able to make it to each our own mail box and were readily avail-
Grand Secretary ............................7 able when we have the right time to read it. Unfortunately our
funds could not allow this issue to be mailed to everybody. We
Research and Education ................8 can only promise that we will try our best for the next issue to be
mailed and delivered to your mailboxes once more this Masonic
In This Issue
Year.
PR / Asst Grand Secretary .............9
It is still a struggle to accumulate articles to publish so we can
live up to your expectation of receiving ample amount of infor-
Legislative Update / Youth ...........10 mation regarding the state of our Craft. The Masonic Tribune
is the best means to communicate to the membership efficient
Membership Development ..........11 and effective ideas, best practices and successful programs
that were promoted in your areas. Help us help you and the rest
JGW Candidates Forum...............12 to be well informed by submitting articles for this publication.
Thank you for the kind remarks sent to us in response to the
DDGM Reports ....................13 - 14 success of the last issue and thank you for your continued sup-
port to this publication in particular and the Fraternity in general.
DDGM Reports ...........................15
Fraternally,
DDGM Reports ...........................16
MWB G. Santy Lascano, PGM
DDGM Reports ...........................17 Chairman, GLWA Masonic Tribune

DDGM Reports ...........................18
g�santy@comcast�net
Invitation ....................................19

Directory Services ......................20 (Guidelines continued)
7. When sending your article, your email subject field should say “Ma-
sonic Tribune Summer 2017 – Your Name or Committee Name or
your GL Title should be contained in the article.”
8. Your article is important to us. Please help us protect its accuracy
according to your intended subject.

Guidelines for submission of articles for the Masonic The Masonic Tribune is an official publication of Grand
Tribune Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Washington.
1. Articles can be submitted in MS Word format. Please do not do too
much special formatting when writing your article because your lay-
out will be subject to change depending on which page your article Masonic Tribune Committee:
will be placed in the publication itself. MWB G. Santy Lascano, Chairman
2. Please always do a thorough spell check of your document espe- WB Dean Markley
cially names that are not common in the built in spell checker of Publication Design & Layout: MWB G. Santy Lascano
software applications.
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font only. If you use another font, some special characters might not part without the permission of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
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much Universal. Liability: While every care is taken in the preparation of this publica-
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5. Make sure the name and author of the article is reflected on the Article submission deadlines:
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