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Royal Grand Perfect Matron |
Locop Grand Assembly - 2005
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From The Desk Of:
RM Dorothy B. Cousar
Royal Grand Perfect Matron
PROCLAMATION NO. 1
February 22, 2006
TO:
Royal Grand Court Officers, Elected & Appointed, Past & Present
Royal Grand
Court Committee Chairpersons, Co-Chairs & Committee Members
Royal Perfect
Matron & Royal Chief Advisors
All Other
subordinate Court Officers
Royal Matrons
& Companion Guardians
To God Be The Glory For All Of His Wonderful Blessings! Thanks be to
God for allowing us to have such a successful and blest Ninth Grand
Assembly. Thanks to each of you that participated and helped to make
it such a beautiful occasion, This was our First York Rite
Convention and as such, we learned valuable lessons to help improve future
conventions. However, I strongly feel that we all came away knowing
that the concept works and both time and money were saved by all involved.
Royal Matrons and Companion Guardians my appreciate and gratitude to each
of you for the confidence you have shown in me by choosing me to lead this
great organization for another year. Again I pledge to represent,
uphold and advance the cause of the Ladies of the Circle of Perfection to
the best of my abilities. Thanks to each of you for your
cooperation and hard work in 2005 and I know that working together in this
same spirit. the year 2006 will prove to be even more successful.
1. The first Executive Board Meeting/Educational
Workshop Day for the year will be held April 8, 2006 at Rameses Temple
(4919
Beatties Ford Road) in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Devotion will be at 9:45 AM and the
meeting will start promptly at 10:00 AM. All
of the above named persons are
requested to please be present along with all other Royal Matrons and
Companion Guardians that
would like to attend.
Each Court need to be represented to receive updated materials and new
information. Dress for the day will be
casual. Please come
prepared to participate and learn. Our Educational Workshops for the
day will pertain to the Prince Hall
Grand Court Constitution &
Bylaws. Each Court is being asked to prepare a fifteen (15) minute
presentation of their assigned topic
for the day with handout
materials for those in attendance. Each Court Lecturer and
Royal Perfect Matron are asked to serve as
Team Leaders for their
respective Courts. Teams may be no smaller than three (3) persons,
but may be as large as the Court
desires. So that
Courts will know how much handout material to prepare, all Royal Perfect
Matrons are asked to notify me no later
than March 28th of the number
that will be attending the meeting. All Courts will then be given
the expected number of attendees.
Court workshop assignments are
as follows:
Susie
P. Rankin Court #1
Dress in the Jurisdiction for Royal Matrons & Companions (Subordinate
& Grand Levels)
Sheba
Court #2
The Revenue, Donations & Honorariums of the Prince Hall Grand Court
Eleazar
Court #3
The Benevolence Department of the Prince Hall Grand Court
Caesar
R. Blake, Jr. #4
Actual & Honorary Degrees in this Jurisdiction
Clara
N, Hayes Court #5
Membership in the Order and Rejected Petitions
Brown/Jenkins Court #6
Grand Court Officers/Subordinate Court Officers. Who May Be Elected
To What Position
Clara
S. Ross Court #7
The Subordinate Court Voting Delegation/Proxy Voting
2. The Wearing Of Capes In Subordinate Courts: It
has come to the attention of the Grand Court that there are members who
have had
their own personal capes made
and are wearing these capes to their Subordinate Court Meetings.
These members are improperly
dress and this practice should
be stopped immediately. In a Subordinate Court, there should
be a Short Cape (no longer than just
below the waist) for the
five following officers:
1. Royal Perfect Matron
2. Royal Deputy Matron
3. Royal Principle Conductress
4. Royal Associate
Conductress
5. Royal Conductress of Ceremonies
These five short capes for
these officers should belong to the Court as part of the Court's paraphernalia
and not the individuals. No
other member of a
Subordinate Court should wear a cape. Grand Court Officers do not
wear capes in their Subordinate Court
Meetings unless they are
one of the above listed officers and then they would wear the cape
belonging to the Court. Please
members, adhere to the
rules and regulations for North Carolina and dress accordingly.
3. Out Of State Travel Plans: We will again be
traveling to visit our Sister Jurisdictions this year and each of you are
invited to come
and travel with us. It
would be wonderful to have you help represent our great
Jurisdiction. Information received thus far.
1. Dorcas Grand Court (District of Columbia) -
Visitation 10:00 AM on April 15th at the Prince Hall Masonic Temple
Pre-registration is $45.00 - Deadline March 31st. On-Site
Registration is $50.00. No hotel information was
received. If
you plan to attend please send your check made payable to Dorcas Grand
Court to me no later than March 23rd so that the
information form for North Carolina may be sent in a timely manner.
2. Russell Alexander Earl, Sr. Grand Court (Florida) -
Visitation - 10:00 AM on April 26th at the Grand Lodge Home. Pre-
registration is $50.00. The deadline date is March 31st. There
will be no late or On-Site Registration. Housing will be at
the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 225 Coast Line Drive, East, Jacksonville,
FL. Room rates are $89.00 plus tax/night. The hotel
toll free number is 1-800-233-1234. You must identify yourself as a
member of the Most Worshipful Union Grand Lodge to
receive this rate. Cut-off date is March 24th. If you plan to
go, please make your check payable to Russell Alexander Earl,
Sr. Grand Court to me by March 23rd for the same reason as given
above. Each person is responsible for making their own
hotel reservations.
3. Prince Hall Grand Court (Commonwealth of Virginia) -
May 12th - Information pending
4. Esther Grand Court (Pennsylvania) - May 19-20 -
Information pending
5. New York Grand Court (New York) - July 15th -
Information pending
4. Copy Of Your Annual & Election Reports:
To-date I have received copies of the Annual & Election Reports as
requested from the
following Courts. If your
Court is not listed, then you are way past the deadline date for sending
these reports to me. I must have a
copy of your reports by March
9, 2006.
I look forward to seeing each of you at the Executive Board
Meeting/Educational Workshop Day on April 8th at Rameses Temple in
Charlotte, NC. Royal Matrons please do not forget the deadline
of March 28th to notify me of the number of members that will be in
attendance.
Yours In The Rite Of Perfection
Dorothy B. Cousar
RM Dorothy B. Cousar
Royal Grand Perfect Matron
Prince Hall Grand Court
Ladies of the Circle of Perfection
North Carolina Jurisdiction
