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10NE District Lodge addresses:
| Argo-Summit 1133 | 6030 S Archer Rd. | Summit | IL | 60501 |
| Azure 1153 | 1215 Chestnut St. | Western Springs | IL | 60525 |
| Euclid 65 | 34 W. Jefferson | Naperville | IL | 60540 |
| Hinsdale 934 | 40 S Washington St. | Hinsdale | IL | 60521 |
| La Grange 770 | 1215 Chestnut St. | Western Springs | IL | 60525 |
| Lawn 815 | 9420 S. 52nd. Ave. | Oak Lawn | IL | 60453 |
| Oak Lawn 1166 | 9420 S. 52nd. Ave. | Oak Lawn | IL | 60453 |
| River Forest-Austin 850 | 1215 Chestnut St. | Western Springs | IL | 60525 |
| West Englewood Home 1074 | 9420 S. 52nd. Ave. | Oak Lawn | IL | 60453 |
| Western Springs 1136 | 1215 Chestnut St. | Western Springs | IL | 60525 |
District Meeting Information
Book signing - Brian Cox - Discuss last Grand Lodge Session - Announce O.V. schedule and what paperwork and forms are required - Jeff Henson to talk about the Academic Bowl.
Stress "Award of Excellence" - Promote the Blue Lodge and Masonry through "Community Days" - Blood Drives - IL CHIP - other activities when lodges may be dark.
Review and Preview year - Appendent Bodies - Masonic Charities.
Lodge Officers Competition
The competition for 2011-2012 will consist of opening the lodge in form (1-2-3), receiving the District Deputy Grand Master, and closing short form. There will be no challenges on the purge or bad passes in the 2nd and 3rd degrees. The Stewards will be used in collecting the passes. The competition will begin with the Worshipful Master approaching the East, and end with the final gavel in closing.
The Lodge may hold the competition during the District Deputy Grand Master’s official visit.
Visitors may attend, but must remained seated and be silent.
No one may enter or leave the lodge room during the competition.
Timing
The District competition will be completed by April 30, 2012 and will be under the direction of the DDGM, who will select the dates and judges. The DDGM will notify the ADGM of the District winners directly after the competition.
Area and State Finals
The Board of Grand Examiners will judge the Area finals, coordinating the date and times with the ADGM. Area competitions will be completed on June 2 and June 9, 2012. The state finals will be held June 23, 2012. Locations will be announced at a later date.
Judging
Three brethren, two of whom must be instructors for the Grand Lodge (GL, CL, CLI ) will judge the District competition. The third judge may be an instructor or a Past Master of a different lodge who may serve as the ritual judge only. Two instructors will judge the floor work and the third will judge the ritual and serve as the prompter if necessary.
Scoring
Each lodge starts with 1,000 points. ONE POINT will be deducted for each error in the floor work and for each word that is wrong, omitted or added. If an officer gives the wrong ritual, such as skipping a question, the next officer is to respond as if the correct question was asked and the words omitted will be deducted up to a maximum of ten per question skipped. But if he responds to the question that is asked, the ritual judge will intervene, issue a prompt (ten point penalty) and resume the competition with the correct question. If he needs to do so, an officer may ask for a prompt by the ritual judge. There will be a ten point penalty for each prompt.
Penalty
All stations and places must be filled by a voting member of the lodge in order to start the competition. Fifteen points will be deducted if a replacement is an honorary member. At the District competition, the judge designated by the DDGM as the head judge will total the points and answer any questions regarding the errors. At the Final competition, the scores will not be given or the errors discussed. The Area and state winners will be notified by the Board of Grand Examiners and receive awards at the Grand Lodge session.
EVERY LODGE IS STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO ENTER THE COMPETITION