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WEST KENT NEWS | ISSUE NO.12 SPRING 2024
Royal Arch Incentive Scheme
Dear Bro / Comp
Ensuring a thriving Royal Arch in
West Kent – new Provincial
membership incentive scheme
2) Grand Superintendent’s High
Achievement Award – from 1
January 2024 Companions Award
Over the last two years, we have
made major strides to increase the
number of West Kent masons who
complete their Masonic journey by
becoming Companions of the Royal
Arch.
every Companion proposing
candidates who are Exalted, or
a new joiner or re-joiner, into a
West Kent Chapter will qualify
for
the
High
Achievement
Award,
four awards will be available –
Bronze (2 candidates) Silver (3
candidates) Gold (4 candidates)
and Platinum (5 candidates and
above)
and
members
will
progress through the awards
according to the number of
candidates
joining
their
Chapters,
results will be validated from
documentation received at the
Provincial Office.
At our Provincial Grand Chapter
meeting in 2022, I stated that we
would aspire to increasing the
percentage of Companions in West
Kent
to
50%
of
our
Craft
membership and aim to achieve
60% by the end of my term in office.
The restructure of the functional
responsibilities of our Royal Arch
Executive,
together
with
the
creation
of
our
Royal
Arch
Membership Development Team
and our new Lodge Royal Arch
Liaison
Officers
and
Chapter
Membership Officers, are working
wonders to achieve that aim.
However, I now wish to provide an
extra incentive to our Companions
and Chapters to accelerate that
success.
From 1 September 2023, I am
introducing two new Provincial
Awards
1)
Companion
Membership
Achievement Award – between 1
Sept – 31 Dec 2023
every companion who proposes
a candidate who is Exalted, or a
new joiner or re-joiner, into a
West Kent Chapter before 31
December 2023 will receive the
Membership
Achievement
Award,
presentation of the awards will
be at a special event to be held
in the Province in January 2024.
Please note that all candidates
exalted in 2023 who qualify for the
Membership Achievement Award
will count toward a member's total
for the four graduations of the
Grand
Superintendent's
High
Achievement Award in 2024 and
beyond.
3) Chapter Award
every candidate that is Exalted,
or a new joiner or re-joiner, into
a West Kent Chapter will enable
the Chapter to qualify for the
High Achievement Award,
four awards will be available –
Bronze (2 candidates) Silver (3
candidates) Gold (4 candidates)
and Platinum (5 candidates and
above)
and
Chapters
will
receive their awards according
to the number of candidates that
they attract to their Chapters,
results will be validated from
documentation received at the
Provincial Office,
presentation of the Membership
Achievement
Awards
to
Companions and Chapters will
be made annually at the Royal
Arch Investiture Ceremony.
Please note that all candidates
exalted in 2023 who qualify for the
Membership Achievement Award
will count toward a Chapter's total
for the four graduations of the
Grand
Superintendent's
High
Achievement Award in 2024 and
beyond.
The introduction of new candidates
to the Royal Arch – one of our
Provincial priorities – will be a
significant
consideration
when
allocating Provincial ranks to those
members
who
are
under
consideration for preferment.
I wish our Companions every
success
with
both
these
membership attraction initiatives
and look forward to presenting the
Companion
Membership
Achievement Awards in January
2024 and, thereafter, the High
Achievement
Awards
to
Companions and Chapters at our
Investiture.
Yours sincerely and fraternally,
Mark Estaugh
Provincial Grand Master / Grand
Superintendent