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The Mason
By Beth Grace
Editor
■ see EDITOR, page 9
is just in: New rules
and a big thank you!
W
ho doesn't love Facebook? OK,
lots of folks don't … but within
Masonry, we love what Facebook
can do to help spread the word of events, ideas,
news and good Masonic thoughts in general.
But like Masons around the country and the
world, we have learned that messages
on Facebook are not always good,
helpful, fair or even true.
e Board of General Purposes
earlier this year asked the Board of
Publications to work with the Grand
Lodge staff to take a look at our
social media guidelines and update
them to ensure that our communica-
tions in real time were clear and fair.
Turns out, we had no such guide-
lines. But a check with jurisdictions
elsewhere found that we were in the
minority. Some states had long, tough
rules; some had brief statements
asking for brothers to be good to each
other.
is Grand Lodge opted for a middle road – a
short, clear statement on Freemasonry followed
by guidelines, patterned after those of the United
Grand Lodge of England. You will find our new
guidelines posted on all of our Facebook pages:
Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M.;
e North Carolina Mason page; and the North
Carolina Masonic Foundation Page.
You also will notice some changes in how the
Grand Lodge page is now administered. Posts
must be approved before they appear, and brothers
seeking to join the page must provide their lodge
name and number, to ensure that only Masons
in good standing are permitted to join going
forward.
Here are the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina's Social Media Guidelines:
Every Freemason has a duty not to engage
in conduct which is contrary to the law of the
land. As a Freemason he also has a duty not
to engage in activity which violates his obliga-
tions or brings Freemasonry into disrepute.
Consider this before you post: What if a
candidate for Masonry read all of your social
media posts before deciding to join?
When posting on social media platforms, a
Freemason must not:
Produce, link to, or refer to any content that
is illegal, defamatory, or purposely offensive;
Cause or contribute to hostile or unpro-
ductive arguments, or exercise any private
piques or quarrels (that is to say, good-natured
debate is fine, but be prepared to abandon the
exchange if it ceases to be friendly);
Discuss, allude to or post any photos of
any of the Masonic Signs, Tokens,
or Words, including photographs;
Claim to speak for any Masonic
body on whose behalf he is not
expressly authorized to speak;
Identify anyone else as a Free-
mason without his explicit consent;
Divulge personal information
about any Freemason without his
explicit consent, such as his address,
telephone number, etc.;
Attempt to use Masonic chan-
nels as a vehicle for personal profit,
or for any other form of self-promo-
tion;
Violate any provision of Chapter 86 of e
Code, or any other part of Masonic Law;
Disparage the Grand Lodge of Ancient,
Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina,
or any of its members or officers, or any other
legitimate Masonic authority.
Meanwhile ….
I like to give credit where it's due. And it's
due in a very big way to two of the most creative
colleagues I've ever worked with. In this issue of
e Mason is a story announcing that e Mason
and the special "G" poster we produced for
the NC Masonic Foundation have each won a
national award for creative marketing.
is is a true reward for all the work we have
invested in creating the best newspaper for
the Craft in North Carolina. It commends the
strong support of and partnerships with the
Board of Publications, Grand Lodge officers
and staff, the NCMF Board of Directors and
all the brothers out there who contribute news
and story ideas.
But these awards truly recognize the
outstanding work of Brother John Pea of
Gastonia #369, who does all of the layout and
artistic design work in each issue of e Mason,
and Photographer/Designer Melody McBride,
a sister of the Eastern Star, who designed the
