On Saturday, March 14, 2009, Gate City will hold a Georgia CHIP event for The Fernbank Science Center which is part of the DeKalb County School System. Past Master Doug Hrabe, who is President of The Fernbank Science Center, is coordinating with Associate State CHIP's Director and Master of the Fifth Masonic District, Frank Vexler, PM Fulton 216, to get permission slips to all of the parents. The opportunity for this event came upon us suddenly but the importance of conducting such an event, especially with a school system, was too important to pass up. WB Vexler is making a huge effort to assist Gate City in making this event a success. One of our newest Gate City II members, Minh Van, will be heading up this event committee with Doug Hrabe.
Excellent work Brother's Vexler, Hrabe & Van!
Gate City II is a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons working under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Georgia. Our regular meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays January – May, September – November, the 2nd Tuesday in June, August and December and the 4th Tuesday in July. We meet at the Atlanta Masonic Center (formerly The Atlanta Masonic Temple) 1690 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Gate City II Welcomes Minh Van, Dual Member
Minh Duc Van was among our three afilliation memberships from Tuesday night. Minh is the Vice Pesident of the Asian American Society in Atlanta. He is a business minded insurance consultant with amazing people skills. Raised in Chamblee Lodge two years ago, Minh is a very active Freemason. If anyone can resurrect Masonic Business Networking in Atlanta, MInh can!
Gate City II is a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons working under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Georgia. Our regular meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays January – May, September – November, the 2nd Tuesday in June, August and December and the 4th Tuesday in July. We meet at the Atlanta Masonic Center (formerly The Atlanta Masonic Temple) 1690 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Gate City II is a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons working under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Georgia. Our regular meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays January – May, September – November, the 2nd Tuesday in June, August and December and the 4th Tuesday in July. We meet at the Atlanta Masonic Center (formerly The Atlanta Masonic Temple) 1690 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Friday, February 13, 2009
Joe Upshaw Joins GCII
An entrepreneur, a noted ritualist, and Past Master of Palestine 486, Joe Upshaw joins Gate City II as a dual member. As the founder and principal of Jodeco Consulting, which he started in 1996, Joe keeps an intense business schedule but still finds time for Masonic endeavors and golf. Joe double majored in Philosophy and Religion. He mastered in Artificial Intelligence, also at UGA, and was a member of the first class ever to do so. Joe will be instrumental in adding further punctuation to our ritual Work. Some will remember that Joe was instrumental in bringing the Indian Degree team to the Atlanta Masonic Center in 2006 which was a celebration of Palestine's centennial year. If you are a Scottish Rite Mason, you may well recognize him as he is the Master in the Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal.
A Big Welcome To Joe Upshaw!
Gate City II is a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons working under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Georgia. Our regular meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays January – May, September – November, the 2nd Tuesday in June, August and December and the 4th Tuesday in July. We meet at the Atlanta Masonic Center (formerly The Atlanta Masonic Temple) 1690 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
A Big Welcome To Joe Upshaw!
Gate City II is a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons working under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Georgia. Our regular meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays January – May, September – November, the 2nd Tuesday in June, August and December and the 4th Tuesday in July. We meet at the Atlanta Masonic Center (formerly The Atlanta Masonic Temple) 1690 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
DDGM David Herman Joins Gate City II
District Deputy To The Grandmaster David Herman Joins Gate City II as a plural member. In his official announcement at the DCMA on February 12, 2009, David referred to GCII as his "fantasy lodge". He told the gathering of eighty six people that Gate City was what he thought a Lodge should be. David also expressed his satisfaction and happiness with his mother lodge, but, he was not looking for complacency, he wanted to be challenged. "Gate City," he remarked, "challenges him to be a better Mason."
Raised in Chamblee Lodge No. 444 in November of 1993 and installed as Junior Steward at the next meeting, David Herman has been a very active Freemason ever since. He has served as Worshipful Master, Secretary and Director of Work for Lodge 444; he leads services for the DeKalb Masonic Memorial Club; he has held various positions at district and state levels; and he is presently a DDGM, assigned to eight lodges in Rockdale and southeastern DeKalb counties, and President of the DeKalb County Masonic Association. Karen, his wife of 15 years, tries to keep him from overloading his wagon, which is why he is not at appendant body meetings as frequently as he would like to be.
David has been in Atlanta since his tour as a US Army Paratrooper and Intel Analyst ended in 1990, and has had a range of careers, including Horse Groom, Cab Driver, Typesetter, HAZMAT Instructor, Website Designer, Oracle Database Administrator and Storage Area Network Administrator. He is currently responsible for “letting the smoke out” of Industrial Automation Control Systems at Hegwood Electric in Doraville.
Welcome David!!!
David's Address To The DCMA:
"A few weeks ago, when Beaux asked me to give a testimonial tonight, explaining why I have joined Gate City as a plural member, I started thinking about it. There was no question in my mind that I wanted to participate in Freemasonry with these men, but that was sort of abstract, so I kept trying to put it into words, with real examples."
"Imagine, knowing what you know now, that you could create a fantasy lodge – one where everything was how you really thought it should be – perhaps not easy; perhaps not convenient; but somehow just as it should be – challenging, - something that prompted you to work at self improvement. What would that lodge be like?"
"For me, the details of external trappings are not as important as the effects they have on the members. Please do not infer by it that I am in any way unsatisfied with my Mother Lodge, for I am completely satisfied with it. The problem is that I don't want to be satisfied. I want to be challenged."
"I would create a lodge where, when looking at the calendar for the week, members would smile and say "oh, nice – lodge this week already!"
"I would create a lodge where the members knew what was expected of them in no uncertain terms – in ritual proficiency, in dress code, in contributions of time and labor – in every single way. And I would create a lodge where the members strove to exceed those expectations."
"I would create a lodge which didn't exist behind closed doors, but was public in the neighborhood, seen doing good works of community service and charity – a lodge that was part of its community, filled with men who, by their examples, inspired other men to seek membership."
"I would create a lodge where the members grew to become close friends, and regularly socialized together outside of the lodge."
"What I have described would be a wonderful lodge to belong to, don't you think? It reminds me of what some of the older brethren here tonight have told me about "how it used to be."
"What I have described is what I have found in Gate City Lodge No. 2."
-David Herman, Address to DeKalb County Masonic Association, February 12, 2009
Raised in Chamblee Lodge No. 444 in November of 1993 and installed as Junior Steward at the next meeting, David Herman has been a very active Freemason ever since. He has served as Worshipful Master, Secretary and Director of Work for Lodge 444; he leads services for the DeKalb Masonic Memorial Club; he has held various positions at district and state levels; and he is presently a DDGM, assigned to eight lodges in Rockdale and southeastern DeKalb counties, and President of the DeKalb County Masonic Association. Karen, his wife of 15 years, tries to keep him from overloading his wagon, which is why he is not at appendant body meetings as frequently as he would like to be.
David has been in Atlanta since his tour as a US Army Paratrooper and Intel Analyst ended in 1990, and has had a range of careers, including Horse Groom, Cab Driver, Typesetter, HAZMAT Instructor, Website Designer, Oracle Database Administrator and Storage Area Network Administrator. He is currently responsible for “letting the smoke out” of Industrial Automation Control Systems at Hegwood Electric in Doraville.
Welcome David!!!
David's Address To The DCMA:
"A few weeks ago, when Beaux asked me to give a testimonial tonight, explaining why I have joined Gate City as a plural member, I started thinking about it. There was no question in my mind that I wanted to participate in Freemasonry with these men, but that was sort of abstract, so I kept trying to put it into words, with real examples."
"Imagine, knowing what you know now, that you could create a fantasy lodge – one where everything was how you really thought it should be – perhaps not easy; perhaps not convenient; but somehow just as it should be – challenging, - something that prompted you to work at self improvement. What would that lodge be like?"
"For me, the details of external trappings are not as important as the effects they have on the members. Please do not infer by it that I am in any way unsatisfied with my Mother Lodge, for I am completely satisfied with it. The problem is that I don't want to be satisfied. I want to be challenged."
"I would create a lodge where, when looking at the calendar for the week, members would smile and say "oh, nice – lodge this week already!"
"I would create a lodge where the members knew what was expected of them in no uncertain terms – in ritual proficiency, in dress code, in contributions of time and labor – in every single way. And I would create a lodge where the members strove to exceed those expectations."
"I would create a lodge which didn't exist behind closed doors, but was public in the neighborhood, seen doing good works of community service and charity – a lodge that was part of its community, filled with men who, by their examples, inspired other men to seek membership."
"I would create a lodge where the members grew to become close friends, and regularly socialized together outside of the lodge."
"What I have described would be a wonderful lodge to belong to, don't you think? It reminds me of what some of the older brethren here tonight have told me about "how it used to be."
"What I have described is what I have found in Gate City Lodge No. 2."
-David Herman, Address to DeKalb County Masonic Association, February 12, 2009
Gate City Raises 2, Approves 3 Dual Memberships, Nets 5
Not bad for a night of work...Gate City II nets five new members: two by raising, three by affiliation. Our third meeting of the year featured a beautiful raising conferred by Beaux Pettys as WM, Mike Bjelajac as SD, Bill Wallace, SW, Dan Genson as JW, Edwin Demars JD, Nick Hayes as SS, Doug Hrabe as JS, with John Guest and David Johnston conducting. The second section was ably performed by David Johnston as WM, Beaux Pettys as SW. David Lllewellyn, Dan Genson and Tom Lawrence were the roughest three ruffians that ever ruffled a feather. Joe Brooks and Jeff Hodges were moving as Hiram king of Tyre and Solomon King of Israel. Victor Marshall was raised by David Llewellyn. Zeithlin Waters was raised by Dan Genson.
Joe Brooks, fifty year mason, noted that he had never seen a better raising. As is the norm at Gate City, the degree was conferred by brethren in tuxedos, illumined by the light of the burning taper, and upon the level of brotherly love. We are truly fortunate.
There was no place I would have rather been.
Joe Brooks, fifty year mason, noted that he had never seen a better raising. As is the norm at Gate City, the degree was conferred by brethren in tuxedos, illumined by the light of the burning taper, and upon the level of brotherly love. We are truly fortunate.
There was no place I would have rather been.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CHARITY EVENT APRIL 25, 2009
thebonaventurequartet
On April 25, 2009, The Bonaventure Quartet will be the headline act for the Doctor Without Borders charity fundraiser. The event will be held at The Alcove Contemporary Arts Gallery, 2852 East College Ave, Decatur, GA 30030.
As some of you may recall, our Senior Warden, Bill Wallace, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in July to raise awareness for Doctors Without Borders. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, rises 4,600 m (15,100 ft) from its base (and approximately 5,100 m (16,700 ft) from the plains near Moshi), and is additionally the highest peak in Africa at 5,891.8 meters (19,330 ft). Bill is paying for the entire trip out of pocket. See more about Doctors Without Borders in the previous post.
The event will begin at 7PM with the Bonaventure Quartet playing three 45 minute sets of French Cabaret / Django Reinhardt inspired jazz. Many of you whince at the thought of jazz, but you'd have to be out of your tastless mind to not like this ensemble. Click this link to hear some of the best live music in Atlanta: The Bonaventure Quartet: Blue Rendevouz . They were named Creative Loafing's 2008 Best Jazz Band. Tickets are $15.00 and will be available shortly.
Alcove Contemporary Arts Gallery
What Is Doctors Without Borders?
As the subject of an upcoming charity event, the major points of this worldwide effort should be noted. The following are excerpts from the Doctors Without Borders website.
"Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971."
"Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols."
"In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize."
"MSF's work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation."
"MSF medical teams often witness violence, atrocities, and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention. At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticize the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests."
More at:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
"Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971."
"Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols."
"In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize."
"MSF's work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation."
"MSF medical teams often witness violence, atrocities, and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention. At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticize the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests."
More at:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
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