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MESSAGE FOR APRIL

Continuing somewhat on the theme of last Month’s message, and from the recent joy and euphoria even, caused by our sensational win in Lahore in the Cricket One Day series – the power of TEAMWORK cannot be over-emphasised.

We have always had in our country, in various walks of life, brilliant individuals of outstanding talent, and continue to do so. However, it has also been noticeable that while there were these individual attainments and achievements attracting praise and admiration, we were mostly always short of co-ordinated group activity with common goals – which is what TEAMWORK signifies.

In our own Masonic ‘parish’ I have seen this amply demonstrated in the recent past. The admirable progress made recently on our Cornwallis HOME PROJECT was entirely due to the Teamwork of the Executive Council’s Task Force which had to obtain some of the documents of the ownership of the land, get plans approved by two sets of authorities, and set about the task of commencing construction, all done within a period of twelve months – which in our ‘bureaucratic’ environment is some achievement.

Another example was the recently achieved air-conditioning of the smaller dining hall next to the Temple No.3 of Freemasons’ Hall. Lodge Pitt Macdonald, at the February Half Yearly Meeting offered the District a donation of Rs.50,000/-. It was suggested to them that they may consider underwriting the Dining Hall air-conditioning to the extent possible, and they doubled that donation. Another City Lodge, Archibald Campbell, anted up another Rs.50,000/- and we were on our way with commissioning the equipment. A little more is still required for the ancillary facilities in this area, but I am sure that will come from other City Lodges of our fraternity who are the ones who will use this dining facility the most. Moreover, the air-conditioning design and equipment is being supplied by a Brother of our Sister Constitution – GLI – as was the case in the earlier supply and commissioning of our kitchen equipment. Shows we can all work together to achieve a common purpose.

Well Done Teams whether in the Cricketing or the Masonic fraternity!