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Coming and in Progress
Joint Conference with the Philalethes Society
The Philalethes Society has invited the Phylaxis Society to participate in a joint conference with workshops and seminars to be presented by members from both sides. The date being considered is the fourth Saturday in August of 2011, which will be August 27th. The location will be San Francisco, California. More details will be released as they become available. Check on our web site as the date gets nearer.
Prince Hall Museum and Library
The Phylaxis Society has entered into preliminary discussions with several other Masonic organizations and allied bodies to explore the possibility of creating a Prince Hall Museum and Library (PHML) to be built in or near the City of Boston before the year 2020. The plan will be to create a state-of-the-art facility that will include both a virtual and actual museum and library. Over the next few months we will evaluate proposals to see whether such a project will be feasible. Look for more about this project on our web site and in future magazines.
Web Site Private Section
We have set up a private section on our web site that is open to active members of the Phylaxis Society. At present we have a limited amount of content in the private section, but we will add more material in time. In order to access the private section you must REGISTER, and the registration process is intentionally complicated. First, request an authorization number, which will be issued only when the webmaster is available to issue it. You must be an ACTIVE member of the Society. Use the link on the registration page to request your authorization number. After you receive an authorization number, return to the registration page and complete the registration process. This is where you create a USERNAME and a PASSWORD (which you will need to supply each time you login, so make sure you can remember them when you want to access the restricted part of the site). Keep in mind that spaces are not allowed in passwords. Next, you must request and receive VALIDATION, which again will be done when the webmaster is available to do it. Finally, once an account has been established for you with a USERNAME and PASSWORD, you can return to the LOGIN page (not the registration page) to access the private section. Passwords are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as they were set up. If you use capitol letters in your password when you register, you must use them in the same manner when you log in. If you can log in successfully, you will not have to return to the registration page. Use the LOGIN page only when you want to access restricted matter. You can access the unrestricted parts of the site without logging in.
Council of Representatives
We are placing a lot of focus of reactivating our Council of Representatives. This program was of tremendous benefit to the Society when it was fully active. We want to have at least one Representative in every Prince Hall Jurisdiction, and perhaps more in the larger jurisdictions. These persons would be the ambassadors for the Society within their geographic region.
We also have projects that promise to be of assistance to Masonic researchers.
Historical Masonic Sites
Each of our members and subscribers can help us with the Historical Sites Program. Every Masonic structure, past and present, must be recorded as a historical or potential historical site (we never know). Our intent is to accumulate a national database of all such sites, to include the burial sites of notable Masons as well as monuments erected to Masons. The Director of Historical Sites and his Deputy Director are charged with getting this program underway.
Magazine Database
We are in the process of creating a database of the Phylaxis Magazines. This database will be searchable. It will include thumbnail images of each magazine cover and a short synopsis of each article in each issue along with key words that will aid in a search. The program is under the administration of the Director of Digital Archives and his Deputy Director.