Commissioned · Freemasonry (Women's Grand Lodge, Provincial)
One Coat. Three Committees. No Coat Removed.
Sister Thorpe has worn the same charcoal coat to every Provincial meeting since 2011. In March she indicated a willingness, in principle, to remove it during the summer months, subject to ratification. Ratification requires a resolution from her Lodge, an opinion from the Provincial Board of General Purposes, and a note from the Grand Secretary confirming that coat removal does not constitute an alteration to established practice. Two of the three have been deferred. The third has been referred back for clarification of the wording of the deferral. Your donation funds the paperwork. The coat remains on.
“I have submitted it. Submitting it again would imply the first submission was inadequate.”— Sister Deputy Provincial Almoner Eunice Thorpe
The Modesty Meter
Every gift brings us closer to nothing at all.
- $25Funds a photocopy of the original March minute, including the paragraph that was cut off.
- $90Pays for a second-class stamp to the Grand Secretary and a fortnight of confident waiting.
- $400Books a side room for a meeting that will be reduced to Any Other Business.
- $1,500Commissions a brief note on whether the matter is properly a Provincial concern at all.
- $9,000Endows a standing sub-committee to review the coat annually, in perpetuity, without powers.
Institutional assurances
- Fund designation
- Eunice Thorpe Coat Ratification Fund
- Verified impact
- Eleven letters sent. Nine acknowledged. Coat: on.
- Measurement basis
- Modesty Standard v1.0
This appeal was commissioned by a visitor and written on demand. It was not drawn up by us, it is not one of the 22 standing appeals, and it is every bit as unlikely to succeed.
Specifications
- Scripture
- Rule 61(b), as amended, and the covering note thereto
- Coverage
- 100%
- Layers
- Coat, blazer, blouse, and a lambskin apron in its case, unworn indoors
- Garments removed to date
- 0
- Represented by
- Provincial Grand Almoner (currently on sabbatical; deputising arrangements unclear)
- Takes offence at
- Being asked a second time after she has already submitted it in…
- Status
- Referred back for clarification of the wording of the referral