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Grand Master’s Traveling Gavel

2024-2025 GMTG Information


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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?

The GMTG is currently at Bluff Park #856 which meet 1 & 3 Tues.
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Where has the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel been?

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Lodge Address Date Obtained # Visitors Meet On
Bluff Park #856 761 Valley Street,
Hoover, AL35226		Dec 18, 202471 & 3 Tues
Revival #935 3430 Ratliff Rd.,
Birmingham, AL35210		Nov 13, 2024143rd Wed of month at 7 PM
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What is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?

The Grand Master's Traveling Gavel (GMTG) is an award passed among Blue Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama. The lodge that currently holds the GMTG will present the gavel to the Lodge with the most visitors at their next meeting (regular or special), and so forth. The goal is to circulate this gavel to as many lodges as possible, and then present it as a parting gift to the Grand Master at the following year's Grand Lodge Annual Communication. After Grand Lodge's Annual Communication, a new gavel will be placed into circulation and would ultimately be presented to the next Grand Master at the end of his year as the MWGM.

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How can my lodge get the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?

See the section above, which lists where the GMTG is currently located and their lodge's info. Then, bring the most visitors to their next meeting (stated or special).

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Rules and Regulations for GMTG:

Reporting:

When your lodge wins the GMTG, you should update the Grand Lodge Website that night, to allow Brethren the chance to plan a trip to come get it.

When to give gavel:

Once your Lodge obtains the gavel, it must be given at your next meeting (doesn't matter if it's regular or special). If there are guests present, they get it.

Plural Members:

Plural Members may count toward ALL lodges they are members of. If "Brother Jones" is a Member of Lodge A, Lodge B, and Lodge C, then when counting visitors to see who gets the gavel, he may stand and be counted for ALL THREE
Lodges. This is left up to the individual Brother as to how he would like to be counted.

Ties:

In the event there are more than one visiting Lodge, and there is a tie for the Gavel:
  • If THIS Gavel has previously been awared to one Lodge and not the other, then the Gavel should be awarded to the Lodge who has not previously been awarded it.
  • If both of the Lodges HAVE previously been awarded the Gavel, then the one who travelled the FARTHEST to get it, should be awarded the Gavel.
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