The Grand Lodge fiscal year ends on March 31st. The Auditors have been working diligently for the past few weeks, to make sure all of the finances of all three corporations are in order, and that correct procedures are used to handle the investments.
All of that work culminates today with a report from the auditors on their findings, and then the Grand Lodge Board of Directors must move to approve the report, and then the audited financial reports must head to the printer to be back and in the hands of the Grand Lodge delegates on May 18th.
Let me just say that being a Grand Lodge Board of Director bears a great responsibility. Those members are the MWGM, RWDGM, RWSGW, RWJGW, RWGT, RWGS. If they are not attending each meeting that requires a decision be made, they are left out of the communications loop, yet are still ultimately responsible for the accuracy of decisions made effecting a very large business, and conversely are held liable for any omission of responsibility.
It is a pretty tall order, but it happens this way each year, and somehow miraculously works like a well oiled machine.
So today is a quick travel day to Alma, and then back home after the meeting, still go to bed at 11.
