SCM 2022 Daily Digest - Thursday Sept. 15

Dear SCM 2022 Delegates & Aspirants:

Day Four started with the Commanders' Roundtable Breakfast Meeting.

Commanders from Cleveland, London England, Ontario, Glasgow, Sierras, San Francisco, San Jose, Victoria, Palm Beaches and the Commander and

Vice Commander from Vancouver held our first joint meeting for 1 1/2 hours

over a light breakfast.

Commanders Bob Plecas and David Hunt set up the meeting and Commander Plecas was Facilitator and Commander Hunt served as secretary.

The agenda allotted 30 minutes to each of the following topics.

• Recruitment and Retention
• Expansion of the Order-Geographic and Membership
• Fundraising 

It was agreed by all that this was a very successful meeting. As a group, it was concluded that there should be ongoing communication between all the Commanders on a regular basis.

A summary, covering important suggestions and concerns, will be prepared after the SCM2022 is over.

Thursday marked the first of the two-day Sovereign Council Meeting. As the first day unfolded it was an opportunity for delegates to witness first-hand, the open discussion of the business of the Sovereign Order. One could not help being impressed by quality of thought and the obvious time and commitment required by the members of the Sovereign Council to guide our organization.

Items for SCM discussion included concern over privacy and security issues as we move more toward a web-based and digital presence. As as example, there is a need for more frequent updating of members’ data and how we manage and store data content across the globe for record keeping and continuity. The need for more frequent  interaction amongst Commanderies was also discussed as well as matters of succession within the Sovereign Order going forward.

On the subject of succession Grand Commander Ian Reid informed the meeting he will be standing down from his role. However in typical manner he did so by delivering the message with a good dose of humour. Thank you Ian, for your many years of sterling SOSJ service and leadership.