The Ashlar Project is an organization of young, new, and actively concerned Freemasons from the state of Indiana. We are a support group for our Fraternity that is aimed at improving fellowship, establishing social events, and offering support to those who need it. We are also a think-tank for our Fraternity, one that desires to take our ideas and make them a reality by implementing many projects and programs around the state. Our aims include revitalizing Freemasonry, showing its relevance in the modern world, redefining the public image of who a Freemason is and what Freemasonry does, and giving our members leadership, networking, and teamwork skills to benefit themselves and our fraternity. All while increasing our confidence by setting goals and achieving them. As rough Ashlars we must concentrate on perfecting ourselves to become useful to the structure we must eventually support. This is what the Ashlar Project is all about.

The Ashlar Project is run by an Executive Committee and the members that dedicate their time and energy to the many projects/programs that we are in the process of developing.

We are in the process of starting a traveling degree team, organizing social events, offering education for Freemasons, making presentations at different Universities about Freemasonry, and starting many other projects and programs (you can find out more by going through the many threads on this Private Forum). A small sample of the projects/programs discussed so far is as follows:

-Organize local practice groups for Indiana ritual and catechisms

-Organize local study/discussion groups (for esoteric, exoteric, historic, and contemporary Masonica...with reading groups, lectures, presentations, etc.)

-Help organize and operate C.H.I.P programs.

-Organize a program to teach basic computer skills within the fraternity (particularly to secretaries) and attempt to salvage computers for the use of Lodges without them.

-Distribute leaflets w/info about the Ashlar Project, that will include suggested websites (such as Hiram's), to potential members throughout Indiana.

-Organize a labor relief program to help Temples stay functioning and attractive.

-Participate in the Relay for Life and other similar activities.

We will have Quarterly Meetings that will rotate location around the state. These will not be the only meetings, but these will be our main-events for socializing, making presentations, and voting on the major issues of business. These meetings will be divided into a closed business meeting, and a function that will center on fellowship and good times, which will be open to the fraternity at large (and possibly the public in general). This will be our venue to communicate our accomplishments, present current information, and to generate energy and support.

We will have dues to pay, but we will work something out with anyone who wants to be active but can't afford another membership fee (although abuse of this policy will not be tolerated).

We hope to offer support to the GL in any way that we can, using our energy and man-power to accomplish any goals that they may have in mind for us.