Ambassadors

Ambassadors provide a vital link between the Austin Valley of the Scottish Rite and the other Masonic and affiliated organizations in the Central Texas area.

Ambassadors establish and build the Austin Scottish Rite brand throughout the Valley.  Ambassadors show an active presence and support in other Masonic and affiliated bodies through regular attendance and participation in their activities.  Ideally, Ambassadors would be members of the other bodies.  In some cases, when there isn’t a member who can/will be the Ambassador, they would simply be frequent visitors.  They would facilitate collaboration between Masonic and affiliated organizations throughout the Valley through shared information and active participation.

Ambassadors create a two-way flow of information between people and organizations.

Ambassadors establish two-way communications between the Valley and other organizations. Ambassadors are the eyes and ears for the Valley, providing a conduit for information on activities, needs and opportunities.  Needs such as degree team members, communications such as invitations to special events, and activities such as speakers, programs, and fund raisers that would be important to share with other bodies and the members of other bodies would be collected and reported throughout the Valley.

With the permission of the various bodies, Ambassadors would be invited to report to the Valley on activities in various organizations.  Activities and programs of lodges, Eastern Star Chapters, York Rite bodies, DeMolay Chapters, Rainbow Assembles such as conferrals, speakers, family nights, programs honoring past masters, fund raising activities, etc., would be of interest across the Valley.

Ambassadors would present monthly “talking points” notes on programs and activities throughout the Valley.  The intent of the talking points would be to share relevant information with other Masonic organizations.  Information provided by the Ambassadors could also be posted on the Austin Scottish Rite web page.  (If we had nothing to say, that would be an indicator that we were either not getting two-way communications or nothing was happening in the Valley.)

Ambassadors publicize Masonic education opportunities throughout the Valley.

Ambassadors would provide information on education programs for members of other organizations in their areas and assist in arranging instructors.  Ambassadors would not be expected to develop programs or be instructors.  Examples of different educational programs include parts of the Scottish Rite education program that are appropriate for Masons who are not Scottish Rite members; educational programs that have been developed for non-Masons that could be offered to other bodies; Grand Lodge educational programs; and open forum programs designed to provide information to the general public about Masonry.

Ambassadors proactively support Masonic activities.

Ambassadors would offer support to other bodies, such as programs and speakers; communications through Austin Scottish Rite websit, newsletters and monthly “talking points”; degree team members; and instructors for educational programs.  Ambassadors would not be expected to “be” the program or teach classes; but would draw on Valley resources to respond to requests for help.

Area Covered

The Ambassadors cover the following counties to support the lodges that belong to the Valley of Austin:
Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Gillespie, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, Mason, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis and Williamson.