What types of business are allowed at regular meetings?

Regular communications of a lodge accommodate the general governance, administrative business, and balloting of Craft Masonry. Petitions for initiation or affiliation are presented and read during these stated meetings before being referred to an investigating committee 12. Investigating committee reports on candidate qualifications must also be presented at a regular communication, as regulations explicitly prohibit delivering these reports or taking the resulting ballot at a special meeting 1.

In addition to candidate balloting, regular meetings handle membership actions such as receiving member resignations 3 and considering applications for restoration from suspension or expulsion, which are required to take place at a stated communication 1.

General administrative proceedings are likewise conducted during regular communications. Members may speak and vote on ordinary lodge motions, call up postponed business, and address general lodge affairs 21. Amendments to the proceedings of a regular communication must also be addressed at a regular meeting, as special communications are barred from altering them 1.