New York DeMolay Standard Operating Procedures

Dear New York DeMolay:

If there is a tie at the end of the football game, what do you do?
If a player tags the base at the same time the ball hits the baseman's glove is he out?
Four cars arrive at a four stop sign intersection at the same time, who goes first?
When is the  Education Obligatory Day in New York?

For each of these there is a playbook or a rule book that is followed, with the exception of the last one. Today, that changes.

In DeMolay we are governed by the statutes, rules, and regulations of DeMolay International. However, DeMolay knows that the way things work in our Great State is Perhaps different than how things would work in the State of New Mexico. Therefore there are things that are left to the discretion of the jurisdictions.  A lot of things that we do in DeMolay are based on shared common knowledge. In the workplace this is called "Tribal knowledge." (See https://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/tribal-knowledge/) . You can generally tell what is tribal knowledge when you hear people say "We have always done it this way" or "historically" or "In the past."

For the past several weeks your hardworking and dedicated State Executive Committee and State Advisory Council have been working through a document called a "Standard Operating Procedure. This is an evolving document as the needs of DeMolay change. You can find the document here for your reference and it has been emailed out to everyone.  Soon it will be on our new website!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ag9y3TkThYlO-OK0sRRe22rCQW4i6Pvm/view?usp=sharing

As always, let us know if you have questions or concerns.

Yours,
"Dad" Brusoe