CHAPTER ROOM
This officer is stationed in the South and receives candidates during initiation.
Conductress (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This officer conducts correspondence and preserves Chapter records.
Secretary (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This type of ballot is required for the election of candidates.
Unanimous Ballot (Landmark 8, p.14)
The opening ceremonies begin on this ritual page.
p.53 (Opening Ceremonies)
The governing authority of the Rite ultimately rests in this body.
Supreme Council / Supreme Grand Chapter (Landmark 7, p.14)
This officer is stationed in the North and assists in receiving candidates.
Associate Conductress (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This officer is entrusted with Chapter funds.
Treasurer (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This document is used by a member seeking membership in another Chapter.
Certificate of Withdrawal (Dimit) (p.22)
This ceremony follows immediately after balloting and admission of a candidate.
Initiation (p.86)
This Landmark reserves the secrets of the Rite from alteration.
Landmark 5 (Modes of Recognition protected) (p.13)
This officer is stationed outside the Chapter door.
Sentinel (pp.27–28, Appointive Officers)
This officer maintains order inside the Chapter room and announces visitors.
Warder (pp.27–28, Appointive Officers)
Membership lost through non-payment may be restored through this process.
Restoration of Membership (p.23)
The official order of business begins on this ritual page.
p.75 (Order of Business)
This Landmark requires candidates to believe in a Supreme Being.
Landmark 4 (Belief in Supreme Being) (p.13)
The Conductress and Associate Conductress are stationed on these two sides of the Chapter room.
South and North (Chapter Room Diagram, pp.26–27)
This officer presides when the Worthy Matron is absent.
Associate Matron (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This Landmark requires a candidate's ballot to be unanimous.
Landmark 8 (Unanimous Ballot) (p.14)
The ceremony that formally ends a Chapter meeting begins on this page.
p.76 (Closing Ceremonies)
This Landmark establishes that the lessons of the Rite are Scriptural and moral.
Landmark 2 (Scriptural, moral, beneficent) (p.13)
This station represents the symbolic entrance into the Star.
Conductress Station (Entrance into the Star) (pp.26–27)
This officer serves as chief advisor and supporter of the Worthy Matron.
Worthy Patron (pp.25–27, Officers & Stations)
This Landmark grants members the right to visit regular Chapters when harmony will not be disturbed.
Landmark 15 (Visitation Rights) (p.15)
This degree follows the Initiation Ceremony in the Ritual.
Queen of the South (p.140)
This Landmark provides that subordinate Chapters may elect and install officers annually.
Landmark 14 (Election & Installation of Officers) (p.15)