
Bro. Joe Snow, spokesperson for the General Grand Chapter, explained the announcement further: "We have realized that the key to the future of our organizations lay with the masses of young Masons on the world wide web. That's why we've taken such a drastic measure to make sure that the glory of the York Rite is showcased as much as possible; we can't think of any better way to do just that than to partner with GeoCities for all of our future webdesign needs."
When asked why
the Grand York Rite bodies chose GeoCities vice other webdesign
applications such as WordPress or Dream Weaver, Bro Snow replied that it
was the longstanding York Rite webmaster's idea. "We approached our
webmaster about modernizing our websites using FrontPage 97,
but he didn't feel that most Masons would be able to navigate a page
constructed by such an advanced program. He was adamant that GeoCities
should be the way of the future as far as York Rite websites are
concerned, and we wholeheartedly agree."
While
the Grand York Rite bodies are looking to modernize their websites in
the short term, they are also looking to expand their social media
footprint. Bro Snow continued, "We're working on creating a social media presence next. We toyed around with the idea of Friendster, but our webmaster
informed us that the best place on the information superhighway to reach young
people today is Myspace, and we're looking forward to joining that
community as soon as possible!"
-SK Bro. Mason Burhmaster
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