2. The World Conference of Masonic Grand Lodges and its ruling.

3. The possibility for reaching an universal Masonic world.

4. Current processes of changes and the opportunities available for the Regular Freemasonry to meet the needs of contemporary society in a way consistent with the Masonic essence and identity.

5. Regular Freemasonry and modern technological communication: Internet.

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Author's Name

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Name of the Lodge

Complete address including postal code and country

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Summary, in Spanish or English, should not exceed one page. Once approved, it shall be reproduced in the Conference papers brochure and the following rules should be applied. It must be formatted to fill an A4 sheet with margins of 25 mm to the left and right and in the heading and foot of the page. Arial font must be used whenever possible. The title, in BOLD and size 18 shall be in capital letters and must be centered on the page heading, as indicated. The names of the authors, of the Grand Lodge and the addresses shall be of size 12 and must be similarly centered below the title separated by simple interline. The name of the speaker must be underlined. The main text, with double interline, must follow as indicated, left and right justified. The paragraphs must be separated by simple interline. At the end of the summary, as footer in the lower right section of the page, the identification number (1 to 5), corresponding to the topic of the presentation, must be included in bold size 18, as indicated in this model for the topic.

The selection of the writing for the Conference shall be based on the summary that is sent. The summary must contain enough information to afford an overview of the presentation. The following kinds of topics may be excluded: those which are not part of topics of the Conference, have already been presented, are controversial, or are not of a high enough quality. In order to facilitate the process of review and in the interest of clarity, we suggest that the contents of the topic be divided into three sections; a short introduction, a main body describing the topic that is being presented and a brief conclusion.

Summaries and Conference papers should be submitted to reach the Grand Lodge of Chile and to the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Conference ( Thomas Jackson), by January 31, 2004 at the latest, Conference papers will not be accepted after this date. There are three possibilities for the submission of the presentations that, in order of preference, are:

1. As a document attached to electronic mail to administracion@7cmgl.cl - in MS-Word format (Microsoft Word) 97 or later; Corel WordPerfect 7.0 or later; the name and electronic mail address of the author of the document must be indicated in the main electronic message.

2. By fax to the number 56-2-6381795 or 56-2-6397012, and

3. Send by courier a copy of the summary on diskette, along with the "Presentation Submission Form".

TO:

Grand Lodge of Chile
Offices: Marcoleta 659, Santiago, Chile,
Postal Address: Post Office Box 2867, Santiago, Chile

AND:

Thomas W. Jackson, Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Pennsylvania, Masonic Temple, One North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2598, USA.

* The reception of the presentation shall be confirmed.

* The author shall be informed of the acceptance or rejection of his or her presentation no later than March 2004.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

* All presentations presented must not exceed six pages plus the summary.

* Papers accepted will be compiled in a book which will be distributed free of charge to all Grand Lodges attending the Conference. This book shall be offered for sale to Regular Grand Lodges that have not attended the Conference.