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Ace, have you seen the new Committee on restructuring the IP? It's open to Apprentices and above and I was hoping that you would contribute by posting your journal thoughts on the IP - plus anything more you would like to add!
http://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Initiates-Programme-suggestions

I've spotted it briefly, Mark, though I haven't had a chance to explore it in depth. I'm out of town for the weekend, but I'll take a look when I get back!

Something to show our parents who dont believe, like a short video, it would be easier for kids to explain and would attract more people in m opinion

Again... what is this "belief" that is needed?

Are you talking about the metaphysical "beliefs" we have about the Force?

I'm not sure if he meant "parents who don't follow Jediism" or "parents who don't believe Jediism is a valid faith". Either way, it's their issue, not ours.

Hmmm. I DO like the idea of an instructional video, though. haha.

I had an idea that the title Cardinal could be changed to Councillor. It confused me that it seemed a religious title was used for a duty that was not part of the clerical rank, and now I know its just for people on the Council it seems inappropriate or out of place for people who have not undertook clerical training. Something like Councillor might be better for the members of the Council?

Generally, members of the Council are also ordained ministers. So the Cardinal title was applied to the clerical rank - usually Cardinal Bishop.

ren is on the Council because of his admin status and his responsibilities for keeping the site running and evolving tech-wise. But he doesn't currently choose to take part on rank advancement or clerical training. So we secularised the term "Cardinal" to include him.

Also, it used to be common practice that all Council members were also Bishops. Therefore we only needed rank bars for Cardinal Bishop. Since then we have had Deacon and Priest members of Council and it would have been an admin headache to introduce these titles as well. It just gave us an extra incentive to alter the use of the term "Cardinal".

We keep the name (instead of changing it) as a reflection of its former use. However, I'm not averse to this suggestion and will post it in Council for discussion.

Hey I made the effort of becoming temple member Before that I was just member of the board and I had my own rank

well hi!
thanks v-tog for showing me this topic.

well i want some improvement to happen in website, log in to your user, then go to Home page, now you see your name as logged in and at end of black part, you see join us link!
that must be solved!

also, there must be another part in forum like "Recent topics" which is "Recent answers to your topics" and when u open it, it show you any Recent Topic which you had posted in it or created it.