The proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio are digitally archived at the George Washington Memorial and I was doing some research on membership numbers . I firmly believe that we need to get Masons back to being Masons and Lodges back to being sacred and exceptional places . I understand the Chicken Little attitude that we NEED to get guys in the door , but to what end ? I firmly believe that ten of the right people can accomplish what a thousand of the wrong people will never start . So , I think if Grand Lodges approached this as an opportunity to refocus and rightsize Masonry , that declining numbers aren ' t a scary thing as much as they are a period of change that can be managed . And now you know why I will never have a Fancy Apron .