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CLIPSAS
Centre de Liaison et d'Information des Puissances Maçonnique Signataires de l'Appel de Strasbourg

Information sur C L I P S A S

Historique

Clipsas a été constitué le 22 janvier 1961 à l'appel du Grand Orient de Belgique et du Grand Orient de France qui, émus par l'intransigeance croissante et les exclusives de plus en plus tyranniques de certaines Obédiences, convinrent de lancer un appel à toutes les Maçonneries du monde afin de les réunir dans le respect de leur souveraineté, de leurs rites et de leurs symboles en une vaste et véritable chaîne d'Union Universelle

Les Loges de certaines Obédiences, membre du Clipsas, ouvrent la bible durant leurs travaux et placent ceux-ci sous l'égide du Grand Architecte de l'Univers, d'autres ne le font pas.

Toutefois, il y a lieu de préciser que le Clipsas n'est ni une institution maçonnique structurée, ni une super-obédience édictant des décrets, donnant des directives. Selon le vœu des fondateurs, il est pierre angulaire d'une Union Fraternelle des Francs-Maçons qui considèrent que la liberté de conscience est la plus grande victoire de l'humanité sur elle-même et que, loin d'être un facteur de désunion, elle conduit, grâce à la libre confrontation des opinions, à la suppression de toutes les barrières. C'est pourquoi, très rapidement, les obédiences membres du Clipsas ont ressenti la nécessité de dépasser le stade des relations officielles pour entreprendre en commun l'étude des problèmes qui déterminent l'avenir de l'homme.

Dans ce dessein. Elles se réunissent deux fois par an et inscrivent à l'ordre du jour de leurs travaux non seulement les problèmes maçonniques qui concernent tant leur pays respectif que l'Europe ou les autres parties du globe, mai aussi les sujets qui préoccupent le monde moderne, prouvant ainsi que de telles études aux aspects politiques, loin de diviser les membres des loges et par là les Obédiences, aboutissent à des synthèses constructives.

APPEL DE SRASBOURG

Les puissances maçonniques souveraines réunies à Strasbourg le 22 janvier 1961

Considérant 

1.Qu'il est impérieux de rétablir entre tous les Francs-Maçons la Chaîne d'Union rompue par de regrettables exclusives contraires aux principes des constitutions d'Anderson de 1723. 

1.Qu'il importe à cet effet de rechercher en commun en tenant compte de toutes les traditions, de tous les rites, de tous les symboles, de toutes les croyances et dans le respect de la liberté absolue de conscience, les conditions qui déterminent la qualité d'un Franc-Maçon.

Estiment 

Que le fait de placer les travaux sous l'invocation du Grand Architecte de l'Univers et d'exiger qu'une des trois lumières soit le livre sacré d'une religion doit être laissé à l'appréciation de chaque Loge et de chaque Obédience.

Décident et déclarent

D'établir entre elles des relations fraternelles et d'ouvrir les portes de leurs Temples, sans condition de réciprocité, à tout Franc-Maçon ou Franc-Maçonne ayant reçu la lumière dans une Loge juste et parfaite à conditions que la spécificité maçonnique de la Loge ou de l'Obédience permette ses visites.

Font appel

À tous les Francs-Maçons pour qu'ils se joignent à cette Chaîne d'Union fondée sur une totale liberté de conscience et une parfaite tolérance mutuelle. 

Représentation des Obédiences

Les Obédiences sont représentées par leur Grand Maître parmi lesquels sont élus pour trois ans le Président, les cinq vice-présidents, le Rapporteur Général, le trésorier et le secrétaire général.


Members - COLLEGE EXECUTIF

PRESIDENT Marc-Antoine CAUCHIE (Grand Orient de Luxembourg) 

EX-PRESIDENT Javier Otaola  (Gran Logia Simbólica Española) 

1e VICE-PRESIDENT Humberto MURSULI (Ser:. Gran Logia de Lengua Espanola)

2e VICE-PRESIDENT Gabriel LOHOURY GUGUI (Grande Ehurnie)

3e VICE-PRESIDENTE & Roberta GALLI TRESORIERE (Gran Loggia d'Italia degli A..L.A..M.)

4e VICE-PRESIDENT Elie DAMOUNI (Grande Loge Nationale du Canada)

5e VICE-PRESIDENT Dimitri LEVANTIS (Ser:. Gran Oriente de Grecia)

RAPPORTEUR GENERAL Luis DALY (Omega Grand Lodge of the State of New York)

MEMBRES:

Peter Dusek (Grossorient von Ôsterreich)

Adnan A. BAYOUN  (The Grand Masonic Lodge for Arab Countries) 

Hans MOLLER LARSEN (Grand Lodge of Denmark)

Edgar Martinez Masdeu (Gran Logia Nacional de Puerto Rico)

Jean-Louis Petit (George Washington Union)

Jose Rafael Martinez Gamboa (Gran Logia de la Repûblica de Venezuela)

Emile RABEMANANTSOA (Grand Rite Malgache)

Roosevelt GREEN (Omega Grand Lodge)

Marcel DOBILL  (Grands Orient & Loge Unis du Cameroun) 

Claude KINDAMBU LUPAMANE (Grand Orient du Con go)

(Grande Loge Féminine de Belgique)

Bob VANDENBOSCH Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetselarij (Grande Loge Mixte des Pays Bas)

(Dutch Co-Masonry Grandlodge) 

(Niederlaendische Grossloge der gemischte Freimaurerei)

Eugérno Oscar Filipe de OLIVEIRA (Grande Oriente Lusitano) 

Bernard Civil (Grande Loge Haïtienne de St. Jean)

Yvonne RAPER (The Order of Ancient Freemasonry Men & Women)

Bertholand EDOUARD (Grande Loge d 'Haiti)

Ingrid MAJER (Universaler Freimaurerorden "Humanitas')

Rolando MOYA TASQUER (Gran Oriente Latino Americano)

Mouritalabi OLATOUNDJI (Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin)

Helga Schichtl (GrossLoge Humanitas Austria)

Gabriel NZAMBILA  (Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo)

Murat Ozgen Ayfer Grande Loge Maçonnique de Turquie)

Diego Lagomarsino (Gran Logia Mixta de Chile)

Martine FAIVRE-GOLD (Grande Loge Féminine de Memphis-Misraïm)

George DUBOIS (Grande Loge Suisse de Memphis-Misraïm)

Daxie-Isse PUENTES (Gran Logia Mixta de Lengua Espanola)

Nancy MUNOZ MIRANDA (Gran Logia Femenina de Chile)

Gabriella Bagnolesi (Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile d'Italia)

Jefferson Scheer (Grande Loja Unida do Panana)

Serge Tondu (Grande Loge de la Caraïbe)

Victor vite Martinez (Gran Oriente de México)

Jacyntho Fernandes Dutra (Gran Oriente Nacional "Gloria do Ocidente" do Brasil)


The Sovereign Masonic Powers United in Strasbourg on 22 January 1961

Considering

that it is imperative to re-establish between all Freemasons of the

that it is important to this end to investigate together the conditions

Esteem

that the fact of placing business under the invocation of the Great

Decide and Declare

to establish among them fraternal relations and to open the doors of

Call upon

all Freemasons to join this Chain of Union founded under total freedom


The following is from email that was posted on a Masonic email group:

CLIPSAS and SIMPA - A Brief Description

CLIPSAS stands for "Centre of Liaison and Information of Masonic Powers,  Signatories to the Appeal of Strasbourg".

On January 22, 1961, the Appeal of Strasbourg was signed by 11 Masonic jurisdictions from 10 different countries. The Appeal is based on absolute freedom of conscience, and seeks to include all Masons and Lodges in its chain of brotherly/sisterly recognition.

The basis of all Masonic work is mutual recognition of freedom of conscience and complete tolerance between Lodges. All signatories to the Appeal accepted that differences in tradition, ritual, symbols, belief, gender, etc., are positive and an expression of the richness of Masonry. Each jurisdiction may understand Anderson's Constitutions of 1723 in its own way, but this should not be used as an argument and proof of its own regularity.

The signatories also outlined what should define a properly and duly constituted Lodge (although this is not restrictive, nor is it necessarily complete):

· a minimum of seven members - three to guide, five to enlighten, seven to make it perfect and rightful;
· works a ritual that uses the symbols of stonemasons;
· works in a Lodge consisting of J+B, three great lights (the Square and Compass; a VSL is left to the discretion of each Lodge), the tools of the degree and the Mosaic Pavement;
· works the three blue degrees; entering, passing and raising the sister or brother.

A Mason is a sister or brother who has been entered in a rightful lodge.

SIMPA
Over the years disappointment [over what?] grew between the French-speaking jurisdictions and the rest of CLIPSAS, which culminated in the departure of a number of members (especially the strong French and Belgian jurisdictions). Along with other jurisdictions (many of whom are still members of CLIPSAS) they founded, on December 26, 1998, SIMPA - Secretariat International of Masonic Powers Adogmatic (or ISAMP in English).

There is very little difference between the principles of CLIPSAS and SIMPA. The only organisational difference is that SIMPA is purely secretarial, headed - at two-year intervals - by one of its 25 jurisdictions.

As to what CLIPSAS and SIMPA are, here is a brief description.

C.L.I.P.S.A.S. stands for 'Centre of Liaison and Information of masonic Powers Signatories to the Appeal of Strassbourg. On January 22nd 1961 the Appeal of Strassbourg was elaborated by 11 jurisdiction from 10 different countries based on absolute freedom of conscience and with the intention to include all Masons and lodges in this chain of brotherly/sisterly recognition. The basis of each Masonic work is mutual recognition of freedom of conscience and complete tolerance between lodges. All members accepted that differences in tradition, ritual, symbols, belief, gender, etc are positive and an expression of the richness of Masonry. Each jurisdiction may understand Anderson's Constitution of 1723 in its own way, but this should not be used as an  argument and proof of their own regularity. They also defined how a properly and duly constituted lodge has to have (this is not restrictive and in now way complete) - minimum 7 members, 3 guiding, 5 enlightening, 7 to make it perfect and rightful

- works a ritual which uses the symbols of stonemasons 
- works in a lodge consisting of J + B, 3 great lights (Square, Compass, a VSL is left to the discretion of each lodge), the tools of the degree,and the Mosaic Pavement
- the lodge works the 3 blue degrees, enters - passes - raises the sister/brother 
- a Mason is a sister/brother who was entered in a rightful lodge


S.I.M.P.A.
Over the years there was growing disappointment between the French-speaking jurisdictions and the rest of CLIPSAS, which finally cumulated in the departure of a number of jurisdiction (especially the strong French and Belgian ones) and together with other jurisdiction (many of whom are still members of CLIPSAS) they founded, on 26th December 1998 S.I.M.P.A. Secretariat International of Masonic Powers Adogmatic (or I.S.A.M.P. in English)

There is in fact very little difference between the principles of CLIPSAS and SIMPA. The only organisational difference is, that SIMPA is purely secretarial, which is run in two years intervals by one of the 25 jurisdictions which signed the paper.


The following translations were emailed to me from Eva from the GLFF

Communication PR 01/58 by Marc-Antoine Cauchie, President of CLIPSAS Or.of Olm,

28 March 2001

To the Grand Masters/Grand Mistresses of Member Obediences. Please find herewith the Agenda of the next General Assembly which will take place in Istanbul on the 25th and 26th of May 2001, starting on the 25th at  9.00 a.m. with the CLIPSAS Conference.

The General Assembly is scheduled to start on the second day, but if the Conference finishes early on the first day, we shall take advantage of the presence of interpreters to begin the General Assembly on 25th.

On Sunday the 27th, the Grande Loge Libérale of Turkey will organise the closing Meeting on the occasion of its 35th anniversary as well as the 40th anniversary of the Strasburg Union.

I remind you that I have already given the details of these meetings in my Communication PR 00/70.

Please urgently confirm your participation to Monsieur Ihlan UCAK (fax: 00.90.212.253.64.39), and particularly your requirements of hotel reservations.

The topic of this year’s Symposium of is "Fundamentalism and Masonry ". In order to carry out the discussions in the best conditions, I request that you send your contributions for the study of this theme to the General Recorder, the B.. Louis Daly (fax: 00.1.718.720.59.58 and e-mail : TELA@aol.com).

In addition, the Assembly will have to choose the new theme for the year 2002. I invite you therefore to think about a theme you would wish to treat.

Finally, for those who have not yet paid their dues for last year, I remind you that in their absence, the right to vote in the General Assembly maybe suspended.

The dues (124 Euro + 0,5 Euro per member of your Obedience should be sent to : Banca di Roma, Agenzia 642 Roma, with the mention BROMITRF070 CCS 46101/30.

As a basis for reflection on point 8. of the agenda on the Universal Union Chain, I join the document "Strasburg Union" in order to recall the founding of CLIPSAS.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in Istanbul, I send you my most fraternal greetings.

Address for correspondence :

CLIPSAS 
3, rue des Près, 
L-8393 OLM / LUXEMBOURG.
Marc-Antoine Cauchie
President of CLIPSAS
E- mail : mcauchie@pt.lu

CLIPSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ISTANBUL - 25 et 26 May 2001

AGENDA

  1.Vérification of powers.

  2.Approval of the Minutes of the General Assembly of April 15, 2000 in Athens.

  3.Communications by the President.

  4.Administrative situation.

  5.Moral Report.

  6.Financial Report.

  -Presentation of the 2000/2001 accounts and Report of the Auditors.

  -Approval of accounts and discharge to the Vice-President Treasurer.

  7. Admission of new members.

  - International Masonic Order Delphi.

  -Grand Mixed Masonic Lodge of Brazil.

  -Grand Lodge of the Three Stars.

  8.Universal Union Chain.

  9. Communication. E-mail and Web site.

10.Project for the 2001/2002 budget.

-Presentation and vote of the budget.

-Method of distributing the dues. Determining the dues.

11. Administrative simplification of CLIPSAS and alignment of the General Rules.

12. Examination of new candidates : Grand Central Lodge of Lebanon.

13. Annual Report of the Obediences.

14. Summary of the 2001 Conference and choice of theme for the 2002 Conference.

15. Report on the possibility and opportunity for CLIPSAS to be an observer at the UN.

16. Election of two Vice-Presidents.

17.Choice of the place and date of the next General Assembly.

18.Other.

UNION OF STRASBOURG CLIPSAS

1. In order to understand the Union and the engagements that bind us, it is necessary to go back to the Minutes of the historic Strasburg Conference of January 22, 1961.

The title of these first Minutes is without ambiguity: "Information and Liaison Centre of the Masonic Powers Signatory to the Strasburg Appeal".

It is of the utmost importance that the Founders included in this title the term “appeal” which according to the text, line 19, page 2, designates “the common appeal which characterises the union of the Obediences among themselves and with respect to the outside”.

No less important, on page 2, lines 3 to 8 : "the G.M. Ravel (France) recalls that each delegation represents its Obedience; the Conference of today is not a meeting of GG.MM. in a personal capacity. The delegations specifically express their agreement with the terms of the proclamation of the G.O. of Belgium and the G.O. of France of November 1960"..

2. Twelve years after the creation of the Union, the G.M. Zeller, Vice-President of CLIPSAS, in answer to the question whether CLIPSAS pursues the reestablishment of universality, even, should the case arise, with the UGLE, confirms the proclamation of 1960 and the Strasburg Appeal: “There is no principle of exclusivity towards the UGLE. If it takes us as we are, that is enough”.

3. In another confirmation of the Union, in 1982 the President “welcomes F. Ruffin Green, G.M. of the Omega Grand Lodge which has just entered the Strasburg Union”.

4. From 1994 on, some GG.MM. wanted to rewrite the Appeal of Strasburg, to eliminate the paragraph "Esteem", the key to the universality decided at Strasburg.

The third point of the proposition by G.M. Lafouge at Santiago : "A moratorium of three years is decided for the admission of new Grand Lodges, in order to permit a detailed examination of their liberal character and freedom of thought” reflects this will to restrict, that is to say to denounce, the Declaration of Union and the Strasburg Appeal.

WHY CLIPSAS?

In 1990, the Strasburg Union was renamed CLIPSAS by President Ragache because “the title of the association is long too, obsolete, and does not state the objective of the group”. This change of denomination must not be interpreted as a modification or the termination of the Strasburg Union.

The question "Why CLIPSAS?" is identical to "Why the Strasburg Union?".

1. The answer is to be found in the Proclamation of 1960, approved by all the Obediences, that is to say the restoring of the Union Chain broken by regrettable exclusions and "the edification of a vast universal Masonic gathering, the necessity of which is more imperative than ever": thus all the Grand Lodges members of the Union / CLIPSAS are united. And the registration of the Statues in 1993 with the Prefecture of Paris confers a legal existence on us.

2. Moreover, this Union of Sovereign Obediences ensures a permanent contact and flow of information. The contact takes place in the General Assemblies and Conferences.

The information is furnished by the members. Unfortunately, with the development of electronic means, the majority of members no longer feel the need to transmit such information. Though this is regrettable, it cannot be brought to the discredit of the Association.

CONCLUSION

In order to restore the Universal Chain of Union broken by regrettable exclusions, the Conference of Strasburg created the Strasburg Union based on the proclamation of 1960.

Forty years later, the goals of this proclamation and the declaration of Union are still a vital reality.

Thus, in the discussions of the 2000 CLIPSAS Conference as well as in the General Assembly, the general opinion recognised the unique value of the UNION OF STRASBOURG / CLIPSAS.

2. PROCLAMATION AND APPEAL OF STRASBOURG

GENERAL RULES

PROCLAMATION ADOPTED AT STRASBOURG ON 22 JANVIER 1961

(text of  the Grand Orient of France and the Grand Orient of Belgium)

The Signatory Grand Lodges :

- are honoured by their absolute loyalty to the message of tolerance, fraternity and union contained in Article 1 of Anderson’s Constitutions (1723) and whose respect remains their golden rule.

- esteem that Freemasonry has as its mission “to join the persons who, without it, would have remained strangers” and that the Freemason must essentially be an element of concord between all men.

- consider that the essence of Masonry resides in its social ideal of fraternity and duty, and not in the rigid observance of any usage, however traditional, that a spirituality which closely unites man to the future of humanity and to the improvement of its condition, has as much value as that which he can find in his relationship with a supra-natural principle.

For these Grand Lodges, initiation, philanthropy, spirituality, do not exclude a vocation of humanism and progress; mediation does not exclude action. The respect of rites and of tradition does not exclude:

- sending a message of tolerance, of fraternity, of union;

- inspiring men with an individual will of elevation and harmony;

- offering the young a greater and more generous ideal.

As the river is only true to its source in flowing to the sea, so a Masonry which refuses to follow human progress would betray the very intention of its founders. By the very way it is progressive, our Masonry, conscious of achieving the generous intentions of our M Anderson in modern scientific society, by its natural prolongation, the complete freedom of thought, admits no limitation to the absolute freedom of conscience.

The achievement of this ideal necessitates the recognition of all Masons in a mutual harmony where each note conserves its value, and in the respect of the freedom for all. A Masonry which intends to accomplish its mission would not reject any moral values capable of strengthening it. All men, whatever their race, religion, social position, philosophical or political ideals or economic ideas, if they are free and men of integrity, must commune in a same will of union to permit the building of a vast universal Masonic gathering, whose existence is more than ever of vital importance. If exclusions remain, they do not stem from us, and we condemn creating any ourselves. Far from being an obstacle to the Union, we believe that the diversity of moral values constitutes a factor of intellectual and spiritual wealth indispensable to its expansion.

We are convinced that Masonries which do not admit absolute freedom of conscience are imperfectly enlightened and that it is our duty to aid them in their way towards the Light. Respectful of all traditions, rites, symbols and beliefs, of the absolute freedom of conscience, faithful to the spirit of Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723, believing that each Mason be responsible to freely determine his choice of Rite and the interpretation of symbols, the Signatory Powers call on all Masonries of the World, in order that an unbreakable Union Chain forms between them, which would assure the triumph of the Masonic ideal and lead humanity toward more Beauty and Goodness.

THE STRASBURG APPEAL

The Sovereign Masonic Powers gathered in Strasburg on 22 January 1961

CONSIDERING

1.that it is imperative to restore among all Freemasons  the Union Chain broken by regrettable exclusions irreconcilable with the principles of Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723 ;

2.that it is essential to that effect, taking due account all traditions, rites, symbols beliefs, and respecting the absolute freedom of conscience, to join efforts in order to establish the conditions which determine the quality of the Freemason.

ESTEEM

that each Lodge and each Obedience ought to be free to decide whether the activities should be placed under the protection of the Great Architect of the Universe, and whether one of the Three Lights should be the Sacred Volume of a revealed religion.

DECIDE AND DECLARE

to establish among themselves fraternal relations and to open the doors of their Temples, without condition of reciprocity, to any male or female Freemason who has received the Light in a just and perfect Lodge on condition that the Masonic specificity of the Lodge or the Obedience permits these visits

APPEAL

to all Freemasons to join the Union Chain based on total freedom of conscience and complete mutual tolerance.

GENERAL RULES OF CLIPSAS

PREAMBLE

CLIPSAS is an International Masonic Association grouping Obediences having adhered to the Proclamation and the Appeal of Strasburg. Its Statutes are filed at the Prefecture of Paris.

Each member Obedience retains its sovereignty and CLIPSAS does not claim itself a supra Obedience.

The basis of CLIPSAS is the Universal Union Chain between its member Obediences. Therefore, CLIPSAS performs a function of liaison, information, communication and reflection. It could participate by contributing to the major philosophical, social and humanitarian problems through United Nations organisations.

Article 1. Its members are Obediences incorporating at least three Blue Lodges working in the first three Degrees.

Article 2. The members of a same Continent may establish a Continental Commission whose goals and means they define, respecting the preceding Rule.

Article 3. Requests for admission must be addressed to the Bureau. Only candidacies of Obediences proving three years of existence at the time the Commission of Inquiry is designated are taken into consideration.

Article 4. All requests for admission must be accompanied by :

a) the express adherence and without reservation to the above principles of CLIPSAS and the forming of fraternal relations, without conditions of reciprocity and in the respect of the Masonic specificity of the Obedience;

b) its Statutes or General Rules ;

c) a brief history ;

d) the questionnaire of general information.

Article 5. The Bureau informs the member Obediences of the request received.

Article 6. All candidacies are examined by a Commission of Inquiry designated by the General Assembly or, between assemblies, by the Bureau. It is composed, as far as possible, of three Obediences on the same Continent as the applicant and one of whom has its headquarters in the same country. This Commission reports to the General Assembly. It is obliged to consult the member Obediences residing on the national territory of the applicant.

Member Obediences must notify the President in writing within six months of any opposition to the admission of the candidate Obedience.

The President informs the other members of this opposition.

Article 7. All admission, suspension or exclusion is pronounced in General Assembly according to Article 11. Abstentions are not permitted. In the case of rejection by the Assembly, a delay of three years is required before again presenting the candidacy.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Article 8. The supreme organ of the Union, the General Assembly (hereinafter “the Assembly”) is constituted of the representatives of the member Obediences. It meets once a year in the first semester, in a location chosen by the preceding Assembly. The Assembly is entitled to pronounce decisions by whatever number of Obediences are present.

The Assembly can summon extraordinary assemblies. The President must do so if at least one quarter of the Obediences request it. All men and women Masons of member Obediences can be present at Assemblies, but only the representatives of the Obediences have the right to vote. The Assembly may authorise non-member Obediences to be present as observers at all or part of its meetings.

Article 9. The President communicates the Agenda one month and a half before the Assembly. Members dispose of two weeks to ask the President to enter other items. Except in the case of acknowledged necessity, the assembly may only discuss the questions on the Agenda.

Article 10. Each Obedience holds :

1 vote if it has at least 500 members,

3 votes if it has at least 500 to 1499 members,

5 votes if it has at least 1500 à 5999 members,

7 votes if it has more than 6000 members.

Article 11. The assembly takes its decisions by a double simple majority of votes cast by voting Obediences.

Article 12. A Obedience may assign a proxy to another member or to the President to represent it at the current Assembly. No one may receive more than two proxies.

ADMINISTRATION

Article 13. The Assembly elects a Bureau by secret ballot containing one name only. The Bureau, in which all Continents are represented, is composed of :

-a President

-five Vice-Presidents. The Vice-Presidents take precedence, in decreasing order of votes obtained, after those elected previously.

-a General Recorder.

There cannot be more than one member of a same Obedience in the above seven offices.

The most recent past President is a member of the Bureau ès quality.

To be eligible as President, he or she must be Grand Master or Past Grand Master submitted by his or her Obedience.

To be eligible for the other offices of the Bureau, one must be Grand Master or designated by one’s Obedience, and having held a national function therein. The candidates pledge to be present at the meetings.

Article 14. The Bureau’s terms are three years non-renewable, beginning at the end of the Assembly during which the election took place. In the case of the departure of an elected official before the end of his term, the next Assembly proceeds with his replacement for a period of three years.

Article 15. The President heads the meetings of the Assembly and the Bureau.

He/she is responsible for the carrying out of the decisions taken there and heads the Secretariat.

Article 16. The Bureau disposes of the power to administer CLIPSAS to the best of its interests defined by the Assembly. It is responsible for making decisions concerning the common interest of the members :

- to report its work to the Assembly and request the approval of its administration.

- to close the year-end balance sheet and the budget forecast.

- to prepare the proposals to be presented to the Assembly.

The Bureau meets once in the fall and twice at the time of the Assembly. It takes it decisions by majority. In the case of a tie, the President prevails.

When not in meeting, its members consult with each other.

Article 17. In the case where the President would not be able to perform his functions, one of the

Vice-Presidents, in order of their election, assumes the functions of President.

Article 18. One Vice-President, elected by the Assembly, exercises the function of Treasurer. He is responsible for everything concerning the financial administration, within the limits of the budget voted by the Assembly.

He keeps a register of receipts and disbursements and the bank statements of CLIPSAS.

The fiscal year covers the period  from 1 March to the following 28/29 February.

After approval by the Bureau, the Treasurer presents the financial report of the past financial year with the report of the Auditors.

The Treasurer may be assisted by a member of his Obedience.

Article 19. The administrative responsibilities are carried out by the President.

- He assures the administration of the association.

- He centralises all documents, and assumes, if necessary, their distribution among the members.

- He draws up the Agenda and the Minutes of the meetings and distributes them.

He may be assisted by a member of his Obedience, as General Secretary.

Article 20. The Assembly elects two Auditors among its members for a period of three years.

Article 21. No function within CLIPSAS is remunerated.

DUES

Article 22. In order to attain the objectives decided by the Assembly, the Obediences pay dues in Euro determined each year by the Assembly.

Article 23. Dues must be paid before 1 October. In the case of non-payment of dues before the next Assembly, the Obedience is suspended from the right to vote.

If an Obedience is indebted for more than one exercise, it may be excluded

The Treasurer is responsible for collecting the dues and making the necessary reminders.

OTHER

Article 24. The Assembly may create or dissolve Commissions for specific purposes. They receive a subsidy and keep accounts. Their accounts are closed each year at the end of February and presented to the Bureau, which integrates them into the financial accounts of CLIPSAS.

Article 25. Any modification of the present rules falls within the competence of an Ordinary Assembly.

LIST OF MEMBRES

Gran Loggia d'Italia (Founder)

Grand Orient d'Autriche (Founder)

Grand Orient de Luxembourg (Founder)

Serenísima Gran Logia de Lengua Española (Founder)

The Grand Masonic Lodge for Arab Countries (13-11-1965)

Grand Lodge of Denmark (25-09-1970)

Gran Logia Nacional de Puerto Rico (08-02-1976)

George Washington Union (02-02-1979)

Gran Logia de la República de Venezuela (14-03-1980)

Grand Rite Malgache (13-03-1981)

Omega Grand Lodge of the State of New York (12-03-1982)

Grands Orient & Loge Unis du Cameroun (12-03-1982)

Gran Logia Simbólica Española (11-03-1983)

Grand Orient du Congo (03-03-1984)

Grande Loge Féminine de Belgique (09-03-1984)

Grande Loge Mixte des Pays-Bas (08-03-1985)

Grande Oriente Lusitano (08-03-1985)

Grande Loge Haïtienne de Saint-Jean des Or.d'Outre Mer(08-05-1985)

Grande Loge de Haïti (15-05-1987)

Ordre Maçonnique Universel Humanitas (15-05-1987)

Gran Oriente Latino Americano (15-05-1987)

Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin( 13-05-1988)

Grande Loge Humanitas Austria (28-04-1989)

Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo (28-04-1989)

Grande Loge Libérale de Turquie (28-04-1989)

Gran Logia Mixta de Chile (10-05-1991)

Grande Loge Féminine de Memphis-Misraïm (29-05-1992)

Grande Loge Symbolique Helvetique (29-05-1992)

Grande Eburnie (29-05-1992)

Grande Loge Féminine de Turquie (21-05-1993), en sommeil.

Organización Masónica Mexicana (12-05-1994), en sommeil.

Gran Logia Feminina de Chile (12-05-1994)

Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile d'Italia (26-05-1995)

Grande Loja Unida do Paraná (26-05-1995)

Séréníssime Grand Orient de Grèce(17-05-1996)

Grande Loge de la Caraïbe (17-05-1997)

Gran Oriente de México (17-05-1997)

Grande Loge Nationale du Canada (17-05-1997)

Grande Oriente Nacional "Gloria do Occidente" do Brasil (23-05-1998)

Gran Logia del Norte de Colombia (15-04-2000)

BUREAU

President Marc-Antoine CAUCHIE

Past President Javier OTAOLA BAJENETA

1er Vice-President Humberto MURSULI

2e Vice-President Gabriel LOHOURY GUIGUI

3e Vice-President et Treasurer Roberta GALLI

4e Vice-President Elie DAMOUNI

5e Vice-President Dimitri LEVANTIS

General Recorder Luis DALY

Auditors Roberta BIANCHI

Serge TONDU

General Secretary Marcel FELTEN ( fax : 00.352.458.677)

BANK ACCOUNTS

Banca di Roma Agenzia 642

Cso.Vitt. Emanuele I-00186 Roma ITALIA

With the mention SWIFT. BROMITRF 70. CC. 46101/30.

ADRESSES OF THE OBEDIENCES AND NAMES OF THE GRAND MASTERS

Gran Loggia d'Italia degli A.L.A.M. Centro Sociologico Italiano

Via San Nicola de' Cesarini nº 3

Franco FRANCHI I-00186 Roma ITALIA

Tel.: 00/3906/68.80.58.31

Fax: 00/3906/687.98.40

E-mail: gldi@granloggia.it

Web site:http://www.granloggia.it

Grossorient von Österreich Terra Hominibus

Grand Orient d'Autriche

Peter DUSEK

Postfach 614

A-1011 WIEN. AUTRICHE

Grand Orient de Luxembourg GOL

Arnaud DECOCK

B.P. 2136 L 1021 Luxembourg

GD.DUCHE DE LUXEMBOURG

Tel.:00/352/312.202

Fax:00/352/26.30.05.37

E-mail: adecock@pt.lu

Serenísima Gran Logia de la Lengua Española para los Estados Unidos

P.O. Box 421 Times Square Station

de Norte America

Humberto MURSULI NY

New-York. 10036 USA

Tel.:00/212/245.87.57

Fax: 00/212/957.63.79

The Grand Masonic Lodge for Arab Countries

Mr. Adnan A. Bayoun

P.O. Box 17071

Amman 11195 JORDANIE

Tel./Fax: 00/962/655.367.79

Grand Lodge of Denmark

Hans MOLLER LARSEN

Ny Kongensgade 9, o.g.

DK-1472 Copenhagen

DANEMARK

Tel/Fax :00/45/43.73.29.26

Gran Logia Nacional de Puerto Rico

Edgar MARTINEZ MASDEU

Urb.Valencia Calle Jaén # 311

San Juan de Puerto Rico

P. R. 00923 U.S.A.

Tel.:00/787/282.70.92

Fax: 00/787/789.91.26

E-mail: asep@caribe.net

emartinmas@centennialpr.net

George Washington Union

Mr. Michael S. Niddam 5225 Pooks Hill Road

Jean-Louis PETIT Apartment nº 806-South,

Bethesda MD 208 14-2017 U.S.A.

Tel/Fax : 00/1/301/571.72.22

Fax : 00/1/301/962.79.44.

Gran Logia de la República de Venezuela Cárcel a Monzón

Residencia La Concordia. Local 1

Jose Rafael MARTINEZ GAMBOA Apartado de correos 4256

1010 A Caracas VENEZUELA

Tel.: 00/5802/484 68 78

Fax: 00/5802/482 43 97

E-mail: granlogiarv@cantv.net

Web: http//members.tripod.com/granlogia

Grand Rite Malgache

M.Jean-Paul Forestier

B.P. 1458 101- Antananarivo

Emile BABEMANANTSOA MADAGASCAR

Tel./Fax: 00/261/359.80

Omega Grand Lodge of the State Of New York

116 Sharpe Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10302 U.S.A.

Roosevelt GREEN Tel.: 00/1/516/623 07 33

Fax: 00/1/718/720 59 58

E-mail: MWOmegaGL@aol.com

Grands Orient & Loge Unis du G.O.L.U.C. Cameroun

B.P.4446 Douala CAMEROUN

Marcel DOBILL Fax. 00.237.402373 et 420726

Gran Logia Simbólica Española G. L. S. E

Apartado 557 8080 Barcelona

Ascensión TEJERINA ESPAÑA.

Tel./Fax: 00/34/93.268.18.89

E-mail: glse@glse.org

Web site: http://www.glse.org

Grand Orient du Congo G. O. C.

B.P. 14.642 Kinshasa l

REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Leopold MAKOKO ou M. Takizal Luyan

Av. Franklin Roosevelt 188 A

1050 Bruxelles BELGIQUE

Grande Loge Féminine de Belgique G.L.F.B./V.G.L.B.

Rue du Dries 21

Myriam BAUDON B-1190 Bruxelles BELGIQUE

Tel.: 00/32/23.32.10.02

Fax: 00/32/23.32.26.95

E-mail: GLFB-VGLB@euronet.be

Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetselarij N. G. G. V.

Grande Loge Mixte des Pays-Bas

Hogelaan 2 NL-3134 Vlaardingen PAYS-BAS

Tel : 00/3110/248.98.11

Fax : 00/3110/248.98.12

Bob VAN DEN BOSCH E-mail: arctus@yahoo.com

Site: www.nggv.nl@xs4all.nl

Grande Oriente Lusitano

Grand Orient du Portugal

Rua do Gremio Lusitano 25

Eugenio Oscar Filipe de OLIVEIRA

P-1200 Lisboa PORTUGAL

Tel.: 00/3512/13.42.45.06

Fax: 00/3512/13.24.65.57

Grande Loge Haïtienne de St. Jean des Orients d'Outre Mer

175-21, 88th Avenue

Jamaica, N.Y. 11432 U.S.A.

Bernard CIVIL Tel.: 00/1/718/658.69.17

E-mail: BernardCivil@hotmail.com

Grande Loge d'Haïti

M.Bertholand Edouard

Boite Postale 13046,

Delmas Port au Prince. HAITI

Tel.: 00/509/249.30.99

Universaler Freimaurer Orden "Humanitas" Ordre Maç.Universel HUMANITAS

Dr. Helga Schichtl

Brunnstr. 3

D-80331 München. ALLEMAGNE

Helga SCHICHTL Tel.:00/49/89.260.42.19

Fax: 00/49/89.260.192.96

E-mail :Helga.Schichtl@bertelsmann.de

Gran Oriente Latino Americano

Sr. Rolando Moya Tasquer

Edificio Marinoar

Avenida Eloy Alfaro N34-85

Rolando MOYA TASQUER P.O Box : 17-01.2676 Quito ECUADOR

Tel.: 00/5932/246.317

Fax: 00/5932/246.315

E-mail : golaconsejo@hotmail.com

Web site: http://www.hotmail.com

or M. Armando Fuenzaliza Bunster

25 rue Rouget de Lisle. 45400 Semoy FRANCE

Tel./Fax. 00/332/38.61.02.47

Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin

B.P.1864 Cotonou

REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN

Mouritalabi OLATOUNDJI Tel.: 00/229/31.43.66

Fax: 00/229/31.22.65

Gross Loge Humanitas Austria Grande Loge Humanitas Autriche

Frau Helga Ebenberger

Linzerstrasse, 210/6

1140 Wien AUTRICHE

Tel./Fax: 00/431/914.98.86

E-mail: helga.ebenberger@aon.at

Grands Orient & Loge Associés du G. O. L. A. C.

Congo B.P. 2825 Brazzaville

Gabriel NZAMBILA

REPÚBLIQUE DU CONGO

Tel./Fax: 00/242/94.16.29

Tel. portable : 00242.42.87.12

E-mail : nzambila@Hotmail.com

Özgür Masoniar Büyük Locasi Özgür Masoniar Büyük Locasi

Grande Loge Libérale de Turquie

Müeyyet sokak. No 3

80050 Beyoglu-Istanbul TURQUIE

Murat Özgen AYFER Tel.:00/90/.212.292 00 34

Fax: 00/90/.212.252.13.77

E-mail: mason@mason-mahfili.org.tr

Gran Logia Mixta de Chile Corporación Centro Santiago Catedral nº 2091

Diego LAGOMARCINO

Casilla Postal nº 13592

Santiago CHILE

Tel.:00/562/696.05.22

Fax: 00/562/671.95.80

E-mail : glmdech@entelchile.net

Grande Loge Féminine de G. L. F. M. M. Memphis-Misraîm

5 rue de l'Eglise

F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt FRANCE

Martine FAIVRE GOLD Tel/Fax :00/331/45.46.46.88.

E-mail : martine.faivre-gold@wanadoo.fr

Grande Loge Symbolique Helvétique.

M. Georges Dubois

Chemin Curtinaus 5

CH-1095 Lutry SUISSE

Tel./Fax: 00/4122/346.00.23

Grande Eburnie

01 BP 4479 ABIDJAN 01

Gabriel LOUHOURY GUIGUI COTE D'IVOIRE

Tel/Fax: 00/225/20.21.10. 43

E-mail: SAE@AFRICAONLINE.co.ci

Gran Logia Femenina de Chile

C/ Tegualda nº 2009 Ñuñoa.

Nancy MUÑOZ MIRANDA

Código Postal: 684.1203

Santiago CHILE

Tel./Fax. 00/562/274.57.84

E-mail: glfem@entelchile.net

Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile G. L. M. F. I. d'Italia

Grande Loge Féminine d'Italie

Via Scipione Ammirato, 20

I-50136 Firenze ITALIE

Gabriella BAGNOLESI Tel/Fax: 00/390/55.655 03 21

GLF@granloggiafemminile.org

Grande Loja Unida de Paraná G. L. U. P.

Caixa Postal 1033

80011-970 Curitiba PR BRASIL

Jefferson Isaac SCHEER Tel: 00/5541/362 24 99

Fax: 00/5541/362 33 08

E-mail: jijs@uol.com.br

Site : www.maconaria.org

Séréníssime Grand Orient de Grèce S.G.O.G.

Emmanuel KONTOYIANNIS

Michael Voda,

139Athènes 104 46 GRECE

Tel./Fax: 00/301/86.19.142

Grande Loge de la Caraïbe G. L. D. L. C.

Serge TONDU

B. P. 3017 Raizet Sud

97139 ABYMES. GUADELOUPE

Tel.:00/590/91 07 71 (bureau G:.M:.)

Tel/Fax :00/590/95 45 21 (domicile G:.M:.)

E-mail : stondu@wanadoo.fr

Gran Oriente de México

Victor Vite MARTINEZ Col. Pedregal de Santo Domingo.

C/ Toltecas Manz.7. Lote 9

C.P. 04369. Delegación Coyoacán.

Mexico. D.F. MEXICO

Tel.: 00/525/1/5421-0180

Fax : 00/525/1/5702-1716

E-mail: e_rive@yahoo.com

Grande Loge Nationale du Canada G. L. N. C.

Elie DAMOUNI Brossard,

5524 Boulevard Plamondon

Québec J4W 1G9 CANADA

Tel.:00/1/450/465.01.49

Fax: 00/1/450/465.91.47

E-mail: bgsecretariat@glnc.org

Grande Oriente Nacional "Gloria Gr. Or. Nac. Gloria do Ocidente

Do Ocidente" do Brasil

Caixa Postal nº 851.

74.001-970 Goiânia GO BRASIL

Jacyntho FERNANDEZ DUTRA Tel.: 00/5561/354.31.89

Fax: 00/5562/289.10.25

E-mail: gonabdf@zaz.com.br

E-mail G:. M:. jacyntho@zaz.com.br

Gran Logia del Norte de Colombia

Calle 80 Nº. 42E- 14. Barranquilla

Guillermo BOLIVAR BARRIOS COLOMBIA

Tel.: 00/57/ 359.60.04

Fax : 00/57/340.68.56

E-mail : glnortecolombia@hotmail.com

 


Click on the following to see some documents that were emailed to me, concerning Clipsas and Simpa.  Since I do not understand languages other than English, I cannot say anything about these documents other than that they were emailed to me and I am posting them for the benefit of anyone who is interested in this subject.

http://www.bessel.org/001-Appell.pdf 

http://www.bessel.org/005-GLT-2001-Turk.pdf 

http://www.bessel.org/SIMPA-98.doc

http://www.bessel.org/SIMPA-98-F.DOC

Since I was told that some people had a little difficulty trying to view the "doc" files listed above, I have attempted to copy them into html format, and hope the following links might make it easier to see them:

http://www.bessel.org/SIMPA-98.htm

http://www.bessel.org/SIMPA-98-F.htm


The following Websites were listed in web searches for "clipsas"

Most appear to be non-English sites, so I am not sure what they say about Clipsas or anything else.

http://www.esonet.org/dizionario/c00.htm

http://www.govd-fzas.de/govd.htm

http://www.mason-mahfili.org.tr/99-15bildirge.html 

http://www.glse.org/NEWS.HTM 

http://www.calabriaonline.it/csi/corpo.html 

http://www.msnr.org/gola/gola0002.htm 

http://www.nggv.nl/internationaal.html 

http://www.vitriol.it/PRESENT/vitro003.html 

http://www.zen-it.com/sc/SRafrica.htm 

http://www.expodesign.se/produkter/clip/prod_monter_clip.htm 

http://www.glnc.org/bienvenu.htm 

http://members.tripod.com/~valls/ 

http://www.strano.net/stragi/gloggia.htm 

http://www.ulb.ac.be/cal/PH19.html 

http://www.grandeoriente.it/studi/stmas/18italiaeredi.htm 

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/7582/geobook.html 

http://www.chez.com/gwu/

http://freimaurer.org/bibliothek/2110.htm 

http://cglmperu.virtualave.net/enlaces.html 

http://www.ars-macionica.be

http://www.lamelagrana.net/documenti/teresaconf.html 

http://www.churchforum.org.mx/info/falsos_profetas/masoneria/mason.htm 

http://www.sasasa.it/Figli/Sorelledelnilo.htm 

http://perso.infonie.fr/loges/ouvrages/ouvrages.htm 

http://www.internetloge.de/arst/frauenfm.htm 

http://www.multimania.com/tussier/bayard.htm 

http://perso.club-internet.fr/plissier/gltso.html 

http://home.worldonline.be/~hiram99/internet.html 

http://www.iss-ic-memphis-misraim.org/history.htm

http://www.mundolatino.org/bar