No, but it just seems to be going very fast. I was Raised and became Senior Steward after a couple of months. Then the Junior Deacon had to step down, so I stepped up after six months in office. The next year I was appointed Senior Deacon. I was elected to be Junior Warden the next year and now Senior Warden. That means I will be sitting in the East in my fifth year as a Mason. It's kind of unnerving to think that I will be memorizing over 300,000 words of Ritual by the end of next June.Railroaded into office?
I was joking. We have a nominating committee who puts forward a slate of candidates for each office (one for each office) Then, during the voting, floor nominations can be put forward by any brother present. Then we vote.It still seems odd to me to hear people talking about "running" for the Warden's chairs. That's completely illegal in my home jurisdiction.
Good luck, the Brethren obviously see potential in you.
I think the idea is to make sure the potential officer wants the next job. The head of the Nominating Committee approached me and confirmed that I was willing to take on the Senior Warden position before I was nominated.Interesting. We go in blind, no nominations at all.