Campus Friends Meeting
Friday, August 29, 2008
August 08 Minutes
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
20 August 2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Richard Coleman, Lenna Mae Gara, Canby Jones, Dale Hayes
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
10:00 am Ministry & Counsel at home of Dale Hayes
Sunday; 14 Sep
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Richard Coleman
Wed, 17 Sep 7:00 pm
Meeting for Business with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 21 Sep
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10.30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones QHC Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Hymn singing at rise of meeting: Patricia Thomas
Saturday & Sunday, 11-12 Oct
Joint Quarterly Meeting (White Water & Miami Quarters)
Happy Hollow Camp, Nashville, IN.
See Patricia Thomas for program details.
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the April meeting
were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Dale gave a report to cover the end of the fiscal year on 7/31, and the first report of the interim period to cover 1 Aug -31 Dec.
He also asked for approval to pay the next quarterly contributions by temporarily borrowing from the Fund for Sufferings in the event that the general fund is a little short. This was approved.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Patricia Thomas reporting
A report of the support and oversight committee to assist Dale Hayes in meeting the requirements for chaplaincy accreditation was heard and approved.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Your Father’s Kitchen
It is our turn once more to serve lunch at Y0ur Father’s Kitchen on Saturday, 6 Sep. Not all of Linda Sears’s family can participate this time, so help is needed from the meeting. Friends willing to help are asked to call Linda. Meeting time at Your Father’s Kitchen is 11:00 am
New Business
Nominating Committee report- postponed until next month
Donated manuscript
Canby Jones shared information on a manuscript of a spiritual autobiography by Robert Fuhrman, a former Eastern Airlines pilot. Canby has the manuscript and offered it to Campus Meeting to add to our book collection now in the Kelly Center Library. He will also inquire of the Watson Library staff if they would like to add it to the college library.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 17 Sep 08 -7:30PM - ELLIS ROOM
20 August 2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Richard Coleman, Lenna Mae Gara, Canby Jones, Dale Hayes
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, 7 Sep
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast, Room 10, Kelly Center
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Lenna Mae Gara
Saturday, 6 Sep 11:00
Lunch Service, Your Father’s Kitchen, Linda Sears
10:00 am Ministry & Counsel at home of Dale Hayes
Sunday; 14 Sep
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Richard Coleman
Wed, 17 Sep 7:00 pm
Meeting for Business with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 21 Sep
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10.30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones QHC Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Hymn singing at rise of meeting: Patricia Thomas
Saturday & Sunday, 11-12 Oct
Joint Quarterly Meeting (White Water & Miami Quarters)
Happy Hollow Camp, Nashville, IN.
See Patricia Thomas for program details.
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the April meeting
were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Dale gave a report to cover the end of the fiscal year on 7/31, and the first report of the interim period to cover 1 Aug -31 Dec.
He also asked for approval to pay the next quarterly contributions by temporarily borrowing from the Fund for Sufferings in the event that the general fund is a little short. This was approved.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Patricia Thomas reporting
A report of the support and oversight committee to assist Dale Hayes in meeting the requirements for chaplaincy accreditation was heard and approved.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Your Father’s Kitchen
It is our turn once more to serve lunch at Y0ur Father’s Kitchen on Saturday, 6 Sep. Not all of Linda Sears’s family can participate this time, so help is needed from the meeting. Friends willing to help are asked to call Linda. Meeting time at Your Father’s Kitchen is 11:00 am
New Business
Nominating Committee report- postponed until next month
Donated manuscript
Canby Jones shared information on a manuscript of a spiritual autobiography by Robert Fuhrman, a former Eastern Airlines pilot. Canby has the manuscript and offered it to Campus Meeting to add to our book collection now in the Kelly Center Library. He will also inquire of the Watson Library staff if they would like to add it to the college library.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 17 Sep 08 -7:30PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
Lenna Mae Gara, Assistant Recording Clerk
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Meeting for Business-- July 2008
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
18 July2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Ron Rembert, Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey, Lenna Mae Gara, Dale Hayes, Richard Coleman, Bob Powell
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, 3 Aug
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast, Room 10, Kelly Center
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Roy Joe Stuckey
2:00-6:00 Miami Center Quarterly Meeting
Caesar Creek Pioneer Village meetinghouse
Sunday, 10 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Richard Coleman
Friday, 15 Aug
9:30 am Ministry and Counsel
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Saturday, 16 Aug 12:00-1:00 Peace Vigil
Corner of Fife Avenue and College Street
Sunday, 17 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Lenna Mae Gara
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting: Lenna Mae Gara
Wednesday, 20 Aug
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 24 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Sunday, 31 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Dale Hayes
Fifth Sunday program at the rise of meeting
Coffee and cookies will be available
Jim and Millie Ramsey will speak
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the June meeting
The minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
At the time of the report, meeting support had not yet risen to the level required to meet all our discretionary giving, though donations are still coming in. The Budget Committee also presented a five month transition budget to align our fiscal year with the calendar year, as is the practice of both yearly meetings. This situation required a number of actions by meeting for business:
• The Budget Committee recommended moving the budgeted amount in the Fund for Suffering into the Fund for Sufferings bank account. This is purely a bookkeeping transaction. The recommendation was approved.
• The Budget Committee recommended that the meeting make all the budgeted discretionary giving amounts except for the gifts to the two yearly meetings. This recommendation was approved.
• The Budget Committee presented the proposed transition budget, shown in the attached spreadsheet as the “2008-5m” budget. This budget is essentially the 2008 budget pro-rated for another five months. The only major change is that the FUM line is moved from Obligations and Assessments category to the Discretionary category. The 2008-5m budget was approved.
• It was proposed that if we have sufficient funds by 31 July to insure a healthy carryover balance, then the Treasurer will apportion the excess evenly between the two yearly meetings. The meeting approved.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Bob Powell reporting for Roger Schroeder
Health of members was reviewed
Retreat
Ron Rembert has agreed to structure a program around the book Beloved by Henri Nouwen. The book includes a CD on prayer, solitude, busy-ness and similar topics. The basic exposition will occur in the Saturday morning session with follow-up in the afternoon session. Jim and Millie Ramsey will lead a nature activity in the afternoon. It was proposed that we have a walking meditation on Sunday morning before meeting for worship. The committee agreed to ask meeting for business for a committee to take on the detailed planning.
Fifth Sunday
At the time of the meeting, we needed a speaker for the 31 Aug Fifth Sunday program. Ruth Stuckey agreed to ask Jim and Millie Ramsey to speak and to ask Lenna Mae Gara to speak at the 30 Nov fifth Sunday.
The report was approved. The next meeting of the committee will be on 15 Aug at 9:30 at Dale Hayes home.
Old Business
Retreat Committee
The meeting approved the theme suggested by Ron Rembert. Linda Sears, Norma Allen, and Patricia Thomas will handle the logistics. The retreat is set for 26-28 Sep at Quaker Knoll Camp.
Dishes and Household Items
Patricia Thomas reported that the pantry is now well-stocked. No more donations are needed at present. The cupboard is locked and the key is in the metal cabinet in the Kelly Center library.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Lunch Service
Campus Friends Meeting has volunteered to host lunch for WYM on 26 Jul from 11:30-2:00 in the large upstairs classroom in Boyd. CFM will coordinate getting orders from Jen’s Deli. Dale Hayes will handle taking orders and money and will get the orders to Jen’s Deli by 10:00. Jen’s will deliver. Patricia Thomas will make coffee. Iced tea and lemonade will by provided by Lenna Mae Gara. Norma Allen will decorate the tables.
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee, Ruth Stuckey and Terry Miller, will bring a new slate of officers to the August meeting for business.
New Business
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Representative
We need to appoint a representative for the OVYM sessions. Dale Hayes volunteered to fill the post.
Friends Committee on National Legislation Request
FCNL is asking meetings to contact local candidates for Congress to urge them to make peace a prominent part of their agendas. Lenna Mae Gara presented a draft letter to be sent to Mike Turner and Jane Mitakides. The meeting approved making the letter a part of these minutes and it is attached. Lenna Mae will forward copies to both candidates.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 20 Aug 08 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
Minute on Peace in the 2008 Electoral Process
As the current electoral campaign moves toward Election Day, November 4, we, the members and attenders of Campus Friends Meeting of Wilmington, Ohio, wish to convey our deep concern for the content of that campaign. With the many issues that demand attention from Congress – war in the Middle East, health care, the economy, the environment, and the energy crisis, to name some of the most urgent – we believe the need to establish long term conditions for peace should inform and undergird all the others.
As long as the United States is embroiled in war in Iraq and Afghanistan at a sickeningly high cost in money and lives, none of the other problems can be adequately addressed. Should rumors of U.S. military action against Iran become reality, even the fragile equilibrium that now exists in the Middle East would surely dissolve into chaos. We urge Ohio Third District candidates for the House of Representatives to inform voters of their views on war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of which initiatives they would support in an effort to bring real peace to that troubled region.
We hope those initiatives would include increased support for diplomatic moves to ease international tensions and promote peace in areas of conflict. We note that funding for diplomatic efforts and the personnel needed to carry them out has been sharply reduced over the past decade, something we hope the next Congress will rectify.
We write as Christians, as members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and as concerned citizens of the country we all love. We respectfully ask Congressman Mike Turner and Ms. Jane Mitakides to speak frankly during this campaign on issues of war and peace, and to tell voters how they will address those issues should they be victorious in the upcoming election. We urge them to make every effort to put peace on the agenda of the next Congress.
Approved in Meeting for Business
July 16, 2008 ¶ 7:43 AM 0 comments
18 July2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Ron Rembert, Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey, Lenna Mae Gara, Dale Hayes, Richard Coleman, Bob Powell
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, 3 Aug
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast, Room 10, Kelly Center
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Roy Joe Stuckey
2:00-6:00 Miami Center Quarterly Meeting
Caesar Creek Pioneer Village meetinghouse
Sunday, 10 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Richard Coleman
Friday, 15 Aug
9:30 am Ministry and Counsel
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Saturday, 16 Aug 12:00-1:00 Peace Vigil
Corner of Fife Avenue and College Street
Sunday, 17 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Lenna Mae Gara
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting: Lenna Mae Gara
Wednesday, 20 Aug
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 24 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Sunday, 31 Aug
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Dale Hayes
Fifth Sunday program at the rise of meeting
Coffee and cookies will be available
Jim and Millie Ramsey will speak
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the June meeting
The minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
At the time of the report, meeting support had not yet risen to the level required to meet all our discretionary giving, though donations are still coming in. The Budget Committee also presented a five month transition budget to align our fiscal year with the calendar year, as is the practice of both yearly meetings. This situation required a number of actions by meeting for business:
• The Budget Committee recommended moving the budgeted amount in the Fund for Suffering into the Fund for Sufferings bank account. This is purely a bookkeeping transaction. The recommendation was approved.
• The Budget Committee recommended that the meeting make all the budgeted discretionary giving amounts except for the gifts to the two yearly meetings. This recommendation was approved.
• The Budget Committee presented the proposed transition budget, shown in the attached spreadsheet as the “2008-5m” budget. This budget is essentially the 2008 budget pro-rated for another five months. The only major change is that the FUM line is moved from Obligations and Assessments category to the Discretionary category. The 2008-5m budget was approved.
• It was proposed that if we have sufficient funds by 31 July to insure a healthy carryover balance, then the Treasurer will apportion the excess evenly between the two yearly meetings. The meeting approved.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Bob Powell reporting for Roger Schroeder
Health of members was reviewed
Retreat
Ron Rembert has agreed to structure a program around the book Beloved by Henri Nouwen. The book includes a CD on prayer, solitude, busy-ness and similar topics. The basic exposition will occur in the Saturday morning session with follow-up in the afternoon session. Jim and Millie Ramsey will lead a nature activity in the afternoon. It was proposed that we have a walking meditation on Sunday morning before meeting for worship. The committee agreed to ask meeting for business for a committee to take on the detailed planning.
Fifth Sunday
At the time of the meeting, we needed a speaker for the 31 Aug Fifth Sunday program. Ruth Stuckey agreed to ask Jim and Millie Ramsey to speak and to ask Lenna Mae Gara to speak at the 30 Nov fifth Sunday.
The report was approved. The next meeting of the committee will be on 15 Aug at 9:30 at Dale Hayes home.
Old Business
Retreat Committee
The meeting approved the theme suggested by Ron Rembert. Linda Sears, Norma Allen, and Patricia Thomas will handle the logistics. The retreat is set for 26-28 Sep at Quaker Knoll Camp.
Dishes and Household Items
Patricia Thomas reported that the pantry is now well-stocked. No more donations are needed at present. The cupboard is locked and the key is in the metal cabinet in the Kelly Center library.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Lunch Service
Campus Friends Meeting has volunteered to host lunch for WYM on 26 Jul from 11:30-2:00 in the large upstairs classroom in Boyd. CFM will coordinate getting orders from Jen’s Deli. Dale Hayes will handle taking orders and money and will get the orders to Jen’s Deli by 10:00. Jen’s will deliver. Patricia Thomas will make coffee. Iced tea and lemonade will by provided by Lenna Mae Gara. Norma Allen will decorate the tables.
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee, Ruth Stuckey and Terry Miller, will bring a new slate of officers to the August meeting for business.
New Business
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Representative
We need to appoint a representative for the OVYM sessions. Dale Hayes volunteered to fill the post.
Friends Committee on National Legislation Request
FCNL is asking meetings to contact local candidates for Congress to urge them to make peace a prominent part of their agendas. Lenna Mae Gara presented a draft letter to be sent to Mike Turner and Jane Mitakides. The meeting approved making the letter a part of these minutes and it is attached. Lenna Mae will forward copies to both candidates.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 20 Aug 08 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
Minute on Peace in the 2008 Electoral Process
As the current electoral campaign moves toward Election Day, November 4, we, the members and attenders of Campus Friends Meeting of Wilmington, Ohio, wish to convey our deep concern for the content of that campaign. With the many issues that demand attention from Congress – war in the Middle East, health care, the economy, the environment, and the energy crisis, to name some of the most urgent – we believe the need to establish long term conditions for peace should inform and undergird all the others.
As long as the United States is embroiled in war in Iraq and Afghanistan at a sickeningly high cost in money and lives, none of the other problems can be adequately addressed. Should rumors of U.S. military action against Iran become reality, even the fragile equilibrium that now exists in the Middle East would surely dissolve into chaos. We urge Ohio Third District candidates for the House of Representatives to inform voters of their views on war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of which initiatives they would support in an effort to bring real peace to that troubled region.
We hope those initiatives would include increased support for diplomatic moves to ease international tensions and promote peace in areas of conflict. We note that funding for diplomatic efforts and the personnel needed to carry them out has been sharply reduced over the past decade, something we hope the next Congress will rectify.
We write as Christians, as members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and as concerned citizens of the country we all love. We respectfully ask Congressman Mike Turner and Ms. Jane Mitakides to speak frankly during this campaign on issues of war and peace, and to tell voters how they will address those issues should they be victorious in the upcoming election. We urge them to make every effort to put peace on the agenda of the next Congress.
Approved in Meeting for Business
July 16, 2008 ¶ 7:43 AM 0 comments
Thursday, June 26, 2008
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
18 June 2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Lenna Mae Gara, Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey, Dale Hayes, Canby Jones, Bob Powell
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the May meeting
Several typographical errors were pointed out. With these corrections, the minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
The rate of giving still lags behind that necessary to meet our discretionary contributions. It was suggested that the clerk send out a letter to friends outlining the situation and requesting additional contributions to help meet our goals. The meeting approved. The letter is attached to these minutes.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Roger Schroeder
Eleventh Hour DVD
Bob Powell reviewed the DVD and reported that it was a useful summary of environmental issues, except for global warming. The producers were apparently reluctant to replow ground already well covered by Al Gore’s An Independent Truth. As such, it is in keeping with the Quaker aim “We seek an Earth renewed.” However, at 90 minutes it is too long to include in any of our normal meetings. Bob suggested that we consult with the downtown meeting to see whether they would be interested in co-hosting a showing that would be open to the community at large. Local conservation groups might also be interested. The committee approved.
Retreat
The fall retreat has been fixed for 26-28 Sep at Quaker Knoll Camp. Hereafter, we intend to have one retreat per year in the fall. The committee resolved to ask meeting for business to appoint a committee to oversee the retreat.
Health of members was reviewed.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Retreat Committee
The meeting approved appointing a retreat committee. Patricia will check to see if Ron Rembert is still interested in doing a retreat on the theme of prayer.
Fifth Sunday
The next Fifth Sunday program will take place after meeting for worship on Sunday, 29 Jun. Patricia Thomas will speak. Coffee and cookies will be served at the rise of meeting. Bob Powell will bring cookies and Patricia will make coffee.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Lunch Hosting
Campus Friends Meeting will host lunch at WYM on Saturday, 26 Jul, from 12:30-2:00. Patricia will have menus from Jen’s Deli for friends to choose from. We need volunteers handle that process, collect money, etc. We have obtained permission to use the big classroom upstairs in Boyd. An elevator is available. Patricia suggested we bring flowers, etc., to brighten up the room. Details will be firmed up in the June meeting for business. Friends interested in taking part are requested to make themselves known to Patricia.
New Business
Miami Quarterly Meeting- advanced warning
Campus Friends Meeting are on tap to host on 18 Oct 09.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Request
Monthly meetings are requested to come to yearly meeting prepared to approve the new Faith and Practice. The new Faith and Practice will be presented as an open document incorporating all the changes minuted by WYM since the last revision, but leaving open contentious issues which require action by yearly meeting. As minutes are agreed, they will be added. The alternative is to disapprove issuing a new Faith and Practice until all these issues have been resolved, leaving the meeting without an updated document for years longer.
The meeting instructed the clerk to inform yearly meeting that Campus Friends Meeting approves issuing the new Faith and Practice as an open document.
Iowa Flood Relief
Iowa Yearly Meeting is setting up an account to receive donations for flood relief. Further word will be forthcoming as actions are taken.
Wilmington Friends Church Picnic
The downtown meeting has invited Campus Friends to join them in their annual picnic. The picnic will take place at the Henry Farm on Melvin Road on 29 Jun from noon onwards. Bring lawn chairs, table service, and food to share.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 16 Jul 08 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
Wilmington College
Box 651
Wilmington, Ohio 45177
June 23, 2008
Dear Friends:
We write to inform you of a shortfall in Campus Friends budget as we approach the July 31, 2008 end of our fiscal year. The treasurer reported at our June meeting for business that we do not have sufficient funds in our account to cover the discretionary contributions we have budgeted. The amount currently available in our general fund account is just under $1300, and we have budgeted end-of-year expenditures of $2305 to support the various Quaker organizations to which we ordinarily contribute. With little more than one month remaining in the fiscal year, we need approximately $2500 in order to end the fiscal year at a point near where we began.
We do not require people to tithe, pledge, or commit themselves to giving to Campus Friends Meeting. We trust, however, that each of you values the good work the Meeting and the organizations which it supports do among its members, the Religious Society of Friends, and the world at large. We humbly request that you look into your hearts and contribute to Campus Friends as you are able at this time.
Yours in the Light,
Patricia Thomas
Presiding Clerk ¶ 3:47 PM 0 comments
18 June 2008
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas, Lenna Mae Gara, Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey, Dale Hayes, Canby Jones, Bob Powell
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the May meeting
Several typographical errors were pointed out. With these corrections, the minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
The rate of giving still lags behind that necessary to meet our discretionary contributions. It was suggested that the clerk send out a letter to friends outlining the situation and requesting additional contributions to help meet our goals. The meeting approved. The letter is attached to these minutes.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Roger Schroeder
Eleventh Hour DVD
Bob Powell reviewed the DVD and reported that it was a useful summary of environmental issues, except for global warming. The producers were apparently reluctant to replow ground already well covered by Al Gore’s An Independent Truth. As such, it is in keeping with the Quaker aim “We seek an Earth renewed.” However, at 90 minutes it is too long to include in any of our normal meetings. Bob suggested that we consult with the downtown meeting to see whether they would be interested in co-hosting a showing that would be open to the community at large. Local conservation groups might also be interested. The committee approved.
Retreat
The fall retreat has been fixed for 26-28 Sep at Quaker Knoll Camp. Hereafter, we intend to have one retreat per year in the fall. The committee resolved to ask meeting for business to appoint a committee to oversee the retreat.
Health of members was reviewed.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Retreat Committee
The meeting approved appointing a retreat committee. Patricia will check to see if Ron Rembert is still interested in doing a retreat on the theme of prayer.
Fifth Sunday
The next Fifth Sunday program will take place after meeting for worship on Sunday, 29 Jun. Patricia Thomas will speak. Coffee and cookies will be served at the rise of meeting. Bob Powell will bring cookies and Patricia will make coffee.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Lunch Hosting
Campus Friends Meeting will host lunch at WYM on Saturday, 26 Jul, from 12:30-2:00. Patricia will have menus from Jen’s Deli for friends to choose from. We need volunteers handle that process, collect money, etc. We have obtained permission to use the big classroom upstairs in Boyd. An elevator is available. Patricia suggested we bring flowers, etc., to brighten up the room. Details will be firmed up in the June meeting for business. Friends interested in taking part are requested to make themselves known to Patricia.
New Business
Miami Quarterly Meeting- advanced warning
Campus Friends Meeting are on tap to host on 18 Oct 09.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Request
Monthly meetings are requested to come to yearly meeting prepared to approve the new Faith and Practice. The new Faith and Practice will be presented as an open document incorporating all the changes minuted by WYM since the last revision, but leaving open contentious issues which require action by yearly meeting. As minutes are agreed, they will be added. The alternative is to disapprove issuing a new Faith and Practice until all these issues have been resolved, leaving the meeting without an updated document for years longer.
The meeting instructed the clerk to inform yearly meeting that Campus Friends Meeting approves issuing the new Faith and Practice as an open document.
Iowa Flood Relief
Iowa Yearly Meeting is setting up an account to receive donations for flood relief. Further word will be forthcoming as actions are taken.
Wilmington Friends Church Picnic
The downtown meeting has invited Campus Friends to join them in their annual picnic. The picnic will take place at the Henry Farm on Melvin Road on 29 Jun from noon onwards. Bring lawn chairs, table service, and food to share.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – 16 Jul 08 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
Wilmington College
Box 651
Wilmington, Ohio 45177
June 23, 2008
Dear Friends:
We write to inform you of a shortfall in Campus Friends budget as we approach the July 31, 2008 end of our fiscal year. The treasurer reported at our June meeting for business that we do not have sufficient funds in our account to cover the discretionary contributions we have budgeted. The amount currently available in our general fund account is just under $1300, and we have budgeted end-of-year expenditures of $2305 to support the various Quaker organizations to which we ordinarily contribute. With little more than one month remaining in the fiscal year, we need approximately $2500 in order to end the fiscal year at a point near where we began.
We do not require people to tithe, pledge, or commit themselves to giving to Campus Friends Meeting. We trust, however, that each of you values the good work the Meeting and the organizations which it supports do among its members, the Religious Society of Friends, and the world at large. We humbly request that you look into your hearts and contribute to Campus Friends as you are able at this time.
Yours in the Light,
Patricia Thomas
Presiding Clerk ¶ 3:47 PM 0 comments
Thursday, June 19, 2008
July 2008 Calendar
Sunday, 29 Jun
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Bob Powell
11:30 am Fifth Sunday. Coffee and cookies at the rise of meeting Patricia Thomas will speak
.
Sunday, 6 Jul
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast, Rm 10, Kelly Center
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey
Friday, 11 Jul
9:30 am Ministry and Counsel
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Sunday, 13 Jul
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Wednesday, 16 Jul
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 20 Jul
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Canby Jones
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting. Canby will select the hymns.
Sunday, 27 Jul
9:30 am Yearly Meeting worship
Cuba Friends
10:30 am Regular unprogrammed Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse for those not worshiping with Yearly Meeting ¶ 11:31 AM 0 comments
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Bob Powell
11:30 am Fifth Sunday. Coffee and cookies at the rise of meeting Patricia Thomas will speak
.
Sunday, 6 Jul
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast, Rm 10, Kelly Center
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Ruth and Roy Joe Stuckey
Friday, 11 Jul
9:30 am Ministry and Counsel
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Sunday, 13 Jul
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Patricia Thomas
Wednesday, 16 Jul
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, 20 Jul
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Canby Jones
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting. Canby will select the hymns.
Sunday, 27 Jul
9:30 am Yearly Meeting worship
Cuba Friends
10:30 am Regular unprogrammed Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse for those not worshiping with Yearly Meeting ¶ 11:31 AM 0 comments
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Minutes of Meeting for Business, 21 May 08
PRESENT: Ron Rembert, Richard Coleman, Lenna Mae Gara, Ruth Stuckey, Roy Joe Stuckey, Dale Hayes, Canby Jones, Tim Jones, Bob Powell
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the April meeting
Under Old Business, the item “OVYM Executive Committee” is amended as follows: replace the paragraph beginning “Campus Friends Meeting will use the convenanting process . . .” with the text “Campus Friends Meeting considered the covenanting process. Dale Hayes will prepare a statement for consideration at the May meeting for business."
With this correction, the minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Giving is still lagging somewhat. At the present rate, we may not be able to meet all our discretionary giving goals. These decisions will be made at the July meeting for business.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Bob Powell reporting for Roger Schroeder
Spring Retreat
The retreat was reviewed. The sense of the committee was that the retreat went well, though attendence was somewhat less than previous retreats. This was mostly due to conflicting activities in the community. Nonetheless, it was generally agreed that twice a year was probably excessive and that the autumn is a more reliable time for participation. It was decided that we would explore another retreat the weekend of 24-26 Oct 08 with a backup date of 31 Oct-1 Nov. Thereafter we would hold the retreat once a year in the fall. Patricia Thomas will check with Quaker Knoll on availability.
Fifth Sunday program
The committee reviewed plans for the next Fifth Sunday program. Patricia Thomas will speak. This will be the first program to be presented after the rise of meeting instead of before meeting. The program will be held in the Jones Meetinghouse. Coffee and cookies will be served before the program
“11th Hour” DVD
The meeting has received a DVD of the Leonardo DiCaprio CD “The 11th Hour.” The DVD is a call to action on the manifold enviromental crises looming before us. The DVD is about 90 minutes long, which is excessive for most of our activities. Bob Powell volunteered to review the DVD and make recommendations.
Health of Members was reviewed
The report was approved. Richard Coleman particularly stressed the community-building value of the retreats.
Old Business
The OVYM covenanting process
Dale Hates presented a draft minute stating our objections to the covenanting process. After minor wordsmithing, the minute was approved. The final minute is attached. Patricia Thomas will forward it to OVYM.
Miami Center Quarterly Meeting
Campus Friend Meeting will host quarterly meeting on 1 Jun from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. We need dishes, coffee and tea.
Roy Joe Stuckey cited the difficulty of finding people to serve on quarterly meeting committees. Some have even suggested laying down the meeting altogether. Roy Joe will present a plan at quarterly meeting for revamping the format of the meeting with the object of increasing interest and attendence and improving efficiency.
Dishes and flatware
Patricia Thomas and Linda Sears sought appoval for acquiring some dishes and flatware for use in meeting activities. The meeting approved and suggested that Patricia and Linda first canvass friends for donations.
Your Father’s Kitchen
Campus Friends will serve lunch at Your Father’s Kitchen on 7 Jun. Once again, Linda Sears’s family will shoulder the principal burden of providing the main dish, but she needs help with some peripheral food items, servers, and dishwashers. Contact Linda if you can help.
New Business
OVYM reports desired
Virginia Woods, clerk of OVYM, is requesting advance reports from friends who expect to report to Yearly Meeting on their activities in the wider world outside OVYM
WYM minute on gambling and lotteries
Ron Rembert presented the draft minute. The meeting approved
FCNL news
Lenna Mae Gara has posted the latest missive from FCNL on the bulletin board in the meetinghouse.
Canby Jones’s Health
Tim Jones spoke of the need to plan for contingencies with respect to Canby’s health, which has been a subject of concern to the meeting for some time, especially in the deliberations of Ministry and Counsel. The meeting assured Tim and Canby of its willingness to provide whatever support may be needed.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – Wednesday, 20 June -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Ron Rembert, Assistant Presiding Clerk
ron_rembert@wilmington.edu
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
Minute in Response to OVYM Budget and Finance Committee’s
Request for Covenant Assessment
Campus Friends Meeting has in the past had an opportunity to meet with a representative of the Finance Committee to discuss implementation of OVYM’s covenant financing. We also have previously voiced our grave reservations regarding its adoption. While we appreciate the hard work and efforts of the Budget and Finance Committee in its continuing efforts at finding a more spiritual method for discerning how to raise and spend money on behalf of the Yearly Meeting, our own discernment is that the increased involvement of the monthly meeting in the minutia of the yearly meeting budgeting process required under the covenanting process is more likely to detract from than to augment the spiritual life of our meeting. Holy Spirit provides us all with certain spiritual gifts. We believe that our monthly and yearly meetings are best served by discerning who among us has a gift for numbers and encouraging them to assume responsibility for our financial affairs. We as a meeting prefer to trust those we appoint to use those gifts in their discretion with only that oversight needed to ensure proper administration.
After discussion of the proposed budget and some of the financing queries sent to us, we respectfully decline to put forth a covenant assessment figure. We sense that the time required for our small meeting to engage in this process is put to better use elsewhere. We do, however, reaffirm our desire to contribute our assessed obligation of the budget as determined by proportional membership.
With respect to the proposed budget itself, Campus Friends would like to express some reservation regarding the steep proposed increase in OVYM charitable contributions. We recognize that it may be appropriate for the Yearly Meeting to make contributions to other organizations in some cases, but the sense of our meeting is that charitable contributions primarily should come from individual Friends and monthly meetings. We would greatly appreciate it if you would provide us with a list of organizations to whom the Yearly Meeting contributes and the amounts contributed so that we can take that into account in preparing the monthly meeting budget. As a substantial portion of our monthly meeting budget is allotted to charitable contributions, it would be helpful to know where our contributions overlap. ¶ 7:30 AM 0 comments
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the April meeting
Under Old Business, the item “OVYM Executive Committee” is amended as follows: replace the paragraph beginning “Campus Friends Meeting will use the convenanting process . . .” with the text “Campus Friends Meeting considered the covenanting process. Dale Hayes will prepare a statement for consideration at the May meeting for business."
With this correction, the minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Giving is still lagging somewhat. At the present rate, we may not be able to meet all our discretionary giving goals. These decisions will be made at the July meeting for business.
The report was approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Bob Powell reporting for Roger Schroeder
Spring Retreat
The retreat was reviewed. The sense of the committee was that the retreat went well, though attendence was somewhat less than previous retreats. This was mostly due to conflicting activities in the community. Nonetheless, it was generally agreed that twice a year was probably excessive and that the autumn is a more reliable time for participation. It was decided that we would explore another retreat the weekend of 24-26 Oct 08 with a backup date of 31 Oct-1 Nov. Thereafter we would hold the retreat once a year in the fall. Patricia Thomas will check with Quaker Knoll on availability.
Fifth Sunday program
The committee reviewed plans for the next Fifth Sunday program. Patricia Thomas will speak. This will be the first program to be presented after the rise of meeting instead of before meeting. The program will be held in the Jones Meetinghouse. Coffee and cookies will be served before the program
“11th Hour” DVD
The meeting has received a DVD of the Leonardo DiCaprio CD “The 11th Hour.” The DVD is a call to action on the manifold enviromental crises looming before us. The DVD is about 90 minutes long, which is excessive for most of our activities. Bob Powell volunteered to review the DVD and make recommendations.
Health of Members was reviewed
The report was approved. Richard Coleman particularly stressed the community-building value of the retreats.
Old Business
The OVYM covenanting process
Dale Hates presented a draft minute stating our objections to the covenanting process. After minor wordsmithing, the minute was approved. The final minute is attached. Patricia Thomas will forward it to OVYM.
Miami Center Quarterly Meeting
Campus Friend Meeting will host quarterly meeting on 1 Jun from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. We need dishes, coffee and tea.
Roy Joe Stuckey cited the difficulty of finding people to serve on quarterly meeting committees. Some have even suggested laying down the meeting altogether. Roy Joe will present a plan at quarterly meeting for revamping the format of the meeting with the object of increasing interest and attendence and improving efficiency.
Dishes and flatware
Patricia Thomas and Linda Sears sought appoval for acquiring some dishes and flatware for use in meeting activities. The meeting approved and suggested that Patricia and Linda first canvass friends for donations.
Your Father’s Kitchen
Campus Friends will serve lunch at Your Father’s Kitchen on 7 Jun. Once again, Linda Sears’s family will shoulder the principal burden of providing the main dish, but she needs help with some peripheral food items, servers, and dishwashers. Contact Linda if you can help.
New Business
OVYM reports desired
Virginia Woods, clerk of OVYM, is requesting advance reports from friends who expect to report to Yearly Meeting on their activities in the wider world outside OVYM
WYM minute on gambling and lotteries
Ron Rembert presented the draft minute. The meeting approved
FCNL news
Lenna Mae Gara has posted the latest missive from FCNL on the bulletin board in the meetinghouse.
Canby Jones’s Health
Tim Jones spoke of the need to plan for contingencies with respect to Canby’s health, which has been a subject of concern to the meeting for some time, especially in the deliberations of Ministry and Counsel. The meeting assured Tim and Canby of its willingness to provide whatever support may be needed.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – Wednesday, 20 June -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Ron Rembert, Assistant Presiding Clerk
ron_rembert@wilmington.edu
Bob Powell, Recording Clerk
rdp1710@gmail.com
Minute in Response to OVYM Budget and Finance Committee’s
Request for Covenant Assessment
Campus Friends Meeting has in the past had an opportunity to meet with a representative of the Finance Committee to discuss implementation of OVYM’s covenant financing. We also have previously voiced our grave reservations regarding its adoption. While we appreciate the hard work and efforts of the Budget and Finance Committee in its continuing efforts at finding a more spiritual method for discerning how to raise and spend money on behalf of the Yearly Meeting, our own discernment is that the increased involvement of the monthly meeting in the minutia of the yearly meeting budgeting process required under the covenanting process is more likely to detract from than to augment the spiritual life of our meeting. Holy Spirit provides us all with certain spiritual gifts. We believe that our monthly and yearly meetings are best served by discerning who among us has a gift for numbers and encouraging them to assume responsibility for our financial affairs. We as a meeting prefer to trust those we appoint to use those gifts in their discretion with only that oversight needed to ensure proper administration.
After discussion of the proposed budget and some of the financing queries sent to us, we respectfully decline to put forth a covenant assessment figure. We sense that the time required for our small meeting to engage in this process is put to better use elsewhere. We do, however, reaffirm our desire to contribute our assessed obligation of the budget as determined by proportional membership.
With respect to the proposed budget itself, Campus Friends would like to express some reservation regarding the steep proposed increase in OVYM charitable contributions. We recognize that it may be appropriate for the Yearly Meeting to make contributions to other organizations in some cases, but the sense of our meeting is that charitable contributions primarily should come from individual Friends and monthly meetings. We would greatly appreciate it if you would provide us with a list of organizations to whom the Yearly Meeting contributes and the amounts contributed so that we can take that into account in preparing the monthly meeting budget. As a substantial portion of our monthly meeting budget is allotted to charitable contributions, it would be helpful to know where our contributions overlap. ¶ 7:30 AM 0 comments
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Sunday, Jun 1
9:15 am Fellowship Breakfast. Kelly Room 10
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Richard Coleman
2:00-5:00 pm Miami Center Quarterly Meeting
Jones Meetinghouse
Saturday, Jun 7
11:00-2:00 Serve lunch at Your Father’s Kitchen
Sunday, Jun 8
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Lenna Mae Gara
Friday, Jun 13
9:30 am Ministry and Counsel
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Sunday, Jun 15
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Roy Joe Stuckey
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting
Wednesday, Jun 20
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, Jun 22
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Canby Jones
Sunday, Jun 29
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Bob Powell ¶ 8:13 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
16 Apr 08
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Dale Hayes, Patricia Thomas, Richard Coleman, Ruth Stuckey, Roy Joe Stuckey, Lenna Mae Gara, Canby Jones.
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, Apr 21
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Bob Powell
May 2, 3, 4
Spring retreat: “Living the Sacramental Life in the Quaker Sense” Quaker Knoll Camp
Sunday, May 11
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Roy Joe Stuckey
Friday, May 16
9:30 am Ministry and Counse;
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Sunday, May 18
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Dale Hayes
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting: Dale Hayes
8:30-4:45 Miami Quarterly Meeting
Yellow Springs Friends Meeting
Potluck lunch at noon
Wednesday, May 21
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, May 25
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Ruth Stuckey
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the March meeting
were approved, with the following corrections:
1. Last item on the calendar: theme of the retreat should be “Living . . .”
2. Second item under New Business: It is not the Art Brooks family that will use the Jones Meetinghouse.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Two reports were presented. The first is a regular report against the approved budget. That report was approved.
The second is a revised budget reflecting the difference in assessments for both yearly meetings because of a reduction in our regular membership and changes in ways of calculating assessments. Our goal is to meet the basic budget by August 1, but the larger amount of $3555.75 in the revised budget would meet all budgeted discretionary contributions.
Ministry & Counsel – Patricia Thomas
The committee met April 11 and discussed health of members and details of the spring retreat.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Retreat Plans – Patricia Thomas
Bob Powell will send out the complete schedule with the minutes.
Richard Coleman will bring coffee & juice; Canby Jones will bring fruit; and
Lenna Mae Gara will bring soup for Saturday lunch.
OVYM Executive Committee – Dale Hayes
On March 29 the committee discussed contributions to various Friends
organizations, the plan to send yearly meeting teens to a camp in Alaska, and the proposed “covenanted” budgeting.
Campus Friends Meeting will use the covenanting process to arrive at a covenanting figure by June 15. Dale Hayes will prepare a statement on the other issues for consideration at the May meeting for business.
Friendly eights with Wilmington Friends Church
Those wishing to participate in Friendly Eights with Wilmington Friends should
give their names to Patricia Thomas.
Minute on Corporal Punishment
Copies of the approved minute on corporal punishment have gone to Richard Mitchell of
OVYM, the WC Education Department, the Peace Resource Center and WYM.
New Business
There was no new business
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – May 21, 2008 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Lenna Mae Gara, Asst Recording Clerk
larrygara@dragonbbs.com ¶ 7:23 AM 0 comments
16 Apr 08
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Dale Hayes, Patricia Thomas, Richard Coleman, Ruth Stuckey, Roy Joe Stuckey, Lenna Mae Gara, Canby Jones.
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, Apr 21
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship,
Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Bob Powell
May 2, 3, 4
Spring retreat: “Living the Sacramental Life in the Quaker Sense” Quaker Knoll Camp
Sunday, May 11
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Roy Joe Stuckey
Friday, May 16
9:30 am Ministry and Counse;
Dale Hayes
427 N South Street
Sunday, May 18
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Dale Hayes
Hymn singing at the rise of meeting: Dale Hayes
8:30-4:45 Miami Quarterly Meeting
Yellow Springs Friends Meeting
Potluck lunch at noon
Wednesday, May 21
7:00 pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sunday, May 25
9:15 am Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 am Meeting for Worship, Jones Meetinghouse
Greeter/Breaker: Ruth Stuckey
Friends gathered with a time of centering and a query from WYM Queries.
Minutes of the March meeting
were approved, with the following corrections:
1. Last item on the calendar: theme of the retreat should be “Living . . .”
2. Second item under New Business: It is not the Art Brooks family that will use the Jones Meetinghouse.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Two reports were presented. The first is a regular report against the approved budget. That report was approved.
The second is a revised budget reflecting the difference in assessments for both yearly meetings because of a reduction in our regular membership and changes in ways of calculating assessments. Our goal is to meet the basic budget by August 1, but the larger amount of $3555.75 in the revised budget would meet all budgeted discretionary contributions.
Ministry & Counsel – Patricia Thomas
The committee met April 11 and discussed health of members and details of the spring retreat.
The report was approved.
Old Business
Retreat Plans – Patricia Thomas
Bob Powell will send out the complete schedule with the minutes.
Richard Coleman will bring coffee & juice; Canby Jones will bring fruit; and
Lenna Mae Gara will bring soup for Saturday lunch.
OVYM Executive Committee – Dale Hayes
On March 29 the committee discussed contributions to various Friends
organizations, the plan to send yearly meeting teens to a camp in Alaska, and the proposed “covenanted” budgeting.
Campus Friends Meeting will use the covenanting process to arrive at a covenanting figure by June 15. Dale Hayes will prepare a statement on the other issues for consideration at the May meeting for business.
Friendly eights with Wilmington Friends Church
Those wishing to participate in Friendly Eights with Wilmington Friends should
give their names to Patricia Thomas.
Minute on Corporal Punishment
Copies of the approved minute on corporal punishment have gone to Richard Mitchell of
OVYM, the WC Education Department, the Peace Resource Center and WYM.
New Business
There was no new business
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS – May 21, 2008 -7:00PM - ELLIS ROOM
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@hughes.net
Lenna Mae Gara, Asst Recording Clerk
larrygara@dragonbbs.com ¶ 7:23 AM 0 comments
