CAMPUS FRIENDS MEETING
January 17, 2007
Monthly Meeting for Business
Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Unapproved Minutes
PRESENT: Patricia Thomas; Canby Jones; Ron Rembert; Lenna Mae Gara; Roger Schroeder; Dale Hayes.
CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS
Sunday, 21 Jan
9:15 a.m. Inner Search, Boyd Lobby; begin discussion of Jacob Boeme, “Restoration of Nature”
10.30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, QHC, Lenna Mae Gara, greeter & breaker. Hymns at rise of meeting, Patricia Thomas to choose.
Sunday, 28 Jan
9:15 a.m. Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Ron Rembert, greeter & breaker
Tuesday, 30 Jan.
7:30 p.m. “Silent Witness: Quaker Meetinghouses in the Delaware Valley,” Catherine Lavoie, speaker. QHC in conjunction with “Silent Witness” on display through March 23.
Sunday, 4 Feb.
9:15 a..m Fellowship Breakfast, Kelly Room 10, with Bob Powell & Bonnie Keller speaking on their recent trip to Panama
10:30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Patricia Thomas, greeter & breaker
Sun. 11 Feb.
9:15 a.m. Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Canby Jones, greeter & breaker
Sun. 18 Feb
9:15 a.m. Inner Search, Boyd Lobby
10:30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Roger Schroeder, greeter & breaker; hymns at rise of meeting.
Sun. 18 Feb.
10:00 a.m. Miami Quarterly Meeting, Cincinnati, Eastern Hills Meeting Worship , carry-in lunch
2:00 p.m. Business and program on Bayard Rustin.
Tuesday, 20 Feb.
9:30 a.m. Ministry and Counsel, Canby Jones's apartment
Wed 21 Feb.
7:00 p.m. Meeting for Business, Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Sat. 3 Mar.
11:00 a.m Serve lunch at Your Father’s Kitchen
The Clerk read a query from WYM that is to be the theme of the State of Society Report. This was followed by a time of centering.
Minutes of the December meeting were
approved.
Treasurer’s Report – Dale Hayes – attached to these minutes
Dale said the small negative balance is not significant. The report was
approved.
Ministry & Counsel – Roger Schroeder
There was discussion of membership status of nonresident Friends and content of the letter to be sent to them.
A minor clarifying change to the WYM policy on sexual harrassment was considered and accepted. With that change, Campus Meeting
approved the policy statement and instructed our representative to take it to the Permanent Board.
The report was
approved. The next meeting of the committee will take place at 9:30 am, Tuesday, 20 Feb in Canby Jones’s apartment.
Old BusinessThe Clerk asked what further use we can make of the DVD, “Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the War on Terror.” It was approved to put it in our library and notify the Campus Minister, Wilmington Yearly Meeting and the Peace Resource Center of its availability.
Canby Jones reported receiving copies of two books by Jacob Boeme, The Restoration of Nature, and Boeme’s Confessions. Inner Search will begin discussing the former on Sunday, 1/21/07.
New BusinessThe Clerk asked if changes should be made in the Campus Meeting brochure to reflect our move to the Quaker Heritage Center Meetinghouse. Patricia was authorized to investigate changing the illustration and wording on the brochure for this purpose.
Lenna Mae Gara will prepare an obituary/memorial for Phil Holmes and send copies to Friends Journal and Quaker Life.
The meeting concluded with a period of silent worship.
NEXT MEETING FOR BUSINESS –February 21, 2007-7:00PM – Ellis Room, Friendly Center
Patricia Thomas, Presiding Clerk
pcthomas42@earthlink.net
Lenna Mae Gara, Assistant Recording Clerk
larrygara@dragonbbs.com