Campus Friends Meeting
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
