Eighteen Friends gathered by Zoom connection and entered into quiet worship. We accepted the minutes of Third Month [1], and of the called meeting [2] that happened two weeks later, as posted on the website.
04.1 Meeting Name: Our Meeting has been doing business in the community as “Concord Friends Meeting”. This practice goes back more than 40 years. Just over eleven years ago, when the Meeting incorporated for the purpose of owning property, the title of the property-owning corporation was “Concord Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends” [3]. Now a banking problem raises the issue that “Concord Friends Meeting” is not registered as a trade name with the New Hampshire Secretary of State. The Meeting authorizes the Finance Committee to spend the required funds and register both “Concord Friends Meeting” and “Concord Quaker Meeting” with the Secretary of State. If one of these were not allowed, we ask the Finance Committee to find a combination of the two names, e.g., “Concord Friends (Quaker) Meeting”.
04.2 Bank Accounts: At the request of our bank (due to a problem with identity theft), the Meeting will close its two accounts with Merrimack County Savings Bank, a checking account and a money market account. We will open new accounts of the same type. Brian Paterson will be removed as a signer. The current bookkeeper, treasurer, and the presiding clerk of the Meeting will be named as authorized signers (currently Gregory B. Heath, Christopher J. Haigh, and Richard Kleinschmidt).
04.3 Finance Committee sent a report electronically (attached) on their proposed budget for the coming fiscal year and the current budget. The budget for this year looks likely to be met comfortably. They explained their desire to step down a little the amount of money going into the replacement reserve and the 2% upward adjustments of our support for other organizations. Friends are encouraged to discuss with the Finance Committee any concerns they have with the proposal before we make a final decision at our May Meeting for Worship with attention to business.
04.4 Ministry and Counsel submitted an electronic report that is attached.
04.5 Zoom Meetings for Worship: M&C is looking for feedback on the process for keeping our Zoom Meeting for Worship secure while continuing to be welcoming to newcomers. Friends noted that using the Zoom waiting room worked well today. Note was made that the password-embedded Zoom link is only going out to Friends on the email list and others would have to make a request to be allowed to join the meeting. There was an extended discussion of whether to post the same link on the Meeting website. For now, we are not all comfortable with public sharing of the Zoom link. Our website has a one-click way to send an email to the M&C greeter to ask for further information which we hope will suffice to connect newcomers in a welcoming way. It was asked that we add a phone number that someone is able to call and that we ensure that someone would know that there would be a response to the email link. M&C is asked to report back on this.
After a brief time of quiet worship, Meeting adjourned, purposing to meet again on the Second Sunday of May.
Submitted by, | Accepted as the Approved Record, | |
/s/ Jennifer J. Smith, Recording Clerk | /s/ Richard Kleinschmidt, Presiding Clerk |
Year | Donation Amount |
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2015 | $23,676 |
2016 | $22,850 |
2017 | $24,327 |
2018 | $25,234 |
2019 | $26,720? |
Concord Monthly Meeting Budget Comparisons & Proposal | 2019-06-01 – 2020-03-31 | Projection – FY 2020 | Budget – FY 2020 | Proposed Budget – FY 2021 | |
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Income | |||||
Contributions | $20,017 | $23,760 | $25,150 | $24,415 | 1 |
Interest Income | $7 | $770 | $680 | $810 | |
Rental Income | $1,908 | $1,818 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
Offset to COVID-19 Expense | $132 | $132 | - | - | 8 |
Solar Roof Lease | $240 | $240 | $240 | $240 | |
Total Income | $22,304 | $26,720 | $27,570 | $26,965 | |
Expenses | |||||
Program | |||||
COVID-19 Expense | $132 | $132 | - | - | 8 |
Finance Committee | - | - | $30 | $30 | 2 |
Hospitality | $109 | $180 | $180 | $180 | 3 |
Library | $40 | $100 | $90 | $140 | 2 |
Ministry & Counsel | $225 | $225 | $225 | $400 | 2 |
Outreach | |||||
Outreach - Other | $80 | $100 | $355 | $475 | 4 |
Website Expenses | $64 | $280 | $280 | $300 | |
Total Outreach | $144 | $380 | $635 | $775 | |
Peace, Social & Earthcare Concerns | - | - | $600 | $300 | 2 |
Youth & Religious Education | $133 | $250 | $300 | $300 | 2 |
Total Program | $783 | $1,267 | $2,060 | $2,125 | |
Property | |||||
Building Maintenance | $308 | $308 | $600 | $500 | 3 |
Debt Service | $2,855 | $3,805 | $3,805 | $3,805 | 3 |
Donation in Lieu of Taxes | $0 | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
Electricity | $833 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | 6 |
Grounds | $0 | $100 | $100 | $100 | |
Insurance | $1,617 | $1,960 | $2,000 | $2,155 | |
Replacement Reserve Expense | $4,000 | $4,800 | $4,800 | $3,810 | 5 |
Snow Removal | $1,380 | $1,900 | $2,000 | $2,000 | 3 |
Supplies - Bldg. & Maintenance | $374 | $250 | $250 | $300 | 3 |
Wood Pellets | $1,680 | $1,680 | $1,680 | $1,680 | |
Total Property | $13,047 | $16,304 | $16,685 | $15,850 | |
Support | |||||
AFSC [5] | $1,304 | $1,565 | $1,565 | $1,600 | 7 |
Dover Quarterly Meeting | $0 | $10 | $10 | $10 | |
FCNL [6] | $0 | $140 | $140 | $150 | |
Friends Camp [7] | $0 | $280 | $280 | $300 | |
FWCC [8] | $0 | $60 | $60 | $65 | |
Interfaith Council [9] | $0 | $50 | $50 | $50 | |
NEYM [10] - Equalization Fund | $0 | $290 | $290 | $300 | 7 |
NEYM - General Fund | $5,075 | $6,090 | $6,090 | $6,210 | 7 |
NH Council of Churches [11] | $0 | $75 | $75 | $75 | |
Woolman Hill [12] | $0 | $230 | $230 | $230 | |
Total Support | $6,379 | $8,825 | $8,825 | $8,990 | |
Total Expense | $20,209 | $26,396 | $27,570 | $26,965 | |
Net Income | $2,095 | $324 | - | - |
Links:
[1] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2020-03-08_CMM_Minutes
[2] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2020-03-22_CMM_Minutes
[3] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2008-11-09_CMM_Minutes
[4] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-BudgetFY2021worksheet.pdf
[5] https://www.afsc.org/
[6] https://www.fcnl.org/
[7] https://www.friendscamp.org/
[8] http://fwcc.world/
[9] https://www.greaterconcordinterfaithcouncil.org/
[10] https://neym.org
[11] http://nhchurches.org/
[12] http://woolmanhill.org/