CMM 2009-03-08
Minutes of Meeting for Worship for Business
Concord (NH) Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
3rd Month 08, 2009
Concord (NH) Monthly Meeting gathered in Meeting for Worship for Business at the Merrimack Valley Day Care Center in Concord, NH. Friends present were Jay Smith, David Freeman-Woolpert, Kathy Urie, Don Booth, Lois Booth, Kate Daniels, Carol Flavin, Alice Veenstra, Sara Smith (Clerk), Alisa Barnard (acting Recording Clerk)
Meeting was opened with a period of worshipful silence.
3.1 1st Month Minutes. We reviewed the minutes of the called meeting 1st month 18, 2009. We discussed the last sentence in 1.13 and suggest that the language be changed slightly: “annually raise sufficient funds” or “to raise sufficient funds each year.” With this addition, we approve these minutes.
3.2 2nd Month Minutes. Minutes of the 2nd month 08, 2009 meeting were reviewed and approved.
3.3 State of Society Report. We heard and discussed the draft State of Society Minute for 2008. We discussed the time period that the minute should encompass, specifically related to whether or not to include a paragraph about the All NH Friends Gathering that happened in early 2009. We encouraged the clerk to save much of the information that she included about the All NH Friends Gathering for the 2009 State of Society Meeting. We discussed the role of “facts” in this minute, (i.e. membership numbers, etc.) Sara made the point that “facts” are included in our monthly business meeting minutes and the Recorder’s report. The meeting approved allowing the Clerk and the care of the meeting committee to finalize revisions.
3.4 Housing Committee Update. David Freeman-Woolpert shared the details of a conversation that he had with the NH Audubon Society about the possibility of buying, or leasing with the intention to buy, a portion of the Audubon building. The Audubon Society will be gathering and reviewing proposals, which is likely to be a long process (potentially 3-6 months?). David proposed that we put off further discussion of the Audubon possibility until we are asking for a final commitment on the Canterbury site, at which point we will have more information about the former.
We reviewed an updated plan for the Canterbury meeting house. The contractor has been asked to come up with a revised cost estimate for this most recent plan. Our attorneys and those of the AMTP are finalizing our agreement. There is a possibility that we will be asked to gather for a special called meeting for final approval of the plan before our next scheduled business meeting.
3.5 Next Meeting. In order to avoid Easter Sunday, the meeting approved moving our next meeting for worship for business to April 5, 2009.
3.6 Memorial Minutes. The clerk called a special meeting for worship for business to review the Memorial Minutes on Sunday, March 15th 6:30 p.m. at the chapel at Havenwood.
3.7 NEYM Ministry and Counsel. Jay Smith was appointed as our representative to NEYM Ministry and Council.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Alisa Barnard, Acting Recording Clerk
Accepted as the approved record when signed,
/s/ Sara Smith, Clerk
