CMM 2024-12-08
Minutes of Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Concord (NH) Monthly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends
8th of Twelfth Month 2024
Fourteen Friends gathered for meeting for worship to attend to business in person and over Zoom. We opened with a period of quiet worship.
The Minutes of Eleventh Month 2024 were approved as posted on our website.
12.01 Finance Reports: Chris H, Treasurer, reported on operations from June through November 2024. Income was $21,508 and expenses were $16,142 for a net gain of $5,366. Cash on hand is $15,226.
We noted that our outstanding mortgage loan will be paid off in January and the actual remaining balance is $952.
In addition, there is a $100 Prepaid Contribution line which is a donation restricted for a specific purpose.
| Total Income: | $21,508 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Expenses: | $16,142 | |
| Net Income: | $5,366 |
12.02 Youth Religious Education. Ruth H reports that YRE is contemplating how to engage our youth. There are a number of upcoming activities which will be noted in the newsletter. The bulk of the balance to Kenya Rising will be paid, and future fundraising efforts are being considered.
12.03 Ministry and Counsel. Rich K reported that Ministry and Counsel recommended Mark B be nominated to the Ministry and Counsel committee. Nominating committee also recommends this nomination. The Meeting approves adding Mark to Ministry and Counsel.
12.04 Nominating Committee. Friends are reminded that Nominating Committee will be contacting Friends beginning early next year to see where your gifts of service may lie.
12.05 Solar Committee. Ruth H reported developments, appended to the minutes, and reminded us that Heidi B, the Clerk, is empowered to sign the new Net Meter Agreement.
12.06 Song Circle. Ruth H raised the question of Song Circle, which was a tradition on First Fridays prior to COVID. She is interested in bringing back this tradition and making songs of solidarity, peace, justice, resiliency, and hope an especial focus. The Meeting is grateful to hear that this tradition will continue in this form.
12.07 Website Committee Description. Jonah S-M brought the Website committee’s proposed description (requested by the Meeting in Minute 07.05). Meeting approved with minor revisions.
12.08 Website Drupal Update. The Website committee reports that they have successfully updated the Drupal installation of the new website being built, and will begin working on moving content. Committees or interested members and attenders are encouraged to contact the committee with feedback. The new & still under construction site can be seen at concordquakermeeting.org
Following our closing worship Friends adjourned purposing to meet again on First Month 12, 2025 as way opens.
| Respectfully submitted by, | Accepted as the Approved Record, | |
| /s/ Jonah Sutton-Morse, Recording Clerk pro tem | /s/ Heidi Babb, Presiding Clerk |
| Concord Monthly Meeting Statement of Operations* | 2024-06-01 – 2025-11-30 | Budget – FY 2024-25 | Budget Remaining | % of Budget Raised |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||
| Contributions | $17,542 | $24,600 | $7,058 | 71% |
| Interest Income | $1 | $1,090 | $1,089 | 0% |
| Rental Income – Child Care | $3,505 | $7,440 | $3,935 | 47% |
| Rental Income – Others | $460 | $1,300 | $840 | 35% |
| Total Income | $21,508 | $34,430 | $12,922 | 62% |
| Expenses | % of Budget Spent | |||
| 1 Program | ||||
| Finance Committee | $40 | $100 | $60 | 40% |
| Hospitality | $136 | $100 | -$36 | 136% |
| Library | $0 | $140 | $140 | 0% |
| Ministry & Counsel | $196 | $400 | $204 | 49% |
| Outreach Committee | $0 | $175 | $175 | 0% |
| Peace, Social & Earthcare Concerns | $0 | $150 | $150 | 0% |
| PSECCC - Peace Pole | $841 | $610 | -$231 | 138% |
| Website Committee | $282 | $1,000 | $718 | 28% |
| Youth & Religious Education | $0 | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| Total Program | $1,494 | $2,975 | $1,481 | 50% |
| 2 Property | ||||
| Data Usage | $708 | $1,236 | $528 | 57% |
| Debt Service – Mortgage, P&I | $1,903 | $2,855 | $952 | 67% |
| Depreciation | $2,254 | $4,508 | $2,254 | 50% |
| Electricity | $525 | $1,000 | $475 | 53% |
| Furnishings | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 | 0% |
| Grounds | $14 | $1,000 | $986 | 1% |
| Insurance | $1,715 | $3,498 | $1,783 | 49% |
| Maintenance | $2,553 | $3,000 | $447 | 85% |
| Snow Removal | $0 | $1,600 | $1,600 | 0% |
| Supplies - Bldg. & Maintenance | $84 | $3000 | $216 | 28% |
| Total Property | $9,755 | $19,997 | $10,242 | 49% |
| 3 Support | ||||
| AFSC | $973 | $1,946 | $973 | 50% |
| Dover Quarterly Meeting | $0 | $10 | $10 | 0% |
| FCNL | $0 | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Friends Camp | $0 | $333 | $333 | 0% |
| Friends General Conference (FGC) | $0 | $164 | $164 | 0% |
| Friends United Meeting | $0 | $164 | $164 | 0% |
| FWCC | $0 | $234 | $234 | 0% |
| Interfaith Council | $0 | $50 | $50 | 0% |
| NEYM - Equalization Fund | $0 | $372 | $372 | 0% |
| NEYM - General Fund | $3,844 | $7,689 | $3,845 | 50% |
| NH Council of Churches | $75 | $75 | $0 | 100% |
| Woolman Hill | $0 | $255 | $255 | 00% |
| Total Support | $4,892 | $11,459 | $6,567 | 43% |
| Total Expense | $16,142 | $34,431 | $18,289 | 47% |
| Net Income | $5,366 |
* “A budget is a moral document” ~ often attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)
NB. The Income & Expenses Sheet was created with two decimal points, which were removed for readability, the cents being unimportant to the overall understanding. This can have the effect of throwing off any given sum by a dollar due to compounded rounding. — Prepared by Greg Heath and Chris Haigh.
| Concord Monthly Meeting Balance Sheet | 11th Month 30, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | |||
| Current Assets | |||
| Checking/Savings | |||
| Checking MCSB | $15,051 | ||
| Money Market MCSB | $114 | ||
| Savings Granite State Cr Union | $10 | ||
| Schwab Cash Account | $51 | ||
| Total Checking/Savings | $15,226 | ||
| Other Current Assets | |||
| Prepaid Insurance | $283 | ||
| Total Other Current Assets | $283 | ||
| Total Current Assets | $15,510 | ||
| Fixed Assets | |||
| Building/Furnishings/Fixtures | $531,695 | ||
| Less Accumulated Depreciation | ($39,137) | ||
| Land (including new lot) | $144,400 | ||
| Total Fixed Assets | $636,958 | ||
| Other Assets | |||
| Total NH Community Loan Fund | $23,361 | ||
| Total Other Assets | $23,361 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $675,829 | ||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | |||
| Liabilities | |||
| Current Liabilities | |||
| Other Current Liabilities | |||
| Prepaid Contributions | $100 | ||
| Total Other Current Liabilities | $100 | ||
| Long-term Liabilities | |||
| Loan - Solar Panel System | $9,000 | ||
| Mortgage Loan | $2,785 | ||
| Total Long-term Liabilities | $11,785 | ||
| Total Liabilities | $11,885 | ||
| Equity | |||
| General Fund Balance | |||
| Fire Safety Improvements | $33,635 | ||
| Land & Building Fund - Other | $610,855 | ||
| General Fund Balance – Other | $561 | ||
| Total General Fund Balance | $611,416 | ||
| Temp. Restricted Net Assets | |||
| Donor Restricted Funds | |||
| Asylum Seekers Support Fund (ASSF) | $247 | ||
| Kakamega Family Support Fund | $918 | ||
| Mindful Mortality | $975 | ||
| Solar Grant Fund | $1,209 | ||
| Total Donor Restricted Funds | $3,349 | ||
| Meeting Temp. Restricted Funds | |||
| Friendly Assistance Fund | $950 | ||
| Total Meeting Temp. Restricted Funds | $950 | ||
| Total Temp. Restricted Net Assets | $4,299 | ||
| Unrestricted Net Assets | $42,863 | ||
| Net Income | $5,366 | ||
| Total Equity | $663,944 | ||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY | $675,828 |
M&C Upcoming events (connected to Minute 12.03)
- Friendly Eights: We suggest that Friendly Eights dinner be planned early in the New Year.
- Fourth Sunday in December will be a presented by Heidi and Ruth. We’ll experience ‘All-Inclusive First Day School’ following the format of what our youth experience, including Sharing Time and Centering with candles, a story and a craft (a take home present!).
- State of Society: Upcoming fourth Sunday in January will be a reflection on the previous year in order to write our State of Society report.
- Peace Testimony: February will be on the inward and outward dimensions of the Peace Testimony.
- Christmas Eve Caroling: Ruth is determining interest in Christmas Eve Caroling at Havenwood (4:30 p.m.) and short programmed worship at the Meetinghouse, followed by a potluck. YRE has some suggestions for program.
- Alternative New Year Eve Game Night: Ruth and Greg will plan and promote an Alternative New Year Eve Game Night Party from 6:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. (or earlier) at the Meetinghouse, inviting the public.
Solar Committee Developments (connected to Minute 12.05)
The committee does not need action by the Meeting but wants to report that the transition of all aspects of the system ownership are nearly complete.
1. We await word from the Department of Energy and Unitil that the transfer of registration number for a Group Net Meter (GNM) Arrangement from Oxbow Solar to the Meeting is complete. It has been applied for and approval is a clerical task.
2. The GNM Agreement has been updated from the original between Oxbow and the members. The agreement will be between the Meeting and the members of the Group Net Meter.
- There were a number of changes including tightening up some of the language for clarity.
- New terms, happily agreed to by the group members, will result in delaying the time when members will receive quarterly monetary benefit from the array income until after the Meeting has received sufficient income to pay for it's $18,000 investment in the system, which included the $3,500 prepaid solar asset line item. You may or may not know that the original expectation was to receive the system as a gift after about year 10. Group members understood that changing circumstances made this new arrangement reasonable and fair.
- It is expected that the delay in payments to members will be approximately 4.5 years or 8 years from now.
Website Committee Purpose (as revised & approved in Minute 12.07)
The Website Committee is responsible for the maintenance of the website. This includes the site’s outreach function, recording Meeting Minutes and other key documents, access to the newsletter, and maintenance of our archives. The committee’s intent is for a website that is accessible, can be maintained by members and attenders of the meeting, and for the existing web presence, links and references we have built to be preserved.
