Omaha Friends Meeting
Meeting for Business
Present: Frank, Debbie, Marilyn, Marshall, Curtis, Carol, Ed, and Lynda
Minutes from 19 February 06 were approved.
Query: Queries 2 and 3 were approved.
Calendar:
First Day:
March 26 - P&SC – Maddie Fennell from OTOC
discussing One City, One School
April 2 - Query 4 – Curtis
April 9 - Meeting for Business
April 16 - Discipline Revision Review
April 23 - PSC – Lowen Kruse?
April 30 - Intergenerational meeting, under the
Care of Religious Education
Other:
March 25 - potluck at Debbie’s
April 1-2 - Midyear Meeting at Bear Creek
Meeting, in Earlham, Iowa
April 29 - potluck at Cynthia’s, 6:00’ish
April 30 - breakfast potluck before Meeting, 9:00
July 25-30 - Yearly Meeting at Scattergood Friends School near West Branch, Iowa
August 19 - Paint-a-thon
Treasurer’s Report:
The report was approved.
Peace and Social Concerns Committee Report:
A discussion was held on determining our input on FCNL’s legislative priorities for the upcoming session. Priorities that Debbie will report to FCNL are determining what lobbyists are supporting for the defense industry resulting in funding for military research; our energy policy and its affect on global warming; extinction of species; protect nature reserves such as ANWAR, and providing basic human needs, including health care, education, living wages, etc.
Ministry and Oversight Committee report:
The following items were discussed:
1) recommend that Religious Education teach youth about
membership
2) recommend that youth do queries and write their own responses
3) recommend that youth are included in clearness committees in the future
4) recommend that queries are done with an attempt to reach the sense of the Meeting rather than as a synopsis of free association-type discussion, so our answers will be a catalogue of a discernment of our Meeting that day
- Carol will send Debbie a clear rewriting of this
recommendation, and they will be reviewed at April’s Business Meeting
- will start with May’s Query 5 and be reevaluated in
August
5) Since Marilyn was not able to make herself sign Marshall’s
traveling minute, and because Debbie’s signature is not
satisfactory, there will be a Called Meeting at Debbie’s on
Tuesday at 6:00, with a supper being offered, to determine what
to do with this dilemma. Concerns determined during Business
Meeting, which Carol clerked during this section, include what
the understood role of the clerk as the Meeting’s representative
is and to interpret the role of Meeting with Marshall’s leading, as
well as getting the minute signed.
Finance Committee report:
Notarizing of the incorporation papers has begun, with only Bob left to contact.
Buildings and Grounds Committee report:
In regards to care of Carol’s house, these things were noted:
1) 4 chairs go into the kitchen
2) expenses will be salt for icy concrete and shoveling
3) keep couch away from wall
4) take care of piano, with no cups or chairs coming in contact with it
5) room for little kids downstairs has been arranged and where Meeting materials will be stored
6) put lid down on the toilet
Other:
Midyear Meeting registration/information forms are in. If you have special food needs, bring your own meals. Microwave and refrigeration accommodations will be provided.
Midyear Meeting youth schedules have been received. Register with Jackie Leckband or Debbie Galusha. High school students will be planting trees, so if the high school student needs to do service hours, prepare forms for this work.
NFP’s antiwar demonstration will be today at 2:30 at Memorial Park
Catholic Archdiocese is offering a program series showing the connection between the Bible and social justice. These evenings are at St. Pius at 69th & Blondo. Curtis is to send Debbie a schedule to be sent out to Meeting.
Yearly Meeting Minutes 2005 have arrived.
A thank you note was received from Bill Deutsch.
OTOC has a meeting March 26. Debbie will check to see if Pam can attend, and if not see if another delegate can be found.