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Attending: Ann Laird, Bob Major, Elizabeth Zwick, Gayle Henry, Dorothy Ranna-Meadows, Ed Sheridan, Diana Sheridan, Lee
Watson, Betty Petras, Judy Brown, Norm Down, Lisa Down, Barbara Wolf, Kathryn Keve. Some had to leave early.
1. The minutes from the January meeting were approved. The minutes from the February 21 Potluck regarding the Brown Family
proposal were amended and then approved. Note that Craig Jacob-Brown and Gale Henry were present.
2. For the rest of 2003, we will meet every Sunday at Seabold Hall. This decision will be reviewed at the May Meeting for Business
as we may want to use the existing schedule with home meetings on the 4th & 5th Sundays in June-July-August or make some
other adjustment. Several people expressed regret at the discontinuance of the home meetings but consensus prevailed after
discussion of our plans to advertise so to attract new members, and we keep Seabold on hold indefinitely.
We also agreed that with this change that we should encourage other types of home meetings such as Faith & Practice studies, or
committee meetings, and so forth.
3. Next potluck is Friday April 18 at Judy Brown's--no topic assigned at the meeting
4. We will have an Easter Party after meeting on Sunday April 20--children, Easter eggs & treats and food welcome.
5. A nominating committee suggested by the Ministry & Counsel consisting of Virginia Hoyte, Roger Lauen and Judy Brown was
approved. They will present nominations at the May Meeting.
6. The vision process for our meeting (as suggested at the potluck when we discussed the Brown Family proposal) will begin next
fall.
7. How does the new key process work? Seems to work well. The board needs to be brought to every meeting to keep it
circulating.
Record keeping. The Recording Clerk will be asked to keep permanent records in hardcopy form--perhaps in 3-ring binders and
organized by year and topic.
8. Worship Sharing: How does it work. We reached consensus that we should continue with the current plan of meeting after
meeting on the first Sunday. One member commented that it is better to include worship sharing as part of the regular meeting
time.
9. Advertising: Ann Laird brought in a prepared statement. We still need to investigate cost and decide
whether to put it in What's Up or the Yellow Pages. Ann Laird And Kathryn Keve will work together to finish this--Kathryn will do the graphics.
10. An issue that will be raised at the Spring Quarterly is the possibility of remote worshippers becoming members of the Quarterly
meeting. Some concerns that may be raised is the break in tradition of lcoal meetings, or if
someone didn't want to be member of a local
meeting, they might wasn't to switch to the Quarterly.
11. Status of Agate Passage becoming a Meeting--no new developments, no more visits planned at this time. It is still expected
that we will be approved at Spring Quarterly.
12. Treasurer's report was presented b Nancy Brantingham in Barbara Morrison's absence. The balance on hand is $2,430.55.
Meeting notes: The clerk commended the Treasurer's report for its Quakerly simplicity.
There was a peaceful exchange on "blind-siding." There were some references to wiffle-waffling on a decision (following Q. procedure!)
Kathryn Keve for Millie Royce
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