Agate Passage Friends Meeting

Bainbridge Island & Kitsap County 

Meeting opened with silence at 11:35 a.m.

      Announcements:  The clipboard was circulated for sign ups for opening the building on Sundays.  The Recording Clerk promised to try to put the names of those who would be opening in the minutes for the following month.   They are September 26, Judy Brown, October 3, Wendy McClure and Barbara Wolf,  October 10, Bob and Millie Royce, October 17,  Kathryn Keve.

      The Clerk described some of the year’s events for the Meeting so that people could have them in mind.  One to be noted was that the Nominating Committee should be appointed anew in February and function to appoint officers and committee members for the following two years.  He also described the fact that his introduction of the need for an Administrative Committee had resulted in a postponement of the discussion.

      The Minutes of the August Meeting were approved as presented and the Recording Clerk and Clerk were commended for their clarity.

      The following calendar items were announced.

Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting - Sept 24-26.

Crop Walk - October 3

NPYM Steering Committee -  Portland ,  October 8-9

FGC Gathering Committee - October 15-16

Miles for Murielle - Sunday,  November  28

      The Ministry and Counsel planned potluck meeting September 10 on Memorials and End of Life Planning came off fruitfully and successfully.

      It was announced that there is a roster of persons in the Meeting who are calling on Dana Hanford, Betty Petras’s husband, to chat and help keep him from becoming so isolated in his illness.

      Follow up on Peace and Social Concerns interest in pursuing our concern to develop diversity within the Meeting was presented by the Clerk of Peace and Social Concerns, Kathryn Keve.   Kathryn said that for her part through tribal meetings she has come to know more tribal members, and friendship with tribal members feels more natural to her than the writing of the letter a draft of which was presented at the previous business meeting.  

We need to have a potluck with a broad perspective to explore the issues we might pursue with the tribe including learning about an AFSC conference in Colorado about Native American issues which Sarah van Gelder of Yes Magazine and Ollala Neighbors attended.  At this potluck event we would discuss what Quakers are doing nationally with Native American tribes so that we gain a larger picture as to what’s been going on.  When we learn about what Quakers nationwide are doing with Native Americans we can better explore what Agate Passage’s relationship might be with the tribe.

      Two possible dates were   suggested in which to arrange a potluck, October 31 and preferably November 7.  Persons present affirmed the purpose of this potluck in which we might discover more of who we are and how we can be in relationship with the Suquamish tribe.

      It was announced that the Peace Camp project has faltered.  This group came out of the visioning workshop we did earlier this year.

      The Discussion Group sponsored jointly by the Northwest Earth Institute and Agate Passage Meeting centering on “Choices for Sustainable Living” will begin this Wednesday evening, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Poulsbo library and continue for nine weeks.

Meeting closed with silence at 12:45 pm 

Judy Brown, Recording Clerk.