Berkeley Monthly Meeting of the

      This committee keeps the Meeting informed about peace and social concerns and recommends appropriate action   It may be one committee or two, depending upon the number of actively committed members in these areas and the directions of Meeting interests at the time. The committee may at times form ad hoc subcommittees to deal with special issues.

      The first function of the Committee is to process information relating to peace and social order concerns. The Committee provides literature and bulletin boards to enable Meeting members and attenders to inform themselves. It may also plan seminars or study groups.

      Second, the Committee alerts the Meeting when it feels that individual or corporate action would be an appropriate Friends' witness for peace or justice.

      Third, the Committee "seasons" concerns before they are brought to business meeting or after a request from business meeting. It is desirable for members and attenders to bring social concerns to the Committee before bringing them to business meeting to enable this seasoning process to work. Members are free to act as individuals or groups according to conscience, but they
should not claim to represent the Meeting without prior approval of business meeting.

      Fourth, the Committee supports and guides existing action by Meeting members and other groups, according to its capacity, especially acting as a channel between the Meeting and Friends' organizations such as AFSC and FCL, and the Peace Committees of Quarterly and Yearly meetings.

      Fifth, the Committee suggests how the Meeting should spend the funds which are budgeted for local outreach The primary requirement for eligibility for a contribution from Meeting is that the organization's goals and methods are consistent with Friends' beliefs. Other factors are a) that a member or attender of Meeting participates in its activities; and b) that it has difficulty obtaining
adequate funding from other sources.

      Finally, the Committee follows through on concerns that the Meeting has undertaken in the area of peace and social order, seeing that they are carried through or duly laid down with the approval of the Meeting. (From the Meeting's Procedure Handbook)

CONTACT: miriam berg, clerk
committee members: miriam berg, Adeline Bianchi, Ernest Bicknell, Sandra Gey, Ingrid Hogle, Joyce Kraus, Carol Mosher,
Margaret Olney, Carol Robinson, Bryan Uhlenbrock, Jeanne Wentworth, Nancy Wogan