Friday, January 10, 2014

Proposed agenda for Business Meeting, January 2014

Grand Rapids Friends Meeting
Agenda: January 2014 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

·       Query
·       Approve minutes from November 2013 Business Meeting
·       Treasurer’s Report (Kim Ranger)
·       Ministry & Nurture / Advancement
·       Old business
o    Others interested in Clerking?
o   Clerking workshop, Pendle Hill, February 7–9
§  http://www.pendlehill.org/workshops/winter-2014/931-clerking
o   Development of electronic directory
o   Revised Meeting handbook
o   Budget & finance [committee] issues unresolved
§  This is dependent upon the Meeting’s sense of purpose
o   Email options
§  Mail Chimp [http://mailchimp.com/features/] Pricing: free. “As long as you've got fewer than 2,000 subscribers across all lists in your account, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month without paying us a dime.”
o   Merry Stanford spiritual language workshop
·       New business
o   Aquinas College requests an increase in rent
§  Options? (We could change Meeting time/location, negotiate for more time)

·       Holland Friends meet at Western Theological Seminary 2–3 times each month, in classrooms, at no charge

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