CMM 2014-04-13

Minutes of Meeting for Worship for Business

Concord(NH) Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Fourth Month 13, 2014

Attending:  13

4.1  The meeting opened with worship.

4.2  Third Month Minutes:  The minutes of the 9^th day, Third Month, 2014 were approved with corrections:

• 3.4 [1]  The Budget Committee recommends adding Virginia Barker to the Wells Fargo brokerage account as an authorized signer.  Ruth Heath is currently the only authorized signer.  This would authorize either of them to sign checks and to direct the sale of any securities as per the practice of the meeting.  This account is used to receive gifts of securities and liquidate them immediately; the money then is transferred to our checking accounts.  Friends approved.
• Correction of the date of the meeting to 9^th day, Third Month, 2014.

4.3  Financial Report:  Treasurer David Woolpert presented the current income and expense report from the Budget Committee.  The total income is $19,930; total expense is $17,963; net income is $1,967.  The predicted shortfall for FY2014 is $533 unless unexpected contributions are received.

4.4  FY2015 Budget:  Friends also reviewed and discussed the proposed FY 2015 budget.  The Budget Committee will bring a revised budget to the next meeting for business for future discernment.  The meeting is asking the Budget Committee to ask members and attenders to reflect on their ability to increase donations to meet increased budgetary needs.

4.5  Education and Mutual Aid Funds:  The meeting looks forward to receiving a proposal from Ministry & Counsel for a policy and mechanism and amount for the administration of Education and Mutual Aid Funds to be funded from the meeting's reserves.  Removing these items from the FY 2015 budget will allow the Budget Committee to move forward with developing that budget before the beginning of the fiscal year.

4.6  Budget Items Research:  There was no clarity on the proposal to eliminate the phone and Concord Monitor advertising line items.  Mark Barker will research alternatives to the landline phone.  The current budget proposal to include a substantial increase in our contribution to NEYM is also still under consideration.

4.7  Membership:  Mark Barker reported for Ministry & Counsel Committee that Jann Sparks has asked to be relieved from membership.  Judy Chynoweth has requested that her membership be transferred from Concord Friends Meeting to Sacramento (CA) Friends Meeting. 

4.8  Outreach and Inreach:  The Clerk hopes the Meeting will undertake further discernment if we are ready to do more inreach and outreach, along the lines suggested by the Quaker Quest  program we held September 2012.  The meeting will hold a fourth Sunday program on April 27 to have this discussion after a potluck.

4.9  NEYM Structural Review Working Group:  The NEYM Structural Review Working Group is trying to get feedback from members, meetings, and other related groups about the future of Quakerism in New England.  They would like to visit meetings for a discussion of the subject.  Jay Smith requested that folks consider the subject and get back to him about possible times for holding this discussion.

4.10  The meeting closed with worship.

Submitted by

Recording Clerk,  Jonie LaBombard

Presiding Clerk,   Ruth Mobilia Heath