Present: Ben, Rick, Janelle, Jessica, Rich, Kit, Niya
Meeting took place at the office of Wy'east at 7pm.
Agenda:
Board met for pizza prior to the meeting. Meeting took place in the Wy’east office.
Announcements
Letter of Resignation – Kit
Discussion re: letter and next steps. Kit to mail letter to congregation September 3.
Approval of New Board Member
Rich App will be the new board member and will serve until the Annual Meeting in the spring, when then he will be elected to complete the vacated term (Bylaws Article VI Section 3).
Vacancy on Nominating Committee
Rich leaves a vacancy on the Nominating Committee. This will be addressed at next Board meeting.
CONTACT Team
In order to call a CONTACT team, the decision must be made by both the minister and the Board. The Board and Kit made the decision to move ahead with calling the CONTACT Team. Ben reviewed CONTACT team information and shared this information with the Board.
Estimated cost according to the brochure (which is vague) is between $1000 and $1500.
Janelle to draft and send a letter with signature of both Board representative and Kit formally requesting a congregational assessment. Janelle will write letter and get Kit’s signature in the next day or two and then send letter to the PNWD.
Questions which need to be asked the CONTACT team representative:
Ben to draft a letter to the congregation regarding this decision and any other information we may have at the time the letter goes out.
Jessica to contact PNWD to discuss and begin to set up contractual meeting with representative(s) of the CONTACT team. She will notify Board members as to available dates.
NEXT MEETING
Kathy Marsh to come to Board meeting to assist in the efforts of our volunteer recruitment for the congregation. Schedule 7:30-8:00 on 9/12/02. Board recognizes need to strong volunteer base of support and that our abilities to recruit volunteers is ailing.
Niya recommended that we do a tour of the building (the Board) so everyone has a basic understanding of where things are kept/stored, review elevator use, lights, etc. Board agreed that this would be a good idea.
Nominating committee vacancy.
Next meeting is September 9, 2002.
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