January 22, 2008, 8:30 AM
Westtown Meeting House

We began with a brief period of worship.

People needing our thoughts were then mentioned.

Dates of coming events (on the blue half sheet) that Kevin prepared

• 1/26 Sat 6:30 P&SJ Potluck at Nancy Hoffman’s to discuss “Three Cups of Tea”.
• 1/27 Pot Luck Lunch after MFW with Aminda Baird to talk about Nutrition and Holistic Health.
• 1/27 Concord Quarterly Meeting at Wilmington Mtg. Schedule in the CQM Newsletter.
• 2/3 WMM Committees meet at 9:00.
• 2/10 Cabrini College Students in a class on Radical Religious Movements in America join us for Meeting for Worship. Q&A opportunity afterward.
• 2/17 at 8:30 Meeting for Business.
• 2/17 after MFW a potluck lunch to welcome new members.

MM Minutes for December and January will be on the website.

Correspondence:

• With Phil Genther re improvements in the Meeting House
  - Crawl space: remove clutter, lock on door (BIG discussion on this)
  - carpet upstairs, more grounded outlets, lights over hood, are listed.
  
• Christine Yeh wants to change to Friend of Westtown MM she may join a mtg in CA.
  
• Re Sarah Yeoman & sons transfer to Centre MM; Centre is holding transfers in abeyance until her intentions are clear. (BTW Wyatt says he and Ian are joining Birmingham MM along with Ted (dad))
  
• Sarah Muhlenberg & Edian Rodriguez marriage under our care: postponed – date to be known later. Discussion: couples married under our care need to be members according to PA law?
  
• J Martin Trust offers help to people in financial difficulties … see letter posted
  
• Eliz Baird: QLP & Earth service … could we host (sleeping overnight) delegates from other Fnds Schools attending Friends Schools Day of the Earth conf 4/25 –26/2008? Kevin will clarify details with Lizzy.
  
• Janny Sterrett thanks for supporting her in Walk For Hope (cancer survivors)
  
• Lynda & Melissa McCourt wanting to join WMM; Should we do two clearness cttes? One ctte but two separate approvals: Rebeeca, Ginny, Denis, Anne Wood offered to serve. We’ll ask them first if the ctte arrangement is good.
  
• Kevin thanked Ernie Schoch for serving Sunday brunch two weeks ago.
  
• New member families have been invited to pot luck lunch on 2/17.

Clearness ctte repts:

• Kluznik, David, Marge, Ben, and Anthony (Ctte Tom Haviland, &
  M&M Dear). They recommend and we approve acceptance into membership
  
• Joyce Colket’s ctte hasn’t met yet (who are they? Kevin will check)
  
• Re Deb Wood’s planned time in Rwanda next Summer (African
  Great Lakes Initiate) the comm. Recommends that we support her
  
• Quaterly Mtg questions/discussion from PYM takes place Peter Lane, Laura Worth, Mitch Beaver will talk on Weds 1/23 evening.

PC&C Report:

• buddy system under consideration
• we’ll ask for members of other comms to join
• hearing devices … Pocket Talkers, to be tried. We’ll buy two and ask about hygienic ear pieces. Are they a problem with already worn hearing aids? Ask at store about buying them on a trial basis. We also talked about transcribing.

P&SJ Report:

• Jon Evans: question from PYM re concerns about anti poverty efforts by our Meeting? Nothing being done at the moment
• Jon Evans is on steering ctte for the Peace Gathering:
• Peace gathering to forward hope … Heedng God’s Call …
• Planned for MLKing day time in 2009. At Arch Street Mtg hse and nearby churches (joined by Bretheren, Mennonites.

W&Min Report:

• Rebecca Mays: said that Marcia Prager visit (talking about prayer) is hard to schedule …
• (visit from Cabrini College students [Kevin Eppler] on 2/10)
• We settled on 2/10 or 2/17 even as things seem full.

Nom Comm Report:

Peter Lane reported

• We offer the notion of a committee made up of the current clerk and experienced former clerks (Laurie and Peter) and one “new” member.
  
• This group would stand ready to fill in when Kevin needed to be away and to be a teaching group for the new member. The new member would prepare to be the next clerk, whenever that position needed to be filled.

2. We talked about “shaking down” the committees.

• We will look at the committee lists so we know who might like to switch to another committee.
  
• NB the Pastoral Care and Concerns Ctte is about to roll out the new “buddy system”. We’ll be asking active members on any of the committees, who are willing, to take on a family just to let them know we are thinking of them. ... and maybe from that effort we'll get a few more folks to populate our committees ... maybe.

3. New news: Branin Boyd told me that he’ll need to be replaced within this year.

Treasurer’s report:

• Branin reported that we are in pretty good shape.
• Rept attached accepted and approved.
  

Notes on Worship Sharing regarding the state of our meeting gleaned from our MM on 12/16/2007.

Kevin prepared a summary of our discussion from the January MM and we listened as he read them. More discussion will follow.

Respectfully submitted,

Peter Lane
Temporary Recording Clerk