Bulls Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting for Business
December 14, 2008
Present: Lee Haring, Christopher Sammond, Julia Giordano, Nettie West, Robert West, Sybil Perry, Valerie Suter, Vonn New, John Perry, Mary Foster Cadbury, Christopher Cadbury.
Minutes are numbered from the beginning of the calendar year.
The meeting opens in worshipful silence.
The Clerk begins with a reading from New York Yearly Meeting’s Practice and Procedure on Meeting for Business.
2008-54 From Ministry and Counsel, Karen Snare reads a Memorial Minute for our member, Hans Janitschek. The meeting approves this minute with the addition of some suggested changes, which Ministry and Counsel will make.
2007-55 Karen Snare, also for Ministry and Counsel, announces the schedule for our Christmas celebration on Sunday, December 21st. There will be singing from 10:00 to 10:30, with Adam Pinsker accompanying on an electronic keyboard. Then Meeting for Worship will begin at 10:30 sharp, afterwards followed by a potluck lunch.
2007-56 Lee Haring suggests that we invite Ruben Hilari, the Bolivian teacher working at Oakwood Friends School this year, to come speak to us. Friends approve and ask Ministry and Counsel to arrange this visit. We will invite other meetings.
2007-57 We will consider our 2009 budget at the January meeting. Due to a power outage caused by the recent ice storm, the Clerk of the Finance Committee was unable to provide copies of the budget at this time.
We adjourn to meet at the appointed time for Meeting for Business on January 11, 2009.
Julia Giordana, clerk
Sybil Perry, recording clerk
