Minutes
Bennington Friends Meeting for Worship for the conduct of Business
Held at the Senior Citizens Service Center, Bennington, Vermont
February 19, 2012
Present: Timmy Bullock, Clerk; Beth Cheadle, Bain Davis, Auberta Galusha, Arnold Ricks (Acting Recording Clerk), Priscilla Tracy.
2012-10 The Acting Recording Clerk read the minutes of the January Meeting for Business which with minor emendation were approved as read. The matter of depositing our minutes in New England Yearly Meeting archives was raised. The Clerk is to inquire of the N.E.Y.M. office as to current practice.
2012-11 Priscilla Tracy, Clerk of Ministry and Council, read the minutes of its meeting on February 12, which are appended.
2012-12 In response to a request the Clerk raised for our consideration a list of proposed Friends Committee on National Legislation priorities for the year. Bennington Monthly Meeting strongly supports the five elements that FCNL has proposed. We see nuclear disarmament and peaceful prevention of armed conflict as two dimensions of one fundamental concern. While we wholeheartedly support the extended statement of concern for Native Americans, we would hope that the term “sovereignty” would be eschewed in this connection. The Meeting would also encourage a focus on clean air and clean water as well as on a sustainable energy policy.
2012-13 Arnold Ricks presented the report of the Finance Committee, which reviewed the financial record of the past year, and proposed that the Meeting adopt the same budget for this year. The Meeting agreed with the recommendation.
2012-14 Auberta Galusha, reporting on the Interfaith Council, noted that it wishes to establish a line item in its budget for administrative cost of the Interfaith Council itself. We ask that some indication of what these costs are be made available to our Finance Committee. We recommend that the Finance Committee consider this request when we have more information on these expenses as well as current levels of support. The meeting closed in silence.
Timmy Bullock, Clerk, Arnold Ricks, Acting Recording clerk.
Minutes for Ministry and Counsel Meeting
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Present were Priscilla Tracy, clerk, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Beth Cheadle, Auberta Galusha and Juliet Wright
Pastoral concerns were discussed.
2-12 Ministry and Counsel reviewed and made corrections to the contact directory and approved a letter to be sent to persons whose information is in question.