Dave's Bulletin

Meeting for Worship for Business posted 4 July 2011

Meeting for worship for business held 3.7.11 minutes

Minute 2011/7/1

Representatives to Area Meeting

We ask Geoffrey and Rachel Cundall, Bill Cunningham, Ellie Earnshaw, Julia Gordon and Sheila Wray to serve as our representatives to Area Meeting at Alnwick on 10. 7. 11

Minute 2011/7/2 Nominations

Our Nominations Committee has brought in the name of Sally Allen to serve on our Website Committee until 31.12.13. Being acceptable to the Meeting, the Friend named is appointed accordingly.

We agree to hold a brief special business meeting to appoint the Management & Finance and Outreach committees once the names are available from our Nominations Committee.

Minute 2011/6/2 Progress Report on new Meeting House

Dave Wolfendale has reported to us that completion is now due during the week commencing 29th August, and we hope to be able to move in on 5th September. It has not been possible to catch up on the delay which was due to the remedial work on the dry rot. There will be some snagging work after this date, but we will have the use of the Meeting House from then.

The architect has suggested locations for the pediment and tombstone, and plans have been published showing these. Several different seating plans for the Meeting Room have been produced, and more than one may be trialled before we settle on a final plan. The frontage will also be tidied up before we move in.

Dave’s latest report is HERE

Minute 2011/6/4 Matters concerning the move

Benches and chairs: the proposal is that we take all the benches and chairs so that we can keep our options as to layout open. Wardenship group is producing an inventory of our furniture: they think it easier to take everything and then throw out what we eventually do not need. We ask the group to put the inventory on the website.

Gas: we have considered again the advantages and disadvantages of having a gas supply. We note that if we paid for a gas supply, the cost would be considerably offset by using our existing cooker. However, it is too late now to use gas heating and we are aware that we do very little cooking in the Meeting House.

In the circumstances we agree to stay with the decision not to use gas for the time being, and to try either to have our existing cooker modified or to part exchange it so as to reduce the cost of a new cooker.

Users: our Wardenship Group is in touch with the groups who may be moving with us and are advising them of the start dates.

Party: we agree to have a farewell party during August. We hope we can have a photograph of all Friends who are able to come. We ask our Social and Services committee to organise this.

Moving week practicalities: the Steering Group are addressing this issue and will report to the Meeting as soon as possible. We ask our Clerk to email their report to everyone when it is available.

We ask our Finance Committee to produce, once the move is completed, all monies received and all bills paid, a statement of our financial assets so that we are clear as to how we stand. We understand this will not be until 2012, as our finances are included in those of the Area Meeting.

Closing Minute

32 Friends and attenders have been present at our Meeting, which closes at 1.25 p.m. God willing, we will meet again on September 4th: our Clerk will be prevented on that day, and so Marcia Lemon will be at the table.