Meeting for Business

March 7, 2010

Meeting was opened in silence.

Minutes for February were approved.

Treasurer’s Report is attached.

Peace and Social Justice

· Conni is on the AFSC search committee to replace retiring Mary Ellen McNish as the general secretary of the AFSC.

· There is a pamphlet on racial disparity in West Virginia, Legacy of Inequality, a report that Rick Wilson was involved in preparing. We will have a discussion on this, and Larry Rowe has volunteered to lead the discussion. The pamphlet is available online at: http://wvpolicy.org/

· Steve Mininger’s letter to the editor to encourage other churches to bring meals to the homeless shelters was published in the Gazette last Thursday. We will prepare a letter that explains our procedures and experiences, and make this available to any churches that respond. Nate will contact the Charleston Interdenominational Council for Social Concerns. Steve Mininger will begin the letter, which will be circulated for additional comments.

State of the Meeting Report was circulated by Charles. It was favorably received, and we thank Charles for his work.

Quaker Retreat- We received information about a Quaker retreat (as a Meeting or an individual). Anyone interested in a can check this Internet address:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=1271a0d8969cc55f&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D7dbe673e3f%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1271a0d8969cc55f%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbQBBe0j2z4JeedNl8LJVL9cqDdQWA&pli=1
It is a hot link, for your convenience, but it is a Google document instead of a URL.

The Pendlehill course offering pamphlet is available on-line at www.pendehill.org.

Nate wrote a letter to Friend’s Journal to respond to their request for donations to help with their financial difficulties. We agreed to send the cost of 5 subscriptions ($200) without requiring a paper copy of the magazine.

Correspondences- Several correspondences were shared.

Meeting was closed in silence.