Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business

March 2, 2008 - Riverside Church 430 MLK

The Meeting begins with a period of silent worship at 1:10 p.m.

The Clerk reads an admonition from Isaac Penington (1677-1678) quoted in “Quaker Spirituality”.

3.08.01 Susan Hannigan reports for Ministry and Counsel (M&C)

1. The next meeting of M&C will take place at the home of Ralph Zito on Thursday April 3^rd at 7:15 p.m. All Meeting members/attenders are welcome to attend the first, non-confidential, part of the meeting. In the event that concerns will not be presented in person, M&C continues to request that concerns be forwarded in writing to the co-clerks (Susan Hannigan and Pamela Wood).

2. The next Morningside Meeting Breakfast will take place in the Riverside Church Café at 9:30 a.m. on March 23^rd. All are welcome-especially newcomers to Morningside. Miguel Davis-Dacio, Jason McGill and Ralph Zito will host this event.

3. Quaker Quest will take place on March 16^th: Worship sharing on the spiritual aspects of the Meeting’s use of funds. Charlotte Ehrman will facilitate.

4. The Meeting Retreat scheduled for May 16-18^th is in need of a coordinator.

3.08.02 Bart Dominus presents the Treasurer’s report. Friends are encouraged to make contributions to the work of the Meeting as soon as possible.

3.08.03 Charlotte Ehrman reports for the Space Committee.

1. Child care has been re-located to 9T

2. The Meeting still awaits a written rental contract from Riverside Church.

3.08.04 Tom Goodridge reports for the Nominating Committee.

1. Nominating proposes the nomination of Charlotte Ehrman for a 4^th term on NY Quarterly Meeting Nominating Committee.

2. Morningside Meeting continues to have openings on two committees:

-Ministry and Counsel

-Nominating

3.08.05 Friends approve the appointment of Charlotte Ehrman for a 4^th term to the Nominating Committee of NY Quarterly Meeting.

3.08.06 Ellyse Vitiello reports for Peace and Social Concerns.

Friends are encouraged to attend the meetings scheduled for the 2^nd First Day of the month.

3.08.07 Kathy Wood reports for the Ad Hoc Committee on Communications.

1. The State of the Meeting Report is on the Meeting website. Meeting Minutes will be posted on the website.

2. Meeting Minutes may also be sent by email.

3. Sally Campbell will make hard copies of the Minutes available at meetings for worship.

4. The Committee is laid down.

5. Friends are encouraged to consider how members of the Meeting will communicate on a regular basis in the absence of a newsletter. How can electronic technologies be better utilized?

3.08.08 Kathy Wood reports as interim representative of the Meeting to NY Yearly Meeting-Meeting for Discernment. She will attend the first seesion of this entity on March 15^th in Buffalo, N.Y.

3.08.09 Tom Goodridge reports on the 2/17/08 worship sharing re: the NY Yearly Meeting Eco-Spirituality Minute and Action Queries. A possible Morningside Meeting response to the minute will be formulated in the next meeting for worship with a concern for business on April 6^th.

The Clerk requests that committee reports be forwarded in writing prior to the next meeting for worship with a concern for business on April 6^th

^{Meeting ends at 2:30 with a period of silent worship.}

^{Respectfully submitted,}

^{Joyce Richardson}

^{Recording Clerk}

^{Attendance: Nancy Britton (Clerk), Vince Buscemi, Sally Campbell, Patricia Chernoff, Bart Dominus, Charlotte Ehrman, Ed Elder, Tom Goodridge, Susan Hannigan, Sarah Leuze , Robert Renwick, Joyce Richardson, Liz Stone, Ellyse Vitiello, Kathy Wood.}

Sunday, March 9 at 1:00 Peace and Social Concerns meeting

Sunday. March 16 at 1:00 Quaker Quest: Worship sharing on the spiritual aspects of the Meeting’s use of funds.

Sunday, March 23 at 9:30 a.m Morningside Meeting Breakfast in the Riverside Church Café.

Thursday April 3 at 7:15 p.m meeting of M&C will take place at the home of Ralph Zito

Sunday April 6 at 1:00 Meeting for worship with a concern for business