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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Interim Meeting
27 June 2002

Minute # 1. Worship and Opening Exercises

The meeting settled into worship at the appointed hour of 6:00 pm at Arch Street Meetinghouse, Philadelphia, PA.

The clerk, Chris Mahon (Woodstown), introduced herself and asked the recording clerk to introduce herself - Susan White (Princeton). Friends were reminded that the alternate clerk, Chris Nicholson (Germantown), was away traveling. The clerk asked mentors for new members of Interim Meeting to introduce themselves: Dorothy Carroll (Birmingham) and Jack Mahon (Woodstown).

The clerk then welcomed the following new members, alternates and visitors: Carol Ritting (Cheltenham) representative, Geoff Wilkinson (Willistown) substituting for representative, and guests Mignon Adams (Arch Street), Marjorie Candau (Woodbury), Mario Cavallini, (Mickleton), Alice Gilbert (London Grove), Phil Gilbert (London Grove), Gladys Hernblad (Arch Street), Robert Hernblad, (Arch Street), Paul Kester, (Newtown), Arthur Larrabee, (Central Philadelphia), Tom Farquhar, Head of Westtown School, Bruce Haines, clerk of the Westtown School Committee, and Nancy Irving, Friends World Committee on Consultation.

Minute # 2. Minutes of 23 May 2002

The minutes from the meeting held on 25 April 2002 were approved with the following corrections and comments.

Minute #1, (p.1): In the third paragraph, Kate deReil (Haverford) is the alternate clerk of the Nominating Committee.

A Friend offered the thought that having detailed minutes such as these for Interim Meeting strengthens our work, both for those who were present and for those unable to attend a particular meeting. Other Friends concurred.

Minute # 3. New Business Incorporation of Westtown School

Bruce Haines, clerk of the Westtown School Committee, was present to present the draft Articles of Incorporation for Westtown School. Tom Farquhar, outgoing Head of Westtown School, and Arthur Larrabee, member of the School Committee, were also present.

As background, it was noted that Yearly Meeting in session on March 22, 2002, approved the incorporation of Westtown School and of George School as separate legal entities. Yearly Meeting at that time transferred to Interim Meeting the responsibility for approval of the articles of incorporation for the two schools. At its May 6, 2002 meeting, the Committee in Charge of Westtown School approved draft articles of incorporation, and on May 10 forwarded them to Chris Mahon for consideration by Interim Meeting.

The draft articles of incorporation, along with a written detailed summary of the consideration of incorporation for these two schools from Yearly Meeting, were distributed to members of Interim Meeting with the agenda for this meeting Item I.4 of the summary from the discussion at Yearly Meeting states: "The incorporation of George School and Westtown, like the incorporation of the Yearly Meeting, now appears to be an appropriate legal mechanism to provide for the right stewardship of the resources of all three institutions."

In presenting the articles of incorporation to Interim Meeting, Bruce Haines emphasized the following points from the Articles of Incorporation. These answer specific questions and meet specific concerns raised by Yearly Meeting in session in March.

First, from the Background Information and Intention:
With Westtown's incorporation, it is the intention of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and the Committee in Charge of Westtown School, to continue without interruption, but in a corporate form, the operation of Westtown School as it now exists and as it may evolve in the future. (p. 1)

Then from the Terms:
From 3. Purpose. Westtown School is incorporated exclusively for religious and educational purposes . . . and more specifically for the following purpose:
To be a Quaker, co-educational, day and boarding school whose beliefs, principles, values and practices reflect those of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the Religious Society of Friends. (p. 2)

From: 6. Governance:
Part (c). Two-thirds of the members of the General Committee shall be members of the Religious Society of Friends, and a majority of the members of the General Committee shall be members of Philadelphia Yearly Meting. Members appointed to meet the requirement of membership in Philadelphia Yearly Meting shall be selected from among nominees presented by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. (p2.)

7. Decision-Making.
The General Committee will continue to conduct its business, and to make decisions, in the manner of the Religious Society of Friends as then practiced, and as informed by the then current Faith and Practice of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

8. Spiritual Connection with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
It is intended that Westtown and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will continue to have a spiritual connection. If invited to do so by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the General Committee will make an annual report to it. Further, the General Committee will receive and give serious consideration to concerns forwarded to it by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Dissolution. In the event Westtown School shall ever by laid down, dissolved or liquidated, Westtown School . . . shall distribute the corporate assets to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting or as Philadelphia Yearly Meeting shall direct . . . .

Amendment

These Articles of Incorporation may be amended from time to time by the General Committee, provided, however, Background Information and Intention, and Articles #, 6c, 8, 12 and 13 may be amended only after the duly minuted consent of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Interim Meeting approved the Bylaws of Incorporation of Westtown School as presented. Interim Meeting also approved the development of Bylaws for Westtown School with the understanding that the points emphasized above from the Articles of Incorporation would be identical in the Bylaws. Interim Meeting further approved allowing the General Committee to make non-substantial changes to suit the Internal Revenue Service requirements.

Chris Mahon reminded Friends that Tom Farquhar is leaving Westtown School to take another post. Interim Meeting warmly joined in a Minute of Appreciation for Tom's thirteen years of exemplary service as Head of Westtown School. We will miss him both as our friend and in our work in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Minute # 4.Continuing Business

A. Report of the Ad Hoc Group to Consider the Peace Secretary Proposal.

At the February 2002 Interim Meeting, an Ad Hoc Group was formed to consider further a minute from Concord Quarter asking Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to create a staff position for a Peace Secretary. The group was open to all interested Friends, and three meetings were held. Minutes were prepared for each meeting, and copies were available at this Interim Meeting on the clerk's table.

Susan White (Princeton) and Carlos E. Moreno (Abington) were among the Friends who were part of the Ad Hoc Group, and they presented to Interim Meeting this evening the Report of that group. A number of other members of the Ad Hoc Group were also present, and all welcomed questions from Interim Meeting about the Report. Copies of the report had been distributed with the agenda for this meeting. The report begins as follows:

At its third meeting on May 30, 2002, the Ad Hoc Group to Consider the Peace Secretary Proposal came to unity on the points listed in the Report which is given here.

Report
Meetings of the Ad Hoc Group were blessed by patient and attentive listening of all to the concerns and leadings of each Friend who was present.

I. At the first meeting, a Friend lifted up the thought that when Friends do not find unity, the way of the Spirit which will be acceptable to all has not yet been discerned.

II. At the second meeting, Friends present came to unity on two points:


III. At the third meeting, Friends present came to unity on the following:

Report: A Peace Well for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

The Ad Hoc Group to consider the Peace Secretary Proposal recommends that Interim Meeting consider forming an organizational structure which we call a Peace Well. We remember that Jesus began his ministry with the woman at the well, and we are mindful of other passages of scripture where a well reminds us of how rare and important the water contained there is within the arid climate of much biblical geography, even as peace is both rare and important in our world.

In the Bible, the well is also a metaphor for the living presence of the Divine, the source of all life, that which underlies all. To seek peace, we are mindful that we must begin by first turning to the living presence of God. Peace is the fruit flowing from the presence of God. The multiplicity of practices, opportunities, and cooperative endeavors suggested in this report can flourish only through the grace of the Divine. Our prayerful hope is that Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will be refreshed by the Living Waters of the Divine in our work for peace, and that we will always be mindful in seeking peace of the necessary union of faith and action.

Gathered around the Peace Well of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting could be a number of groups and functions.

The report continues to provide detail about how the Peace Well structure could be organized. In outline form, that organization includes the following:

A. Groups Around the Peace Well could include:

B. Functions and Activities Around the Peace Well might include some or all of the following.
When the report had been summarized, the clerk asked all those present who were part of the Ad Hoc Group to stand so that members of Interim Meeting could know who they were. The clerk asked for discussion on the report.

A Friend asked whether there had been consideration by the Ad Hoc Group of any financial implications for the recommendations. The following points were brought up in considering this question.

Members of the Ad Hoc Group replied that they were not looking at the details of the work, but rather the general outline.

Howard Cell, clerk of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee, noted that the only part of the report which would require additional financial support is the Peace Fellows program. He suggested that the Peace Fellows program might well be funded outside the regular budget of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

A member of the Ad Hoc Group reminded Friends of the story told by the Jazz Sax player Wayne Shorter. After he had begun to play with a new group, the leader told him about his playing that he "needed to go out and bring back a drink of water." The Sax player modified his performance, and a little later asked the group's leader if his performance had improved. The leader told him that "he still needed to go out and get a drink of water, but it needed to be a drink of clear water." The Friend suggested that it was the hope of the Ad Hoc Group that the Peace Well could offer a "drink of clear water" about our peace witness to all of us within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and also to the outside world. The Ad Hoc Group has brought a "clear water" vision of a conceptual structure which is termed a Peace Well. The Yearly Meeting will need to determine what details of implementation are appropriate

A Friend asked whether the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee could create a working group to help develop further the concepts brought forward in the Peace Well proposal. The reply was that it is not within the responsibility of a Standing Committee to create a working group, but the Standing Committee can certainly encourage Friends with a concern to create the working group under their care.

A Friend spoke of a concern that the proposed Meeting for Peace and Concerns might become an elite group within the Yearly Meeting. The following points were raised in considering this concern.

The Friend spoke in support of most elements of the Peace Well proposal, but had grave concerns about the proposed Meeting for Peace and Concerns. There could be a danger of setting aside particular Friends to raise them up above other Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has done away with elders, with facing benches in the Yearly Meeting, Interim Meeting, and in most Monthly and Quarterly Meetings. The Meeting on Worship and Ministry, suggested as a pattern for the newly proposed Meeting on Peace and Concerns, could be seen as suggesting a greater spiritual weight for its members than for other Friends.

Another Friend expressed exactly the opposite concern. What that Friend finds missing within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is a way to use one's peace witness, or other witness, to get closer to God. The Meeting on Peace and Concerns could be a way opening for us to accomplish that.

Some Friends spoke in support of the Meeting on Worship and Ministry being a type of service offered within the Yearly Meeting, rather than a special status. The clerk called on Mario Cavallini, clerk of the Meeting on Worship and Ministry, to comment on this concern. Mario reported his view that members of the Meeting on Worship and Ministry do not view service there as setting them apart or above other Friends.

Interim Meeting has invited the Meeting on Worship and Ministry to send representatives to be present at our sessions to hold our work in the Light as we go about our business. Mario reported that Friends from the Meeting on Worship and Ministry find this request a way to release them from other matters to concentrate on one aspect of the burden we all carry. This is not from a sense of greater spiritual weight, but rather is the work asked of them by the Yearly Meeting at this particular time.

Another Friend noted the openness of the proposed Meeting for Peace and Concerns. There could be a place within it for Friends who are called to witness to Peace in different ways. It could include those Friends who would be called to be worshipful, those who are action oriented, others who are contemplative, some who are led to provide educational opportunities, to travel, or to nurture others.

Member of the Ad Hoc Group commented that the Meeting on Peace and Concerns was considered as an open group, meeting at a certain time in a central place, with any Friend or other interested person being able to gather for worship sharing on individual leadings and comments on peace matters and other concerns of our spiritual journey. Some Friends could be called to travel to individual Meetings for such sessions as well. The group was not suggested to be a closed or elite body.

A Friend offered up that in the work of the Yearly Meeting, perhaps too often we separate those who are spirit led from the social activists. The Peace Well could provide a chance to bring together those who are led in both ways.

Another Friend suggested that the Budget conference could be a model of coming together and inviting the whole Yearly Meeting to discern "What we are led to as a Yearly Meeting", to use the challenge often raised for us by the General Secretary. The Peace Well proposal is what happens when we pool our resources, gather our various strengths, and allow ourselves to be guided by the Spirit.

A Friend asked whether the Ad Hoc Group could be asked to further develop the Peace Well proposal. Several members of the Group reported their strong sense of being empowered by the Spirit in their work together, but that they were servants of the Yearly Meeting whose job was to bring the Peace Well proposal, and then allow the Yearly Meeting to use it as leadings and opportunities arise. They were united in clarity that their work had been completed in bringing the Peace Well proposal to Interim Meeting.

The clerk called on Howard Cell, clerk of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee, to comment on the proposals in the report, and on concerns that Friends had raised.

Howard noted that under the question of finances, the only program with financial implications was the Peace Fellow proposal. This is still very much in the discussion stage, and necessary funding might well come from outside the Yearly Meeting budget. As to the question of the Meeting on Peace and Concerns being an elite body, it could rather be created to be a servant of the Yearly Meeting.

The clerk asked whether the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee could take the Peace Well proposal, and report back to us on what parts of the proposal they feel we are already doing. Also, to make suggestions about how we might implement the other aspects. A report could come back to Interim Meeting in September or otherwise in the fall. Howard agreed for the Standing Committee to take this on. Interim Meeting warmly approved the report and welcomed further work to be done on the Peace Well by the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee.
B. Ramallah Friends Update

The clerk read a minute of June 10, 2002, of Abington Monthly Meeting, Abington Quarter, to offer support in rebuilding the Ramallah Friends Meetinghouse. That minute states in part: "Friends of Abington Monthly Meeting, Abington Quarter, support the initiative approved by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in session, 3rd month, 2002, to help rebuild the Ramallah Friends meetinghouse and to seek ways to work with peace groups throughout the region." The Friends at Abington also made a contribution of $1,000 towards the $50,000 contribution of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to repair the meetinghouse in Ramallah. The minute continues: "We also believe we should continue to be involved on an ongoing basis with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Ramallah initiative. It is a tangential way to say 'Peace is the way' in the Middle East."

The clerk further reported for Thom Jeavons, who had planned to be at Interim Meeting this evening but has been delayed in his plane travel by storms. Jean Zaru, Clerk of Ramallah Friends Meeting, is now in Jordon, trying to get permission to return to Ramallah.

Minute # 5. Financial Stewardship

Jackie Bowers, clerk of the Financial Stewardship Committee, had been sent to give a “Heads Up” to Interim Meeting that Financial Stewardship has determined that for the year now being planned, the 2003-2004 fiscal year, we can tighten our belts one more time. What this actually means is that less program work can be done for the same dollars. But we have come to the end of the road in terms of belt-tightening to continue supporting the same programs. Then, in planning for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, what can we trim in terms of program support? Are there ways to strengthen contributions to the Annual Fund? We need to look at various income streams that come into Yearly Meting, and maybe re-direct some of those. Financial Stewardship plans to consider these questions in the coming year. Sometime next year in the spring of 2003, Financial Stewardship will bring to Interim Meeting a report suggesting new ways to continue doing the work that we intend Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to accomplish.

Minute # 6. Business of Standing Committees

A. General Services Standing Committee

Anne Moore (Valley), clerk of the General Services Standing Committee, reported:

1. Anne presented the report of the Chace Granting Group and the Bequest Granting Group. The Chace Granting Group met in April 2002, and considered 20 applications. 17 of those were fully or partially funded for a total of $173,670. At the May 2002 meeting of the Bequest Granting Group, 18 applications were considered, and 16 were fully or partially funded for a total of $171.362. An informational sheet listing each grant given, the recipient and the amount, was distributed to Interim Meeting.

2. Anne called on Paul Kester, clerk of the Financial Services Working Group, to present the Report of Designated Funds. The report states in part:

This year, Financial Services Working Group appointed a sub-committee to review all of the documents for all the designated and restricted funds. Because there are ninety-three such funds, the sub-committee needs more than one year to complete its review. At the completion of the sub-committee's review, it will present a report to Financial Services on the classifications of the funds.
Financial Services would like to develop specific recommendations for the classification and use of these funds, in light of the general recommendations from this Interim

Meeting and a thorough review of background documents. The Financial Services Working Group provided to Interim Meeting an eight page document providing details on the names, amounts, and purposes or restrictions from designated and restricted funds. The Working Group asked Interim Meeting to delay changes in policy for these funds until a full study can be completed. Interim Meeting approved.

A listing of the income from seventeen designated funds was presented to Interim Meeting, which approved the proposed use of this income, on a one year basis, until the fuller review which is underway can be completed.

Paul noted that most of our funds are in the hands of the Friends Fiduciary Fund, but some have other designated trustees.

3. A memorandum had been distributed to members of Interim Meeting from Sam Swansen, the General Counsel of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting which reports that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has been incorporated. The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State in Harrisburg with an effective date of July 1, 2002. Interim Meeting is the governing body of the new nonprofit corporation. There is no interruption of the existing tax exempt status of the Yearly Meeting. Banking activities of the Yearly Meeting also have not been affected. This has been a smooth transition to an incorporated status.

Kathy Reilly has gotten a new federal identification number for the Internal Revenue Service for the new corporation. The Yearly Meeting has a new sales tax exemption number, but no Monthly Meeting sales tax exemption number is affected. If questions arise at individual Monthly Meetings, treasurers or other responsible Friends there are advised to call Kathy before filing any papers for themselves, since this is better done centrally. She will send a letter to all treasurers of Monthly and Quarterly Meetings to inform them of the changes.

4. Ann asked Elizabeth Foley to report on the Annual Fund. Elizabeth distributed a report to Interim Meeting which showed that as of June 27, 2002, Friends had raised $412,270.17, or 89.5% of the $460,000 goal of the Annual Fund. Elizabeth distributed a picture of a handcrafted table made by Kent Erickson, Middletown Monthly Meeting, from a 125 year old Osage orange tree that grew in West Chester. The table will be sold to benefit the Annual Fund. Elizabeth also announced an additional gift from Jonathan Rhodes of $8,589 to be equally divided between Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Germantown Monthly Meeting.

B. Peace and Concerns Standing Committee.

Howard Cell (Yardley), clerk of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee,
reported on two matters:

1- At May Interim Meeting, Friends asked the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee to bring back to the June meeting an exact amount for the dues for the Center on Conscientious Objectors. The amount of dues is $300.

2- A responsibility was given to the Peace and concerns Standing Committee by Yearly Meeting in session in March 2002 to work with the Friends World Committee on Consultation to determine an appropriate role for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in supporting the Peace Conference FWCC will hold at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina in January 2003. Howard called on Nancy Irving of the FWCC to report on plans for the conference. This conference will draw Friends from all types of Yearly Meetings. FWCC is asking for contributions to a special fund to help Young Friends, ages 18 to 30, from all over the U.S. and Canada travel to the conference.

Peace and Concerns will itself support staff support for the conference out of its existing staff allocations. Peace and Concerns brought a further request to Interim Meeting to support this conference financially. The first is a direct contribution of $2500. The second is up to $1500 in postal meter charges. These are not funds which Peace and Concerns has in its budget.

Chris Mahon asked Jackie Bowers whether Interim Meeting has this money. Jackie reported that while we do not have a cash flow problem, we do have a budget problem. Interim Meeting does not have a contingency fund to support unexpected expenses. A Friend asked whether we could make the contribution, and then all go home and raise the money to repay the funds so expended. Friends approved.

Howard further suggested that Meetings might consider funding young Friends to attend this conference. Friends discussed how much support could be provided for these young Friends. Friends noted that many individual Meetings within our Yearly Meeting can easily afford to support a young Friend to attend this conference. When a Meeting is led to provide support for a young Friend, that Meeting might consider also making a donation to support another young Friend whose personal circumstance and home Meeting cannot provide such support. Such Meetings might be among Quaker bodies other than Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Providing this support could be a tangible witness to a sense of common purpose among all Friends.

C. Support and Outreach Standing Committee.

Betsy Appelbaum (Newtown), Interim Meeting representative for the Support and Outreach Standing Committee, reported for that committee.

Interim Meeting in April had approved a request from Support and Outreach for its PYM-HABS Working Group to engage in fundraising to support an exhibit on historic meetinghouses. The Historical American Buildings Survey is a part of the National Park Service. The exhibit, "Silent Witness: Quaker Meeting Houses in the Delaware Valley 1695 to the Present", will consist of panels of photographs and architectural drawing with explanatory text. It will be open at the Philadelphia Athenaeum with a day-long symposium on September 21, 2002, and run there until late December. After January 2003, it will be shown at Arch Street for three to six months. There will also be a 45 page catalog for the exhibit.

PYM-HABS, in consultation with the Development Director, solicited funds from the 27 Meetings in the exhibit, from architectural and construction firms whose principals are Friends, and from other outside trust funds as appropriate. That fundraising to support the exhibit of historic meetinghouses has been successful. $45,000 has been raised. Interim Meeting minuted approval of the fundraising work for this project.

Minute # 7. Minutes from Meetings.

A. The clerk read a travel minute of June 2, 2002,from Green Street Monthly Meeting and Philadelphia Quarter supporting the peacemaking journey to Israel and Palestine of their members Sharon Mullally and Linda Hanna. Interim Meeting joined in the minute.

B. The clerk read a travel minute of July 17, 2002, from Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting supporting the journey of their member Hollister Knowlton to attend the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg South Africa in August and September 2002. The minute said in part, "We support Hollister in her journey, which we see as a stop on a life-long leading toward work on behalf of the Earth." As background, the clerk noted that Hollister is the representative of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to the Friends Committee on Unity with Nature, and an active member of the Environmental Working Group under the care of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee. Interim Meeting joined in the travel minute.

C. The clerk read a minute from Chester Quarter asking that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting minute its support for the NonViolent Peace Force and to approve several specific actions. Friends minuting support for this body. Chester Quarter also asked Interim Meeting to approve several specific actions in support of the NonViolent Peace Force. Friends raised a number of questions about these actions.

Since Interim Meeting was not clear on the suggested actions, the clerk will ask Chester Quarter to reconsider the actions, with a light toward providing further information to Interim Meeting about the NonViolent Peace Force and its work.

Minute # 8. Continued Discussion of General Secretary's End of Year Report.

Thom Jeavons supplied an Addendum to the General Secretary's End of Year Report to clarify several points raised from the discussion at May Interim Meeting. In this document, he (1) provided more specific examples of opportunities lost because of PYM's lack of clear priorities and goals, and (2), what the implications would be in concrete terms, i.e., what things we might give up, or leave undone, if our plans and actions as a religious nonprofit organization were guided by clear priorities and goals.

The clerk suggested that since the hour was late and the report complex, Friends might want to create an Ad Hoc Group to consider the implications and possible actions from the General Secretary's Report in May and the Addendum provided tonight. Members of Interim Meeting labored at length with the suggestion, and were very uncomfortable with any plan but looking toward a continued discussion by the full body of Interim Meeting.

Some members of the staff of Yearly Meeting suggested that working with too large an agenda and too many tasks on an ongoing basis is counter to good order, and is demoralizing to those trying to answer the Divine in their work, when that work becomes heavier and therefore more impossible to complete each day. Waiting until a date in the fall, as some Friends had suggested, to further consider setting priorities for their work seemed an ill choice.

The clerk then set a special called meeting of Interim Meeting for July 25, at 6 p.m., with the only item on the agenda being further consideration of the General Secretary's End-of-Year Report, "Just Surviving, or Thriving?", and its Addendum.

Minute # 9. Nominating Committee.
Rich Ailes, clerk of the Nominating Committee, reported the following nominations:
Nominations Meeting Quarter Panel Year

Education Standing Committee
*John Spangler West Chester Concord 2005
*Tippy Schwabe Haverford Haverford 2005

Worship and Care Standing Committee
*Carol Spawn Arch Street Philadelphia 2005

Friends Center Board

Vivian Hawkins Central Philadelphia Philadelphia 2005

Friends General Conference Central Committee

*Henry Beck Gwynedd Abington 2005
*Lila Cornell Media Chester 2005
*Lois Forrest Mount Holly Burlington 2005
*William Frysinger Kennett Western 2005
*Robert Horvay Mickleton Salem 2005
*Vanessa Julye Central Philadelphia Philadelphia 2005
*Jennifer Lenik Woodstown Salem 2005
*Karen Lightner Germantown Philadelphia 2005

Friends Committee on National Legislation

*Amy Taylor Brooks Arch Street Philadelphia 2005

Friends World Committee for Consultation

*Amy Parker Gutlerrez Hockessin Western 2004
Elizabeth Gates Lancaster Caln 2006

* = first term

Resignations

Friends World Committee for Consultation

Donna Hartmann Lehigh Valley Bucks 2004

Friends approved the nominations presented, and accepted the resignations.

Current Count for Standing Committees including the above
Education=13 General Services=14 Peace and Concerns=12
Support and Outreach=17 Worship and Care=14 Financial Stewardship=7+9 SC reps

Minute # 10. Clerk's correspondence

The clerk read a letter from the Friends World Committee on Consultation asking that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting appoint two Friends to attend the FWCC Peace Conference to be held in January 2003 at Guilford College, North Carolina.

Arlene Kelly as clerk of Yearly Meeting, Chris Mahon as clerk of Interim Meeting, and Howard Cell as clerk of Peace and Concerns Standing Committee will serve as an ad hoc group to suggest the names of two adult Friends and six young Friends to represent Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at this Conference. Suggestions from other Friends are welcome, and can be directed to any member of the group.

Minute # 11. Announcements and Adjournment.

The dates for Interim Meeting for the coming year are as follows: September 26, 2002; November 21, 2002; January 23, 2003; February 27, 2003; April 24, 2003; and June 26, 2003.

Marjorie Anderson, Kennett, announced that this is her last night as a representative to Interim Meeting. She began as a member of Representative Meeting in 1975, and has been an active member of our community from that time to this. Friends expressed gratitude for her years of service and fellowship, and offered warmest best wishes to her.

Friends settled into worship and adjourned near the hour of 9:45 pm. We shall meet again, God willing, on 25 July 2002.

Chris Mahon, Clerk
Susan White, Recording Clerk

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