Call to June 2007 Continuing Committee Meeting

May 25, 2007  

Dear Continuing Committee members, other Meeting representatives and all involved in matters to come before the Continuing Committee:  

I hope you are all able to attend the meeting of the Continuing Committee of Intermountain Yearly Meeting to be held at Ghost Ranch from 1:15 to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, now less than three weeks away!  

I am sending as an attachment and also below a proposed agenda for the meeting, and several documents related to the agenda. These materials will also be posted in the Continuing Committee folder at imym.org. If there are other matters needing to come before the committee that have escaped my attention please send me an email as soon as possible.  

I look forward to our work and fellowship together.  

Yours in the Light,  

Eric Wright

IMYM Continuing Committee Meeting

Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 1:15 – 4:00 pm

(Lower Pavilion, Ghost Ranch)

Proposed Agenda Items

 1. Opening silence.  

2. Approval of minutes from the January 2007 Continuing Committee meetings in Denver. (Minutes to be sent out directly by Recording Clerk Phil Brewster) 

3. Review of results of major discussions in January and recommendations to be conveyed to the Yearly Meeting Business sessions: 

• approval of proceeding with exploration of IMYM affiliation with Friends General Conference;  
• lack of unity on affiliation with Quaker Earthcare Witness at this time;  
• recognition of the need for continued study and dialogue within IMYM seeking fuller understanding and deeper unity on issues of migrant and border concerns.  

4. Brief review of any pressing issues for the successful management of this year's gathering-- urgent needs for help or guidance?  

5. Request from Wyoming Friends Fellowship for "sojourning membership" in IMYM.  

6. Proposed minute from Las Cruces Monthly Meeting on War Tax Resistance, received too late for consideration at January Continuing Committee. (See Las Cruces Minute and related NY Yearly Meeting statement at imym.org.)  

7. Action taken by the Continuing Committee Clerk waiving registration fees for Los Angeles AFSC staff to coordinate bookstore at this year's IMYM gathering, and possible implications for other gathering attendees from other organizations.  

8. Proposal included in FWCC report asking that IMYM funds normally budgeted and set aside for our Representatives travel to the FWCC triennial be sent directly to FWCC until three years before the next triennial, currently delayed until 2012. (See FWCC report at imym.org)  

9. Review of other financial matters in Finance Committee report and budget recommendations to the Yearly Meeting.  

10. Any other matters to come before the Continuing Committee? (Please contact the Clerk ahead of time if possible.)