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Advent Guild Meeting Minutes from 8/25/10
Hi Boston Change Ringers,
I'm sorry for the delay in sending out the meeting
minutes.
Our annual meeting of the Advent Guild took place on
8/25/10. The attendees were: Emily, Danielle, Elaine, Asher, Oliver,
Greg, Dianne, and Genni.
We commenced the
meeting with status reports from current officers. We then talked about
recruiting methods, followed by an election for new officers, and then
other business.
Treasurer report:
Treasurer has sent out the savings, checking
and petty cash amounts to us all on August 23, 2010. The account is
currently located at TD Bank North. There is some money (~250) in the
Old North account. (side note: Perhaps this shouldn't be the case....)
There are $50 worth of parking tickets in the vouchers for parking
discounts in the box.
There has been a steady
state of money for the past year in the of about $2,200 to $2,500 in the
savings account, and about $400 [my number conflicts with the report
sent out, which states closer to $250. I could very well have
transcribed this incorrectly] in the checking account.
Now there are yearly contributions (in GBP) for the
ringing world and Campanophile
records of years past will be passed
along (though many probably won't be of any use.)
if move to another
bank-make sure there is no monthly fee
Steeple keeper report:
Everything is now in good shape except
the ropes. Stays, sliders, pulleys, clappers...
The ropes are BAD;
so bad, we will need them replaced before the year is up. The 3 has
just been replaced. The 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 had their tops pulled over. The
5, 6 need their tops pulled over. The 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 have their tail ends
spliced.
Eddie has gotten quotes from two different places for new ropes. To
do: check if Dale has sent answers to church's questions and the quotes
to the church. The quote we got is only for 8, we may want to pay for
extras ourselves. Or, we may want to just purchase extra ropes for
tails and tops instead of full ropes with sallies. The current quotes
are not for synthetic tops, they are natural ropes all the way. We may
want to replace the chiming rope as well. The last ropes are from about
10 years ago, which is a reasonable lifespan for ropes.
To do: purchase ear protection for this tower. Danielle has
volunteered to get it, and then will be reimbursed.
Recruiting:
Did
James reserve a table for the Midway? If not, no table will be
available at this point. Other recruiting opportunities include:
-Mish can put up fliers around multiple colleges.
-Email people that
attended last January and haven't been back since.
-Church volunteer
fair (sometime in September) -> We should get Dale to ask the church
about this.
-Use the signs on nice days outside the church. These are stored near
the doors on the Mount Vernon Street entrance.
Elections:
We
have no proxies for the meeting. I have only included below the winners
for the roles, not the others that were running.
Tower Captain: Elaine Hansen (role: "turns up and runs stuff")
Ringing
Master: Emily Russell (role: "quarter peal, extra services, and IP
course organizer")
Treasurer: Oliver Kosut
Secretary: Genni
Mushlin
NAG Rep: Eddie Futcher
Steeple Keeper: Asher Kaboth (Elaine and Ricky
can be on backup when the Steeple Keeper is not around)
Clapper
Correspondent: Laura Dickerson
Peal Secretary: Laura Dickerson
As
it stands at the moment, the keys will go to: Tower Captain, Ringing
Master, ans Steeple Keeper.
To do: check with Laura that she can write the article for the
Clapper for October.
Other news:
-We should ring something for
Moses, in honor of him becoming a citizen (his ceremony will be taking
place at Fenway Park.)
-We may want to edit (combine and reorganize) the constitution, which
hasn't been updated since about 1984.
-The spots don't appear to be
leaks of water upstairs, but instead, pigeon goo.
-We may need to
bring in 3 D-cell batteries for the doorbell, which has stopped working
at the moment.
I would like to extend a congratulations to our new officers!
Genni Mushlin
Advent Guild Secretary