getting ready for the MIT guild meeting

[lauradi rcn com]

   Ed asked who the liaison person is with Old North.  Dale did it for a 
while, Ed did it immediately after that.  I think over the decades it 
mostly has been one of the many tasks of the ringing master, but others 
help out.  It's not an elected position in the guild constitution, unless 
it is and I forgot. We could make it be elected if people want that, I 
guess. This is what currently happens:
    
     Old North is a more complicated place than the Advent, due to the 
historical site/house of worship duality. For things that are related to 
the congregation (weddings, volunteering to serve at coffee hour 
(lemonade), stuff like that) the contact person is the church 
administrator, Priscilla. [I have signed up to host lemonade on July 20th 
as myself, but will talk about ringing if possible]

For issues about the church *building* (lights, plumbing, whatever might 
affect us directly) we communicate with Brian, the sexton. 

I think there are two separate parts of communicating with the historical 
site. For formal things like planning for the Lantern service or other 
official events, the main contact person is Catherine Matthews, often cc'd 
to Nikki Stewart and the vicar.  For short-term tour stuff, it's usually 
Julius.

     Kat (as ringing master) has been the main person for some of this but 
I am cc'd in many exchanges (I think) because I have free time during work 
hours and can sometimes answer quickly, and because I've been around for 
ages so I have a long-term perspective.  Ricky and I both have text 
contact with Brian.  Julius has at least Ricky's and my phone numbers and 
email addresses as well as Kat's, for use when there are Saturday morning 
scheduling questions. Many of us also talk to Julius in person, usually 
when he is letting us know stuff.

     What is missing from this is a way to have us represented in the 
congregation's budget meetings, so that they don't forget that we 
occasionally want money for stuff.  There is no ringer who is also a 
member of the congregation currently. 

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Laura Dickerson