NEYM JUNIOR YEARLY MEETING SESSIONS MINUTES
Monday August 8 2005
The meeting opened with silent worship.
Nominating Committee: Avery Neale Nortonsmith (Northampton), Katherine Weidner (Kate ) (Vassalboro), Elena Zayas (New London), Caroline Monahan (New Haven), Ansel Notman-Wilmerding (Putney), Leah Selker (Cambridge), Harrison Haines (Fresh Pond), James Rider (Mattapoisett), Eleanor Elizabeth (Nora) Catlin (Hartford), and Micah Snow-Cobb (Mt. Toby) .
Presiding Clerks: Eleanor Elizabeth (Nora) Catlin (Hartford) and Micah Snow-Cobb. Adult staff: Karen Sanchez-Eppler (Northampton).
Recording Clerk: Phoebe Hogue-Rodley (Cambridge). Adult staff: Anne Anderson (Framingham).
Epistle Committee: Caleb Smith ( Concord), Laura McManamy (Amesbury), Sullivan Fraser (Mt. Toby), Eden Dulin (Orono). Adult staff: Karin Sprague (Smithfield).
Wheels Committee: Ian Winters (Monadnock), Teresa Fleming (Cambridge), Hannah R. Baker (Westerly), Mary Fraser (Mt. Toby). Adult staff: Steve Correia
Representatives to Childcare: Rainer Humphries (Hartford), Acacia McDowell (New Haven), Kate Weidner (Vassalboro). Adult staff: Julia Riseman (Northampton).
Representatives to K-2: Eliana Matos (Framingham), Avery Neale Nortonsmith (Northampton), Elena Zayas (New London), Isaiah Grace (Beacon Hill). Adult staff: Robin Churchill (Beacon Hill).
Representatives to JHYM: Cameron Jack Humphries (Hartford), Rhys Hogue-Rodley (Cambridge), Anastatia Mary (Annie) Spicer (Beacon Hill), Ansel Notman-Wilmerding (Putney). Adult staff: Mark Sullivan (Worcester).
Representatives to Young Friends: Catherine Johnson (Durham), Darien Brimage (Beacon Hill), Caroline Neumann (Fresh Pond). Adult staff: Karen Sanchez Eppler (Northampton).
Representatives to Young Adult Friends: Liz Stillwell (Monadnock), Kinari Horton (Northampton). Adult staff: Robyn Churchill (Beacon Hill).
Representatives to Adults (NEYM): Ana Taylor (Hartford), Harrison Haines (Fresh Pond). Adult staff: Mary Zwirner (Beacon Hill).
Two visiting representatives from Young Adult Friends were introduced: Anna Ellingboe (Acton) and Catherine Burgin (Acton). They liked seeing so many kids serving as officers, representatives, and committee members. Young Adult Friends are not as active.
The Wheels Committee agreed to meet Steve Correia (Westport) at 1pm today (Monday) at the door leading from the cafeteria out to the tent.
The Epistle Committee agreed to meet Karin Sprague (Smithfield) in MRC4 at 11:45am today (Monday).
New Business. A suggestion was made that the Grade 3-4 Group have more outdoor games. A second suggestion was made to play more JYM Ball. These recommendations will be passed on to adult staff and may be discussed further at Tuesday's Business Meeting.
The meeting closed with silent worship.
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MINUTES
The meeting opened
with silent worship.
The following
visitors from NEYM Adult Yearly Meeting were introduced: Erica Shed (Vassalboro),
Lyn Danforth (Wellesley), and Jacqui Clark (Vassalboro).
The minutes from
Monday August 8 2005 were read and approved.
The Wheels
Committee presented their recommendations for rules for safe use of wheels at
Yearly Meeting. The following
recommendations were approved and posted on the wall of MRC4:
1)
No bikes inside.
2)
No wheels in main building.
3)
Stay on paved surfaces.
4)
When in doubt, stop.
5)
Slow down and be extra careful near dining halls.
6)
Go slow when passing people.
7)
No riding on stairs.
8)
Always wear a helmet.
There was further
discernment about games. The 3-4
Grade Group asked to have their group schedule posted on their door.
The 5-6 Grade Group requested more games and an additional 10 minutes of
game time. A recommendation was
made that the 3-4 and 5-6 Grade Groups have some joint games.
These recommendations will be passed on to adult staff and worked on in
small groups.
The representatives
to Childcare reported on their visit. They watched the children do yoga before nap time.
They did Turtle Backs, Snakes, Plows, and Butterflies.
They ended with child's pose, and then all the kids lay down on their
mats with blankets and started rest time. Kiki,
the adult Childcare staff, led the yoga class, and the kids were very cute.
The report was
approved.
Committees and
Representatives agreed to meet today as follows: Epistle Committee at 1pm on the
stage in the cafeteria; representatives to K-2 at 6:30pm in MRC4;
representatives to YAFs at noon
under the tent; representatives to Young Friends at 9:45am in MRC4.
The meeting closed with silent worship.
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MINUTES
The meeting opened
with silent worship.
The minutes from
Tuesday August 9 2005 were read and approved.
The representatives
to Young Friends presented their report, which follows:
When we got to
Young Friends Business Meeting on Tuesday morning they were hanging out and
talking; some Young Friends managed to brush Matt Taber's hair.
Young Friends put up their hands for quiet to start Business Meeting and
it got quiet amazingly fast. They
very politely welcomed visitors and then went on with their Treasurer's report
and considered their plans for next year's retreats.
Then we left.
The report was
approved.
The representatives
to the K-2 group presented their report, which follows:
We visited in the
evening, so there were only 1-2's. We
came on Lego night and we got to play with the 1-2's. We played “Don't Break the Ice” and Legos.
Then we circled up and discussed paper bag skits.
The report was
approved.
The representatives
to Young Adult Friends presented their report, which follows:
The first thing the
Young Adult Friends discussed was the World Gathering of Young Friends.
Their concerns were who was going and how to use the money they raised.
The next issue was that NEYM cut funding for the part-time YAF
Coordinator position, so the YAFs have to write a new job description to give to
NEYM. The people in Business
Meeting asked and or told questions or concerns.
Last, everyone got an update on Nominating Committee for people who might
make a good YAF Clerk for next year.
The report was
approved.
The Epistle
Committee read a rough draft of the Epistle and people suggested more things to
include. Rainer Humphries
volunteered to join the Epistle Committee to let them know more about what the
5-6 Grade Group has been doing. The
Epistle Committee agreed to meet at 1pm today (Wednesday) on the stage of the
cafeteria.
Visitors from
Junior High Yearly Meeting were introduced.
They were Kimberly Haines (Fresh Pond), Emily Kelsey (Portland), and Cole
Notman-Wilmerding (Putney).
The representatives
to Junior High Yearly Meeting agreed that their staff person, Mark Sullivan
(Worcester), would come to their groups to get them at 10:45 today (Wednesday).
The meeting closed with silent worship.
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MINUTES Thursday
August 11 2005
The meeting opened
with silent worship. There were no
visitors.
The minutes from
Wednesday August 10 2005 were read, corrected, and approved.
The representatives
to Junior High Yearly Meeting presented their report, which follows:
First we went to
Bryant Center where the JHYMs all meet, but they had had a fire drill and had
gone to MRC4. We got there as they
were introducing visitors. Then
some people reported from their visits to YAF, K-2, and Childcare.
They wanted to give a minute of appreciation for the lifeguards who
watched them at their pool party, so they got a committee together and then we
left.
The report was
approved.
The representatives
to the adult Yearly Meeting presented their report, which follows:
We entered Business
Meeting when adults were still in silent worship after their Bible Half Hour.
Harrison wondered at first if silence was all the adults do, but then the
business part of the meeting started and we got to introduce ourselves.
We heard the
Recording Clerk read a minute from Monday night's Business Meeting about the FUM
Personnel Policy.. We learned that
Quakers have differences in beliefs, even though we are all Quakers.
We had a chance to see the approval process, with people adding to or
changing words of the minute.
The report was
approved.
Since our Recording
Clerk had to go home, Rainer Humphries and Caleb Smith volunteered to read our
Epistle, both for approval and at the closing worship with the entire Yearly
Meeting. The Epistle was read and
approved.
JYM thanked the
staff for their work with children.
Mark Sullivan asked
staff to collect their objects from the Paper Bag Skit bags.
We had silent
worship to send love to all the children who had to leave early.
These minutes were
read and approved.
The meeting closed
with silent worship.