{"id":6386,"date":"2023-10-16T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:47:29","slug":"threshing-session-this-sunday-noon-to-115pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6386","title":{"rendered":"Threshing Session This Sunday, Noon to 1:15pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Nominating Committee, Linda Muller, Clerk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a smaller group and still have work to do together\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends are reminded to enjoy your bag lunch then gather in the worship room by 12 noon on this coming Sunday, October 22, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This THRESHING SESSION will be centered on the query:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can we SIMPLIFY our committee structure in order to<\/em><em> do the work of our beloved Meeting together?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some more specific questions we might consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Are there committees that can be combined, like Finance and Trustees?\u00a0 If so, should those names be required to have membership in the Meeting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Do we need a separate Nominating Committee, and should it require membership?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Do we need a formal committee for Peace and Social Concerns, or does it function more like a work group with various interest groups that can be voluntary (not nominated). \u00a0Should clerk be a member of Mtg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Similarly, do we need a formal Library Committee, or is it a work\/ interest group? Does it require nomination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Do we need a Communications Committee, or rather discreet tasks taken on by individuals (i.e., Webmaster, Newsletter Editor, Friends Note\u00a0organizer )?<br>(At this moment, with (newly) no newsletter editor, perhaps we want a trial of having a weekly bulletin instead (an expansion of This Week at DFM)? Do we need a back- up webmaster?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more threshing the better so come if you possibly can.&nbsp; We\u2019ll keep it to an hour, or an hour and 15 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thank you for considering, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212; Nominating Committee Clerk, Linda M<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Nominating Committee, Linda Muller, Clerk We are a smaller group and still have work to do together\u2026. 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