September Meeting Minutes

Hello RIC Team,

If you have trouble opening the Word attachment on the email I sent, let me know (new version of Word now on my PC).

Sorry for the duplication. This email will be generated as I write the meeting minutes as a blog entry.

- Gary

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The September 4th team meeting was productive. There is now a draft Affirmation of Welcome and questions for the survey.

* We decided to keep the Affirmation of Welcome short and to write up a detailed rationale statement to include points that would make the current statement too long. Please feel free to provide feedback on the survery and / or the statement of welcome.

* The survey will be mailed to the congregation and will reference a Survey Monkey link on the web. Members can either turn in the survey or fill it out on line.

* Survey Monkey allows for a free, basic survey with 100 responses or less. We decided we will work with the basic functions and upgrade to professional if the survey response warrants.

* For our September event we talked about having representatives from RIC congregations come in to talk about changes in their congregation since becoming RIC. We want to ask what was planned and accomplished after becoming RIC as well. I emailed PDX RIC Core Team members and LCNA representatives and have not heard back yet.

* For October we are planning to focus on Other Explicit Welcomes. We are planning a moderated talk that focuses on members stories around welcome.

* We want to write up an RIC Q/A that will be a direct result of the survey, addressing questions and concerns brought up in the feedback. * Gretchen brought up finding people who would be willing to write a paragraph for the congregation that explains their thoughts on RIC.

* We decided that RIC needs to pass with an 80% yes vote by the congregation in January or Creator will not become an RIC congregation.