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The IYM 2007 Minute Book

Original version -- 583k PDF file, 3-minute download over 56k dialup

Revised version -- 566k PDF with corrected State of Society reports

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A few pages are formatted for the booklet and would not print well, but selections from the rest, such as the Minutes themselves, can easily be printed alone from the Acrobat Reader.

Table of Contents

YEARLY MEETING OFFICERS 1
NUMERICAL STRENGTH CHART 2
ADDITIONS AND LOSSES BY NAME AND MEETING 4

PROGRAM 5
Address by Lucy Duncan
Address by Paul Lacey
Plummer Lecture by Margaret Katranides

MINUTES 6
EXERCISES 14
EPISTLES 15
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS 19

Financial Reports for Fiscal Year 7/1/06 to 6/30/07 19
Balance Sheet
Net Assets by Fund
Income & Expenses
Monthly Meeting Contributions
2007-2008 Budget 25

TRAVEL POLICY 25
IYM COMMITTEE REPORTS 27

Ad Hoc Committee on Discernment of Gifts 27
Ad Hoc Committee to Study IYM Finances 27
Ad Hoc Transition Issues Committee 28
Environmental Concerns 35
Faith and Practice 36
Finance 37
Handbook 43
Maintenance and Planning 47
Ministry & Advancement 48
Publications 51
Quaker Volunteer Service, Training and Witness 52
Site Envisioning and Development 53
Youth Oversight 56

MEETING DIRECTORY 54
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES 58
YEARLY MEETING REGISTRATION REPORT 62
OTHER DOCUMENTS FROM BUSINESS SESSIONS 63

Faith & Practice Approved Section on Marriage 63
Minutebook Indexing Proposal 72
Personal Plea for Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities 73
Winter Retreat 2007 73
Youth Coordinator Job Description 75

MEMORIALS 76
STATE OF SOCIETY REPORTS 83
STANDING COMMITTEES 105
AD HOC COMMITTEES 107
APPOINTMENTS TO WIDER QUAKER ORGANIZATIONS 107
YEARLY MEETING SESSION COMMITTEES 108
OTHER YEARLY MEETING OFFICERS 108
CONTINUING COMMITTEE 109


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