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major issue has been to what extent the existing buildings can meet the
programmatic recommendations of last year's SEB Committee. On January 25,
we met at the Downers Grove Meeting House with our consulting historic
architect, Michael Lambert, to review his assessment and recommendations
for all our buildings. That afternoon after a long discussion we had one
of those exhilarating moments. Worship sharing was the format we chose
for each of us to describe his/her current personal vision of IYM's site.
Out of this worship and the discussion which ensued, we arrived at a wonderful
sense of unity on the need for, and the place for, a new building. Our
committee minute follows:
"It
was the sense of the Meeting that we move forward on a new building to
be located on the southern portion of the newly acquired land. This building
will be a winterized facility that would meet the needs for year-round
usage by Clear Creek Monthly Meeting and other groups, and would include
dining hall, kitchen, restrooms, sleeping and meeting spaces."
At
our March 15 meeting, held at the IYM Meeting House, our committee worked
with our Quaker architect advisor, Chip Rorem, to synthesize our various
individual visions of this new building. In the light of the general programmatic
considerations proposed by last year's committee, what should the specific
attributes of this new structure be? Our recommendations are too extensive
to be listed here, but there will be a full report at the Yearly Meeting
this summer. Don't miss it!
With
respect to the existing Dormitory and the Junior Yearly Meeting buildings,
our committee has yet to achieve unity on recommendations. We plan to meet
monthly and hope to close in on a clear vision by Yearly Meeting.
As
for our present grand old Yearly Meeting House, there are a few remaining
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