2023 Business Meeting Minutes & Reports

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Second Month 5, 2023 Hosted by Upper Dublin

   Agenda:
1. Minutes of prior Special called Meeting Twelfth Month 4, 2022
2. Gwynedd Minute - Christian Nationalism
3. Annual AQM Worship & Ministry report
    4. AQM Treasurer Report
    5. AQM Fund Report
6. Journeywork - Paige Menton
7. Clerks annual State of the Quarter Report
8. New Business

Fifth Month 7, 2023 Hosted by Norristown

Agenda:
1. Minutes of prior Business Meeting of Second Month 5, 2023
  2. Gwynedd's PYM Advocacy policy request /- PYM Advocacy Statement link
    3. AQM Trustees Report - 3 Directors up for reappointment
4. AQM Trustees Treasurer's Report
5. Home and Care Committee
6. Old Business
        AQM ad hoc coordinator report /- Coordinator Job Description
7. New business
      Consent Agenda discussion

Eight Month 6, 2023 - Hosted by Richland (Annual Picnic)

Agenda:
1. Minutes of prior Business Meeting of Fifth Month 7, 2023
2. AQM Young Friends Gathering
    3. AQM Coordinator Support Committee
    4. Reflections of PYM Sessions
    5. AQM Website policies to be approved
        Privacy policy - reviewed by counsel and recommended by AQCC
        Copyright Policy - reviewed by counsel and recommended by AQCC
6. New business
         Emergency Preparedness Gwynedd ad hoc Safety Committee report
         Abington MM recommended resource Protecting Houses of Worship
         Consent Agenda discussion

Tenth Month 1, 2023 - Hosted by Unami

Agenda:
1. Minutes of prior Business Meeting of Eighth Month 6, 2023
2. Minute of Appreciation - Paige Menton
3. Unami Meeting - Carbon Forest Project
4. AQM Youth Support Committee Report
5.  Incorporated Trustees appointments due from Byberry, Unami and Upper Dublin Meetings
- see AQMT Director Appointment Timeline
6. Incorporated Trustees Annual Report
7.  Incorporated Trustees Treasurer's Report and Draft Audit
8.  AQM Treasurer's Report
9. Monthly Meeting Emergency Preparedness -Gwynedd Meeting's Report
         also see Property and Safety Resources Page on the AQM Website
10. AQM Communications Committee - Website Polices to be approved
Privacy policy - reviewed by counsel and recommended by AQCC
Copyright Policy - reviewed by counsel and recommended by AQCC
         Also need demographic info from Meetings for the Terms & Conditions
11. Byberry Meeting update on Shoemaker Fund Grant
12. AQM Finance Committee responsibilities - needs members
13. Richland Meeting request - Stroudsburg Cemetery
14. Governance and Stewardship Thread Gathering 1/27/24 Arch St Meeting
   15. PYM’s threshing session : PYM's Advocacy policy 10/5/23 7-8:30 pm
16. Old Business
   17. New Business

Twelfth Month 3, 2023 - Called meeting via Zoom

  Agenda:
1. Abington Quarter Coordinator Support Committee report -
      Recommendation to hire new coordinator
2. Abington Quarter Finance Committee report -
      New members
    3. New Business

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The Meetings of Abington Quarter

There are 9 Monthly Meetings in Abington Quarter. You are welcome to find one near you and visit.

All Monthly Meetings hold "unprogrammed" Meeting for Worship each "First Day" (Sunday), although times vary. An unprogrammed Meeting for Worship begins in silence, attending to the "small, still voice within." Spoken ministry is offered as those gathered for worship feel so led.

Each Monthly Meeting has its own uniqueness. Worship times vary among Meetings. Some have singing before worship. Some are more Christo-centric than others. Many offer "blended" worship, with distant members and attenders joining via Zoom those who are gathered in the Meeting House . There are various additional gatherings for sharing, either after worship or at other times throughout the week. Several Meetings have schools under their care.

Check the links to the websites of the various Meetings for times, programs and other specifics, and to get a sense of which Meeting will best align with you.

Links to Meetings of Abington Quarter and their Locations

Each of these Monthly Meetings has their own distinctive flavor: small or large membership, varying diversity of age groups and ethnic, social, economic backgrounds and theology. Monthly Meetings are the composite of all its members as they jointly express their faith.

Meeting	Street Address	Website & Email
(1) Abington	520 Meetinghouse Rd Jenkintown, PA 19046	AbingtonQuakers.org amm@abingtonfriends.net
(2) Byberry	3001 Byberry Road Philadelphia PA 19154	ByberryQuakers.org office@byberryquakers.org
(3) Gwynedd	1101 DeKalb Pike Gwynedd, PA 19454	GwyneddMeeting.org office@gwyneddmeeting.org
(4) Horsham	500 Easton Rd Horsham, PA 19044	Horshamquakers.org office@horshamquakers.org
(5) Norristown	20 Jacoby St. Norristown, PA 19401	NorristownFriends.org office@norristownfriends.org
(6) Plymouth	2150 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462	PlymouthMeetingQuakers.org office@plymouthmeetingquakers.org
(7) Richland	206 South Main St Quakertown, PA 18951	RichlandQuakers.org richlandfriends@gmail.com
(8) Unami	Macoby St. and 5th St. Pennsburg, PA 18073	UnamiQuakers.org communications@unamiquakers.org
(9) Upper Dublin	1506 Ft Washington Ave Maple Glen, PA 19002	UpperDublinQuakers.org office@upperdublinquakers.org