Minutes: Board of Directors Meeting October 19, 2006
Members present: Bill Matthews, Rob Evans, Delia Castillo, Nelda Reid, Bobbie Nehman, Michael Millican, Len Ellis, Liz Wolff, Danna Pyke, Marian Avalos.
proxies: Bill McElvaney, Stephen Brown.
Staff present: Lon Burnam.
Visitors: Bijan Abadi, Hadi Jawad, Valley Reed, Mary Cornett, Becky Tien, Gene Tien.
1. Opening: Bill Matthews called the meeting to order at 7:10pm; then read a centering poem.
2. Minutes: The September minutes were presented. Rob moved to accept, Marian second, accepted by voice vote.
3. Treasurer’s Report: Nelda reviewed the September report and our year-to-date status. A preliminary budget was also presented; we were asked to review it, give feedback, with special attention to request team leaders for their input. Delia moved to accept the report, Rob second.
4. Teams:
Communications Team [Trish] - no report.
Dismantling Racism [Delia] - Dec 2 event with Michael Philips at the Latino Cultural Center, 9an-noon, has been confirmed. Co-sponsors are NAACP, United Methodist Church, Dallas Interfaith, and LULAC.
Fundraising [Sidney] - Len gave a review of PAD progress; Delia moved that we recognize Millie Seltzer with a Memorial Award; all agreed.
Organizational Development [Lon] - with 6 positions to fill for next year, interviews with 2 potential board members were conducted.
Peace Education [Michael] - recap of successful Michael Nagler event.
Swords/Plowshares [Bill McElvaney] -Written report. Magnolia Theater has offered to show the "Iraq For Sale" film again; Nov 13 was the suggested date.
Hadi discussed the possibility of military action against Iran. The committee wants the DPC to endorse three actions that are planned. The first is a resolution distributed by Peace Action; this was read and discussed, then Danna moved that we to endorse this resolution, Marian second, all agreed.
Next was a proposed action and press conference by the Crawford Peace House on November 5. Concerns were raised about protests being made personal, rather than about ideals, and that our support be based on peace in word and deed. Danna made a motion to endorse and support the CPH Nov 5 action only if there is an military action against Iran, either a naval blockade, a bombing campaign, or troops-on-the-ground; all concurred.
The third piece of this proposal is to sponsor an action at City Hall in the event of any military action against Iran, including naval blockade, armed conflict, bombing or invasion. Liz moved to call this local action the day after such an event, at 7pm, at the flagpole at City Hall; Marian second. Emails and phone calls would be made in the event of this action.
5. Planning Retreat/Training: Lon proposed our yearly Planning Retreat be held Jan 6, 2007. In preparation, Len offered to facilitate a session in Integral Leadership; this is planned for Nov Dec 9, time and place to be announced.
6. Announcements: Sunday Nov 22 will be a Peace Mennonite 10,000 Villages opening.
7. Adjourn: Bobbie moved for adjournment at 9:30pm, Marian second.
submitted by Len Ellis
Secretary
October 21, 2006
revised Nov 15, 2006
