IMP^o^ 015 ! SERO queries!

[Mary Calhoun]

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IMP ^o^ Bulletin 015
Reminder!
AFSC-SERO Strategic Planning Queries
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Responses Needed by Nov 1st
from Monthly Meetings & Worship Groups
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(from memo from Daryl Bergquist and Crystal Gaines, presented on their
behalf at 9-18-99 Rep Meeting by Free Polazzo)

<|>  We're reminded that this is an important time for our voices to be
heard.

<|>  Daryl's and Crystal's memo is dated May, 1999; apparently very few
meetings and
worship groups have responded.

<|>  The query responses are to give input to the strategic planning process
of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Southeastern Regional Office
(SERO).

<|>  For information on AFSC and programs see the website:  www.afsc.org

<|>  Return by November 1, 1999, to:  AFSC/SERO, 92 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta
GA 30303, 404-586-0460, fax 404-525-4728.  Daryl's e-mail address is
cgc at blountsville.net

<|>  The full text of the memo follows in IMP^o^ 016, for those wanting to
read it.


Strategic Planning Queries
to Monthly and Yearly Meetings in the Southeastern Region
of the American Friends Service Committee
May 1999

Please consider the queries below and send us your responses.  If
interested, also complete and include the contact information
form.  Return by November 1, 1999.

Connection to American Friends Service Committee--

In what way do you feel connected to American Friends Service Committee
(AFSC) and specifically the Southeastern Region Office (SERO) of AFSC?  As
an individual? As a Meeting? Would you like to see this relationship
change?  How?  What kind of communication do you as a Monthly or Yearly
Meeting want from AFSC/SERO?

Input on AFSC/SERO Goals and Priorities--

How familiar are you with the programs in which AFSC/SERO is currently
engaged?  Has your Meeting had direct contact with SERO staff?  Do you see
programming in the Southeastern Region reflective of the goals of the AFSC?
Are they reflective of Friends' concerns and testimonies  Are there needs
that you feel future efforts of AFSC/SERO should focus on?  How could your
Monthly or Yearly meeting contribute to such efforts?

Involvement in Service Work--

What are the primary areas of service in which you as a Monthly or Yearly
Meeting are engaged?  What role might AFSC play in facilitating this
service?  Are there areas in which you see a powerful need in your community
that speaks to Friends' testimonies, but have been unable to find a means of
providing assistance?

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Monthly/Yearly Meeting: ________________________________

Contact person: ______________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________

__________________________________________________

Phone:  __(______)___________________________________

E-mail: ____________________________________________






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