From moriah at preferred.com Sat Aug 4 17:30:29 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 17:30:29 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 113 Min & NL for Penelope Message-ID: <006c01c11d2c$fb5e1ca0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 113 Reminder -- Meeting Minutes and Newsletters... ---------------------------------------------------- ...are wanted by Penelope Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 6-24-01 message from Penelope Wright, outgoing Clerk of SAYMA, incoming Clerk of Nominating Committee) <|> As mentioned in the cover letter with the Spring Rep Meeting Minutes, Penelope would like to continue to receive (or begin receiving) newsletters and minutes. <|> If you've already arranged to do this, thank you! <|> "Newsletters and minutes" means whichever your meeting does, or both, or your combination of the two -- however your group does it! <|> Address them to -- Penelope Wright 1106 Caldwell Lane Nashville TN 37204 <|> Receiving these will greatly help in her work on Nominating Committee. ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 080401 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Sat Aug 4 18:43:02 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:43:02 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 114 Vieques Min Message-ID: <015801c11d37$45f0cba0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 114 Minute on Vieques --------------------------------------------------- from Asheville (NC) Friends Meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 6-24-01 message from Valerie Hogstrom, Co-Clerk, Asheville FM) <|> At the June 17th [2001] Meeting for Business Asheville Friends Meeting approved the following minute:- <|> "We affirm the historic Quaker testimony against war and the preparation for war. We recognize that war is the most environmentally destructive act in which we engage. We therefore stand with the people of Puerto Rico and Vieques, who are American citizens, in their call for the immediate end to the Navy bombing on the inhabited island of Vieques. We hold the U.S. Navy responsible for the environmental restoration of Vieques and the waters around the island that have been contaminated. We urge all people of faith to join in carrying this message to their elected representatives in the U.S. government." <|> On 6-24-01 Valerie also said, "Friend Elizabeth Roebling (formerly Eames) left this morning for Vieques so that she may witness in support of this concern." <|> On 7-12-01 Valerie added, "Elizabeth Roebling did indeed protest at Vieques, was arrested and faces charges tomorrow. We expect her to return on Monday and will find out then what consequences there will be." <|> On 7-23-01 Valerie reported, "Elizabeth Roebling went to court in San Juan last week, had a lenient judge and was sentenced to 'time served' and complimented by the judge for the quality of her presentation to the court! ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 080401 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to moriah at preferred.com, 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., c/o 165 Jackson Street, Abingdon, VA 24210. 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Sat Aug 4 20:55:00 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:55:00 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 115 Q Consult on Mid-East Message-ID: <020601c11d49$c4e2caa0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 115 Quaker Consultation on Middle East Issues ---------------------------------------- August 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 7-12-01 message from Valerie Barlow, Atlanta FM) <|> "Calling all Quakers who have spent time in the Middle East, or on Middle East issues, and are interested in a Quaker consultation in August on the Middle East. <|> "Friends, if you are interested in being part of this Consultation on Middle East issues please contact-- <|> "Ilise Cohen, Program Director AFSC Middle East Peace Education Program 404-586-0460 icohen at afsc.org" ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 080401 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From freepolazzo at mindspring.com Tue Aug 7 11:04:43 2001 From: freepolazzo at mindspring.com (Free Polazzo) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:04:43 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] A Contest for Bumpersticker glory Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010807105534.00b06bf8@127.0.0.1> Hello Friends, The Quaker Outreach Forum List (QOF) sent a message I thought would be of interest to Friends in SAYMA. The FGC advancement committee is looking for messages about Quakerism that would fit on a bumpersticker as a way to do outreach. If you want your suggestions to be forwarded to the QOF list for consideration, please send them to me by the end of August and I can forward them on to the appropriate party. In any event, this process of discerning a bumpersticker slogan can be very helpful to any MM or WG's outreach effort. Who are we as a MM or WG? How do we want to be known to the community at large? Have fun with this. Peace with Justice, Free Polazzo Anneewakee Worship Group Douglasville, Georgia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Subject: QOF A Contest for Bumpersticker glory > >Friends, >FGC's Advancement cttee has been having some fun with brainstorming >slogans for bumperstickers. And we have a bumper crop. But no clear >zingers. >Have you got some creative juices to spare. >Try this in your MMs newsletter, get suggestions, post them here. >In a month, I will create a poll of the ones that are still here and >you can register your unity (of course this is not a vote, grin) >The purpose of the sticker is, yes, Quaker Visibility but also it >could be revealing of some truth about Spirit-centred Quakerism, >about society, ecology, theology, etc. One Friend pointed out we are >good at poking fun at ourselves, self-deprecating I think he called >it. And we are preparing for a new Quaker website called >QuakerFinder.org which will help seekers locate a Meeting near them. >Sticker size: about 4" x 17", probably 20 characters max. and will >have QuakerFinder.org on it too. > >Here's the brainstorm list so far: >Recharge Your Light Find A Quaker Hot Buttered Soul >Ask A Quaker Ribs To Go Quaker Style Quakers Do It Now >Quaker Wakeup > >Take Time to Listen Quakers: Church for the free Soul Care, >Social Care, Quakers Care > >A Quaker is Just a Handshake Away Since God Speaks - We LISTEN > >Quakers - A WAY to Peace Quaker Lite - Turn it on! >Join Us...Change the World Listening Spirituality >Quakers LISTEN THEE=THOU 350 Years Young Find and Seek > >Seek and Find Quakers Heed the Word Be Radical...Be a Quaker > >All of these would have the internet address underneath in a bright >color -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perryt at bellsouth.net Thu Aug 9 12:04:19 2001 From: perryt at bellsouth.net (perryt at bellsouth.net) Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 12:04:19 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] QUACKERS Message-ID: <3B72B483.9B15C5C0@bellsouth.net> easily deleted -------------- next part -------------- A TEXT VERSION OF QUAKCERS FOR E-MALE Summer, 2001 IRRELEVANT, IRREVERENT, IRRITATING, IRRIGATING IDEAS By Perry Treadwell, editor, curmudgeon For those not familiar with QUACKERS: I have been writing these intermittently for several years when moved as the ad for the food said, "Crisp Snacks." Actually it was originally a mislabled folder for Quakers. God's Chosen People? by Perry Treadwell I bet (in a Quakerly fashion) that, if you are a convinced Friend, you remember the first time you came to Meeting for Worship. I remember my first time in La Jolla, California. I sat in silence having been warned by my sister-in-law that people come neither planning to speak or planning not to speak. Suddenly, a woman rose to speak. I really don't remember her message just the power of her presence. I do remember feeling pleased, warm, comfortable. A couple of First Days later the same woman approached me with a copy of John Woolman's journal. "Here," she said thrusting the book into my hand, "You should read this." I did. After many years in different denominations and outside of any organized religion, I felt at home. "I have always been a Quaker and never knew it," is a frequent phrase describing a new attender's experience. Today most of the Friends General Conference tribe of Friends are "convinced Friends." That is, they came to Friends from other religious backgrounds or none at all. What brought us to Friends is attributed to a variety of reasons: curiosity, association with friends who are Friends, Friends schools, Friends social action. But I would suggest that what keeps us coming back is the common thread that we are spiritual seekers much like those first recruits of George Fox who called themselves Seekers. We have found a place that allows us to seek our spiritual truths. It is not a dogma that holds us together but a practice of waiting on the spirit to guide us. We test these leadings within our community of seekers who are on different places in their spiritual paths. I also believe that those Friends claiming to be "birthright" are still with us because they also became convinced to continue their membership in the society. From our practice has come our service: service to one another, service within our community, service to those in need outside of our community, stewardship of our environment. The list of Quaker organizations in which we can serve seems endless. In this sense we are all servant ministers. For the first century or so of the Religious Society of Friends, we considered ourselves one of "God's Chosen People." The original meaning of "Peculiar" People was "chosen." Chosen was not used in the sense of "special" or good, but in our practice of discerning how we are to serve God. The word is archaic within Friends. Nevertheless, those who are convinced Friends might consider the proposition that they were chosen to come to Meeting for Worship to serve as God's eyes, and hands, and feet, and voice for doing God's work. WHAT I LEARNED AT SUMMER CAMP by Perry Treadwell Much has changed over the century of Friends General Conference's existence. I doubt that most Friends are aware of where we have come from. But to understand where FGC may discern to go in the 21st century it might help to know our history of change. That is why I attended Chuck Fager's workshop at The Gathering this July. Many of us are familiar with our story in the17th century but are unsure of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Quietist Period. Our story begins with the Great Schism of 1827 between the Hicksites and Orthodox factions. Although many of us understand that this was a theological debate between those who believed the final authority was the inner light and those more inclined to hold to the Bible as their final authority. However, the real struggle was between the elders who asserted their authority of meetings, whether monthly, quarterly or yearly, and those asserting a more democratic governance. Nevertheless, the Hicksite DISCIPLINE retained the two tier society of the SELECT who retained their elder roles for life and even passed their status on to their sons. Men ran the show. The monthly meetings were subordinate to quarters which, in turn, were subordinate to the yearly meeting. In 1853, a group of Friends began the revolution against such a hierarchy and formed "The Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends." Their "Exposition of Sentiments" affirmed the authority of the God within and created no structure for the yearly meeting's governance. It discarded monthly meetings (if Friends got together it would be an "association"), ministers, elders and select. The YM would be known by what it did "...for the promotion of Temperance, Peace, Ant-Slavery, Education, the Equal Rights of Woman & etc." They met at Longwood meeting house which is now the visitor's center for Longwood Gardens, near the present Kennett Square meeting outside of Philadelphia. Although the structure of this "Progressive Yearly Meeting" was too loose to last it began the movement toward FGC. First, those seeing a need for consultation on religious education formed an association of seven yearly meetings. Then the Friends' Union for Philanthropic Labor met either before or after the religious education meetings. Then those concerned with education met at the same time because many participated in more than one of the associations. In 1900 they merged into a conference in Chatauqua, NY. A Central Committee was appointed as representatives from the seven yearly meetings. Henry W. Wilber was appointed the first Secretary in 1902. He visited widely before dying suddenly at the 1914 conference. Out of the discernment of the Central Committee came a Uniform Discipline in 1926 for the yearly meetings to consider. All of the seven yearly meetings adopted some or all of this discipline. It clearly threw out the subordination of monthly meetings to the hierarchy replacing the key word "accountable" with "report to." Ministers and elders were obvious by their absence. A key phrase defined the individual in relation to the meeting: "Although each person must follow his own leading as to truth and duty as the final authority for himself, experience has demonstrated that in the united worship and activities of a religious group the spiritual discernment is sharpened by the stimulus, counsel, and judgement of all, so that the final knowledge or decision of the group is superior to that of the individual..." One should not get the impression that the new view of authority made FGC's later years easy. Conversely, it has responded to many challenges: The peace testimony was questioned by many weighty Friends during WWI. Spiritualists became prominent some speaking with the dead including with George Fox. Humanists denied God. Universalists returned to Robert Barklay's thesis that there is the seed, the Christ, within all people through all times. Healing the Hicksite-Orthodox separation Leaving Cape May after questioning Friends commitment to race relations, ending poverty, universalism, Vietnam, among many social concerns. Sexuality at Ithaca including who sleeps with whom in 1972 and 1975 conferences. Homosexuality at the combined Wichita conference with Friends United Meeting and Evangelical Friends. A Hymnal without sexist words. During this time the Chairman of the Conference became Clerk. FGC keeps renewing itself! While those of us on the Central Committee wish to emphasize that "FGC is More Than the Gathering," we can see that the Cape May Conference has been transformed into a Gathering community of diversity. Yesterday's controversies have become today's plenary sessions, workshops, centers, interest groups and ad hoc discussions. FGC's role in this century can be to develop some of these into programs for nurturing our membership, as we are able. From freepolazzo at mindspring.com Tue Aug 7 21:26:43 2001 From: freepolazzo at mindspring.com (Free Polazzo) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:26:43 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Support legislation to create U.S. Department of Peace Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010807211626.03294fb8@127.0.0.1> Hi All, Got this notice today and wanted to share the good news. Someone wants to create a a Department of Peace at the Cabinet Level. I have already wrote to my congressperson, Bob Barr (R-GA), and hope you can take a few minutes to do the same. Peace with Justice (in the USA Gov't even?) Free >Subject: USA: Dept of Peace Legislation > >REP. KUCINICH INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE >Dear Friend, > Today we have a remarkable opportunity to fulfill one of >our most cherished goals: the creation of a more secure foundation for >national and global peace. > But we need you to act immediately. > On July 11, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced >legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to create >a Department of Peace--a cabinet-level agency dedicated to >peacemaking and the study of conditions conducive to both >domestic and international peace. > The Department of Peace would focus on nonmilitary peaceful >conflict resolutions, prevent violence, and promote justice >and democratic principles to expand human rights. A Peace >Academy, similar to the five military service academies, >would be created, its graduates dispatched to troubled areas >around the globe to promote nonviolent dispute resolutions. > Rep. Kucinich's bill (H.R. 2459), which already has 38 >congressional cosponsors, opens the door for the realization >of these long-standing goals. > Rep. Kucinich has also sponsored two bills on genetically engineered >foods, >one for labeling and one for testing. > As he introduced H.R. 2459, Rep. Kucinich commented, "The >time for peace is now. Peace is not only the absence of >violence, but the presence of a higher evolution of human >awareness with respect, trust and integrity toward humankind." > PLEASE HELP ENSURE PASSAGE OF H.R. 2459 SO THAT PEACE CAN >BECOME A REALITY IN OUR TIME. PLEASE ACT TODAY! > >ACTION STEPS > Please contact your Representative immediately and strongly >encourage him or her to support H.R. 2459. > Just call the national Capitol switchboard at 1-202-225-3121 >and ask to speak to your Representative. You can also email >your Representative directly from > http://www.house.gov/writerep > If your Representative is a cosponsor of H.R. 2459 (see list >below), please contact him or her to offer your thanks and >support for this decision. We also urge you to send your >congratulations and support to Rep. Kucinich at > http://www.house.gov/kucinich/action/peace.htm >(just scroll to the bottom of the page). You can also find >out more about the Department of Peace at this site. > Although the Senate version of H.R. 2459 has not yet been >introduced, you may also contact your Senators and urge them >to become familiar with and support this legislation. To >obtain email addresses, mailing addresses, and phone numbers >for your Senators, just go to > http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm >to link to your Senators' websites. > A summary of H.R. 2459 is given below. For the full text of >the bill, please visit > http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c107query.html#billno >and type in H.R. 2459 under Search Bill Text #2, Bill Number. > >SUMMARY of H.R. 2459 > Establishes a Department of Peace, which shall be headed by a Secretary >of >Peace appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. >Sets forth the mission of the Department, including to: (1) hold peace as an >organizing principle; (2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic >principles to >expand human rights; and (3) develop policies that promote national and >international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, >peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict. > Establishes in the Department the Intergovernmental Advisory >Council on Peace, which shall provide assistance and make >recommendations to the Secretary and the President concerning >intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent >conflict resolution. > Transfers to the Department the functions, assets, and personnel of >various Federal agencies. > Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. > Establishes Peace Day. Urges all citizens to observe and >celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace >on such day. >COSPONSORS OF H.R. 2459 (ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE) > >Rep. Farr, Sam (D-CA) >Rep. Filner, Bob (D-CA) >Rep. Honda, Michael M. (D-CA) >Rep. Lee, Barbara (D-CA) >Rep. Solis, Hilda L. (D-CA) >Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete (D-CA) >Rep. Waters, Maxine (D-CA) >Rep. Watson, Diane E. (D-CA) >Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. (D-CA) >Rep. Udall, Mark (D-CO) >Rep. Lewis, John (D-GA) >Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. (D-GA) >Rep. Davis, Danny K. (D-IL) >Rep. Evans, Lane (D-IL) >Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. (D-IL) >Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. (D-IL) >Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (D-IL) >Rep. Carson, Julia (D-IN) >Rep. McGovern, James P. (D-MA) >Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. (D-MI) >Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy (D-MO) >Rep. Holt, Rush D. (D-NJ) >Rep. Payne, Donald M. (D-NJ) >Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. (D-NY) >Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. (D-NY) >Rep. Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY) >Rep. Owens, Major R. (D-NY) >Rep. Serrano, Jose E. (D-NY) >Rep. Towns, Edolphus (D-NY) >Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. (D-NY) >Rep. Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) >Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs (D-OH) >Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. (D-OR) >Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX) >Rep. Scott, Robert C. (D-VA) >Rep. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT) >Rep. Baird, Brian (D-WA) >Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II (D-WV) From kcarlyle at juno.com Fri Aug 10 15:26:37 2001 From: kcarlyle at juno.com (Kim Carlyle) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:26:37 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] SAF submission date Message-ID: <20010810.152642.-3975079.19.kcarlyle@juno.com> Hello Friends, Please contribute articles, announcements, letters to the editor, whatever for the next issue of Southern Appalachian Friend by 08/31/2001. You can send them to SAFeditor at SAYMA.org Thanks, Susan & Kim Carlyle ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. From kmav at icx.net Sat Aug 11 19:28:37 2001 From: kmav at icx.net (Kathleen H. Mavournin) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:28:37 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] SAYMA teenagers and SAYF Message-ID: <3B75BF94.30696404@icx.net> Please Make This Announcement at SAYMA Meetings and Worship Groups. Thanks. Southern Appalachian Young Friends are preparing to begin the 2001-2002 schedule of retreats. We want everyone in SAYMA of high school or junior high school age to know about our plans for this year, especially those who have just turned 12 or are beginning the 7th grade, and those who have recently moved into the SAYMA area. If you know of Young Friends in your family or in your meeting who might like to be on the SAYF mailing list, please ask them to send name, age, grade, monthly meeting, mailing address, phone number, and email address to: Therese Hildebrand SAYF Administrative Assistant 260 Radford Hollow Road Big Hill KY 40405 or dlkennedy at kih.net (put SAYF somewhere in the subject line) Youth are not required to be members or regular attenders of a Quaker meeting in order to attend SAYF events, but we do ask that they have some understanding and experience of Quaker process. An information packet, including a schedule of retreats and SAYF guidelines, will be sent to new members of the mailing list. Kathleen Mavournin Co-Clerk, SAYF Steering Committee From freepolazzo at mindspring.com Wed Aug 15 22:21:03 2001 From: freepolazzo at mindspring.com (Free Polazzo) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:21:03 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Joint Statement by the Orient House and MIFTAH (Aug ust 15th, 2001) Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010815221658.00af6990@127.0.0.1> Hello Friends, Ilise Cohen of AFSC-SERO's Middle East Peace Education Program sent this message to the members of the program's committee. I forward it to you to let you know how serious the situation in Israel/Palestine is getting. Please hold those folks in the Middle East and those who are here in the SE, working on this issue, in the Healing Light that brings Peace with Justice to all. Free Polazzo Anneewakee Creek Worship Group Douglasville, GA >for those of you that have been paying attention to the israeli takeover of >the Orient house...this is a BIG DEAL! >there had been threats by the Israeli govt to close it down over the last >few years (where Faisal Husseni did a lot of his work) but it did not really >happen. this takeover is significant in its act because of the statement >about Jerusalem, about power, and about the current relations between the >governments/authorieis of the Palestinians and Israelis. >-ilise > > >From: MIFTAH >Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:38 PM >Subject: Joint Statement by the Orient House and MIFTAH (August 15th, 2001) >{01} > > > >Office of Faisal Husseini The >Palestinian Initiative for the >Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy > >Date: August 15th, 2001 >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >Joint Statement by the Orient House and MIFTAH > >The Orient House and the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global >Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) urge the international community to take a >firm stance against Israel's illegal occupation of the Orient House in east >Jerusalem. In particular, we call upon the governments and institutions of >European states (specifically the European Union) to take an active and >direct role in upholding the rights and freedoms of the Palestinian people, >in accordance with international legality and legitimacy. > >The Israeli occupation of the Orient House in the early hours of Friday >August 10th, 2001, constitutes a serious violation of international law and >a blatant disregard to the Palestinian-Israeli understandings reached >following the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991. Ariel Sharon's government has >directly violated the pledge made by Israel in October 1993, in which >Israel's Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, declared, in a letter sent to the >late Johan Jorgen Holst, the Norwegian Foreign Minister at the time, that >Israel shall not hamper the activity of Palestinian institutions functioning >within the boundaries of east Jerusalem. > >Recent statements made by Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, that the >Orient House shall only be closed for 6 months, and not permanently (as >stated by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the wake of the incursion >on August 10th), are yet another example of the 'apologist' role assumed by >the Israeli left in dealing with the current crisis, and the conflict at >large. Mr. Peres has willfully adopted Sharon's policy of repression and >mentality of occupation, with all its anachronisms and misperceptions. > >The Orient House and MIFTAH strongly reject the position adopted by Shimon >Peres as a shortsighted attempt to defuse the situation and mislead the >international community by willfully undermining the urgency of an immediate >withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Orient House, and the immediate >reopening of all Palestinian institutions recently shut down in east >Jerusalem. > >To that end, and in light of the urgency in taking firm steps against >Israel's illegal actions, we demand that the European Union and the >governments of European states: > From moriah at preferred.com Thu Aug 16 14:13:29 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:13:29 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 116 Rep Meeting, all welcome! Message-ID: <02d301c1267f$a53376c0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 116 All welcome... ... at SAYMA's Rep Meetings ................................................................. Next one: September 8th at Birmingham FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please share with your meeting -- <|> Fall Representative Meeting will be held Saturday, Sept 8th, at 9:00 am Central time, hosted by the Birmingham (AL) Friends Meeting. <|> Any f/Friend may attend and participate; those gathered represent the Yearly Meeting. (Attending without "official" duties can be a delightful chance for fellowship and taking part in Quaker process.) <|> "Representative Meeting carries out the ongoing work of the yearly meeting and acts in the name of the yearly meeting between sessions." (A Guide to Our Faith and Our Practice) <|> SAYMA "... is organized ... to provide fellowship and a central coordinating group of Friends ... through which individuals and Monthly Meetings are nurtured, and whereby inspiration, spiritual revitalization, mutual irradiation, exchange of ideas, comparison of problems, and coordination of spiritual/religious efforts may be accomplished." (from "...Articles of SAYMA," an "approved operating description for ... legal and other purposes.") <|> Each meeting and worship group is encouraged to send a Representative. These f/Friends are important channels of two-way communication between SAYMA and local meetings. <|> Presently, SAYMA is comprised of about 31 meetings and worship groups (ranging in size from under half a dozen to over 300 members and attenders). About two thirds of these groups count themselves as "up-to-50" f/Friends. <|> "Our name ... in traditional Quaker language indicates that we meet annually to conduct our business. The yearly meeting, however, is a cooperative association and exercises no authority, other than moral and advisory, over any local meeting or individual Friend." (Faith and Practice) <|> Registration packets will be mailed soon to f/Friends recorded in the SAYMA office as -- Clerks/contacts for their meetings or worship groups -- SAYMA representatives -- members of Yearly Meeting Planning Committee and the SAYMA Ministry & Nurture Committee -- clerks of SAYMA committees -- SAYMA Clerks and Treasurer <|> Others wishing to attend may contact their clerk or visit our web-site www.sayma.org ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 081601 ~~~~~~ ___________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., c/o 165 Jackson Street, Abingdon, VA 24210. Thank you! ^o^ Mary Calhoun, AA ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, subscribe to the free list server, sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail message. You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From CIsland at aol.com Fri Aug 17 11:30:01 2001 From: CIsland at aol.com (CIsland at aol.com) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:30:01 EDT Subject: [saymaListserv] "Liberal Quakers" newly identified? Message-ID: Friends, The little low key sociology-of-religion report quoted in full below arouses some interest in me. I thought it might also in you. It was reported on one of the "Periscope" pages in the August 13, 2001, issue of Newsweek magazine. "RELIGION Quaker Votes LIBERAL QUAKERS ARE a quiet bunch, and until recently, so was the Beliefnet Web page devoted to them. It got so few hits that tracking software didn't pick it up. Now it's one of Beliefnet's top 50 links, thanks to Belief-O-Matic, a tongue-in-cheek quiz matching personal ideologies with established faiths. Editor Steven Waldman says the quiz pegs "a disproportionate number? of respondents as liberal Quakers. Suddenly, test takers have flooded Quaker groups with curious e-mail. "We used to send out two sample copies of our magazine a week says Trish Edwards-Konic, Quaker Life editor. "Now we send out 10." Online forums are also buzzing with posts ranging from the newly converted to, well, the quizzical." William F. "Bill" Reynolds 3529 Dell Trail Chattanooga, TN 37411 e-mail: cisland at aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perryt at bellsouth.net Sat Aug 18 10:35:27 2001 From: perryt at bellsouth.net (perryt at bellsouth.net) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:35:27 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] an unquarterly quarter Message-ID: <3B7E7D2F.C8E4994E@bellsouth.net> To Annewakee Creek, Athens, Auburn, Birmingham, Columbia, Greenville, Huntsville, New Moon, Northwest GA Mountains, and Royal Meetings and Worship Groups in particular and any other interested Friends. When I wrote for SAF inviting those Friends south of Tennessee to a nonquarter quarter I was looking at the August calendar instead of September. Atlanta will celebrate its 10 years in its present meeting house and 50 years as a meeting on SEPTEMBER 23. You are invited to come a day early (SEPTEMBER 22) for an informal get-together. We'll set an agenda with worship sharing and a query on nurturing small meetings (no business). Plan to meet at 10 am at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House. We will plan to end about 4pm. Hospitality will be provided for those interested in staying over for the First Day celebration. Please let me know if you are coming and if you need hospitality. Blessings, Perry Treadwell From moriah at preferred.com Mon Aug 20 20:23:05 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:23:05 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 121 Q scam part 2 Message-ID: <01fc01c129d7$8aeed560$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 121 Scam Warning from FWCC ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Friends World Committee for Consultation) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from an 8-20-01 message from Cilde Grover, FWCC Section of the Americas) <|> A similar warning came about a year ago from a worship group within SAYMA which had received a bogus call for help. <|> Greetings Friends, We have received word of a number of incidents where a man is claiming to be a known Friend. He generally calls a meeting to get information about another meeting or contact for a meeting and ultimately uses that information to ask for money. The general story is that he has been beaten up and needs money to get home. He has passed himself off as a yearly meeting clerk and also as a yearly meeting superintendent. He obviously knows the system of Friends and has information about a number of meetings and yearly meetings. I personally know of the following yearly meetings being involved; Northwest, Intermountain, South Central, North Pacific, Indiana and Alaska. There are also some monthly meetings that have been contacted. Please use caution in giving out names and numbers of individuals as contacts within Friends. We are all in the practice of giving out information to seekers about meetings and I hope we can continue to do that even with the current situation. Please be very wary about sending money to someone who fits the above description. You can get a phone number for most yearly meetings from the Calendar of Yearly Meetings which is produced by the World Office of FWCC. Think about checking with the yearly meeting if you get a request from staff or a clerk for help in this way. In friendship, Cilde Grover cildeg at fwcc.quaker.org ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 082001 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., PO Box 2191, Abingdon, VA 24212-2191. Thank you! ^o^ ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, subscribe to the free list server, sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail message. You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From jsibley at sccouncil.net Tue Aug 21 09:25:48 2001 From: jsibley at sccouncil.net (Julia Sibley) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:25:48 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] scam Message-ID: <3B82615B.4B5F9952@sccouncil.net> hello sayma friends. this scam is true. i got the call (and fell for it!) last week. he called me at 4 a.m. i did send some money, but didn't give out any other names/addresses. be careful. wish we could find and actually help this man. --julia julia sibley columbia monthly meeting > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Calhoun" > To: "sayma" > Cc: "GuilfordGwenErickson" ; > ; > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:23 PM > Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 121 Q scam part 2 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > IMP ^o^ Bulletin 121 > > > > Scam Warning > > from FWCC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > (Friends World Committee for Consultation) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > (from an 8-20-01 message from Cilde Grover, > > FWCC Section of the Americas) > > > > > > <|> A similar warning came about a year ago from a > > worship group within SAYMA which had received a bogus call for help. > > > > <|> Greetings Friends, > > > > We have received word of a number of incidents where a man is > > claiming to be a known Friend. He generally calls a meeting to > > get information about another meeting or contact for a meeting and > > ultimately uses that information to ask for money. The general > > story is that he has been beaten up and needs money to get home. > > He has passed himself off as a yearly meeting clerk and also as a > > yearly meeting superintendent. He obviously knows the system of > > Friends and has information about a number of meetings and yearly > > meetings. I personally know of the following yearly meetings being > > involved; Northwest, Intermountain, South Central, North Pacific, > > Indiana and Alaska. There are also some monthly meetings that have > > been contacted. > > > > Please use caution in giving out names and numbers of individuals as > > contacts within Friends. We are all in the practice of giving out > > information to seekers about meetings and I hope we can continue to > > do that even with the current situation. > > > > Please be very wary about sending money to someone who fits the above > > description. You can get a phone number for most yearly meetings > > from the Calendar of Yearly Meetings which is produced by the World > > Office of FWCC. Think about checking with the yearly meeting if you > > get a request from staff or a clerk for help in this way. > > > > In friendship, > > > > Cilde Grover > > cildeg at fwcc.quaker.org > > > > ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 082001 ~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________ > > IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" > > > > is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details > > to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free > > list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, > > post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, > > corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, > > 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., PO Box 2191, > > Abingdon, VA 24212-2191. Thank you! ^o^ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, subscribe to the free list server, > > sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, > > writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail > > message. You can also subscribe on the web at > > http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association mailing list > > sayma at kitenet.net > > http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma From moriah at preferred.com Wed Aug 22 18:14:00 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:14:00 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: Outreach Conference 9/14-16 Message-ID: <008a01c12b57$e4596ee0$0500a8c0@oem> Forwarded by the SAYMA office; the flyer mentioned is pasted in at the end. ----- Original Message ----- From: Penelope Wright Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:41 AM Subject: Fw: Outreach Conference 9/14-16 There wouldn't be any financial support available from SAYMA, but maybe individual MM's might support someone to go. Penelope Wright -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Haines Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: Outreach Conference 9/14-16 Dear Friends-- Attached is a flyer for a conference the FGC Advancement Committee is co-sponsoring: "Be Patterns, Be Examples"--and Publicize as Well. It will be held the weekend of September 14-16 at Powell House, the New York Yearly Meeting conference center near Albany. We hope this will be an opportunity for us to share experiences and ideas, and to talk about how our yearly meeting outreach committees can support each other more effectively. The cost for the weekend is $160. If you cannot attend, are there others from your yearly meeting who might be interested? You can connect to the Powell House website at www.powellhouse.org for more information, or contact me at this address. I look forward to hearing from you, or seeing you there! Warm regards, Deborah Haines -------------------------------------------------- (Flyer) "Be Patterns, Be Examples"- & Publicize as Well! A Weekend on Quaker Outreach Led by Peggy Morscheck September 14-16, 2001 This weekend, co-sponsored by the FGC Advancement & Outreach Committee and NYYM's Advancement Committee, has three objectives: 1. To broaden and deepen our concepts about Quaker outreach 2. To increase our knowledge of ways to do outreach 3. To strengthen ties among those concerned with outreach among Friends. We will begin with an in-depth look at Quaker outreach. More than just posting signs and submitting occasional newspaper articles, Quaker outreach is most effective as a beneficial by-product of effectively bearing witness to our beliefs and modeling our practices. Some of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of outreach will be examined, as will the contexts that meetings might use in considering the full range of spiritual hospitality - visibility, but also accessibility, welcoming and responsive retention of new attenders. The weekend will include time for sharing and discussion of local successes and experiences in outreach. Participants are encouraged to bring examples, stories and multi-media demonstrations to inspire and nurture us in being Publishers of Truth. Beyond strengthening our ties, the weekend will include time to work together as representatives of a broad range of yearly meetings, and monthly meetings taking a look at how Quakers can better address society's requests for public education, public information, and public relations regarding the Religious Society of Friends. This done, outreach will happen. Peggy Morscheck has been the Director of the Quaker Information Office in Philadelphia since it began in 1990. Peggy is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. She feels particularly charged at this time to a) meet the needs, interests and curiosity of non-Quakers regarding the Religious Society of Friends, b) practice spiritual hospitality at all times, and c) promote a much more active and effective ecumenical awareness, including interaction, among the various branches of Friends Cost: $160 adults, $80 children & teens (2-17), $40 infants To register, call or write POWELL HOUSE Tel: 518-794-8811 or Fax: 518-794-8815 E-mail: Info at powellhouse.org 524 Pitt Hall Road, Old Chatham, NY 12136 (near Albany) From moriah at preferred.com Wed Aug 22 09:30:02 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:30:02 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] scam References: <3B82615B.4B5F9952@sccouncil.net> Message-ID: <009101c12b10$9038d7c0$0500a8c0@oem> Dear Friends, A couple of thoughts -- -- if you've had this experience, consider reporting it to FWCC's Section of the Americas. There's an e-mail address at the end of the caution message. -- the "fuel" for the scam seems to be knowledge of Friends ways in general, and in particular the names of YMs, meetings, and individual Friends. At this point there is nothing to prevent a scammer from subscribing to the SAYMA list-server, receiving its messages, and harvesting names and meeting names from them. I'm not clear what a Friendly response to this fact would be, but it bears thinking about. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Julia Sibley To: Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: [saymaListserv] scam | hello sayma friends. this scam is true. i got the call (and fell for it!) | last week. he called me at 4 a.m. i did send some money, but didn't give | out any other names/addresses. be careful. wish we could find and actually | help this man. --julia | | julia sibley | columbia monthly meeting | | | | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Mary Calhoun" | > To: "sayma" | > Cc: "GuilfordGwenErickson" ; | > ; | > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:23 PM | > Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 121 Q scam part 2 | > | > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > > IMP ^o^ Bulletin 121 | > > | > > Scam Warning | > > from FWCC | > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- | > > (Friends World Committee for Consultation) | > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > > | > > (from an 8-20-01 message from Cilde Grover, | > > FWCC Section of the Americas) | > > | > > | > > <|> A similar warning came about a year ago from a | > > worship group within SAYMA which had received a bogus call for help. | > > | > > <|> Greetings Friends, | > > | > > We have received word of a number of incidents where a man is | > > claiming to be a known Friend. He generally calls a meeting to | > > get information about another meeting or contact for a meeting and | > > ultimately uses that information to ask for money. The general | > > story is that he has been beaten up and needs money to get home. | > > He has passed himself off as a yearly meeting clerk and also as a | > > yearly meeting superintendent. He obviously knows the system of | > > Friends and has information about a number of meetings and yearly | > > meetings. I personally know of the following yearly meetings being | > > involved; Northwest, Intermountain, South Central, North Pacific, | > > Indiana and Alaska. There are also some monthly meetings that have | > > been contacted. | > > | > > Please use caution in giving out names and numbers of individuals as | > > contacts within Friends. We are all in the practice of giving out | > > information to seekers about meetings and I hope we can continue to | > > do that even with the current situation. | > > | > > Please be very wary about sending money to someone who fits the above | > > description. You can get a phone number for most yearly meetings | > > from the Calendar of Yearly Meetings which is produced by the World | > > Office of FWCC. Think about checking with the yearly meeting if you | > > get a request from staff or a clerk for help in this way. | > > | > > In friendship, | > > | > > Cilde Grover | > > cildeg at fwcc.quaker.org | > > | > > ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 082001 ~~~~~~ | > > _______________________________________________ | Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association mailing list | sayma at kitenet.net | http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma | From moriah at preferred.com Wed Aug 22 22:00:41 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:00:41 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 119 Rep Meeting "e-registration" Message-ID: <010701c12b78$0a42bba0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 119 Information needed to register electronically for Fall Rep Meeting ... ------------------------------------------------------------------- but you still need to see a registration packet! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> You may register by phone or e-mail for the Fall Rep Meeting scheduled for Sept 8th in Birmingham, AL. (Main session: 9:00 am Central time) <|> Registration deadline is August 29. Everyone coming must be registered. The person to register with is: <|> Mary Litch -- 205-835-6501, litch at uab.edu <|> You will need to see a registration packet even if you register by e-mail or phone; it contains maps, directions, agenda, and other important information. <|> If you need a packet, please -- -- check IMP^o^ 118, to see if one was mailed to you, or ... -- contact a person who was listed, or ... -- contact your meeting clerk, or ... -- visit www.sayma.org to download and print the materials, or ... -- contact the SAYMA office at 540-628-5852, AdminAsst at sayma.org <|> Meanwhile, IMP^o^ bulletins 116 and 118 will give you partial information. <|> Info needed for Rep Meeting registration: 1. If you need childcare please notify Mary Litch right away. Childcare is very limited. 2. Your name and address 3. Purpose for attending: (a) Rep Meeting, M&N, Yearly Mtg Planning, other (b) child; please give name(s), age(s) and special needs of child(ren) requiring care. 4. Year your term ends (if it's an appointed role that brings you to Rep Meeting) 5. Meeting or Worship Group name 6. Your contact info: area code + phone number (& e-mail address if you have one). If giving both, please indicate the preferred means of communication. 7. Hospitality needed (place to sleep & light breakfast provided by local f/Friend): (a) Please indicate people who can share a room... (b) ...& those who can share a bed. (c) Friday night for (#) ____ people. Expected time of arrival: ______ (d) Saturday night for (#) ____ people. Expected time of arrival: ____ (e) Please say who is arriving when, if the folks above are not all traveling together. (f) Any special needs? (Vegetarian, vegan, special diet, house without stairs, hills, wood smoke, pets, or a child-proof house, etc. ...?) 8. If you ask for hospitality, and your request hasn't been acknowledged by Sept 4th, please contact Mary Litch (205-835-6501, litch at uab.edu) if you want reassurance! 9. Cancellation: after registering, if you are unable to attend for any reason, please notify Mary Litch as soon as possible at 205-835-6501, litch at uab.edu. ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082201~~~~~~ ________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., PO Box 2191, Abingdon, VA 24212-2191. Thank you! ^o^ ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, subscribe to the free list server, sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail message. You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Wed Aug 22 22:05:03 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:05:03 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 118 Rep Mtg ...mailbox near you! Message-ID: <010801c12b78$0b9a0e40$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 118 Coming to a mailbox near you! Rep Meeting registration packets for -- ............................................................. -- Sept 8, hosted by Birmingham FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> Registration packets have been mailed to the f/Friends listed below for the Sept 8 Rep Meeting in Birmingham, AL. (Main session: 9:00 am Central time) <|> The deadline to register is August 29; you may register by e-mail, phone, or p-mail. The person to register with is: <|> Mary Litch <|> By mail: 4410 H Clairmont Avenue S Birmingham, AL 35222 <|> By e-mail: litch at uab.edu <|> By phone: 205-835-6501 <|> Please see IMP^o^ 119 to find out what information to supply by phone or e-mail in order to register. <|> You will need the packet even if you register by e-mail or phone: it contains directions, map, agenda, and other important information. <|> If you need a packet and aren't on the list below, please -- -- contact one of the people below (4 people can register on one form), or ... -- visit the web-site www.sayma.org to download and print the packet materials, available there in ASCII Text or PDF format (Acrobat(c) Reader is required and can be obtained through a link at the site), or ... -- contact the SAYMA office at 540-628-5852, AdminAsst at sayma.org. <|> If you should have been on the list -- and aren't -- please let the SAYMA office know. <|> If you're on the list and don't need to be, please let the office know that too! <|> Mailed to (in meeting order) f/Friends recorded in the office as -- -- clerks/contacts of their meetings or worship groups -- SAYMA representatives -- clerks of SAYMA committees -- members of SAYMA Ministry & Nurture and Yearly Meeting Planning Committees -- SAYMA Clerks, Treasurer, and Archivist (If you're newly appointed to one of these jobs, please makes sure the SAYMA office knows your role and correct address.) Free Polazzo Anneewakee Creek Janet Minshall Anneewakee Creek Michael Allison Anneewakee Creek Harold Hogstrom Asheville Jeannette Reid Asheville Karen Jordan Asheville Margaret Farmer Asheville Peter Buck Asheville Valerie Hogstrom Asheville Janice Pulliam Athens Jason Lang Athens 'Dolph Goldenburg Atlanta Beth Ensign Atlanta Bill Holland Atlanta Carol Gray Atlanta Kathy Johnson Atlanta Kathy Burke Atlanta Mary Ann Downey Atlanta Tom McGuigan Atlanta Valerie Barlow Atlanta Tom Brawner Auburn Carol Lamm Berea Dave Harmon Berea Pat Acevedo Boggs Berea Therese Hildebrand Berea Tim Lamm Berea Connie LaMonte Birmingham Mary Litch Birmingham John Geary Boone Michael Harless Boone Steve Meredith Bowling Green Bob French Brevard Bob McGahey Celo Jane Goldthwait Celo Joyce Johnson Celo Rachel Weir Celo Steve Mininger Charleston Becky Ingle Chattanooga Bill Reynolds Chattanooga Cindy McAfee Chattanooga Larry Ingle Chattanooga Nancy Beecher Chattanooga Peggy Bonnington Clarksville John Spraker Cleveland Stan Spraker Cleveland Julia Sibley Columbia Robbin Jones Columbia Sallie Prugh Columbia Diana Lalani Cookeville Hazel Hall Cookeville Hector Black Cookeville Dennis Gregg Crossville Gladys Draudt Crossville Beth Keiter Foxfire Edith Patrick Foxfire Mary Calhoun Foxfire Christopher Berg Greenville Matt Harmon Greenville Judy Guerry Huntsville Ron McDonald Memphis Wib Smith Murfreesboro Diana McKeever Nashville Kit Potter Nashville Pam Beziat Nashville Penelope Wright Nashville Susan Carlyle New Moon Tom Baugh Northwest GA Mtns Daryl Bergquist Royal Douglas & Jane Price Sevier County Lyn Hutchinson Sewanee Bettina Wolff Swannanoa Valley Bob Welsh Swannanoa Valley Kathryn Parke Swannanoa Valley Georgi Schmitt West Knoxville June Lee West Knoxville Kathleen Mavournin West Knoxville Kendall Ivie West Knoxville Lee Hoefer West Knoxville Missy Ivie West Knoxville Sharon Annis West Knoxville ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082201~~~~~~ _____________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, 540-628-5852 (machine), or SAYMA Admin. Asst., PO Box 2191, Abingdon, VA 24212-2191. Thank you! ^o^ ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, subscribe to the free list server, sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail message. You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Thu Aug 23 09:00:19 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:00:19 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: Fw: caution from FWCC [& FGC] Message-ID: <008701c12bd3$bf25bda0$0500a8c0@oem> Friends, The following was a forward to the SAYMA office from a staff person at FGC (Friends General Conference). Mary ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: Fwd: Fw: caution from FWCC | Forwarded Message: | | > From: "Robert E. Gosney" | > Subject: Fw: caution from FWCC | > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:23:42 -0400 | > ----- | > Friends, | > This past Friday afternoon Friends in NCYM (FUM) received calls from someone | > claiming to be Robert Gosney, clerk of NCYM (Cons.) needing money for airfare | > home from a hospital in Florida. We are thankful no money was sent as | > Robert Gosney was in good health in northeastern NC at the time. Please | > heed and pass on to other Friends the warning message below. | > Barbara Gosney | | | > ----Original Message----- | > | > | > Date: Monday, August 20, 2001 3:32 PM | > Subject: caution from FWCC | > | [snipped -- the FWCC message already posted] | --------------------------------------------- | FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE | 1216 Arch Street #2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | (215) 561-1700. Web: http://www.fgcquaker.org/ | | | From moriah at preferred.com Thu Aug 23 10:17:41 2001 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:17:41 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 122 SAYMA POB & A/C Message-ID: <010801c12bde$75bf7420$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 122 New Post Office Box & Area Code... ------------------------------------------ ... for SAYMA office ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from the Administrative Assistant) <|> The SAYMA post office box has moved. The Bristol TN PO Box is no longer in service. It has been replaced by -- PO Box 2191 Abingdon VA 24212-2191 <|> Effective Sept 1, 2001, the area code for the SAYMA office will change to -- 276 Both the new and the old (540) area codes will work for 6 1/2 months. After March 16, 2002, only the new one will work. <|> Below are some "change slips" to cut up and pass on. 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From litch at uab.edu Fri Aug 24 11:37:11 2001 From: litch at uab.edu (Mary Litch) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:37:11 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] error in info for Rep Meeting Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20010824103711.00699404@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu> I am the contact person for Birmingham Friends Meeting responsible for arranging hospitality for next month's Representative Meeting. To those attendees planning on sending in their registration sheet by (postal) mail, I just noticed that my (postal) address as listed on the registration form was incorrect. (This error was 100% my fault -- I did not proofread the information I sent to Mary Calhoun carefully enough.) The correct postal address is: Mary Litch 4110 H Clairmont Avenue Birmingham, AL 35222 The other pieces of contact information given for me are correct: Phone: 205-835-6501 E-mail: litch at uab.edu I'm sorry if my mistake caused any inconvenience. We in Birmingham are looking forward to hosting Rep Meeting in September. Mary Litch