From nmwhitt at samford.edu Tue Aug 6 11:28:02 2002 From: nmwhitt at samford.edu (Nancy M. Whitt) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:28:02 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) Subject: [saymaListserv] Whittier poem Message-ID: for a friendly Samford music professor who is in the Friendly/anabaptist tradition, I'm trying to find the date and source of publication of this poem/hymn by the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier. Can anyone help? Thanks. Nancy Whitt 361 from Poledom Toward a New World Lord, for the things we see we trust the things to be; and present gratitude insures the future's good. So in the paths undtrod and the long days of God our feet shall still be led, our hearts be comforted. Others shall sing the song, others shall right the wrong-- finish what we begin, and all we fail of, win. What matter, we or they? ours or another's day, so the right word be said and life the sweeter made? Hail to the coming singers! Hail to the brave light-bringers! forward we reach and share all that they sing or dare. The airs of heaven blow o'er us, a glory shines before us of what mankind shall be-- pure, generous, brave, and free. The love of God and neighbor, an equal band at labor, the richer life where beauty walks hand in hand with duty. We feel the earth move sunward, we join the great march onward, and take by faith, while living our freehold of thanksgiving! John Greenleaf Whittier ----------------------------------------- Nancy M. Whitt Professor of English Chair, Department of English Samford University Birmingham, AL 35229 Phone: 205-726-2458 Fax: 205-726-2112 E-mail: nmwhitt at samford.edu "Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)" Walt Whitman From gerald at clarity-dev.com Fri Aug 9 04:52:53 2002 From: gerald at clarity-dev.com (Jerry Rudolph) Date: 09 Aug 2002 04:52:53 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] SAYMA Peace and Social Concerns Committee Message-ID: <1028883175.1329.70.camel@meiseki> Dear Friends, As many of you know, SAYMA decided at the yearly meeting to start a Peace and Social Concerns standing committee. This committee is starting and I have agreed to clerk and to initiate the organizing of the committee. Tom Baugh from Chattanooga Monthly Meeting has agreed to serve as Co-Clerk. I am a member of the Columbia, SC Monthly Meeting and director of the Carolina Peace Resource Center (CPRC) and have a strong interest in nuclear weapons issues. Much of my attention in that role will be focused on issues related to the Savannah River Site here in South Carolina where the Bush Administration wants to build a new plutonium pit production facility to replace the one they polluted so badly at Rock Flats, CO. We also focus on Mid-East peace issues, Alternatives to Violence Projects for youth (Help Increase the Peace), and other peace-related issues. I am also quite interested in abolition of the death penalty and other social issues and serve on the Columbia MM Peace and Social Concerns committee. Tom Baugh is a member of the Chattanooga Meeting and has worked on Military Families Support Network, nuclear weapons issues, environmental justice, and serves on the Chattanooga MM Peace and Social Concerns committee. It is likely, though, the the SAYMA Peace and Social Concerns will take directions of its own as people express interests and share leadings. We will be setting up a list for the SAYMA Peace and Social Concerns, but in the meantime, I would appreciate your letting me and Tom Baugh know if you are interested in participating in this new standing committee. If you are interested, please send us some information about your interests. The kind of information we would like to get is (1) basic contact information, (2) your monthly meeting or worship group, (3) the peace and social concerns areas where you would like to see the committee focus, (4) the kind of things you would like to do as part of the committee. The fourth item above could include things like communication, visiting monthly meetings to talk about the issues we address, writing articles or collaborating with others in writing articles, developing workshops, leading workshops, leading workshops or retreats for SAYMA youth, organizing peace and social concerns activities among the youth, coordinating committee work with other quaker bodies, providing support for committee programs through music or art, or whatever ways you would be interested in helping. I would also appreciate your announcing this new committee to your monthly meetings and worship groups and to your local Peace and Social Concerns committees and letting people know how to get in touch with me and/or Tom. I will see that people who do not like to use email are not left out, so please pass the word to those who prefer using regular mail and phones and give them the contact information I have provided below. Thanks, Jerry -- Gerald Rudolph Columbia Friends Meeting home: 1038 Corley Mill Road Lexington, SC 29072 803-957-5726 Carolina Peace Resource Center P.O. Box 7933 Columbia, SC 29072 803-238-1418 From moriah at preferred.com Wed Aug 14 12:35:11 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:35:11 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] aa>> Minute: No Iraq War Message-ID: <000c01c2449d$0c1d5b80$0500a8c0@oem> The SAYMA office has received -- ----------------------------------------------------- Minute: "No to War in Iraq" ----------------------------------------------------- from North Pacific Yearly Meeting ----------------------------------------------------- Jane Snyder, Clerk ----------------------------------------------------- approved 7-27-02 in annual session ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from an 8-6-02 letter from Jane Snyder, NPYM) <|> "Dear Friends, "On July 27, 2002, at our Annual Session North Pacific Yearly Meeting approved the following minute: "No to war in Iraq The Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), opposes the current bombing and planned invasion of Iraq by the United States of America. We urge our government to work with the international community to seek diplomatic solutions to conflicts with Iraq. "We are sending this minute to our elected representatives in Congress, to President Bush and to Secretary of State Colin Powell, and also to AFSC and FCNL. "We encourage you to publicize and otherwise make use of this minute and the accompanying information [epistles] as you are lead. In peace, Jane Snyder Clerk" <|> For more information contact the SAYMA office 276-628-5852 (mach; in-person Tu-Th 5-7:30pm) AdminAsst at sayma.org ~~~end~~~ ______________________________________________________ To receive aa>> messages forwarding announcements from other Yearly Meetings and wider Quaker organizations (WQOs), 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mc\aa From moriah at preferred.com Thu Aug 15 18:25:40 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:25:40 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: Nation Seeks Publicity Director Message-ID: <016f01c244b4$ea960ee0$0500a8c0@oem> Does this describe a SAYMA fFriend who's looking for work? ^o^ \_/ Mary Calhoun Foxfire FM SAYMA ----- Original Message ----- From: The Nation Magazine Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:41 PM Subject: Nation Seeks Publicity Director | The Nation seeks an organized media junkie with progressive politics, | boundless energy, good writing and speaking skills, and a keen | entrepreunerial instinct to oversee and implement the publicity and | syndication responsibilities for America's oldest weekly magazine. The | ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, comfortable with tight deadline | pressure, possess strong computer skills, and have a minimum of three-five | years experience working in publicity or communications. Excellent | benefits. Competitive salary. | | Email resume and cover-letter to pubjob at thenation.com, fax to | 212-982-9000, or mail c/o The Nation, 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003. | No calls please. | | Sincerely, | Peter Rothberg, Associate Publisher From freepolazzo at mindspring.com Fri Aug 16 08:17:10 2002 From: freepolazzo at mindspring.com (freepolazzo at mindspring.com) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:17:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saymaListserv] NYTimes.com Article: Bush vs. Women Message-ID: <20020816121710.0680E58A4E@email5.lga2.nytimes.com> This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by freepolazzo at mindspring.com. Hi Folks, It seems that women and women's values are still not as important as men and men's values. For those Friends who still wonder why partiarchy must be opposed, the following article may help with that understanding. Peace and Blessings, Free Polazzo Anneewakee Creek Friends Worship Group Douglasville, GA freepolazzo at mindspring.com Bush vs. Women August 16, 2002 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The central moral struggle of the 19th century concerned slavery, and that of the 20th pitted democracy against Nazism, Communism and other despotic isms. Our own pre-eminent moral challenge will be to ease the brutality that kills and maims girls and women across much of Africa and Asia. Alas, this summer President Bush is putting the U.S. on the wrong side of the battle lines. Most outrageous, last month Mr. Bush cut off all $34 million in funds for the United Nations Population Fund, in all 142 countries in which it operates, because of concerns about its role in China. What does this mean on the ground? An emergency obstetric care program was to begin this year in Burundi, where only one-quarter of births are attended by a trained midwife (almost none by a doctor) and where one woman in eight will die in childbirth. Because of Mr. Bush's move, however, that program in Burundi has now been canceled - along with plans for midwife training in Algeria, a center to fight AIDS in Haiti and a maternal mortality reduction program in India. Conservatives are right to object to China's often brutal one-child policy. But only Washington could come up with a solution to Chinese problems that involves killing teenage girls in Burundi. Aside from cutting off funding for the population agency, the Bush administration is busy devastating third-world women in other ways. It is trying to block a landmark international treaty on the rights of women, even though the State Department initially backed it. The treaty, known as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, or Cedaw, would make no difference in America but would be one more tool to help women in countries where discrimination means death. The Bush administration is also undercutting international efforts to use conferences to bolster support for rural health care for poor women. For example, the Bushies tied up negotiations for this month's Earth Summit in Johannesburg by insisting that documents be purged of phrases like "reproductive health services" that they think connote abortion. President Bush has also walloped international family planning efforts by banning the use of American aid to overseas organizations that provide any information about abortions. And while Mr. Bush basked in his promise of $500 million for the global AIDS fund, his administration is making such onerous demands of the fund that none of the money can be used anytime soon. In one crucial field, the battle against sexual trafficking, it is conservative Christians who have taken the lead in fighting on behalf of third-world women. So on this one issue has Mr. Bush shown any mettle? No. As a reproachful letter to him from a broad range of conservative leaders pointed out on June 28, the administration record "is one of passive acceptance of the world trafficking status quo." In the Bush administration, the assumption is that in all these cases the fundamental issue is abortions or sex. It is not. The central issue is that 500,000 women die each year in pregnancy or childbirth; that 100 million women and girls worldwide are "missing" because they are denied adequate food or medical care, or because they are aborted or killed at birth because they are female; that 60 percent of the children kept out of elementary school are girls; that 130 million girls have undergone genital mutilation; that between one and two million girls and women are trafficked into prostitution annually. If I'm angry, it's because those figures conjure real faces of people I've met: Aisha Idris, a Sudanese peasant left incontinent after giving birth at 14, with no midwife or prenatal care, to a stillborn child; Mariam Karega, a young woman nursing her dying baby in a Tanzanian village far from any doctor; Sriy, a smart and vibrant 13-year-old Cambodian girl who was sold into prostitution by her stepfather and by now is probably dead of AIDS. Instead of joining the fight on behalf of Ms. Idris, Ms. Karega or Sriy, the Bush administration is allying the U.S. with the likes of Iran, Sudan and Syria to frustrate international efforts to save the lives of some of the most helpless people on earth. Somehow we have become the core of an Axis of Medieval. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/opinion/16KRIS.html?ex=1030500229&ei=1&en=a83c5c5073927fcb HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales at nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help at nytimes.com. Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company From moriah at preferred.com Fri Aug 16 12:30:17 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:30:17 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: UN Population Fund Message-ID: <007901c24542$a2a3d840$0500a8c0@oem> Sigh, f/Friends...... It seems that letter-writing to government folks must become as routine as brushing our teeth. ^o^ \_/ Mary Calhoun Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley SAYMA ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Calhoun To: Cc: Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:26 PM Subject: UN Population Fund | Dear President Bush and Vice-President Cheney, | | I am alarmed to read that US funds for the United Nations Population | Fund have been cut off. I hear that this is related to China's | one-child policy. | | America is the land of pragmatism, positive thinking, and innovation; | could your administration not find an ingenious way to show disapproval | to China, one that did not also require the suffering of women and girls | around the world who need help from the UN population money? What if | your daughters or wife had been born in Cambodia or Burundi? | | Sincerely, | | Mary Calhoun | 165 Jackson St | Abingdon VA 24210 | From moriah at preferred.com Fri Aug 16 22:55:15 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:55:15 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 145 "green" travel to Rep Mtg Message-ID: <01c801c2459a$8f4c0800$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 145 Earth-Friendly Travel to... ...Fall Rep Meeting in Memphis --------------------------------------------- contact Bill Reynolds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from an 8-15-02 message from Bill Reynolds, member of SAYMA Ecological Concerns Network ) <|> Please :o) share with your meeting or worship group. <|> "I have volunteered to coordinate car and/or van pooling for the trek to our September 7 meeting in Memphis in order to minimize the aggregate environmental damage from our vehicles emissions as we travel. <|> "If you are planning to go to the meeting from afar and do not already have arrangements for traveling in a vehicle that will be filled to capacity, please let me know. <|> "And, if you have a vehicle making the trip, let me know a) how many spaces are available b) where you will be leaving from c) when you expect to depart <|> " If you seek to 'hitch a ride,' please let me know a) where you will be leaving from b) when you expect to depart c) how many you are <|> "Thanks, Bill Reynolds" (Chattanooga FM) cisland at aol.com 423/ 624-6821 3529 Dell Trail, Chattanooga TN 37411 ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 081602 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Tue Aug 20 15:56:16 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:56:16 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: All-Kentucky Gathering Message-ID: <0ad101c248a5$e677a680$0500a8c0@oem> A forward on behalf of Nancy Lee Riffe. ^o^ \_/ Mary Calhoun Admin Asst, SAYMA ----- Original Message ----- From: NANCY M. LEE-RIFFE Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: All-Kentucky Gathering | ALL-KENTUCKY FRIENDS GATHERING | | On Sept. 6-8, the 19th Annual All-Kentucky Friends Gathering | will be held in Berea, sponsored as usual by the Berea, Lexington, and | Louisville Friends Meetings. Also as usual, other Friends would be most | welcome to come. Members of those three meetings have been mailed | registration packets. Anyone interested in getting a packet may call | Marjorie Acevedo, 859-986-7158; or use e-mail to get an e-mail packet | by requesting to Peter at Reilly.net. Payment of $20 per adult, $15 per | teen, and $10 for ages 4-12 may be done at the door, but registering | ahead of time is necessary for Berea Friends to be able to make | appropriate arrangements for the right numbers. | | Lodging will be supplied in homes of Berea Friends upon | request. Breakfast on your own or with host family; other meals are | included in registration fee. | | The theme focuses on conflict resolution skills to help Friends | better live out our Peace Testimony. Louise Harmon will make an | introductory presentation Saturday morning, followed by small discussion | groups, on such topics as conflict resolution within our families, anger | management tools, a video on peacemaking from AFSC lending library, | learning how to listen, discussion of the Sept. 2000 FRIENDS JOURNAL | article on Peace Culture by Elise Boulding, etc. Teens will work on an | art project and a service project. Younger friends will have | age-appropriate activities, to be planned when registration gives us | some numbers. | | In free time there will also be optional discussion sessions on | Quaker Committe on Kentucky Legislation (QCKL)'s upcoming agenda; and on | some projects proposed for collaboration by the Kentucky meetings. | | -- Submitted by Nancy Lee-Riffe, 859-986-2088| From moriah at preferred.com Tue Aug 20 19:48:13 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:48:13 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] aa>> FWCC seeks Gen'l Sec'y Message-ID: <0ad601c248a5$ebeee1a0$0500a8c0@oem> The SAYMA office has received -- ----------------------------------------------------- Job Vacancy Announcement ----------------------------------------------------- Executive Position - General Secretary, FWCC ----------------------------------------------------- Apply by May 31, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------- Friends World Committee for Consultation World Office, London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 7-8-02 letter and notice from Elizabeth Duke, General Secretary, FWCC) <|> "Dear Friends, Elizabeth Duke (YM of Aotearoa/New Zealand) is to conclude her service as General Secretary of FWCC in 2004, following the 21st FWCC Triennial in January. The Triennial will be asked to appoint a replacement, to take office at an agreed date in 2004. FWCC Interim Committee is overseeing the search process. <|> "I enclose a notice of the vacancy. Please make this known as widely as possible within your yearly meeting or group, and encourage suitable Friends to contact us for further information <|> "The closing date for applications is 31 May 2003. <|> "Your Friend, Elizabeth Duke General Secretary <|> The vacancy notice is available from the SAYMA office -- AdminAsst at sayma.org 276-628-5852 (mach; in person Tu & Th 5-7:30 pm) <|> "A full job description and application form can be obtained from: FWCC, 4 Byng Place, London WC1E 7LE, UK ph: +44 207388 0497 fax: +44 20 7383 4644 world at fwcc.quaker.org Completed applications and associated materials should be returned to the same address, to be received by 31 May 2003." ~~~ end ~~~ ______________________________________________________ To receive aa>> messages forwarding announcements from wider Quaker organizations (WQOs), 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mc\aa From lingle at bellsouth.net Tue Aug 20 21:11:06 2002 From: lingle at bellsouth.net (Larry Ingle) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:11:06 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Review of Weddle's Walking in the Way of Peace Message-ID: <20020821011355.NNHI12335.imf01bis.bellsouth.net@[208.60.235.38]> Meredith B. Weddle, Walking in the Way of Peace: Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 348 pp. Historians have failed to examine specific instances of how Friends in the 17th century "walked in the way of peace," rightfully claims the author of this intriguing and fascinating work. Originating as a PhD dissertation at Yale University in 1994--a fact that Meredith Weddle, a non-Friend, neglects to inform her readers--this book focuses both on how Friends thought about the 1661 Peace Testimony and how they acted on it, especially during King Philip's War against New England Indians in 1675 and 1676. The first part of Weddle's book is hampered by two straw men that she sets up: one is the view of most Quakers who have written about Friends in the testimony on peace, and the other is the view held by most other historians. The first group, interested in enhancing the reputation of Quakers, have gleaned interesting little anecedotes from the sources and used them to inspire their readers with tales of heroic actions. Consider Thomas Lurting, an English seaman in the 1650s, hallowed in Quaker hagiography and First Day school rooms. After becoming a convinced Friend, he found that he could not lift his hands against any who attacked the ship he was on. Surely this is a tale of inspiration revealing the depths of Lurting's conviction. The second analysis comes from more secularly oriented historians who see the 1661 Peace Testimony, Weddle insists, as marking the beginning of a period in which adherence to pacifism was a strategic calculation occasioned by the Stuart Restoration. Henceforth say these scholars, pacifism became a "new orthodoxy" with all Friends embracing it. She quotes this reviewer as one who holds that the Peace Testimony was "a retreat from politics." The problem is that, at least as far as the second group is concerned, this is an overstatment. Christopher Hill and Barry Reay, the two historians for whom Weddle saves her strongest words, do see the testimony as marked by strategic considerations, but neither they nor others who write in this vein are as rigid as she want to insist. (Had she up-dated her manuscript from its origins as a dissertation and considered my biography of George Fox more carefully, she may not have fallen victim to this rhetorical trick.) Those caveats having been made, however, the book merits great praise. Well-researched and just as well-conceived, its exploration of King Philip's War is masterful. What makes it so convincing is that Weddle understands the complexity and nuances that usually marks human beings and their lives. They simply had to work out and struggle with the meaning of their Peace Testimony in the real world. The book is occasionally slow going, but its subject matter is quite appealing. In 1675, Quakers were in charge of the Rhode Island government, with one of their own as chief executive and the assembly dominated by Friends. Hence when the war started they had to respond as "magistrates," an office duly acclaimed by Fox and the earliest Friends as acting for God in the secular world. They had to respond to pleas of their New England neighbors and to demands of non-Friends. Hence the range of responses was individual, as each Friend struggled to square his convictions with demands as they played themselves out. (There's a fascinating lesson here on the willingness of these 17th century Rhode Islanders to permit what might be called "liberal Quakerism," although Weddle allows the reader to draw that conclusion.) The assembly first approved an exemption law that allowed full freedom to those who could not support the war either by becoming soldiers, being taxed, paying to be exempted from fighting, or any other level. But the assembly also ordered towns to raise armies of those willing to serve; they proceeded to carry out offensive action. And except for one unsigned statement of a men's meeting protesting this violation of what we might consider Quaker orthodoxy on war, no one demurred, not even George Fox. Everyone at the time, except their critics, seemed willing to accept Quaker individuals' varied responses. The Peace Testimony, in other words, was still in the process of being worked out, was still quite fluid, and hence was able to allow individual Friends to move in a number of acceptable directions. There was a flexibility and a tentativeness in these early days that soon disappeared from Quakerism, to its hurt, this reviewer would suggest. Weddle uncovered a slightly suspect quotation from Isaac Penington in a work by hardly an orthodox Friend, Londoner John Pennyman, that she uses to sum up this approach; however suspect, it's still worth pondering. "It is not the different practice from one another that breaks the Peace and Unity," she quotes, "but judging of one another because of different practices." For what it's worth. Larry Ingle Chattanooga Meeting (SAYMA) From moriah at preferred.com Fri Aug 23 17:18:49 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:18:49 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 146 Rep Mtg ...mailbox near you! Message-ID: <01f701c24aef$1a1f6720$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 146 Coming to a mailbox near you! Rep Meeting registration packets for -- .................................................................. -- Sept 7th, hosted by Memphis FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> Registration packets have been mailed to the f/Friends listed below for the Sept 7th Rep Meeting in Memphis, TN. (Main session: 9:00 am Central time) <|> If you need a packet and aren't on the list, please -- -- contact one of the people below (4 people can register on one form), or ... -- contact the SAYMA office at 276-628-5852, AdminAsst at sayma.org. <|> The deadline to register is Aug 30; you may register by mail, phone, or e-mail. The person to register with is: <|> Debra Johnson 3340 Walnut Grove Rd, Memphis TN 38111 debjohn at midsouth.rr.com 901-324-8212 <|> Please see IMP^o^ 147 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're interested in "green" travel (car-pooling) to Rep Mtg, please contact Bill Reynolds, cisland at aol.com. *** <|> If you should have been on the list below -- and aren't -- please let the SAYMA office know. <|> If you're on this list and don't need to be, please let the office know that too! <|> Mailed to, in meeting order ... Michael Allison ............... Anneewakee Free Polazzo ............... Anneewakee Margaret Farmer ............... Asheville Jeannette Reid ............... Asheville Evan Richardson ............... Asheville Robin Wells ............... Asheville Betsey Collins ............... Athens Ellen Johnson ............... Athens Janice Pulliam ............... Athens Deb Weiler ............... Athens Kathy Burke ............... Atlanta Susan Cozzens ............... Atlanta Kathy Johnson ............... Atlanta Rich Klima ............... Atlanta Perry Treadwell ............... Atlanta Tom Brawner ............... Auburn Louise Harmon ............... Berea Therese Hildebrand ............... Berea Beth Meyers ............... Berea Paul Franklin ............... Birmingham Connie LaMonte ............... Birmingham Nancy Whitt ............... Birmingham John Geary ............... Boone Michael Harless ............... Boone Bob French ............... Brevard Lee Scott ............... Brevard Joyce Johnson ............... Celo Frederick Martin ............... Celo Bob McGahey ............... Celo Geeta McGahey ............... Celo Ray Lewis ............... Charleston Steve Mininger ............... Charleston Charles Schade ............... Charleston Tom Baugh ............... Chattanooga Nancy Beecher ............... Chattanooga Larry Ingle ............... Chattanooga Bill Reynolds ............... Chattanooga Peggy Bonnington ............... Clarksville Nancy Winfrey ............... Clemson John Spraker ............... Cleveland Stan Spraker ............... Cleveland Sallie Prugh ............... Columbia Jerry Rudolph ............... Columbia Hazel Hall ............... Cookeville Diana Lalani ............... Cookeville Gladys Draudt ............... Crossville Dennis Gregg ............... Crossville Mary Calhoun ............... Foxfire Christopher Berg ............... Greenville Norman Goerlich ............... Greenville Judy Guerry ............... Huntsville Kristi Estes ............... Memphis Debra Johnson ............... Memphis Ron McDonald ............... Memphis Susan Penn ............... Memphis Wib Smith ............... Murfreesboro Dick Houghton ............... Nashville Kit Potter ............... Nashville Penelope Wright ............... Nashville Daryl Bergquist ............... Royal Jane Price ............... Sevier County Lyn Hutchinson ............... Sewanee John Gernandt ............... Swannanoa Kathryn Parke ............... Swannanoa Bob Welsh ............... Swannanoa Sharon Annis ............... West Knoxville Jim Hamill ............... West Knoxville Lee Hoefer ............... West Knoxville Jomo MacDermott ............... West Knoxville Turtle MacDermott ............... West Knoxville Kathleen Mavournin ............... West Knoxville ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082302 ~~~~~~ _____________________________ 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. 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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 Fri Aug 23 17:48:18 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:48:18 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 147 Rep Meeting "e-registration" Message-ID: <01f801c24aef$1c0dc9a0$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 147 Information needed to register electronically for Fall Rep Meeting ... .......................................................... but you still need a registration packet! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> You may register by phone or e-mail for the Fall Rep Meeting scheduled for Sept 7 in Memphis TN. (Main session: 9:00am Central time) <|> Registration deadline is Aug 30. Everyone coming must be registered. The person to register with is -- <|> Debra Johnson -- debjohn at midsouth.rr.com, 901-324-8212 <|> You will need 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^ 146 to see if one was mailed to you, or ... -- contact a person who was listed, or ... -- contact your meeting clerk, or ... -- contact the SAYMA office at 276-628-5852, AdminAsst at sayma.org <|> Meanwhile, IMP^o^ bulletins 144, 145, and 146 will give you partial information. <|> Info needed for Rep Meeting registration: 1. If you need childcare please notify Debra Johnson 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 you know it) (of the appointment that brings you to Rep Meeting) . 5. Meeting or Worship Group name 6. Your contact info: area code + phone number, and 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 Kristi Estes (901-274-0833 mmarjean at aol.com) if you want reassurance! 9. Cancellation: after registering, if you are unable to attend for any reason, please notify Debra Johnson as soon as possible at debjohn at midsouth.rr.com, 901-324-8212. ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082302 ~~~~~~ ________________________________ 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, or 276-628-5852 (machine; in-person Tu/Th 5-7:30p). 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 Sat Aug 24 22:56:49 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:56:49 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] aa>> FGC Job Opening Message-ID: <000701c24be6$f59773e0$0500a8c0@oem> The SAYMA office has received -- ----------------------------------------------------- New Position Announcement ----------------------------------------------------- FGC Development Manager ----------------------------------------------------- Apply by September 23, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------- Friends General Conference Philadelphia, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from an 8/9/02 message from Bruce Birchard, General Secretary) | Dear Friends, | | We are searching for candidates for the new position of FGC | Development Manager. This new position will involve major | responsibilities for preparing and managing mail appeals and | foundation proposals, for managing and using our DonorPerfect | database, and for our growing communications and interpretation | program. The Development Manager will be supervised by Michael | Wajda, who, in his capacity as Associate Secretary for | Development and Interpretation, will be focusing on major donors | and building our deferred giving program. Michael will | also be traveling a lot, while the Development Manager will | spend most of her/his time in the FGC office. Rounding out our | Development "team" are two experienced support staff. | | I have initiated this search before being absolutely certain | that we can fill the position. Approval for this expansion of our | Development program will be sought from our Central Committee when it | meets at the beginning of November. The proposal has already | received strong support from our Executive Committee, Finance and | Development Committees. We will do preliminary interviews in | October, so any interested candidate should submit a resume and a | letter of application by September 30 at the latest. I expect to | have narrowed the field to a few final candidates by the time | Central Committee meets. Then we will move quickly to complete the | process if, as I hope, the Central Committee approves the expansion. | | We have prepared a brief announcement that could be used to | advertise the position. Please use it in any way you can to spread | the word: | | Friends General Conference seeks a deeply committed Friend to serve | as Development Manager in its Philadelphia office. Duties include | management of FGC Annual Fund, grant writing, DonorPerfect database, | and communications program. Development experience, writing, and | database skills essential. Works with Associate Secretary for | Development and Interpretation and support staff. Full-time, full | benefits. Send resume and letter to General Secretary, FGC, | 1216 Arch Street, 2B, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, or | bruceb at fgcquaker.org by September 23, 2002. | | Thanks very much for any assistance you can give us in | identifying candidates for this important position. | | Bruce | | -- | Bruce Birchard | General Secretary | FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE | 1216 Arch Street, 2-B | Philadelphia, PA 19107 | Email: bruceb at fgcquaker.org Phone: 215-561-1700 | website: http://www.fgcquaker.org ~~~end~~~ ______________________________________________________ To receive aa>> messages forwarding announcements from wider Quaker organizations (WQOs) and other Yearly Meetings, 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mc\aa From moriah at preferred.com Sat Aug 24 23:17:49 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:17:49 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] aa>> Job openings - Wm Penn Hse Message-ID: <000801c24be6$f6933900$0500a8c0@oem> The SAYMA office has received -- ----------------------------------------------------- Job Openings Announcement ----------------------------------------------------- Office Manager ----------------------------------------------------- Interns ----------------------------------------------------- William Penn House Washington, DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 8/8/02 message from Errol Hess, Director) | William Penn House | A Quaker Seminar and Hospitality Center on Capitol Hill | 515 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 | Tel: (202) 543-5560 Fax: (202) 543-3814 | e -mail: dirpennhouse at pennsnet.org | www.Quaker.org/penn-house | | William Penn House, which provides hospitality to Quakers and those | in Washington seeking a better world, has the following job openings: | | Office Manager, full or part time. Salary, health insurance, room and | board. | | Interns, full or part time. Room and board, health insurance and | stipend for full time intern. | | Work schedules are flexible. Wonderful jobs for students and | scholars, recent graduates, interns and seniors. We welcome | applications from the full diversity of humanity. Preference will be | given to Quakers and those in harmony with the Quaker testimonies. | Job descriptions are available. | | We are within walking distance of the Smithsonian museums, the | Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court and the House | and Senate Office Buildings. | | For more information, check our website, call, or e-mail. ~~~end~~~ ______________________________________________________ To receive aa>> messages forwarding announcements from wider Quaker organizations (WQOs) and other Yearly Meetings, 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mc\aa From kcarlyle at juno.com Tue Aug 27 15:29:18 2002 From: kcarlyle at juno.com (Kim Carlyle) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:29:18 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Conference in Western NC Message-ID: <20020827.154202.-277299.16.kcarlyle@juno.com> Simpler Living as Spiritual Practice: A Path to Peace A two day conference--September 13 & 14 for people of all faith perspectives sponsored by Holy Ground retreat ministry in Asheville, co-sponsored by the NC Climate Connection and Asheville Friends Meeting. During this conference we will consider how simple living is spiritual practice, and learn some practical tips for implementing simplicity in our daily living within our home, hearts, and community. The rhythm of the conference will include sharing and learning through presentations and stories, small group discussions and seven workshops. Susan & Kim Carlyle will be keynote speakers. The workshops are: Simplifying in the Home (Dayna & Jim Guido) Time as a Resource; Time as Sacred (Susan Carlyle) Mindful Use of Energy (Kim Carlyle) Different Perspectives on Money (Maggie Clancy) Sabbath Keeping (Linda MacFarland) Parenting in a Consumer Culture Simplicity and Food Human consumption and population are creating great strains on the Earth and her inhabitants. We citizens of North America are using more than our share of resources. Please join us as we consider how to live more justly and more simply in our world. The conference will be held at First Baptist Church in downtown Asheville off of I-240. Take the Charlotte Street exit off I-240. Park in the lot off of Charlotte Street and follow Holy Ground registration signs to the Dining Hall. Consider car pooling or riding the bus. First Baptist Church is on the bus line. Friday, Sept. 13: Arrive at 1:30 PM for registration. The conference begins promptly at 2:00. Dinner will be a simple vegetarian meal. We'll end at 8:00 PM. Saturday, Sept. 14: Arrive for coffee around 8:30 am. Workshop begins at 9:00. The 12–1:00 lunch will be vegetarian, with organic, locally grown produce. The conference will conclude at 3:30 Cost: $75 per person (some scholarships are available) Child care is available at cost. Call Holy Ground at 828-236-0222 or e-mail at Holygrnd at aol.com to register by September 7. Each conference attendee is asked to bring a mug & cloth napkin to the conference. ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/. From moriah at preferred.com Tue Aug 27 12:07:09 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:07:09 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: Rep Mtg wkend - Parker Palmer Message-ID: <03c101c24e3b$4a734320$0500a8c0@oem> Dear f/Friends, The event Susan Penn mentions will take place in Memphis the day following Fall Rep Meeting. For those not traveling a long distance, staying the additional day might be of interest. ^o^ \_/ Mary AdminAsst at sayma.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Penn To: Mary Calhoun Cc: Brian and Sharon Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:32 AM Subject: Additional SAYMA info In case anyone is interested: Parker Palmer will be speaking in Memphis on Sunday, Sept. 8th at 7 pm at Rhodes College. His theme is "Divided No More: Reweaving Our Live, Renewing Our World." www.rhodes.edu/Visitor/info/releases/2002-0805-palmer.shtml