Council Meeting Minutes Oct 4

Meeting Summary:
Picked time for dig in, talked about book to read.
Picked time for retreat.
Decided to switch banks.
Planned next two large groups.
Debriefed from last large group.




October 4th , 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Sam E, Richard G, Peter B, Amy P, Tim J, Grace
Outline/Summary:

Notes:
Talked about starting, but Richard didn't have the meeting notes up
Hunter's small groups doesn't conflict with Faraday Institute
Amy can come to next large group due to canceled class
Lunch with Amy is still on for this Thursday
Tim arrived
Meeting opened in prayer by Peter
Thanks for meeting
Large group went well
Important information
People had a good time
Included some Bible verses
Flemming small group
Involved people: Dan Sexton, Karen Dowling, Paul Nguyen, Mike Paluchniak, Mateo (gone this year due to surgery)
Last year not officially affiliated with CCF
Should ask them if them they want to be advertised with other CCF smal groups
Peter will meet with Mike P
Richard will meet with Karen D
Large group next week
Church and ministry fair
Each will talk in succession
Ministires
Skid Row – mainly Micaela, but she has class
Peter B could talk about it
Peter B will ask Nate if he's still involved
Amnesty International
Christine Kondos spent a year with them last year
Amy will talk to her about presenting
Caltech Y – Greg Fletcher
The Outdoor Classroom – Steve Morgan
Veritas Forum – TBD
Churches
LBC
Oasis
Stephanie Johnson's church
Lake Avenue church
Angry but not sinning large group
Week after church and ministry large group
Sam and Peter will meet independently to plan
Meeting Thursday at 2:30 at red door
Sam and Peter marvel that they can use their iphones to add the event immediately
Dig-in Dude
Need to schedule around frisbee tournaments
Tim is asking Josh at practice
Last weekend of October or first weekend of November
Weekend six (first weekend of November) has fewest conflicts
No formal decision yet
Skippy is free most weekends
Peter laments being a Geology major and missing the dig-in
Topic
Tim will talk to Skippy about it at prayer meeting
Skippy may have suggested Malachi
Also Philippians was suggested
Retreat
Peter speaks on behalf of Rob
Many alumni are interested in coming back
Skippy suggests 4 campsites
If we had tons of people we could get Camp Oakes
Not feasible
Food will be a little hard
The cost of getting food is a concave but strictly increasing function
Around 15 undergrads and 9 alumni roughly expected
Retreat is committed to weekend eight, November 18-20
Robb will see about reserving Caltech Y camping equipment
Committed to Malibu Creek
Decided on 4 campsites
Mainly due to cost savings from no vehicle fees
Grace arrived
Go on Faraday Institue stuff
They will send us posters to put up
Dai Wei is working on video that will be shown
Sam and or Peter will forward emails to council
Room is probably 153 Noyes
Fits about 100 people
Need access to doors, probably prop open
Richard will add link to blog on CCF website
Richard recommends getting CEFCU account
Better interest
No checks
No account balance fees
Convenience of debit card
Could pay for stuff directly without reimbursement
Convenient location
Richard and Peter will go on Friday to open CEFCU account
Skippy will prepare dig-in
Prepare for small group discussions
Send out information about dig-in beforehand for meditation and question
Richard will post minutes on blog
Sam will look at putting “break” in large posts
Richard figured out how to do break through google
Peter closed in prayer
Amy – do we want snacks at large group
Peter will throw out old ice cream
Sam will bake for some large groups
Amy will bake for next week, and maybe bring drinks