Saturday, May 25, 2013

Family Business Meeting #2 Minutes (2013-05-25)

FBM 2
Present: Tim, Robb, Eliza, Tom, Alex Hsu, Lisa, Becca

First, we talked to Tom to hear his opinion about the current state of affairs in CCF.
  • Tom thinks moving back to house small groups is a good choice.
  • When inviting people to CCF things, important to think of it as giving them info you think they would find useful instead of being their mom/dad and telling them what they should do.

Different positions in CCF
  • Large group coordinator
    • Peter Buhler has expressed interest in being significantly involved in doing large group stuff, but we’re not sure if he’s willing to lead.
    • Others have expressed some interest, like Eliza.
    • Perhaps we could have a rotation of people.
    • Also having different small groups present at large group will fill some weeks. (Works better if we have more than one fully functioning small group :) )
  • Small group coordinator
    • We don’t have one this year.
    • Contacts and keeps in touch with all small group leaders. Matches people up with small groups necessarily. Helps get small groups started and supports them.
  • Discipleship coordinator
    • Matches people up one-on-one with other Christians at Caltech (or nearby) in a mentor/mentee relationship.
  • President
    • No specific weekly tasks/responsibilities. The president’s responsibility is the overall direction and wellness of CCF.
    • Thinks about the big picture. Makes sure the fellowship is healthy and takes steps to make it so if it isn’t.
    • Prays a lot.
    • Receives T-shirt with super chicken on it.
    • A spiritual position – any attack on the fellowship goes through the president.
    • Has name on the bank account along with secretary
  • Secretary
    • Takes notes at meetings
    • Has name on the bank account and takes care of finances
    • Applies for funding from ASCIT and the Capra Retreat Fund
    • Maintains the website
    • Goes to council meetings and contributes ideas
  • Retreat coordinator
    • Reserves space for retreat (months in advance! Be prepared)
    • Sends out emails to CCF members about details
    • Organizes rides
    • Organizes activities on retreats
    • Buys snacks.
  • Dig-in Dude
    • Plans once-a-term dig-ins.
      • Pick a book from the bible
      • Organize a prep meeting with Skippy and others from the fellowship
      • Varying levels of preparation have been used in the past
        • Several hours, several meetings
        • Or meet once, find major themes after reading through once
        • The more time you put into it, the better as with most things, but we all have limited time
      • Arrange transportation if necessary
      • Buy snacks
    • We have a “tradition” that the dig-in dude gets buried in the sand at preterm retreat.
    • Should be excited about reading the Bible. And studying it. A lot.
  • Frosh prayer coordinator
    • Finds frosh to do frosh prayer. Then they take it from there.
    • Not many duties.
    • Open to anybody, not just frosh. :P
    • Rename to “pond prayer” to get rid of misnomer?
  • Event coordinator
    • This year, has done blue slip milkshakes and praise and prayer night.
    • In the past, has organized all events that aren’t large group and small group meetings. But can easily be divided by event between different people.
    • Can organize new events, get rid of traditional events that haven’t been fruitful lately, etc.
  • Prayer meeting coordinator?
    • Biweekly
    • Sends out email a few days before and organizes rides
  • Worship leader
    • Lead worship at events (large group, FBMs, dig-ins, retreats, noonsing)

Alex Hsu suggests a prayer dig-in thing, where people get together and pray for a long time.

Tim: we have a CCF library which rarely gets used ever. Tim plans to organize this and share a google doc with all the specific titles. Luke recently donated a box of books to the CCF library.
Eric can help with the library.

Tim and Eliza need to put stuff in CCF storage.

Eliza wants to donate a book about being a Christian in college.

Lisa: having less people on council might be better. Nice to know that there are people actively involved in CCF who aren’t on council. Council should be a smaller subset of the active CCF community than it is now – either the fellowship should get bigger or council should get smaller.

Nominations
  • Large group coordinator
    • Peter Buhler
    • Andy (co-coordinator)
  • Small group coordinator
    • Jams (Jessica Lam)
  • Discipleship coordinator
    • Jams
  • President
    • Robb
  • Secretary
    • Grace
  • Retreat coordinator
    • Eliza
  • Dig-in dude
    • Vivian
    • Eliza
  • Frosh prayer coordinator
    • Lisa
    • Alex
    • Jams
  • Event accomplisher
    • Eliza
  • Worship leader
    • Jams
  • Cocoa ordinator
    • Robb
  • Meyers-Briggs proctor
    • Skippy
  • Honorary alum/undergraduate (in addition to actual alum)
    • Tim
    • Becca
  • Honorary permafrosh
    • Tim
  • Director of chivalry
    • Eric
  • Honorary lion keeper
    • Tim
  • Sleep schedule dictator
    • Andrew
  • Tights procurer
    • Becca
  • Diabetes inducer
    • Eliza
  • Tangent squelcher
    • Grace
  • Couch occupier
    • Tim
  • Mascot
    • Aslan
  • Funny nominations nominator
    • Eliza

If no one wants to have a position, we won’t have it unless it’s an essential role.

We need a president and secretary on paper at the very minimum. The responsibilities may be shared amongst other council members if absolutely necessary, but really we should have a president and secretary both in name and in reality.

If multiple people have been nominated for a position, they should all talk to each other about who wants to take a position and come to a conclusion. At FBM 3 we will ‘vote’ on people but as long as there is an agreement and one person has decided that they want to have a role (and the others have decided they don’t) they will get unanimously elected in basically all cases.

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