Minutes for RSB Board Meeting March 10, 2023
Present: Robert Mays, Kathleen Wright, Kelly DiPietro.
Opening verse
Approve minutes of January 7, 2023 meeting:
- Kathleen moves to approve. Kelly seconds. Approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report (Robert): We discussed getting higher yield on our savings accounts/certificates of deposit. Coastal Credit Union CD yield is 4.00/2 yrs, Bask Bank savings account yield was 4.10/2 yrs. Self Help CD yield is 4.18/2 yrs.
- Robert moves to set up two 24-month Certificates of Deposit at 4.1% APR interest in Self-Help Bank for our Building Fund and for the Linda Folsom Fund. Kelly seconded. Approved unanimously.
Festivals and Events:
- Easter: Jenny Bingham is spearheading a Festivals group to prepare for our community’s Easter Observance. Judy Frey has offered to give a talk or two. They are still in the brainstorming phase right now, so details are not ready yet.
- Festival of the Unborn (Review): Eve Olive, Bride Alona McWilliam and Allen Barenholtz worked on this endeavor. Brigida Baldszun, eurythmist from Spring Valley performed both a speech and a tone piece. Bride Alona McWilliam contributed two speech eurythmy pieces, and Larissa Oryskevitch recited “I heard Earth Singing”. Beth Shirey was the piano accompanist, and also performed two beautiful pieces by Arvo Pärt, “Variations for the healing of Arinuschka”. The gentle tones of the lyre sounded forth from the skilled fingers of Suzanne Mays, helping to paint in sound the right mood for our gathering. Andrea Eichinger-Wiese brought flowers from the school farm to brighten the room. Allen Barenholtz created the flyer and Eve shared several of her beautiful poems.
- Carolyn Rich will do a repeat performance of the Speech Presentation she gave us last Summer on March 13 at 3:30 PM at EWS.
- Florida Conference (March 3-5). Four members of our community (Jenny and Ben Bingham, Judy Frey and Kathleen Wright) attended a conference called “The Seven Heavens”, whose keynote speaker was Patrick Kennedy. Over 60 people attended. All were very moved by Patrick’s talks.
To Do’s from last meeting:
- TO DO: Proposal for a Joint Meeting Place (December 10 Board meeting): Response from the Christian Community regarding our proposal about a Joint Meeting Place was received. They are not interested at this time.
New Business:
- AGM – TO DOs: Discuss the voting procedure; Kathleen will send out another reminder letter about AGM, membership dues, reports and candidates for the Board.
- Upcoming Events:
- Upcoming Branch/Board Meetings: Branch meeting in May? (set date and topic)
- Carolyn Rich – New Speech Performance in May (set date?)
Reports from initiatives and daughter movements in the area: Tabled until the AGM
Bride Alona McWilliam has sent out a “Go Fund Me” asking for help with her Eurythmy Training. Shall we give her a Scholarship? The consensus was not to do a Branch scholarship which has a specific scope and procedure to follow.
Next Board Meeting: March 25th Annual Meeting, 2-5 PM at the Mays home.
Closing Verse
