Nishmat Shalom CDM Notes – 17 May 2011 – Meeting hosted by Ed
Attending:  Max, Alex, Ed, Carol;  Vicky participated by phone.  Ethel, Lea and Raja submitted agenda items.

1)         Treasurer’s report-including resolution of uncashed $25/check-not addressed at this meeting

2)         Childcare usage report: Ed reported that George had provided childcare at each of the services.   One month there were no children present.   Otherwise, there was an average of two children present.

3)         Tikkun Leyl Shavuot:  We agree to lend our name to the community Tikkun Leyl Shavuot and to publicize it to our members.   Ed and Max are potentially interested in teaching late at night, and Ed may be volunteering to help with childcare.   Ed will call Lauren back and let her know our response.   Max will call her about teaching as well.   Alex will print some additional Nishmat brochures, and Max will bring those as well as some he already has to the Tikkun.

4)         NHC  Institute T-Shirt Sponsorship: Each Summer Institute has a unique T-shirt, with the names of affiliated communities printed on the back. For $72, up to 300 people will wear your name on their backs, for the week of Institute and for years afterward.  We discussed that $72.00 represents a doubling of the price from the past and a substantial amount of our budget.  Max offered to write the NHC and ask if we could sponsor  for the old price of $36.00.  We agreed to sponsor for $36.00 and if this were not possible to discuss making a $36.00 donation to the NHC at our next meeting.

5)         Nishmat Shalom co-sponsorship of Yeashore bonfires for 2011:  we agreed to continue.

6)        Camping Shabbaton:  September 9th – 11th; Lea and Alex have reserved camp sites at Butano State Park and are organizing.    Camp sites can be shared; would like to encourage more people to come, but people do need to reserve sites.   

7)        Report back on possible new Ark:  Max has made contact, but has not gotten to see the either of the Jewish Milestones arks.   Meanwhile, Ed did a fabulous job scrubbing down our current ark.  

8)         Search for new newsletter editor (see job description, below):  Vicky is doing her next to last newsletter now, and we are looking for someone to take over with a newsletter to go out around January, 2012.    Vicky will coordinate our annual appeal with the Fall newsletter.

9)        Alex reported that  Erev Shirah on February 26th was a successful event with about 7 people attending.   

10)       Nishmat Shalom presence on Facebook?  Raja reserved a Facebook page for Nishmat, currently with no content.  We are interested in potentially adding a description and directing people to our website, but only maintaining our calendar on the website.   We want to make sure privacy concerns are considered.   To discuss further at next meeting.

11)       Possible talk after services by Dan J-S, Friend of Ed, Professor at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.  We approved and chose the offered topic on the Maccabean Martyrs.   Ed will review dates with Dan, and coordinate getting this into the Fall newsletter.

12)       Date Planning:
             We decided to move the July service to July 23rd (rather than July 16th) in order not to conflict with the Kehilla Retreat.     

    Note:  Tisha B’Av falls on August 9th.

Future dates:  

CDM before High Holiday appeal letter:  Tuesday August 23rd
CDM Final planning for Tu B’Shvat Tuesday January 10th, 2012

September 9th - 11th: camping Shabbaton at Butano State Park
October 15th (third Shabbat morning, Sukkot, Chol Hamo'ed)
November 19th (third Shabbat morning, just before Thanksgiving week)
December 17th (third Shabbat morning)
December 23rd (Friday night, joint Chanukah Shabbat with Beyt Chesed)
January 21st, 2012 (third Shabbat morning)

Note:  Tu B'Shevat is February 8th, 2012

 "Job" description for Nishmat newsletter editor (as of Sept 2011):
Three or four publications (circulation = 60) per year; for each, the editor, with or without other volunteers:
1. Gathers all host assignments and events for the upcoming months.
2. Matches to each Saturday morning service the appropriate parasha.
3. Updates contact information on volunteers/hosts as necessary.
4. Sends draft to proof-readers (copy editor and liturgical editor).
5. Prints, copies, assembles (affixes labels, stamps, etc.) and mails calendars.
6. Ensures that calendar is sent out via group email and posted on website.
The time commitment for this job is about 4-6 hours every three to four months.  Help is avail
 
Agenda for next CDM (Tuesday August 30th)
1)  Treasurer’s report-including resolution of uncashed $25/check-not addressed at this meeting (Alice)
2) Childcare usage report: Ed will get a report from George on the number of children using childcare at each of our services.
3)   (Max) report on outcome of NHC T-Shirt sponsorship
4)   Update on Camping Shabbaton
5)   Decision about Facebook page/presence.
6)   Will we hold a Yom Kippur Ne'ilah service and Break the Fast?   (October 8th)?  
7)   Will we organize a Tu B'Shevat seder (February 8th, 2012)?