<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">There is sense to that. Unfortunately, Linda has a TaxAide conference in Washington that conflicts with the next meeting and I plan to accompany her. So if we are going to have a story in the September Confluence, someone else will have to write it. That's OK, I don't normally write the stories in Confluence myself.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I would attend if they put the meeting on Zoom, but I don't think they want to do that.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I didn't so much think that individuals would be embarrassed, but that it might be embarrassing for us as an organization.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 12:57 PM Maggie & Steve Meyer via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)">My reason for voting not to share last night's presentations with Kat was not embarrassment. It was that we need to decide at the end of the next session what action, if any, we need to take as a follow up to the sharing of concerns. Sharing our feedback at the halfway point makes no sense and compromises others speaking.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Maggie Meyertt<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 9:02 AM nwolske17--- via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<div>Ted</div><div><br></div>I believe I can say with certainty and on behalf of everyone there that embarrassment has nothing to do with the reason your suggestion to put a summary of last night’s meeting in the Confluence was voted down in a landslide. <div><br></div><div>“Sharing your impressions” would be exactly that, and is the reason no one with an obvious bias <span>should be writing a summation for public consumption. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Nancy Lee </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(113,95,250);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Thursday, July 27, 2023, 7:13 AM, Ted Goertzel via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_-2614303416126572382m_-2167549941211830902yiv3939823540"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">After getting home and sharing my impressions of last night's discussion with Linda, I can understand why people might be embarrassed to have it summarized in Confluence. I did take notes and any member who wasn't there and wants to know what happened can call me at 609 744-7475.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"> We have a<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://fuusm.org/uploads/documents/P&PM_conflictpolicy.pdf" target="_blank"> Conflict Resolution and Grievance Procedure</a> which is posted on the <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="http://fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusm.org</a> site. The opening paragraph is as follows:</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="cid:18998438747cb971f161" alt="image.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="465" height="73"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">I think there is merit in "clear, direct, honest and loving communication with the parties concerned". I hope we do more of that. Some of these personal grievances are misunderstandings that could be resolved if people would talk directly.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"> I did prepare a statement of <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jtFbCd4zI28Nf8Hv1hY5REh0eBpn8Lf_zn5iAaeQSE8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">my impressions of Kat's performance as minister</a> but I didn't get a chance to speak last night. Next month Linda and I will be at a conference in Washington. But my views are close to those shared by Virginia and Jim.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"> Linda and I have always found Kat to be personable and supportive and have enjoyed her sermons, although my own preference is for unprogrammed Quaker worship. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Anyone who is interested in my views can click on the link. If anyone else wants to share their written statement or make any comments, I suggest they use this list to do it. The guidelines for this list are very broad. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="cid:1899843874acb971f162" alt="image.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="38"><span id="m_-2614303416126572382m_-2167549941211830902yahoo-rte-cursor-span"></span><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div>
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