January 21, 2010

These are notes of highlights from the meeting, and the detailed minutes will be published when prepared and approved

The January Vestry meeting began with the introduction of diocesan CFO Anne Vickers who had met earlier with the rector and officers. After the usual organizational motions which begin each year, the vestry turned to the good news of the 2009 financial report (in a preliminary stage) which indicates that good stewardship, generosity, and some hard decisions resulted in a positive cash flow. Senior Warden Jim Palermo went on record thanking the staff for their salary sacrifice and hard work.

Reg Irvine was elected Junior Warden, and Delegates to Convention will be elected at the next meeting.

Turning to the current pledge drive, Betsie Danner reported on the recent vestry phone-a-thon. While it produced good results, bringing pledges of $605,000 toward our goal of $885,000, there is still a $280,000 gap. The goal was identified by the Vestry in response to the many parishioners who place a high priority on restoring staff salaries to the 2007 level.