Clerk’s Call to
PYM Representative Committee 2017:
AWAKENING TO THE PRESENCE
Click for Downloadable PDF Version of the Call to RepCom
WHEN/WHERE:
RepCom will be held at Palo Alto Friends Meeting and begin on Friday, March 3 at 6pm, continuing to Sunday, March 5 if necessary.
REGISTRATION:
Please register for RepCom by Feb 10th using the online form:
https://www.planetReg.com/E13010501642486
Please indicate your arrival and departure times, and your need (if any) for overnight hospitality. (Persons registering after Friday February 10 cannot be assured of overnight hospitality.)
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT:
Travel expenses of PYM officers, PYM committee clerks, and Representative Committee members [i.e., monthly meetings’ representatives to PYM] are reimbursed 25¢ per mile for round trip road atlas mileage between the member’s Home Meeting and the location of the Meeting being attended or actual expenses up to $.25 per mile. Round trip travel from Mexico and Guatemala and Hawaii is reimbursed up to $600. Members are encouraged to reduce costs by taking advantage of special bargain rates (early reservation, two for one, special offers, etc.).
PRESENTING AND REPORTING:
If your committee is presenting at RepCom, please submit written reports by February 17 to Amy Cooke, at amylisette@gmail.com. Reports will be posted on PYM’s website: https://www.pacificyearlymeeting.org/committee-newsletters-and-reports/representative-committee/ before RepCom.
Interest Groups at the 2017 Annual Session: Proposals for Interest Groups must be approved by a standing PYM Committee and submitted by its clerk. Please submit your proposals by Friday, February 24 to Amy Cooke, Assistant to the Clerk, at amylisette@gmail.com .
Junior Yearly Meeting: The youth leadership of Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) and JYM Adult Committee members will also be meeting at Palo Alto Meetinghouse March 3-5 to plan for JYM 2017. We look forward to worshiping and sharing meals with Friends attending Representative Committee. If you have questions, please contact adult co-clerks Dan Strickland danstrickland2001@yahoo.com or Kate Connell kate@kateconnell.com.
Diego Navarro, clerk of PYM, will preside at RepCom. He and I will send you further information, including an agenda, in one or more follow-up mailings.
If you have questions for the Clerk, contact Diego at diego.james.navarro@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you in Palo Alto,
Amy Cooke, Assistant to the Clerk of PYM
(Note: New Assistant to the Clerk as of 3/4/17 is Sharon Gates, pymassistanttotheclerk@gmail.com )