Coordinating Teams

During the evaluation session for Clerks and Officers at the end of the 2015 Annual Session, the issue was raised that coordination and communication could be improved among those involved in supporting the business of the Yearly Meeting. To this end, Diego Navarro (then Presiding Clerk) created five coordinating groups that meet via video conference for 1.5-hour conference calls, once in the Fall/Winter and once in the Spring. During the calls, information is shared about what each committee, officer, or representative is working on, how it might impact the next gathering (Representative Committee or Annual Session), and what assistance is needed from others on the Team.

[PDF version of this report: Coordinating Teams Description 2018-11-16]

The five Coordinating Teams are

  • Action
    • Nominating Committee Clerk
    • Latin American Concerns Committee Clerk
    • Peace & Social Order Committee Clerk
    • Racial Justice Subcommittee Clerk
    • Unity with Nature Committee Clerk
  • Quarterly Meetings
    • College Park Quarterly Meeting M&O Clerk
    • College Park Quarterly Meeting Presiding Clerk
    • Southern California Quarterly Meeting M&C Clerk
    • Southern California Quarterly Meeting Presiding Clerk
  • Youth
    • Children’s Program Coordinator
    • Children’s Program Committee Clerk
    • JYM Adult Committee Clerk
    • JYM Youth Clerks
    • Youth Programs Coordinator’s Supervisor
    • Youth Programs Coordinating Committee Clerk
  • Logistics
    • Arrangements Clerk
    • Children’s Program Coordinator
    • Communications Committee Clerk
    • Discipline / F&P Revision Committee Clerk
    • Finance Committee Clerk
    • Nominating Committee Clerk
    • Registrar
    • Secretariat Clerk
    • Treasurer
  • Delegates & Representatives
    • AFSC Reps Convener
    • Evangelical Friends Church Southwest Observer
    • FCLCA Rep
    • FCNL Reps Convener
    • FGC Central Committee Observer
    • Friends Bulletin Board Convener
    • Friends Peace Team Board Rep
    • FUM Observer
    • FWCC Reps Convener
    • QEW Rep
    • Reunión General Observer
    • William Penn House Rep

In addition, the Presiding Clerk, the Presiding Clerk’s Elder, the Assistant to the Clerk, the Clerks of M&O, and the Youth Programs Coordinator serve on all five teams.

This information posted 2018-10-15, revised 11-16, by Sharon Gates, Assistant to the Clerk