Quorum was met. With the exception of Woad, all other member covens represented.
A short grounding and centering lead by Puck
Officer Reports
First Officer- Puck’s group is restructuring a bit and for the moment he is going to double as first officer and coven rep for his group. He has been having problems getting into the e-group so he asks that any information posted to the e-group also be copied to his personal e-mail for the time being.
Second officer- Banshee offered to put together the meeting agendas and post it on the e-group at least one week before the meeting. Proposal passed by consensus that second officer will be responsible for formulating the meeting agenda.
Pursewarden- Report given by Caridwyn in Mari’s absence. We have the checking account established. It has a $4 monthly charge ,and need to pay for the checks. Right now the account balance is $1075.18. Expenses for Samhain and Yule were paid.
Membership Officer- Caridwyn forwarded the information for WOAD to national and has not heard back yet about correcting their provisional status. She needs to have the credential applications filled out to be sent in to national. Most covens have not received a charter number. Figment will be in contact with national for a meeting and will look into the issue. Caridwyn gathered some information on conflict resolution that she will send out to each coven.
Recorder- The meeting minutes from the last meeting were in the Yule issue of the COG newsletter. Meeting minutes passed by consensus. Moonowl looked at the bylaw and conflict resolution information and felt more imput was needed to put the bylaws together.
Board Contact/PIO- Need to sort out problems with membership and credentials. National is behind on it. People that are no longer members, or listed in the wrong area have not been updated. Figment will be speaking with national about getting it sorted out. In regards to rumor control, suggestion was made that any rumor that is seen over the net be read twice and thought on for 24 hours before forwarding it on to the group. He went to see Greg and it appeared that the rumor that was circulated was sent to all Michigan contacts listed on Witchvox.
Publications Officer- Not much to report. Last meeting minutes are posted on the website, the event fliers on the site are up to date, and our site is linked to the national webpage. Idea suggested that we can open up our site more by having our own domain. Also, that might be able to do some fundraising by connecting to an affiliate on the website.
Old Business
Coven bios- Banshee read COWS bio as an example. When any of the groups have their bio done they can e-mail it to Omega. One suggestion was that each bio should point out a coven rep to contact for information.
Yule- Felt the ritual went well The ritual coordinator needs to be able to focus on the ritual and have others working on the other things like kitchen duty. Need to have a feast coordinator, parking/security person, money taker, and door greater to name a few. Need to decide ahead of time on how many items to put out for the raffle. it was suggested that we have no more than 13. A suggestion was made on having an auction on a special raffle item. The UU site was a good place to have an event. Also mentioned that we may want to allow someone like Dana (to lead the drumming ) to have free entry to the event.
New Business
COG pendants- They can be order as a group order. they are $16. Let Caridwyn know how many your group wishes to purchase.
Travel Stripend- For the travel stipend for Merry Meet anyone interested needs to apply to national to try to get it.
Prospective members- New group came to the meeting to seek member ship in the council. They gave a short talk about their group and practices. They are experienced with child care and have a niece place for a gathering. A few issues were brought up about terminology used in the statement of practice, and an issue with one of their former members. Next meeting can work on starting the process for their application and such.
Drafting member guidelines for e-group- Omega will work on a draft on e-group guidelines to be posted when any new member joins the e-group. That need to accept the guidelines to register on the e-group. Omega also suggested a separate group be made for non-members. Tabled it till the next meeting.
Beltane update- Date set for May 5th at Paradise Pines. Alternate rain date can be offered the following day. Some fliers were already sent to Isle of Avalon, and some were passed out to the group. Anyone that would like to help out with having a part in the ritual , or site help such as parking, and money collection please contact Oberon.
Lady Liberty Ritual- Wyrd Roots will be presenting their Lady Liberty Ritual June 30 the weekend before the 4th of July. It will be at the MAP picnic. Details still in the process of being confirmed. Kala will work on the flier for it. Anyone that wishes to help out with it please contact Kala.
Workshop- Kala and Gypsy would like to do a day long workshop on creating group rituals for M.A.G.I.C. The day to end with performing the ritual created during the workshop. Dates suggested were April 8th or April 22nd. Date and location TBA for now.
Charity events- Banshee is walking in the Race for the Cure. Anyone that is interested in making a donation let her know. Also, in the fall there will be an Alsiemers (spelling?) walk-a-thon. Idea suggested that some M.A.G.I.C. members may like to participate in one such charity event as a group.
Next meeting- It will be at Puck’s house March 24th at 1PM.
Meeting adjourned 3:50PM