Minutes – Council Meeting – 11th March 2020
Minutes of the Council Meeting
London Shambhala Meditation Centre
Wednesday 11th March 2020
Present: Frances Hollis, Adam Hart, Jane O’Callaghan, Philip Stones, David Morris
Apologies: Peter Burke, Cailin Burney-O’Dowd
- It was agreed that Culture, Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) team would produce and circulate a sheet of guiding questions / enquiries for the community gathering on April 4th (these will also be available to those who cannot attend but wish to be included in anonymised harvesting of opinions and feelings)
- CDI will discuss who will be invited to attend the April 4th event, whether members only, or members + former members, or to include anyone who has begun Shambhala training, for example. CDI to advise council of intentions on this.
- Adam agreed to arrange an emergency meeting of the Trustees and the Council in the first part of the w/c March 30th, to discuss status of the centre and all upcoming programmes considering Covid-19 and emerging guidance.
- Adam agreed to find out from Peter or Jez whether the Gay Buddhist Fellowship are paying for monthly hire of centre.
- Outstanding from February meeting: There will be a review of protocols for how the council consults with teams and Trustees re: external communications.
- Jane to progress enquiries into how to revamp and re-write the website. Raised as part of this: Potential for using a ‘skin’ on the template; need to update out of date materials; usefulness of a ‘hire’ section which could be shared by members.
- Jane to move ahead with gathering materials for and placing advertisements on venue hire websites (which do not cost but take commission, and give LSMC right to vet/select as appropriate).
- The council agreed and committed to reading minutes of team meetings prior to council meeting to save time – council members to look on website members section for these.
- David to report back to P & E: council in agreement with proposal for teachers leading Monday open nights; CDI concerns over oblique event descriptions
- The email from Nele regarding the Health team to be discussed at next meeting
- The next council meeting (emergency, see above) will be held in the w/c March 30th.