P&E Team minutes – 23rd July 2020

P&E Team minutes – 23rd July 2020

 

Attendees: Rachael (chair), Jane, Tessa, Jim, Merlin, Jez (minutes)

The agenda for the upcoming meeting so far is as follows:

1)    Brief sit and check-in

2)    Appoint minute-taker

3)    Review previous minutes

4)    Recordings of teachings available for public

5)    Opening the centre again from a P&E perspective – what we need to do if asked to reopen by the trustees

6)    Schedule for September and beyond – virtual and in person

7)    Half day retreats online

10)    Date & chair of next meeting

 

Minutes

3)    Review previous minutes

ACTION – Pandemic Practices – Rachael to include at C&T meeting tomorrow

4)    Recordings of teachings available for public

ACTION – P&E agree.  Next step is to make it happen.

5)    Opening the centre again from a P&E perspective – what we need to do if asked to reopen by the trustees

ACTION – Wait until we have some idea of Oddfellows position regards to finance.  Re-visit next meeting.

PROPOSAL – Come Sept – One evening online, one in centre.  Concentrate on weekend programmes that bring in money.

6)    Schedule for September and beyond – virtual and in person

ACTION – Email people and see who is willing to come and volunteer

PROPOSAL – bringing community together for a day of practice

PROPOSAL – Start with an open evening in Sept and then an open programme in October.  If finances permit

PROPOSAL – HoP in the park, for example – Battersea park pagoda, 

ACTION – Rachael to discuss HoP with CDI

ACTION – contact teachers to contemplate whether they are willing to come in and what subject to teach.  Jez to contact in one week to see where we are.

ACTION – Ask teachers who are not in meeting the same questions about programmes

7)    Half day retreats online

ACTION – in same email above – what online half day.

ACTION – Teachers from Europe to be invited for online courses.

ACTION – Offer honorariums again, they can donate them back if they wish.  Heart Gifts for the teacher via PayPal or something.

ACTION – can someone outside this team able to curate a series of talks similar to Amsterdam (Jim to ask around to find someone – David Morris).  Half days or talks. 

8)    AOB

POINT OF ORDER – Tessa stepping down as Shastri on HoP

ACTION – Agenda point for council and trustees. Jez to cut back from volunteer time when he starts college in Sept, so to produce a 1 page list of volunteer tasks that won’t be covered from Jez and Ariela not being available.

9)    Date & chair of next meeting

20th August – 7.30-9pm next meeting

Chair – Jane  (Chair to be done on a rotating basis by surname)