November 4, 2013
Notice of SFZC Board of Directors Meeting

The meetings of the SFZC Board of Directors are open to dues-paying members. The next meeting will be Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at 2 pm in the Wheelwright Center at Green Gulch Farm.  There is no meeting scheduled in December. The 2014 calendar is below. For more Board information, see the Governance page.

 

Tentative Agenda

2:00                       Bow in

2:05-2:10              Approval of minutes (decision)

2:10-2:30              Abbess/abbot report (information)

2:30-3:15              Visit creek restoration project (information)

3:15-3:30              Cloud Hall (information & discussion)

3:30-3:45              Break

3:45-4:30              SIT report (discussion & decision)

4:30-4:55             Report on The Pines (discussion & decision)

4:55-5:15              Use of property fund for purchase of Tassajara vehicles (decision)

5:15-5:25              Elect new board chair (decision)

5:25-5:50             Reports (information)

Elders’ Council process

Year-end appeal

Board self-evaluation

2014 Board calendar

Status of membership vote to confirm board slate

December holiday party

6:00                     Dinner/discussion with residents

 

2014 Calendar of Board Meetings

January 15, 2014              City Center          9:00 am – 5:00 pm

February 19, 2014            City Center          4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

March 19, 2014                 City Center          4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

April 16, 2014                    City Center          4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

June 18, 2014                   GGF                     2:00 pm – 8:30 pm

September 17, 2014         City Center          2:00 pm – 8:30 pm

November 19, 2014          City Center          4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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On Forgiveness

In this letter to the sangha, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman writes about forgiveness and repair in his own life, and how SFZC is working with former Abbot Richard Baker to reconcile a difficult past and move forward together.