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Iðavelli Hof Rede Meeting Minutes: 19 February 2006 Redesfolk present: Phil, Danny, Tammie, Eric, Ana, Jag, and Dan Things we will need in order to incorporate as a church: 1) Name 2) Location 3) Incorporator 4) Board of Directors 5) Description of Activities 6) Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and Membership Requirements 7) Ecclesiastical Heirarchy Discussion: 1) Name: We agreed by consensus to use Idhavelli Hof on legal documents, but to officially do business as Iðavelli Hof, so that we can use whatever character set is most appropriate in a given situation. 2) Location: Our official location of business will be a P.O. box in Hillsborough which Ana will get, and the location of our official paperwork will be at Tammie's house (she will get a fireproof box). The formal location in Hillsborough will be convenient later on, since we will probably remain in Orange County when we build a hof, and we will not have to do lots of paperwork to change counties. 3) Incorporator: The entire founding board will sign as incorporators. 4) Board of Directors: The Board of Directors will be elected at the annual Þing at Midsummer, but for the interim the board will consist of the seven people who were present for the meeting today: Phil, Danny, Tammie, Eric, Ana, Jag, and Dan. We also decided that there should be four offices. The common names for these offices would be President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Communications Director, but in the interests of maintaining a Heathen perspective we decided to find other titles for these offices: President: Jarl Secretary: Ristakona(f) or Ristamaðr(m) Treasurer and Communications Director titles were not determined. The following officers were elected and will serve until the first Þing: Jarl: Phil Jones (Treasurer): Tammie Ward Ristakona: Ana Burrows (Communications Director): Dan Campbell 5) Description of Activities: To ensure that we have plenty of church-like activities that are formally under the umbrella of Iðavelli Hof, we will be careful to meet for blóts monthly (second Saturday evening of the month), and will also bring the rune class and lore discussion under the umbrella of the hof. 6) Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and Membership: There was a consensus that there should be two levels of membership, voting and non-voting, and that non-voting members should be required to wait a year and then be voted on by the voting membership before becoming voting members themselves. Details of how this might work were briefly discussed but not decided upon. Phil will draft a preliminary version of the bylaws which we will discuss at the next meeting. 7) Ecclesiastical Heirarchy: not discussed. Other business: Creed and Statement of Purpose: These need to be written and included in the bylaws. We should include a strongly worded non-discrimination statement to make it abundantly clear that we will not tolerate racists. Calendar: We will meet to discuss the bylaws and articles of incorporation at Tammie's house on Sunday 5 March at 11:30 am. Blóts: 8 April and 13 May Þing: 17-18 June. Danny will organize it. |