NPYM Annual Session History
Outline History of North Pacific Yearly Meeting
Year |
2009 |
Annual Session Site |
University of Montana, Missoula MT |
Presiding Clerk |
Helen Dart |
Theme |
Experiencing the Light in Hard Times: How Do We Stay Faithful in |
Friend(s) in Residence |
John Calvi, New England YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Condemn use of torture by U.S. government |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2008 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Helen Dart |
Theme |
Answering to that of God in Everyone |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Ruth Flower, senior staff of FCNL |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Global climate change as an urgent moral and spiritual issue Decriminalization of drug use; public health model to reduce drug abuse |
Organizational Notes |
Structural changes approved: Steering Committee to be replaced by Coordinating Committee; more major business decisions at AS New standing committees: Ministry & Oversight (later "Ministry & Counsel"), Peace & Social Concerns, Youth Annual Session to be extended by 1 day (Weds. – Sun.) |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2007 |
Annual Session Site |
Reed College, Portland OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Dorsey Green |
Theme |
Quaker Leadership |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Arthur Larrabee, Philadelphia YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Arthur Larrabee led a clerking workshop the Weds. before Annual Session Ad hoc committee begins discernment re: joining FGC |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2006 |
Annual Session Site |
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Dorsey Green |
Theme |
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Friend(s) in Residence |
none (short Annual Session) |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
This Annual Session shortened by a day to accommodate Friends General Conference Gathering on the PLU campus: first FGC Gathering on the West Coast |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2005 |
Annual Session Site |
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Dorsey Green |
Theme |
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Friend(s) in Residence |
Mary Lord, Baltimore YM, Director of Peace Building Unit of AFSC |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Committee on the Discipline (later Faith & Practice Committee) named to begin update to NPYM Faith and Practice |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2004 |
Annual Session Site |
University of Montana, Missoula MT |
Presiding Clerk |
Jon Prescott |
Theme |
How Are We Called to Deepen Our Spiritual Path during Times of T |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Eden Grace, New England YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2003 |
Annual Session Site |
University of Montana, Missoula MT |
Presiding Clerk |
Jon Prescott |
Theme |
Our Peace Testimony: Walking our Talk in our Communities |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Martin Garate, Director of International Division of ASFC |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2002 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jane Snyder |
Theme |
Be Ready to Give a Reason for the Hope that is within You |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Peggy Parsons, Northwest YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Oppose war in Iraq |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2001 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jane Snyder |
Theme |
Challenges of Persistence in the Face of Power |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Joe Volk, Director of FCNL |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
2000 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jay Thatcher |
Theme |
Knowing Experimentally: Quakerism in a Scientific Age |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Jocelyn Burnell, Clerk of Britain YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Opposing bombing and planned invasion of Iraq |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1999 |
Annual Session Site |
Pacific University, Forest Grove OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jay Thatcher |
Theme |
Looking Forward and Back: Stewardship Environment, Economics, My |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Betty Poster, Canadian YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
First Central Friends Camp (middle-school age) |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1998 |
Annual Session Site |
Gonzaga University, Spokane WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Anne Stever |
Theme |
Weaving a Tapestry of Peace |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Duduzile Mtshazo, Central & Southern Africa YM, Assistant Clerk |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Oppose Aryan Nations march in Coeur d‘Alene ID Living in harmony with the earth |
Organizational Notes |
Decision not to affiliate with Friends General Conference at this time Friend in the Orient Committee is laid down |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1997 |
Annual Session Site |
Gonzaga University, Spokane WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Anne Stever |
Theme |
Silence, Voice, Story |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Paul & Margaret Lacey, Earlham College |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Support legal recognition of same-sex marriage |
Organizational Notes |
Celebration of 25th Annual Session of NPYM |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1996 |
Annual Session Site |
Evergreen State College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Margaret Sorrel |
Theme |
Oh, Friend, I Know Not That of God in Me, until Entwined with Th |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Nancy Middleton, General Secretary of Philadelphia YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Concern about burning of African American churches |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1995 |
Annual Session Site |
Evergreen State College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Margaret Sorrel |
Theme |
The Hurt of One Is the Hurt of All, The Honor of One is the Hono |
Friend(s) in Residence |
GAP Theater |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Express regret to people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for US bombing of their cities Oppose US Army School of the Americas |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1994 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Marge Abbott |
Theme |
Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly with Your God: Turning Faith |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Mary Garman, Earlham College |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
A Loving Response to Hostility to Homosexual People Endorse U.S. Peace Tax Fund Endorse Code of Conduct for Arms Transfers |
Organizational Notes |
Approve changes in NPYM Structure: amend statement of purpose for NPYM; create new Annual Session Planning Committee; add part-time paid position for NPYM Secretary; changes in Steering Committee and Outreach (later Outreach & Visitation) Committee |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1993 |
Annual Session Site |
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Marge Abbott |
Theme |
Extending the Boundaries of Community |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Gordon Browne, General Secretary of FWCC Section of the Americas |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Steering Committee approves new section on marriage for Faith and Practice Challenge by Junior Friends to adults at Annual Session leads to open meeting, hosted by JFs, to hear adult concerns Steering Committee forms “Mulling-over Committee” to consider next steps for NPYM organization and structure |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1992 |
Annual Session Site |
Western Montana State College, Dillon MT |
Presiding Clerk |
John Sullivan |
Theme |
Violence, Healing, and Transformation |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Judy Brutz, Ohio YM (C) & Iowa YM (FUM) |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Caring for same-gender relationships Gay and lesbian civil rights |
Organizational Notes |
Young Adult Friends form as a group |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1991 |
Annual Session Site |
Western Montana State College, Dillon MT |
Presiding Clerk |
John Sullivan |
Theme |
Faith in Action: In Spirit and in Truth |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Simeon Shitemi, Kenya, Clerk of FWCC |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Solidarity with native peoples of this hemisphere Challenge to examine ourselves on racism |
Organizational Notes |
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Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1990 |
Annual Session Site |
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Gery Hubbe |
Theme |
Servanthood and Friendship |
Friend(s) in Residence |
John Punshon, London YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Struggle over revising Faith and Practice statement on marriage. Final agreement: “Yearly Meeting finds that the first sentence in the chapter on marriage in Faith and Practice does not reflect the state of Yearly Meeting and directs the Discipline Committee to begin its revision process of that sentence, at least.” |
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Year |
1989 |
Annual Session Site |
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Gery Hubbe |
Theme |
Marriage and Truth |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Jan Hoffman, New England YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Junior Friends request that their clerk represent them on Steering Committee Outreach Committee publishes Survival Sourcebook: A Guide to Nourishing Small Meetings and Worship Groups |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1988 |
Annual Session Site |
Linfield College, McMinnville OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jane Snyder |
Theme |
Theology of Service |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Asia Bennett, Executive Secretary of AFSC |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Montana Gathering of Friends becomes third Quarterly Meeting of NPYM |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1987 |
Annual Session Site |
Linfield College, McMinnville OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jane Snyder |
Theme |
Arts for Peace Culture |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Arthur Kanegis, Philadelphia YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Concern for Nicaragua Summon people of nation to live in truth, honor, integrity, and justice for all |
Organizational Notes |
Junior Friends write to Nancy Reagan to urge “Say No to War” campaign to match “Say No to Drugs” |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1986 |
Annual Session Site |
Whitman College, Walla Walla WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Paul Davis |
Theme |
The Spirit, the Light, the Way: Friends in Development |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Jack & Carol Urner, Right Sharing |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Oppose direction of U.S. Policy, especially trust in military solutions Oppose military and other aid to Contras in Nicaragua Encourage support of Sanctuary defendants |
Organizational Notes |
Minute: Out of expressions of pain and searching, NPYM accepts its newly-published Faith and Practice as a gift and as a living, evolving document. We are unable to reach unity on whether marriage is “a covenant between two persons and God” or “a covenant between a man and a woman and God.” Incorporation complete for Oregon; 501(c)(3) status granted from IRS |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1985 |
Annual Session Site |
Whitman College, Walla Walla WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Barbara Janoe |
Theme |
Renaming the World after God |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Elizabeth Watson, New England YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Capital punishment Environmental crisis as a moral and spiritual crisis Peace tax fund legislation |
Organizational Notes |
Discipline Committee expects to print Faith and Practice in 1/1986; major disagreements over marriage and family section NPYM incorporation underway |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1984 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Thomas Center, Bothell WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Barbara Janoe |
Theme |
Peace in Central America |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Molly & Miguel Figuerola, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Indian Treaty Rights and protection of resources Encourage Monthly Meetings, Preparative Meetings, and Worship Groups to consider sanctuary for Central American refugees |
Organizational Notes |
Decision NOT to have a standing Ministry & Oversight Committee |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1983 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Thomas Center, Bothell WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Barbara Janoe |
Theme |
Learning as Worship |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Richard Eldridge, Buckingham Friends School |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
War tax resistance |
Organizational Notes |
Celebration of 10th Annual Session as YM |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1982 |
Annual Session Site |
Judson Baptist College, The Dalles OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Jane Snyder |
Theme |
This Do and Ye Shall Live: Loving Neighbors and Adversaries |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Kara Cole, Friends United Meeting General Secretary |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Concern for Friends in Great Britain and Argentina about confrontation between peace testimony and military policies of their countries |
Organizational Notes |
Agree not to meet at Judson Baptist College again because of restrictions for gays and lesbians Outreach Committee publishes 2 booklets |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1981 |
Annual Session Site |
Judson Baptist College, The Dalles OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Helen Stritmatter |
Theme |
Valiant Friends, Past, Present, Future |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Margaret Bacon, Philadelphia YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Urge US and USSR to stop arms race Urge understanding of relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II; support redress or other means to acknowledge and amend the injustice Support civil rights for gays and lesbians |
Organizational Notes |
Outreach Committee established to nurture distant Friends and WGs |
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Year |
1980 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Martin’s College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Helen Stritmatter |
Theme |
Essence of Worship: Music as Spiritual Experience |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Dwight Wilson & Niyonu Spann |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Friends east of Cascades express need for greater visitation and support (Outreach Committee is later formed to fill this need) Discipline Committee produces draft Handbook of Organization and Practice |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1979 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Martin’s College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Paul Davis |
Theme |
Jesus and the Evolving Christ Myth |
Friend(s) in Residence |
John Youngblut |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
Threshing session on Preparative Meeting and Worship Group representation on Steering Committee Olympia becomes Monthly Meeting: NPYM now includes 8 Monthly Meetings and 9 Worship Groups |
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Year |
1978 |
Annual Session Site |
Camp Adams, Mollala OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Paul Davis |
Theme |
Quaker Outreach in a World Falling Apart |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Mike & Margaret Yarrow, Intermountain YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Oppose death penalty Letter to President Carter opposing conversion of Olympic Winter Games facility at Lake Placid into a prison |
Organizational Notes |
Discipline Committee created to develop our own Faith and Practice Decision to affiliate with FCNL |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1977 |
Annual Session Site |
Camp Adams, Mollala OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Alice Miles |
Theme |
The Spiritual Basis for Political Action |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Nick Block, FCNL staff |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
NPYM sends 2 representatives to New Call to Peacemaking First Brinton Visitor: Ed Morgenroth |
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Year |
1976 |
Annual Session Site |
Colegio Cesar Chavez, Mt. Angel OR |
Presiding Clerk |
Alice Miles |
Theme |
Prayer, Worship, and Encounter |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Margaret Gibbons, Scotland YM, FWCC staff |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
New anti-Trident minute |
Organizational Notes |
Pacific YM proposes Brinton Visitors program; NPYM will help plan |
Steering (Coordinating) Cmte. Clerk |
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Year |
1975 |
Annual Session Site |
Fort Worden, Port Townsend WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Monette Thatcher |
Theme |
Growing into Wholeness |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Elizabeth Watson, New York YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Oppose Trident submarine and missile project Support New Zealand Friends for nuclear-free South Pacific |
Organizational Notes |
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Year |
1974 |
Annual Session Site |
Fort Worden, Port Townsend WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Harold Carson |
Theme |
Dilemmas for Quakerism in Action |
Friend(s) in Residence |
John Sullivan, Philadelphia YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
Support amnesty for exiles and prisoners from war in SE Asia. Inform ourselves on issues of Indian self-determination. |
Organizational Notes |
Decision (5/1974) to affiliate with AFSC. Vancouver Meeting leaves NPYM. |
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Year |
1973 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Martin’s College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Francis Dart |
Theme |
That of God in Everyone |
Friend(s) in Residence |
Hugh Campbell-Brown, Canadian YM |
Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
First true Annual Session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting. Much discussion about nature of our new YM. Decision (11/1973) to affiliate w/ FWCC. |
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Year |
1972 |
Annual Session Site |
St. Martin's College, Olympia WA |
Presiding Clerk |
Lee Bennett |
Theme |
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Friend(s) in Residence |
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Peace & Social Justice Minutes |
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Organizational Notes |
An organizational meeting, not an "Annual Session" as such. Minute: North Pacific Gathering of Friends forms the North Pacific Yearly Meeting as of this date, July 17, 1972. Founding meetings: Corvallis, Eastside, Eugene, Multnomah, Salem, Tacoma, University, Vancouver (BC). University Meeting keeps dual membership in Pacific and North Pacific YMs. Victoria Meeting (BC) is led to commit to Canadian YM. |
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