SUMMER 2003March 9, 2003
he Trustees met on January 14, 2003, to reorganize and to assess and outline the work to be done in the coming year. George A. Crispin was reappointed clerk, Woody Gross was appointed assistant clerk, and Sue Price-Redfern was appointed recording secretary. It was agreed that as many of the documents as possible, such as minutes of Trustees’ meetings, contracts, correspondence, etc., now in possession of the clerk, would be placed on computer discs, with one copy held by the clerk and the other by the assistant clerk. We will investigate sending our records to the Friends Historic Library at Swarthmore College.
A description of the duties of the Trustees was developed as a result of a request from the Quarter Nominating Committee. The functions of the Trustees are: 1) to care for the properties owned by Salem Quarterly Meeting, 2) to serve as the legal body to represent the properties of Salem Quarterly Meeting, 3) to represent the properties of Salem Quarter to the public. The properties of the Salem Quarterly Meeting are: the Lower Alloway Creek Meetinghouse at Hancocks Bridge, the accompanying Old Cemetery along the Alloway Creek, now located on the Robinson farm, the Harmersville Friends Cemetery, and the Maurice River Friends Cemetery at Port Elizabeth. The clerk is also directed to investigate what insurance we have, or should have, to cover the trustees. Many governing boards have insurance to cover those who serve on their boards.
After considered discussion, the Trustees outlined the work to be undertaken throughout the coming year. It was agreed that we would try to find someone to contract for a major cleanup of the Old Cemetery, to be followed by additional work to be done by volunteers. Additionally, it was agreed that all Salem Quarter properties should have better signage; therefore, we will look into what steps can be taken to achieve this. This summer the roof of the meetinghouse will be checked for structural soundness. The coming season, with warmer weather, will be a time for much work to be done on our properties. Amidst such work is the mowing of the grass. This year, after about fifteen years, I will be retiring as the one who mows the grass. This labor has been a rich spiritual one for me. To care for something you love, whether a person, an animal, a building, or a place, is an act which enables one to experience, for a few hours at a time, a higher spiritual consciousness and to touch the past and those who also loved this building and this place. For this experience I shall always be grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
George A. Crispin, ClerkRETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
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