VESTRY REPORT

Saint Michael and All Angels

Town Hall Meetings:

• The purpose of the Town Hall Meeting is for the Vestry to give updates on activities and to provide an opportunity for the parish to ask questions and provide input.

• To date, three other Town Hall Meetings are scheduled:  May 14, 2006, September 17, 2006, and December 17, 2006.

Annual Meeting of the Parish

• The Annual Parish Meeting of the parish will be held on February 12, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.  At that time the traditional report on the events that have taken place over the past year will be presented.
• New members of the Vestry will be elected to begin a three year term.
• Delegates to the Diocesan Convention will be elected.

Nominating Committee

• One of the items on the agenda for the January Vestry meeting will be the report of the nomination committee to elect new members of the Vestry and delegates to the Diocesan Convention.
• Vestry nominations are governed by current bylaws which are posted on the website.  As has been reported, George Coleman is directing a task force to study governance which includes elections procedures.  Until that task force completes its recommendations, the nominating committee is bound by current bylaws.
• Under current bylaws the nominating committee is to be composed of the five members of the vestry who are serving their third term.  Four members are appointed at large from the Parish Council by the current Senior Warden, three members at large are appointed for one year and one member is appointed by the Senior Warden to serve two years.  The nominating committee presents its report of the nominations for the five new members of the Vestry at the meeting of the Vestry preceding the annual members of the Vestry.
• The members of this years nominating committee are:

            5 retiring members of the Vestry

            Jeff Rice

            Bob Wilbur

            Rita Clements

            Neal Lacey

            Marilyn Augur

            Holdover member:

            Tony Briggle

            Other members selected by the Senior Warden

            Bill Addy

            Kalita Blessing

            Ralph Cousins

            Harriet Stoneham

            John McFarland (will serve next year as the holdover member)

            Ann Reese-Said

            Nancy Solana

• 21 candidates have been nominated to serve on the Vestry
• 25 candidates have been nominated to serve as Diocesan Delegates

Capital Campaign

• The parish is currently in the quiet phase of a Capital Campaign to raise the money to purchase the apartments to the north of the church.
• There is a handout available which answers questions regarding this effort.
• In order not to compete which ongoing stewardship efforts, the leadership of the campaign is waiting to go public on February 1, 2006 when a parish wide event will be held.  All members of the parish should have received a “save the date” notice of this event.
• C.A. and Sylvia Rundell are chairing the Capital Campaign and Rita and Bill Clements are serving as honorary chairs.

Strategic Planning

• Two members of the current Vestry have served as members of the Strategic Planning Committee.
• The Wardens and Treasurer have attended the follow up sessions in order to hear recommendations of this group.

Outreach Study

• A study is being conducted by Allen Lassiter to determine how much money is actually being donated by the parish to outreach.
• Preliminary  numbers show that a minimum of $2,414,000.00 was given by the parish to outreach efforts in 2005.