Minutes 1st May 2012Sukkat Shalom Council meeting Tuesday 1st May 2012 7:30pm At 10 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh Present Gillian Raab, Nick Silk, Ricky Hogg, Maureen Mackinnon, Claudette Hudes, Norman Crane, Rebecca Wober, Helen Ford (minutes) Apologies Phil Wadler, Maurice Naftalin, Sue Lieberman 1. Minutes of meeting on 6th March were approved 2. Matters Arising (not covered below) Phil has paid for a year’s subscription for the new emergency phone and will claim this back on expenses. The previous account has been cancelled. There has been no progress on the erev Shabbat booklet due to the b’nei mitzvah of Adam and Leora There was some discussion on the subject of announcements that can go into the newsletter. While it was agreed that this had been discussed at the previous meeting, it was confirmed that all non-ELJC related meetings should go in a section at the end of the newsletter with a general ‘disclaimer’, along the lines of “the following events have been notified to ELJC. They are reproduced here for the benefit of members who may wish to attend them.” 3. Composition of Council Maureen was standing down as a member of the council but will carry on with the catering. There is a need for a catering team. Rebecca to be council liaison for Catering and Kate, Wendy, Claire Hogg and Anna Duncan to be approached to be members of the team. Action Maureen 4. Reports a) Treasurers Report Everything now online. The Pesach Caterers will accept a Bank Transfer for Payment. Reminder letters being sent out regarding unpaid subs. Three quarters have been paid. Kol Nidre appeal cheques are still to be sent off. Action Gillian and Claudette b) Religious Affairs Things going well. Shavuot – 26 May, service will be followed by cheesecake and discussion. Borders service 9 June. Friday Erev Shabbat service o 13thn July will be addressed by an American Education Director from New Mexico and followed by a Chavurah Supper. c) Cheder and adult education We may be gaining another child or two in the cheder. Norman to sort 2012/13 Academic Year session dates for bookings as soon as possible. We seem to be having more Spinoza meetings than Tea and Talmud, so we need to see if balance can be redressed. Action Nick: When planning Mark’s next visits Sunday Morning Hebrew Group has a new member. Norman responded to a request to do an Education session at Oaklands School (learning disability) on the topic Pesach. The children appeared to concentrate for 25 minutes. We recorded our thanks to Norman for doing this. d) Membership New Member – Helen Sherbourne formally welcomed to the community. There are a few more potential members. Rebecca to design a welcome to the community card. 5. SCIO Application Update The application was formally submitted and we have had a request for some small changes as well as a detailed list of our assets. Gillian will submit this shortly. 6. Quiz Intercommunity Quiz. Sunday 4th November. Wait how many people sign up before deciding venue, St Marks to be asked if they have the facilities needed to have the quiz there. Action Nick Reply to be sent stating interest and Kristi to be asked if she is willing to organise. Action Gillian 7. Facebook Helen Sherbourne has volunteered to set up a Facebook page for us so we have a better social media Social Media presence. We will monitor how this is going. Action everyone. 8. Jewish Leadership Council We have received an invitation from this group. It is self-appointed. We shouldn't feel obliged to send someone. Email to be forwarded to Nick. 9. Funeral Directors Gordon Barclay is looking in to changing Funeral Directors from the Co-op in liaison with Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation who are planning to change. Jonathan and Marjory Brodie expressed some disquiet since co-op relations had been good. 10. Seder The communal seder was very successful, with over 90 people, only 16 of whom were guests from elsewhereAction Maureen to check if this is correct. Two last minute people away. Appears to have made a small profit, but details currently unavailable to allow for post deadline cheques to clear. Details to be confirmed later Action Claudette to bring to next meeting. 11, Biennial Weekend Claudette, Robbert and Gillian attended this very enjoyable weekend and would encourage others to go in 2 years time. Gillian and Nick won Chairman's Awards. 12. Birthday Cards Thanks to Ricky for volunteering to organise this. Cards will go out to Children, until Bar/Bat Mitzvah age and then potentially for special occasions after 13. Options for adult birthdays include Sponsoring a Kiddush either by bringing along some food (eg Cake or similar) and Mitzvot but needs flexibility. Ricky will draft and send letters each month to those with birthdays to ask about an Aliyah and a contribution to Kiddush. Rebekah agreed to design some cards that would be suitable to send out. 13. Edinburgh Star Claudette has asked to become a proof reader for the next issue. There are plenty of articles from us that will feature there. Council members agreed that Sukkat Shalom would become a Patron for £100. 14. Other business Security Marjory reported a problem with security in May. We need a bigger pool of people willing to do it. It was proposed to rename to Meeting and Greeting and to ask for volunteers in the newsletter. Action: Gillian or Marjory to pass text text to Hannah
The meeting concluded with thanks to the chair.
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