Diocesan Council
2008 Meeting Minutes
(pdf files)

January
Summary of January 16, 2008, meeting

Diocesan Council:

Heard a presentation from the Standing Committee and engaged in discussion about the election and transition to the next Bishop of Minnesota.

Discussed next steps for Mission Strategy.

Unanimously passed a motion to ask Jim Huber and Dan Pearson to be co-chairs of the Mission Strategy Committee, with Mariann Budde as spiritual leader and Craig Van Gelder as the consultant.

Unanimously passed a motion stating that the draft charge to the Mission Strategy Committee be completed as discussed in Council, with additional items to be inserted and with a preamble added by the Bishop, and that it be presented to the leadership of the committee and then published at large.

February
Summary of February 14, 2008, meeting

Diocesan Council:

Unanimously passed Resolution 2008-03, designating any budget surplus from 2007 for offset of the additional anticipated expenses for the bishop search and transition, as well as continued Mission Strategy Committee costs.

Unanimously passed a motion instructing Sarah Strickland to put together a plan for mutual ministry review with Gethsemane, Minneapolis, including financial information, and to present this material at the March 13 Council meeting.

Unanimously passed Resolution 2008-02, listing minimum insurance coverage requirements for all churches in the diocese, to be implemented by May 1, 2008.

Passed a motion stating that the diocesan finance report presented to Council at its March 13 meeting be fully transparent, and include individual salary and benefit numbers for the episcopate and for diocesan staff.

March
Summary of March 13, 2008, meeting

Diocesan Council:

Accepted a proposal from Cincinnatus to conduct a midpoint ministry review with Gethsemane, Minneapolis

Received a list of individual salary and benefit numbers for the episcopate and for diocesan staff, and engaged in discussion on issues concerning their use

Heard an update of the work of the Mission Strategy Network

Heard reports from Episcopal Homes and the Episcopal House of Prayer