Librarian
Term:
- Three-year staggered term with a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Clerk's Responsibilities:
- Understand and be able to implement Quaker process.
- Serve as primary contact person for committee.
- Schedule meetings and ensure that meetings take place.
- Ensure that an agenda for committee meetings is organized.
- Ensure a report is generated to be presented to the Meeting for Business.
- Ensure that committee meeting minutes and notes, which may include background discussions, concerns, planning, proposals, actions and possibly confidential material, be written and kept as an organized file.
- Ensure that action items that arise during committee meetings are assigned.
- Arrange for the new committee’s first meeting and at that meeting ensure that the committee chooses its clerk, unless the clerk has been specified by the Nominating Committee.
Committee's Responsibilities:
- Maintains and promote use of the library.
- Within the limits of the budget, orders appropriate books,
magazines, pamphlets, and handouts, and publicizes them in the newsletter and maintains a supply of North Pacific Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice books. - Develops and publicizes a specific section of the library devoted to
materials aimed at informing new members and attenders about Quaker history and practice. - Maintains a circulation system for all Meeting books, periodicals, and pamphlets.
- Makes reports to the Meeting for Worship for Business as needed.
- Coordinates with the Education Committee
- Ensures a smooth transition and transfer of information to the next
office holder.
