{"id":1809,"date":"2017-02-02T18:39:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/?page_id=1809"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:10:48","slug":"offices-and-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/offices-and-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Offices and Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Clerk<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Clerk is Dawn Crimson \u2013 Fall 2025 through Spring 2027<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Takes office at rise of meeting in which nomination is approved, normally Spring session of an odd-numbered year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Prepares a tentative agenda before each Meeting for Business, and recognizes speakers during the meeting<\/li>\n<li>Discerns when the meeting has reached a decision, and articulates it back to the meeting for approval<\/li>\n<li>Signs letters and other documents on behalf of the meeting and at its direction<\/li>\n<li>Checks minutes provided by the Recording Clerk after each session<\/li>\n<li>Keeps and maintains the BRQ minute book<\/li>\n<li>Makes sure minutes are\n<ul>\n<li>Archived at the University of Illinois Library<\/li>\n<li>Sent to monthly meetings<\/li>\n<li>Distributed over the BRQ email list<\/li>\n<li>Posted on this website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forwards business as necessary from BRQ to Illinois Yearly Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Attends meetings of the ILYM Continuing Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Recording Clerk<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Recording Clerk is Dale Gardener \u2013 through Spring 2027<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Takes office at rise of meeting in which nomination is approved, normally Spring session of an odd-numbered year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Takes minutes during Meeting for Business (sharing responsibility with the Clerk and the meeting as a whole for formulating the specific wording)<\/li>\n<li>Provides the Clerk with a copy of the minutes after meeting has ended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Treasurer<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Treasurer is Margie Haworth \u2013 through Spring 2027<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Takes office at rise of meeting in which nomination is approved, normally Spring session of an odd-numbered year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Receives and disburses funds on behalf of the meeting<\/li>\n<li>Maintains meeting bank account<\/li>\n<li>Reports each meeting on the meeting&#8217;s\n<ul>\n<li>Income<\/li>\n<li>Expenses<\/li>\n<li>Balance<\/li>\n<li>Overall financial condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Website Coordinator<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Website Coordinator is Peter Lasersohn \u2013 through Spring 2023<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Takes office at rise of meeting in which nomination is approved, normally Spring session of an odd-numbered year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Maintains and updates the Blue River Quarterly Meeting website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Nominating Committee<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is appointed from the floor of the meeting during Fall session of an even-numbered year; takes office immediately. Normally consists of at least two Friends from different meetings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Discerns potential nominees for\n<ul>\n<li>Clerk<\/li>\n<li>Recording Clerk<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer<\/li>\n<li>Website Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Investigates their availability and willingness to serve<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Proposes nominees to the meeting as a whole for confirmation\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Normally in the Spring session of an odd-numbered year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clerk Current Clerk is Dawn Crimson \u2013 Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 Takes office at rise of meeting in which nomination is approved, normally Spring session of an odd-numbered year.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/offices-and-committees\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1809","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7qkcU-tb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1809\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueriverquarterly.org\/brq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}