Ventura County Interfaith Community Minutes

August 19, 2008

 

Attending:

Yahya – Muslim

Linda – Catholic

Ros – SGI Nicheren Buddhist

Percy – Quaker

Tim – Episcopalian

Teri – Episcopalian

Frieda – Jewish

 

Minutes of Last Meeting

The group reviewed the minutes and approved them as read.

Review of Finances

The treasurer reported that we purchased tickets from the Rubicon theatre for resale and made $35.

 

Ros also adds recycling money to the account.

 

We currently have $464 in the bank.

Next Meeting VCIC Meetings

·        9/23 – Ros will bring devotional

·        10/14

Muslim Open House

Ros, Lowell, and Tim attended the Conejo Muslim open house, and enjoyed the visit.

Upcoming Events

Alternatives to Violence and Victory Over Violence

·        Percy is trying to get final confirmation from Rev. Dr. Dickey at the UMC on Westlake and Hampshire

·        10/22 at 7:00 PM

·        Ros will request transportation from SGI once Percy confirms date

·        Ken will MC the event

·        Publicity: Once Ros confirms the date and location,

o       Ros will ask Lisa to contact the Star and the Acorn

o       Frieda asked that information be mailed to Rabbi Lotker. We should also send a hard copy to Frieda so that she can remind Rabbi Lotker.

o       Percy will send the flyer to KCLU and try to get an interview

o       Linda mentioned the possibility of getting TV interview with a local CNN public service announcement. She will try to watch for the contact information. If she can get the information, she will e-mail Tim and Tim will contact the interviewer to try to arrange the interview

o       Teri will produce the  flyer and send to everyone

·        Events mentioned by Yahya

·        9/1 is the first day of Ramadan

·        Yahya will be giving a presentation at 7:00 on 8/27 at a church on Ramadan

·        Yahya will try to put together a presentation of Encounter Point on 10/23 at a Catholic Church

·        VCIC will consider hosting a showing of Encounter Point in the West County

o       Frieda will ask the Rabbi if we could show it at the temple

o       Alma Via is another possibility

·        Tim suggested presenting a series of classes at Alma Villa

Visiting Different Faith Centers

  • Teri asked Tim to invite VCIC to the Jain idol installation

Historian

  • Ros suggested creating a notebook with clippings to be maintained by a historian

Miscellaneous

  • Tim volunteered to add events like open houses to the VCIC web page dedicated to those events