At it's regular meeting last night, May 27th 2009, the vestry of St. Thomas' Parish entertained the following motions:

1. A motion to move forward with the Capital Campaign and hire the Episcopal Church Foundation to lead us in this endeavor;
2. A motion to spiritually and financially support our parish's external fund-raising team; 
3. A motion to establish a formal Building Committee, with Matt Cloninger as its chair;
4. A motion to move forward to hire Matt Jarvis/Auraform as the project architect pending re-negotiation of several details in our contract with him.

As you will see from the motions below, which include the vote tallies for each, the vestry has decided overwhelmingly to approve each of them. The vestry will keep the parish informed on progress in each of these areas.

1. Engage the Episcopal Church Foundation to conduct a capital campaign to begin January 2010.

Yes: 9        No: 0        Abstain: 1

2. Support both spiritually and financially up to $10 K through 2009 the congregational fundraising team to seek outside support immediately.

Yes: 9        No: 0

3. Authorize Matt Jarvis/Auroform to resume work on the sanctuary design pending successful renegotiation of the existing contract, and upon approval of re-negotiated terms by the Vestry.

Yes: 8        No: 1        Abstain: 0

4. That a building committee be formed and chaired by Matt Cloninger, and that the committee include two additional vestry members, with the responsibility with coordinating the work over the next 12 months regarding the building project. Passed unanimously.

Yes: 8        No: 0        Abstain: 0

• How WE Got Here: Presentation outlining history of growth discussions at St. Thomas' Parish.