New York Yearly Meeting Fall Sessions

Friday-Sunday, November 1-3, 2019

Sessions Documents and Resources

Advance Documents

• Agenda
• Sessions Committee Report on Pay as Led 
• Preliminary Treasurer's Report, October 2019
• Trustees Report on Plan for Divestment from Fossil Fuels
• Financial Services Committee Report
• Proposed Budget for 2020
• Changes to Faith and Practice - Clearness Committees, 2nd Reading
• Alternative Membership Pathways Proposal, 2nd Reading
• Travel Minute for Emily Provance
• Seasoned Business Items
  • Contact list for each item
  • Trustees Handbook Entry Change
  • Minute on Gun Violence - Removed for further seasoning
  • Priorities Support Working Group Report
  • Report from the Meeting for Discernment Steering Committee
  • Nominations
  • Proposed Changes to Trustees Bylaws, 2nd Reading:
    • Summary of Changes
    • Bylaws as Proposed
  • Ribbon Project:
    • NYYM's Endorsement of the Ribbon Project
    • Informational Trifold
    • Ribbon Project in 2020
• Interim Actions:
  • Signed on to Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court dated October 4, 2019 on behalf of religious organizations from around the country challenging the government’s rescission of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). As was done previously for amicus brief to the lower courts under clerkship of Lucinda Antrim.