Attending: John Prouty (President); John Tissell (Vice-President); Jeff Wolf (Recording Secretary); Keith Olson (Treasurer), Bud Olson/Greg Swenson (Members at large).

Opening Meditation: John Tissell (James 1:19 to end)

Prayer: Praise and thanks for God’s goodness. Petitions for needs of several members at large.

Agenda Approved: John Prouty, President

Read/Approve previous Meeting Minutes: Jeff Wolf read the meeting notes for the March 15, 2003 meeting. The official minutes will be reviewed and approved at the next meeting.

Financial Secretary Report: Jeff Wolf read Dick Lundberg’s emailed Financial Report. Total deposits for the period between March 11 and May 2 totaled $530.

Treasurer Report: Keith Olson read, and the board approved, the treasurer’s report for the period through May 16. The current checking balance is $2,946.87. The board discussed the following:

To simply accounting; the board approved John Prouty to close the $4,778.05 Smith Barney reserve account and forward the check to Dick for deposit to checking as follows: $2,000 to cover the 2002 Scholarship distribution. $2,500 will be transferred to the log cabin fund. The remainder will remain designated as reserves.

The board also approved to convert (1) NPC variable rate certificate to a higher fixed rate.

Project Committee Report: Discussion led by John Tissell (Project Committee Chair)

· Alaska Christian College, Soldatna, AK (ACC)- They have started construction of the new dorm. We have committed to help with the new digital phone system in August/September 2003.

· Alaska Educational Center, Soldatna, AK (AEC)- We have not been requested to help with any 2003 projects.

· Cascades Camp Projects- We will assemble bunks beds for the latest log cabin after the meeting today. The next set of bunks beds for the second cabin needs to be assembled immediately prior to the July Family Camp. Jeff Wolf will advertise for help to construct approximately (20) exposed aggregate concrete park benches. John Tissell is working on a design for a portable barbeque pit.

Stewardship Report: Discussion led by John Prouty.

· John noted that approximately $500 plus in pledges are yet to be received for Kerm’s memorial cabin fund. We will use reserves to cover any shortfall if the full amount is not received by the September board meeting.

Executive Board Report- (None given.)

Camp Board Report- John Prouty noted that major donor fundraising is in progress for the Train Camp and Nisqually Center expansion.

Old Business-

2002 NPC Annual Meeting: John Prouty noted that he presented the annual report at the meeting.

2003 Retreat Planning:

Need a worship team for the October 3-5 retreat. John Prouty discussed potential groups as follows: Congolese Church of Portland; Irvington Covenant; or a group headed by Jerry Lindman which lead the previous Family Camp. John will contact the groups to verify their availability and discuss at the next meeting.

2004 Outreach Project- The focus will be Alaska Missions. Potential fundraising options were: Facility construction at AEC; sponsoring of a MARC aviation pilot; and projects at KICY or a local church. We will discuss options at the June and August meetings.

Retreat Publicity- We will send out postcard reminders after Labor Day.

July Family Camp Salmon Barbeque- Need to coordinate labor; procure sauce ingredients; verify dry and green hardwood firewood on hand; cleanout grills and pit; and obtain heavy gloves.

Defining Covenant Men: (Discussion tabled until next meeting; previous discussion is listed below.)

What is a Covenant Men group at the local church level? A group of men in a local Covenant church that meet together to support and encourage each other in their walk of faith and service to Christ.

What are Covenant Men at the conference level? (We will research the past history of Covenant Men.)

How can we be more effective at the conference level? (We will continue working on this and the items below.)

Mission Statement-

Vision Statement-

Values Statement-

New Business:

Need to continue updating the CovMen website. (i.e.- Post draft meeting agendas, meeting minutes, pending projects and the CovMen mission.)

Next Meeting: At West Hills Covenant on June 14, 2003 at 10am.