Covenant Men Board Meeting
2005 Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the North Covenant Men was held October 1, 2005 during the fall retreat.

The meeting was opened by John Tissell who stated that the minutes of the 2004 annual meeting were posted on the bulletin board. There was no request that they be read and they were approved as posted.

The financial report was presented by John Delong showing the income for 2004-2005:

• $470 (General)
• $1730 (Russian Radio)
• $55 (MARC General)
• $90 (Village Ministries)
• $620 (MARC Pilots)
• $200 (Amundsen Educational Center)
• $100 (KICY)
• $200 (Camp Giliad)

Jeff Wolf presented the ballot and opened it to nominations from the floor. There were none
so he called for a motion that an unanimous ballot be cast.

• President: John Prouty
• Vice President: Jeff Wolf
• Financial Secretary: John Delong
• Treasurer: Keith Olson
• Recording Secretary: John Tissell
• Corresponding Secretary: Vacant
• Historian: Dick Lundberg
• Members at Large: Bud Olson

Follow the vote a request was made for a volunteer for the second member at large position. Joe Geldmacher of Midway Covenant volunteered. It was stated that the board could appoint to fill vacancies.

Projects for 2005-2006 were discussed. One is rebuilding the barbecue on wheel. Jeff Wolf offered a frame and wheel. Eugene Arnold volunteered to weld the pit.

Another project was a stainless steel counter and sink for the kitchen at Cascades. A bid has been received for $1,500.  The offering scheduled for tomorrow will be used to buy the counter. It was asked what would happen if the offering was short, could we take and cash one of the CD at Covenant Properties to make up the difference. The CD's are dedicated to the scholarship fund and can not be used for anything else.

The meeting closed with three representative from Alaska tell of the work there. Len Wickstrom told of the hanger now under construction at MARC and their hope to have it usable this winter. Dave Petersen discussed his work as a builder-pilot-missionary with emphasis on the past summer when he toured with a missionary from India. He described the out reach of this missionary. Jordon Synder, a student at Alaska Christian College and Amundsen Educational Center told of the influence on his life of these two institutions.

The next board meeting will be Saturday, October 15, at 9:30 AM at Cascades Camp and Conference Center.