Covenant Men Board Meeting
Board Meeting; Cascade Camp & Conference Center; April 1, 2006

Attending: John Prouty, Jeff Wolf, Joe Geldmacher, Keith Olson, John Tissell, Harold Ulfers and Dick Lundberg.

Jeff Wolf opened the meeting by leading devotions, with emphasis on our time is limited, make it count for eternity.

The agenda for the meeting was presented and approved.

Minutes: The minutes from the meeting January 14 were approved.

Reports: Keith Olson presented the financial secretaries report. There was discussion on how the
$792.23 designated for Cascades should be divided. Jeff Wolf was advanced $442.23 that was designated for the park benches so that he could purchase one. He has been in contact with churches to underwrite further purchases but has received only one response from an individual.

We now have the list of seminary students at North Park and the was discussion on how to divide the $2200 available for scholarships. It was decided to give 11 scholarships of $150 each to the 11 students on full tuition and $550 to the one student whose full tuition is not paid.

Annual Meeting: The meeting will be between the meal and message at the Men's breakfast of the Conference Annual meeting. Cost will be $7.50 and the breakfast will start at 7:00 AM and extend to 8:15. Past minutes will be posted on the wall with instructions to read then and ask and questions. Items of business include approval of the minutes of the last annual meeting, approve a by laws change and elect officers for the coming year.

The ballot at present is:

• President: John Prouty

• Treasurer: Keith Olson

• Vice pres: Keith Olson

• Historian: Dick Lundberg

• Secretary: John Tissell

• Missions: Harold Ulfers

• Corresponding Sec: Vacant

• Cascade Project: Jeff Wolf

• Financial Sec: John Delong

• Alaska Project: John Tissell

Projects: Jeff Wolf gave a presentation on the Russian radio project. They have an immediate need for $3,000 a year to restore the line linking Moscow with station KICY in Alaska. Satellite coverage for all of Russia would cost $2,000. This need is going to be publicized in a coming edition of the Conference News. Covenant Men could make it the primary project for the next fiscal year.

Men are giving to the work in Alaska through Covenant Men and some individually to KICY, Missionary Repair Center (MARC), Amundsen Educational Center (AEC), Alaska Christian College (ACC) and to village ministries.

The conversion of one set of bunk beds in the log cabins to a double bed with a single bunk above was discussed. We want to make the double bed to take the same width mattress as the beds in Lakeside and Timberidge. It was thought that the bed would not take too much room and would be a place to sit during cabin activities.

Next meeting: Will be May 20th at West Hills Covenant Church in Portland.

John Tissell, secretary