ONGOING AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST
Board Meeting
Rochester,  Minnesota July 19, 2000

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Members Present:  Executive Director - Rev. Tom Moyer, Chairman - Ed Allen, Business Manager/Treasurer - Rev. Erwin Ruhlig, Secretary - Pam Rudick, Reve. David McIntyre, Pastor Dan Smith, Ed Steele, Adam Gless, Donine Fink, David Kamin, Lisa Holmes

Members absent: Rev. David Baumgarn, Trey Fisk, Ellen Griffin, Nick Hopper, Anna Herbst

The meeting was called to order at 9:15 am, July 19 by Chairman, Ed Allen.  Adam opened the meeting in prayer

Annual Meeting Agenda

1.  Call to order

2.   Opening devotions - Pastor Moyer

3.   Election Results

4.   Thirty Years of telling His Story - Pastor Moyer

5.   Other Announcements

6.   Bylaw Change - pg 25 in manual - Constitution article IV section 4

7.   Honor Tim Onnen for 15 years of service

8.   Presentation of Financial Report

9.   Introduction of Summer Travel Teams

      Brian Krohe

      Rev. Tom Moyer

      Rev. David McIntyre

10. Mass Canvass Report

11. Closing Prayer - Pastor Moyer

12. Adjournment

Ed Steele made the motion to accept the Annual Meeting Agenda as

submitted.  Pam Seconded.  Motion carried.

Summer Training 2001 will be held in Oklahoma.

The Board discussed the next step for filling the position of Assistant to Executive Director.  Tim Onnen is accepting a call to serve Faith Lutheran in Branson, MO.  He will begin his duties at Faith on August 1. He will finish the work on the CD which may take until Sept. 1.  Ideas and names that were suggested are as follows:

1. Corey Wudtke - DCE

2. DCO - Director of Christian Outreach

3. Matt Kindred

4. Brandon Heath

* Part-time or full-time

* Individual move to Springfield or continue remote

* Called position/Contract

It was decided to table the discussion and schedule a special meeting to address these issues.   A SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000 AT 8pm central time.  This will be a phone conference meeting.

Compensation for Tim was also discussed.

Here are some questions concerning Tim Onnen that we might need to deal with during our meeting at Summer Training.  As you know Tim has accepted the position to serve full time as lay minister at Faith Lutheran Church in Branson.  (The pastor there acknowledges that it is not possible for them to get any more work out of Tim but that now they will be more nearly compensating him for the hours he puts in.)

         His salary with Faith begins on August 1st.  Although he has told them that he still has 30 days of work to complete the CD they still insist that they want to pay him for full time work beginning on August 1st with the understanding that he will be working on the completion of the OAFC CD after that date.

The questions that we need to consider are:

SALARY

When does our obligation to pay a portion of Tim's salary end?  Should it end on August 1st when Faith begins to pay him full time? or Should we continue to pay him for an additional month for the work he is doing to complete the CD?

HEALTH BENEFITS

Pastor Ruhlig is planning to check with Tim to coordinate the coverage as he changes his employment.  We discussed yesterday (7/13) that our arrangement builds up a surplus of unused health benefits. Should that surplus be given to Tim as a gift (which would then be

counted as salary)? Or Should we continue to reimburse his medical costs until the surplus is

exhausted? Or Should the surplus just be forfeited by Tim since his medical coverage

is provided by Faith?  

OFFICE FURNITURE

Tim has a desk, computer and printer that he asked the Board about in an earlier e-mail.

Would we like the desk and equipment returned? or Would we like him to keep them in gratitude for his service to OAFC?

RECOGNITION OF HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE

I plan to pick up a gift to present to him after the happening or at the annual board meeting.  Would we also like to ask the Ambassadors at Summer Training if they would like to contribute to a monetary gift?

Adam made the motion, we pay Tim through August, rollover any surplus Health Benefits to Faith, allow Tim to keep the office furniture and equipment and we present him with a gift in recognition of 15 years of service.  Lisa seconded.  Motion carried.

It was suggested, we hire part-time secretary to help in the office.  A local person has expressed interest in this position.  Adam made the motion to authorize Pastor Moyer to hire a part-time secretary at $8.00 and hour plus reimbursement for mileage at 32 1/2 cents a mile.  Lisa seconded.  Motion carried. 

Nominations for Board Officers

Chairman - Pastor Smith, Ed Allen

Adam made the motion we close nominations for Chairman.  David seconded.

Motion carried.

Secretary - Pam Rudick, Lisa Holmes

David made the motion we close nominations for secretary.  Lisa seconded.

Motion carried.

Chairman - Ed Allen

Secretary - Pam Rudick

Upcoming meetings......

         Sunday, August 13, 2000   8pm Central Time  -  Telephone Meeting

         Sunday, October 8, 2000    8pm Central Time  -  Telephone Meeting

Donine made the motion to adjourn the meeting.  Adam seconded.  Motion carried.

the meeting closed in prayer.

In His service,

Pam Rudick, Secretary