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CTC Minutes April 10 2022
The Care-Taking Council (CTC) met in special session from 12:30-2 pm  Sunday April 10 to consider  a a time-urgent matter related to our upcoming retreat. 
 
Present were Patrice Watson (facilitator), Catherine Stremlau, Dave Watts, Jim Cox, Mark Watson, Mike McGann, Mike McMahon, Juanita Rice (note-taker) and Tina Ray.  (Next minutes will list members in reverse alphabetical order!)
We began with a reading of the Buddhist prayer for harmony in meetings and a short sit and brief check-in.
Agenda Item 1: Spring Retreat and visitor Dharma teacher Brother Chan Huy.
The question was, how to respond to our teacher, Chan Huy, who had expressed an interest in attending our upcoming retreat. Our teacher for the upcoming retreat, Terry Cortez-Vega, had agreed to his coming. However, several sangha members had expressed objections to his visit. 
 
These objections were presented and discussed. Views favoring continued participation of Chan Huy in our sangha’s activities were also presented. In the end, all present agreed to request that Chan Huy come to practice with us on another date this spring, rather than at the retreat. We hope this visit could include, possibly, a dharma talk for the sangha, a day of mindfulness for the sangha, and, importantly, a discussion with the OIs and the CTC members, aimed at reconciliation, mutual understanding, and restoring harmony in the sangha. 
 
All members of the CTC were present for most of the discussion, but two members, Mark Watson and Juanita Rice, had to leave before the end of the discussion and so did not vote on the proposal. 
 
Agenda Item 2:  Next CTC Meeting Date.
The CTC decided to postpone the regularly scheduled April meeting until April 24, due to several of us being otherwise engaged on the 3rd Sunday which falls on Easter. 
 

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