Xavier Amador, Bill Funke, Donya VanBuren, Suzette Reiss, Peter Young, Beth Peterson, Mark Sisson, Sherry Smith, Irene Stewart

Excused: Kimberley Debus, Laurie Ullman

Meeting Called to order at 7:05

Irene read a letter from Kimberley encouraging the Team to continue our good work as she will be gone until August. (A question was raised whether to include the letter in the minutes, but a decision was withheld until we could ask Kimberley.)

Minutes for the May 28 were read, and accepted with changes.

Bill reminded the Team of our deadline to commence the building process and excused himself for a prior commitment.

Mark reported that Frank Notaro, architect, had been contacted by email, but that he had not received a reply at this time.

A discussion was held clarifying our invitation to the Congregation to attend our meetings that was included in the Free Spirit. Points made follow, in no particular order:

-Visitors cannot drop by. However, if they do, should the Team invite them to stay? After discussion, it was decided we could, but would not be required.

-It will be the prerogative of the Building Team whether to allow multiple visits from individuals.

-It will be the responsibility of visitors to arrive promptly; our “ten minute” rule should be firm.

-The ten minute rule will be for the total number of visitors: 1 visitor can speak for 10 minutes, 2 visitors for 5 minutes each, 3 visitors for 3 minutes each.

-If there are guests of the Team (i.e., architects, engineers, etc.) present at a meeting, it was decided to request that visitors “hold off” their visit until a subsequent meeting so as to not interfere with our guest’s time.

-No more than three visitors per meeting.

-The Team should inform people that this should be the only time questions or concerns should be entertained, except for regularly scheduled congregational meetings.

There was a brief discussion of the email sent to Mark concerning the purchase of the Cutchogue Methodist Church. It was decided that the BT’s only response should be toward the suggested architect; other items are the responsibility of the Board of Trustees.

The Team compiled a list of requirements to be distributed to other builders and/or architects for comparison. These included a 6000 square foot building (the sanctuary and a two story fellowship hall), the footprint plan Peter made available to the Team, a budget of $1.9M and a notice that the sanctuary must conform to historic commission guidelines. Peter and Suzette will continue to contact other builders. Peter noted that he has been in touch with several members of the building trades previously and their costs were significantly higher than those proposed by NECM and Stacey Bishop. Xavier thanked Peter for his hard work, but pointed out, as Board President, that the Church will need written estimates in the interest of transparency. It was decided that these estimates would have a two week deadline from delivery of request.

Donya, Beth and Mark presented their “homework” as suggested by Irene at our last meeting: Our Mission. These will be attached at a later time. The Team was asked to continue to with our homework.

It was proposed the Team take on one subject per week from Sherry’s “Challenges Re: Interior Design,” a handout she compiled. At the meeting of June 9, we should discuss stairways.

We said thank you and our meeting adjourned at 8:52