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ATTENDING:
1 Harrison Bell
2 Sam Gregory
3 Vivian Kinnear
4 Bishop Auta (NT) OUT
5 Luvo Thwethwa (SAT)
6 Sung-Soo Kim
7 Jennifer Lineberry OUT
12 MEMBERS; 3 STAFF ATTENDING
8 Sherry Austin
9 Chris Akers
10 Jim Noble
11 Joy Perry
12 Matt Seel
13 Rhonda Bourgeois 14 Richard Croll
15 Olandor Boyce (LT) OUT STAFF:
1 Molly Williams
2 Mike Schafer
3 Matt Conover
WELCOME AND PRAYER –HARRISON
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING – VIVIAN
• Commission approved February 19th meeting minutes.
CONNECTIONAL COUNCIL UPDATE – SAM
(Premeeting update:
The Connectional Council approved $200,000 in funding for legal fees and the Credit Card policy from the previous meeting.)
NEW BUSINESS
• FINANCIAL REVIEW
o Molly presented the financials and reported that January was low for Connectional Funding (CF), but February is looking significantly better. There is about $200,000 more in deferred CF this year than last year.
o Harrison asked if it would be possible to track how many churches gave to CF year over year. Matthew explained that Janelle is working with churches to understand better and right-size their CF, and the team will work on more detailed information about church giving patterns and report in the future.
o Sam noted that the last financials published on the website were from May 2025. Matthew acknowledged this was an oversight. The team will update the financial information on the website and maintain quarterly updates.
OLD BUSINESS
• CONTRACTOR POLICY
o There was extensive review and revision of the contractor policy document, and it was revised primarily to clarify that the CO must review and sign all contracts. An appeal process was added for cases where a commission disagrees with the CO’s review. References to the BDD paragraphs were corrected. Matthew, Molly, and Harrison will create a visual representation of the Worker Classifications section to aid understanding.
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o Matthew and Molly are to clean up the contractor policy document with all discussed revisions and send a clean copy of the revised policy to all commission members for review. o Vivian will coordinate with all commission members for an email vote on the final contractor policy document.
o Mike plans an educational process for all commissions about the new contract policy after it's approved.
CLOSING PRAYER – Mike
Next meeting: MARCH 19, 2026
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