• MQHR Communication Committee Meeting Minutes for August 19, 2013, 7 PM Unapproved

   
  Those in attendance were Ron Wedding (Chair) Jill Heink (minutes, articles), Joe Groves (website), John Mitchell (LED, website), Jenny Poole (newsletter), Pat Johnson (library)
   
  The meeting opened at 7:01 PM with a prayer.  There were no corrections to the minutes from June.
   
  Library – Pat reported that one of the valuable books that had been missing for a long time has been returned to the library!  There was no note or explanation.  Pat has shelved the book in a more secure spot.  Care Notes now offers some Spanish titles, so Pat has ordered some of those titles along with Teen Notes (Teen notes are still not offered in Spanish).  After a slow start, the new titles are moving well.  Pat orders 15 packs of 10 titles every 2 months.
   
  Website – Joe reported that the information from the “old” website is now migrated over from Catholic Web to the new e Catholic site. Laura Hack’s Religious Education and Formation page was transferred over with the links for all the various formation opportunities. Jill brought a laptop and showed the MQ home page and some other parishes’ pages.  Joe asked the committee to pass along ideas for the website – what do people want to see on the site?
   
  Suggestion Box – one suggestion was received this month concerning how the collection is taken up.  Ron will pass that on to Fr. Dan.
   
  CD Rack – Pat received some CD’s in the library’s donation basket and passed them along to Ron.  Since Laura Hack has taken the DRE job at Good Shepherd, Ron will send the CD’s along via MQ School to Melissa Sloan, who restocks the rack.  The bulletin is directing questions to Sr. Mary AnnWarner, who is our interim Director of Religious Education/Formation.
   
  Info Center/Bulletin Board - Everything is current on the Bulletin Board. The Info Center appears to be neat and tidy.  Jenny has gotten a bunch of crayons to give out on request at the Info Center.
   
  Newsletter –  Jenny distributed the list of newsletter deadline dates for 2013-14.  The next deadline is Friday, Sept. 13, for the Sept. 28-29 publication. 
   
  LED Screen and A/V –  Jennifer M. continues to provide the reflective slide for Sunday. Becky Brown has provided several slides from the school. John encourages everyone with news to submit a slide,
   
  Outdoor Sign – board updates continue to go well.
   
  Bulletin – Jane was not present.  John did share a bulletin from Immaculate Conception parish in Hendersonville NC, which he visited recently.  The bulletin has an interesting use of two colors inside.
   
  Old Business – none
   
  New Business – John spoke with Fr. Dan about using more social media, and Fr. Dan is open to the first step of recruiting a parishioner who would be willing to put the time into researching, then establishing Facebook, Twitter, etc and then administering those accounts.  John has prepared a bulletin item and it will show up in this weekend’s bulletin.  The committee looked at other parishes’ and diocesan FB and Twitter offerings.
   
  Meeting ended with a closing prayer at 8:20 PM.
   
  Next Meeting
  The next meeting is set for September 16, 2013, 7 PM. 

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