Highlights of meeting of Peter Macdonald, Leader of the Iona Community
the Iona Community New World Foundation Board
and Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA

On Tuesday, May 31st, a meeting was held with Peter Macdonald (Leader of the Iona Community in Scotland), John Dillon (President of the Iona - NWF) and Scott Blythe (Treasurer of the Iona - NWF) and representatives of Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania.  The meeting was held at Kirkridge.

The purpose of the meeting was to consider entering into a formal agreement with Kirkridge that would enable them to:

• provide administrative support for the NWF Board and office bearers
• ease communication with US Associates and Friends
• enable easier compliance with IRS regulations
• further the proposal to hold an annual Iona Community Associates Event at Kirkridge (it is planned that as many as four events might be held there using Iona Community leaders).

It was agreed that Kirkridge would provide the above services to the Iona New World Foundation.

Peter Macdonald and the Iona NWF agreed to reimburse Kirkridge for expenses related to their provision of those services with a set limit agreed upon by all parties.

It was decided to invite John Dillon to continue as President, Scott Blythe as Treasurer , and Bill Klein, Paul Masquelier , Kathleen Roney ( Kirkridge Board) and Jean Richardson ( Kirkridge Director) to form the NWF Board until the next AGM on June 9th 2012 at Kirkridge. (With these changes in board composition we now have a much broader geographic representation of our community servicing on the Board.

Peter Macdonald and Jean Richardson Sign Agreement	People participating in event led by Peter Macdonald at Kirkridge