Minutes, 6-26-15

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Meeting of the Members of the Koinon, 24 June 2015

  • Meeting called to order at 19:15 CST.
    • Present at the Meeting:
      • Conor Warren, President.
      • Laura Garrison, Vice President.
      • Emily Kamp, Secretary.
      • Jessica Orsini, Voting Board Member.
    • 7:10 pm: Meeting called to order.
    • What to do about social media/online groups?
      • Rather than focusing on driving up attendance via social media, efforts at online group ritual and devotional work can be coordinated.
    • Conor Warren moves to strike the documented community service requirement from the bylaws in favor of self-documented community service. Seconded by Jessica Orsini.
      • Motion passes unanimously.
    • Laura Garrison suggests putting together online ritual; met with general approval.
    • Emily Kamp suggests celebrating the Genesia as a group online ritual on 11 November, 2015 (Armistice/Veterans’ Day). Met with general approval.
      • Will be discussed further, together with other suggestions, in July’s chat.
    • Conor suggests monthly chats via IRC channel ; Emily suggests themed chats.
      • Will be discussed further in July’s chat.
    • Meeting adjourned by Conor at 7:48 (with Jessica seconding).
      • Motion passes unanimously.

Athenian Calendar Holidays

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Hekatombaion

Kronia, 12th
Synoikia, 16th
Panathenaia, 23rd-30th

Metageitnion

Eleusinia, 15th-18th

Boedromion

Genesia, 5th
Demokratia, 12th
Epidauria, 17th or 18th

Pyanopsion

Proerosia, 6th
Pyanopsia, 7th
Theseia, 8th
Oskhophoria, 8th
Stenia, 9th
Thesmophoria, 11th-13th
Apaturia, 19th-21st or 26th-28th
Khalkeia, 30th

Maimakterion

Pompaia, (?)

Poseideon

Rural Dionysia
Haloa, 26th

Gamelion

Lenaea, 12th
Theogamia, 27th

Anthesterion

Anthesteria, 11th-13th
Lesser Mysteries, 20th-26th
Diasia, 23rd

Elaphebolion

City Dionysia, 10th-17th

Mounikhion 

Mounikhia, 16th
Olympieia, 19th

Thargelion

Thargelia, 7th
Plynteria, 25th

Skirophorion

Arrephoria, 3rd
Skira, 12th
Bouphonia/Dipolieia, 14th

Minutes, 2-20-15

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Meeting of the Members of the Koinon, 20 February 2015

  • Meeting called to order at 19:15 CST.
    • Present at the Meeting:
      • Conor Davis, President.
      • Jesse Garrison, Vice President.
      • Emily Kamp, Secretary.
      • Jessica Orsini, Voting Board Member.
      • Patrick Hunt, Member.
      • Bethany Shockey, Member.
    • What is and is not considered “Community Service” for our purposes?
      • Conor Davis suggests donations to approved charitable organizations/causes.
        • Should we consider a minimum donation amount?
        • Conor Davis motions to table discussions on this matter pending further discussion in our Facebook group; Jesse Garrison seconds. Motion passes unanimously.
      • Reminder: if you do not have the time to participate in community service activities, you can ask for a waiver (see the Community Bylaws!)
    • Donations to the Quba Islamic Institute in Houston
      • Conor motions to make Jessica Orsini the designated donation coordinator to this organization, recently the victim of an arson. Patrick Aristizabal seconds.  Motion passes unanimously.
      • Further information on this organization can be found on their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/QubaIslamicInstitute
    • Holy Day Write-Ups
      • These can be turned in at the writer’s convenience.
      • Conor Davis volunteers to write about the Khalkheia, a festival to Athene and Hephaistos taking place on the last day of Pyanepsión.
    • Digital Library?
      • We can only use works in the public domain OR works to which we legally obtain the right to limited distribution.
      • Conor suggests that we put out a call on all internal groups in the Koinon to help collect resources for a digital library;
    • Further Notes on the Topic of Community Service and Educational Outreach:
      • Community Service is meant to instill a habit and mindset of service to the community, not to act as image-enhancement for this organization.
      • Educational Outreach can be as simple as handing out pamphlets at a Pagan Pride Day. Our desire is to raise public awareness of Hellenic polytheism, NOT to proselytize!  Stay tuned for further information on this topic.
      • If you have a social anxiety disorder or are not comfortable with publicly identifying as pagan/polytheist, apply for a waiver.
      • Community service can be done in a secular capacity (you need not announce that you are a Hellenic polytheist or a member of the Koinon while doing it).
    • Motion to adjourn made at 19:58 pm. Jessica Orsini seconds; motion passes unanimously.

Meeting Minutes 1/28/15

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The officers of The Koinon held their first every meeting on January 28th, 2015.

The minutes can be found here

The text can also be read below:

Meeting of the Officers of the Koinon, 28 January 2015

  • Meeting called to order at 19:05 CST.
    • Present at the Meeting:
      • Conor Davis, President.
      • Jesse Garrison, Vice President.
      • Emily Kamp, Secretary.
      • Jessica Orsini, Voting Board Member.
      • Suz Thackston, Founding Member.
    • Suggestions for ongoing projects:
      • Conor brings up MadGastronomer’s suggestion of a resource library.
        • Conor suggests 3 people working on that so as not to use up too much manpower, given our numbers (7 people so far)
        • Festival resources, or myth resources? Festivals seems to meet with more approval, though results are mixed.
        • Conor suggests discussing sooner festivals: Theogamia, Anthesteria.
        • What does a festival resource library entail?
          • Background information on the festival
          • Written ritual formats/scripts
          • Possible multiple ritual scripts, of varying degrees of eclecticism/reconstructionism and styles.
        • Suz volunteers to do a write-up on the upcoming Theogamia ritual.
        • Emily volunteers to do a write-up on the upcoming Anthesteria ritual.
      • Jessica suggests a Charities Committee as soon as we hit a certain (as yet unspecified) membership threshold.
        • Conor motions to revisit Charities Committee as soon as we reach 15 members; Jessica seconds.
        • By unanimous Yea vote, motion passes.
      • Jessica suggests looking into 501(c)7 of Texas law, regarding incorporation of nonprofit organizations expecting <$10,000 US per year in donations.
        • Conor motions to table discussion of incorporation until late July. Jessica seconds.
        • By unanimous Yea vote, motion passes.
      • Possible networking options:
        • Hellenion – Suz Thackston as contact.
        • Thiasos of the Starry Bull – Emily Kamp as contact.
        • Wild Hunt?
        • com – Conor Davis as contact.
        • Edward Butler?
        • Patheos?
      • Membership meeting set up for Friday, 30 January 2015, at 19:00 CST.
      • Jessica motions to adjourn at 18:40 CST. Motion is seconded and passes by unanimous vote.

Launching in January 2015

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The Koinon is coming in January 2015. Stay tuned for news about the first Hellenic organization that is welcoming to all Hellenists. Whether you are a reconstructionist who holds rituals in ancient Greek or an Eclectic whose rituals include the Watchtowers, you have a place at our table.

Welcome and stay tuned.

-Conor Davis