1:  Sr. Marie Jacobs, OP offered an opening prayer

2:  Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting

3:  Approval of the agenda

4:  Sr. Marie Jacobs, OP announced her resignation from the Board of CTA/NM effective December, 2000. She has accepted a new position as Director of Curriculum Development at a consortium of 8 schools in the Washington, D.C. area. She leaves NM after Christmas.

5:  Future of CTA/NM: Discussion followed regarding the future of the organization in NM.

• Catherine suggested that the Board assess the reality vs the dream as the Board and membership set the agenda for the future.

• The Board listened to the need to cut back on meetings and newsletters based on the current involvement of the membership.

• The southern part of the state in the Las Cruces area is active while the northern part of the state is not as organized. Sharon Pikula announced that she will temporarily relocate to the Northwest for a period of three to nine months in 2001 for a job assignment.

• CTA works for church reform and areas that fall under this broad area (the internal church structure). NM must work toward the goals of the national organization, referring to the bylaws and mission statement.

• From the June conference in 2000 to the present, there is a noticed decrease in participation in meetings. An effort is needed to extend an invitation to those who attended the conference to join in other activities. We need to weed out the current mailing list. We also need to be more active in recruiting active members.

• We need to be more specific in the areas of education and action, possibly scaling down.

• In the area of outreach, we need very specific goals and clearly define our objectives.

• Church reform: the realization that we have a corrupt church system and that it is a veiled political organization. This will help us to define what we are about. This brought up a discussion that we also need to be patient reform will not happen quickly and wont happen at all if we drop out.

• Fund development and advertising was discussed. A long range goal would be able to find the resources to hire an executive director for CTA/NM, at least half-time.

7:  Last Supper: Sharon reported that the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque has placed an order as has a group in Nova Scotia, Canada.

8:  Discussion over the pending grant application to the Grand Rapids Dominicans. We will move forward with the process.

9:  The Board of CTA/NM is on record as opposing the death penalty.

10:  A new bank account is now opened at the Citizens Bank in Las Cruces

11:  Calendar items:

• January 21st, 2001 Board meeting in Socorro

• May 20th , 2001 Board meeting in Socorro

• August 3-5, 2001 CTA Western conference in California

• October 21st, 2001 Board meeting in Socorro

13:  The meeting concluded with a prayer service led by Sharon Pikula.

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Sinico