Starting this week the latihan on Tuesdays will move to Wednesdays so that we can have a 2nd latihan 4 times during the month.

Latihans at our eastside facilities are now on Wednesdays and Fridays. 7:45 quiet for 8:00 pm latihan

Sunday November 27 after latihan we will have a general meeting at the Seattle Subud house. The committee has been working hard and would like to share with you what’s happening. Please plan to stay after latihan.

December 22. Sunday after latihan. A special holiday party. Good food. Good stories. AND a special tribute to the Stralberg’s and Tedrow’s. We welcome you all for this holiday tribute.

Dear Brothers and Sisters attending latihan at our SGA eastside location,

Tuesdays

Apologies if you came to our facilities on Tuesdays recently and found no one there.  This has to have been discouraging.

Come on Tuesdays through the end of October

Lack of a handoff plan for the key to our facilities has led to no one opening the building on Tuesday nights. We talked about how to remedy this after our Friday latihan.  We reached a plan for hand-off (Harlan and Marston agreed to back each other up) but members also asked if we could find a day when the church would let us have the building 4 nights a week on Wednesdays. 

Come On Wednesdays (or Friday) starting November 1.

I have contacted the church and we can have the building every Wednesday of the month if we change to Wednesday s.  We will start the first week in November. For the rest of the month we’ll be open on Tuesday nights.

We Host the SGS General Meeting Next Friday 10/26

Next Friday, after latihan, we will host the monthly General Meeting for SGS.  Please bring something to share, cookies, fruit, coffee, juice.  Let’s have a good turnout.

With Love, Oswald

Next Friday October 25 we are having a general meeting after the east side latihan. We look forward to seeing you all there.

From Robina Page:

Join Subud Sister Darlene Olds at the Sammamish Art Fair this weekend:

Sammamish Arts Fair

Subud Greater Seattle

Dear Subud Members,

At the Committee meeting today crack Treasurer Sherwin Obar noted that the finances indicate that Subud Greater Seattle will be down about $4,500 over the year 2013 from what we had at the end of 2012.

A great deal has happened already in 2013.

A good amount of repairs have happened in the house, including repairing aging plaster on the chapel ceiling, installing pigeon-prevention measures to the front of the house and various other repairs.

We have added more cultural events at the center, free to Subud members, as a way of establishing a SICA connection in our center and exposing members of the community, potential Subud members and guests to get a taste of the latihan and down home Subud hospitality.

We have continued the rental side of Spring Street Center, will be about the same levels of rental revenue as 2012 and are getting more awareness of our house as a rental center for sacred and cultural events.

We are in the midst of planning and implementing alterations to the house to make it Handicapped-accessible.

We have also upped payments to Subud USA and Subud Pacific Northwest to help pay off previous loans more quickly.

We are down, by Sherwin’s projections, about $4.5k  from last year, about 20%.

It has been a while since we had a concerted effort to encourage members to contribute, and the economy is starting to pick up, so we are having a fundraiser and Sherwin will keep you posted on progress, Our goal is $4,500 in new contributions by year’s end. Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation so that Subud Greater Seattle can continue to grow and provide such a beautiful space for people to practice their latihan and have fellowship with other members, in Seattle and elsewhere. Our house is a jewel and we must work to make sure it remains available to future generations.

Thank you,

Your Committee