The conference meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Lutheran Parish
was held at 1:15 the afternoon of November 10, 2012 in conjunction with
the District D gathering of the Sierra Pacific Synod at Grace Lutheran
Church in Palo Alto.

The following people indicated their presence on the clergy sign-in sheet:

Pastors Anne, Carlson, Gwen Hermanson Schaefer, James Friedrich, Jim
Clark-Moor, Joan Randall, John Sullivan, LaVinnia Pierson, and Peggy
White.

The following people indicated their presence on the lay sign-in sheets:
  Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in San Jose 
    Randy Presuhn (visiting, male)
    Margaret Valliant (voting, female)
    Michael Flanagin (voting male)
  Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos
    Dolks Daetz (voting male)
    Gisela Daetz (voting female)
  New Creation Lutheran Church in San Jose
    Karen Apland (voting female)
  Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga
    Amanda Nelson (visiting female)
  St. John Lutheran Church in Sunnyvale
    Linna Harnack (voting female)

Conference dean Pastor Anne Carlson presided at the meeting.

The nomination for the lay male slot on the Synod Council was
discussed.  It was moved, seconded, and approved without dissent
to nominate Mark Nelson for another term.

The group discussed shortcomings in how word of the District and
Conference gathering was delivered to congregations, as evidenced
by the sparse attendance.  It was suggested to create an additional
e-mail list for congregational points-of-contact to supplement
SCVLP@googlegroups.com in announcing meetings.  Conference secretary
Randy Presuhn agreed to create such an email list.

The remainder of the group's time together was spent in discussion
of a possible reconfiguration of districts and conferences to avoid
the current situation in which our processes result in more people
being elected to attend Churchwide Assembly as voting members than
there are votes allotted to our synod.

Respectfully submitted by
Randy Presuhn
SCVLP Secretary