October 28 - November 3

the 2013 board: Kim, Victoria, Crystal, Megan, Lin, Meg, Kelly

The Indralaya board of directors met over the weekend in the camp library for their annual meeting. A key agenda item was to review and approve a new gap year program for young people between the age of 18 and 26 that will begin in the Spring of 2014. The 10 week program will be offered twice in 2014, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. 

A central aim of the program is to provide an opportunity for participants to set aside a time in their lives to gain some fuller awareness of the meaning and purpose of their lives while also being of service at Indralaya. The program curriculum will be rooted in the premise that a balanced spiritual life includes the core elements of study, meditation and service.

The Board and camp managers feel that offering an enriching course of study for young people at a significant transition point in their lives takes a big step towards more fully realizing the vision that Indralaya's founders put forward when the camp began nearly 90 years ago.

The application period for the Spring session will begin in early December and more information will be posted on the camp website soon.

In other action, the Board voted to maintain the current fee structure for a third consecutive year. Other agenda items included a tour of building and maintenance projects that are underway, a review of the 2013 program year and consideration of the program calendar for 2014. The Board selected May 24 as the date for  the annual meeting of the Friends of Indralaya.

The fall meeting is also a time of transition, as the Board reconstitutes itself for the coming year. Mark Ray was welcomed to the Board as the winner of this year's elections, and Lin Bauer was reappointed to the Board for a second term. The new Board also elected its officers. Meg  Sather will continue as Board chair. Other officers are Lin Bauer (vice-chair), Kelly Bachman (treasurer) and Crystal Mossman (secretary).  The first act of the new Board was to express appreciation to outgoing Board member Kim Erickson.