The following guidelines assume that not every Thursday night gathering will satisfy every Sangha member's needs and interests. Instead, these guidelines attempt to meet the wide variety of member needs and interests in terms of facilitators, topics, and activities.

1. The Sangha will produce a one-page monthly schedule of Sangha events including a description of each Thursday night facilitator, topic, and activity.

2. Ideally, the Thursday night schedule will be developed one-month in advance by a committee of at least three Sangha members (with at most one Board member) and will include a variety of facilitators, topics, and activities. After six months of service, committee members can renew their term of service or the Sangha will find a replacement.

• Sangha members.
• Community Dharma Leaders (CDLs) and CDLs-in-training from the Spirit Rock training program.
• Dharma teachers.

• Monitoring the time for the sit generally from 6:30 to 7:15 PM unless specified on the monthly schedule, sometimes reading the guided meditation during the beginning of the sit if someone requests it (See note below), and ringing the bell.
• Facilitating (a) introductions of attendees, (b) the evening program, and (c) announcements.
• Closing the meeting at approximately 8:15 PM.

• Will focus on the Dharma.
• Will relate mostly to the Vipassana tradition with other Buddhist traditions covered less frequently. In the event of such a topic, the facilitator will clearly state to which tradition the talk is related, and to clarify that this is different from Vipassana.

• Going around the circle in a group discussion/talking stick" on a specific topic.
• Group discussions on a specific topic.
• Listening to an audiotape or viewing a videotape.
• Reading from a book or article.
• Occasionally, Sangha member sharing personal experience with the Dharma.
• Dharma talk (See note below).

NOTE: At the April 16th Membership Meeting, the Sangha did not reach consensus on two issues. We decided to treat this document as a working draft until further discussion at the next Membership Meeting regarding:

• Under "The role of the leader," should it include reading a standard guided meditation during the beginning of the sit if someone requests it?
• Under "Activities," who should give dharma talks? Sangha members, Community Dharma Leaders (CDLs), CDLs-in-training, and/or Dharma teachers.