For Sangha Approval: New Member of Donations Committee (Onsho)

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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 43863

    For Sangha Approval: New Member of Donations Committee (Onsho)

    Dear All,

    We have one open seat on our Donations Committee as a long time Treeleaf Member who was serving needed to retire for personal reasons. I would like to submit for approval another long time member:

    Onshō (Keith Hutchinson) - A long standing member of Treeleaf. Small town Canadian contractor and labourer. They are a weekday zazen host and facilitate our LGBTQ+ forum and gatherings here at Treeleaf. Onsho was nominated, per our rules, by consensus of the Treeleaf priests.

    Per the rules of the Donations Committee, elections is as follows ...

    New Committee members will be selected by names of potential candidates being suggested by Treeleaf priests and existing Committee members, a consensus thereof being reached on a single good candidate, then the candidate being contacted to request their service and agreement to serve, followed by notifying the entire Sangha of the candidate's identity in the open forum. Because of the structure of our Sangha, it is difficult to have a normal voting election for new Committee members. Thus, we will give our Sangha members the opportunity to raise an objection instead (either in the open forum or by PM to Treeleaf priests and/or existing Committee members) to the appointment of the new candidate Committee member. If, after seven days from posting, nobody among our Sangha members raises an objection that cannot be resolved, the person will be deemed elected to the committee.
    Our Donations Committee is described here:



    If you require further information, have a question or objection, you can post here or write me at any time.

    Thank you.

    Gassho, Jundo
    stlah
    Last edited by Jundo; 10-12-2025, 12:50 PM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Chikyou
    Member
    • May 2022
    • 957

    #2
    They get an emphatic YES vote from me!!!!

    Gassho,
    SatLah,
    Chikyō
    Chikyō 知鏡
    (Wisdom Mirror)
    They/Them

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    • Kotei
      Dharma Transmitted Priest
      • Mar 2015
      • 5007

      #3
      I think they are a really good choice!
      Bows,
      Kotei sat/lah today.
      義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.

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      • Shinshi
        Senior Priest-in-Training
        • Jul 2010
        • 4210

        #4
        Big thumbs up from me.

        Gassho,

        Shinshi
        空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi

        For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.
        ​— Shunryu Suzuki

        E84I - JAJ

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        • Seikan
          Member
          • Apr 2020
          • 962

          #5


          I'm a big "YES" as well!

          Gassho,
          Seikan

          stlah
          聖簡 Seikan (Sacred Simplicity)

          "See and realize / that this world / is not permanent. / Neither late nor early flowers / will remain."
          —Ryokan

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          • Tairin
            Member
            • Feb 2016
            • 3207

            #6
            I think Onsho is a good choice.


            Tairin
            sat today and lah
            泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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            • Choujou
              Member
              • Apr 2024
              • 525

              #7
              Great choice! A yes from me!

              Gassho,
              Choujou

              sat/lah today

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              • Houzan
                Member
                • Dec 2022
                • 697

                #8


                Gassho, Hōzan
                satlah

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                • Onkai
                  Dharma Transmitted Priest
                  • Aug 2015
                  • 3587

                  #9


                  Gassho Onkai
                  Sat lah
                  美道 Bidou (Beautiful Way)
                  恩海 Onkai (Merciful/Kind Ocean)
                  She/her
                  I will always have a lot to learn

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                  • Bion
                    Senior Priest-in-Training
                    • Aug 2020
                    • 6663

                    #10
                    Ok

                    gassho
                    sat kah
                    "One uninvolved has nothing embraced or rejected, has sloughed off every view right here - every one."

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                    • Seiga
                      Member
                      • Nov 2019
                      • 206

                      #11

                      seiga
                      satlah

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                      • Mujin
                        Member
                        • Jul 2023
                        • 131

                        #12
                        Great choice, yes from me!

                        Gassho

                        Mujin

                        SatTodayLAH

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                        • Ryumon
                          Member
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 1891

                          #13
                          Fine with me.

                          Gassho,

                          Ryūmon (Kirk)

                          Sat Lah
                          I know nothing.

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                          • Hosui
                            Member
                            • Sep 2024
                            • 228

                            #14
                            yes from me

                            Gassho
                            Hosui
                            sat/lah

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                            • Junsho
                              Member
                              • Mar 2024
                              • 369

                              #15
                              Yes for me too
                              Junshō 純聲 - Pure Voice, Genuine Speech

                              Standing in protest against wars around the world. We must put an end to this insanity!

                              “Since, in any case, it’s just ordinary people who wage war on each other, everybody is wrong, friend as much as foe. The winner and the loser are in any case just ordinary people.
                              It’s so sad to watch the world’s conflicts. There’s such a lack of common sense.​“ - Kodo Sawaki Roshi - To You (Page 66)

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