NWTRCC Coordinating Committee Business Meeting Minutes
On Zoom
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee Meeting
May 3, 2026 • Online
Minutes from the previous meeting(s) and other business-y things can always be found on this page – https://nwtrcc.org/nwtrcc-business
Agenda Items and Materials for 3 May 2026
Cards Intro (2 minutes) Lincoln
Consensus Process (10 minutes) Peter
Timekeeper Appointment Greg
Intros (10 minutes) Rick
Rick Bickhart, Lincoln Rice, Greg Reagle, Peter Smith, Larry Rosenwald, Cathy Deppe, Ruth Benn, Ed Hedemann, Ginny Schneider, Kima Garrison, Sarah Weber, Greg Reagle, Sue Barnhart, Steve Leeds, Betsy Armstrong, Eleanor Forman, Jenn Shin, Beth Blick
Consultant Reports (20 minutes) Rick
Do we pay more for increasing the website bandwidth? No yet.
Finance Report & Finance Notes – Income Statement and Notes for Statement (15 minutes) Steve
Larry – we can apply for a $1,000 NEWTR grant for creating more free Tax Day materials
Perhaps a sliding scale for online meeting donation, though another person does want to show how much in need they are.
Review Objectives – Items to follow up on – 2026 Objectives here (15 minutes) Rick
5 – maybe time to start a lit committee again. There might be interest for new members
5 – NEWTR may be interested in providing a $1,000 grant to provide free lit for Tax Day and other events
6 – Were there radio interviews? Yes, that’s also listed on the website.
10 – Perhaps have emails for new penalty fund members go directly to Peter
AdComm Nominees – (15 minutes) Rick & Steve
Patricia stepped down for her last year, so we need two new members and one person to finish Patricia’s term.
Daniel for one-year slot; Missy & Christiana for 3-year slots.
BREAK!!!!! (10 minutes)
Proposals on Hybrid Meeting Protocol & Against Restricting Discussion
- Hybrid Conference Proposal (15 minutes) Rick & Jenn
- AdComm recommendation: Approve framework as a goal, taking into account host abilities, privacy concerns, and costs. And to have an ad-hoc committee to work on this framework.
- Comments: Need to be not Chrissy or Lincoln. Perhaps host or a designated tech person. There are often on-the-site problems. Proposal to amend as a goal. Ask for volunteers during registration to work on technical support. Some hosts espouse minimalism and are low income. Delete sentence about purchase of equipment.
- Approved with 1 sideways: changed proposal to a goal and delete sentence on required purchase.
- Against Restricting Discussions (5 minutes) Rick & Jenn
- AdComm recommends not to adopt it. One person expressed support for it.
- Proposal fails with only one thumbs up.
No Endorsements
Gathering Location (10 minutes) Lincoln & Jenn
- November 6-8, 2026 – Meeting at Las Vegas Catholic Worker
Cards (5 minutes – Announcement by Lincoln)
Group Photo! (1 minute)
Review of Conference (20 minutes) Rick
Rick – Consultants pulled this together wonderfully; great speakers. Lincoln – thanks to Chrissy, AdComm, Outreach in planning. And AdComm for creating code of conduct. Jim – was disturbed that we were discussed with other groups that not against war, Excellent conference. Cathy – great conference and use of breaks. Chrissy – went well, great help from AdComm and Outreach. Beth – great conference. Peter – great conference, struck by youth of presenters. Ed – missed it. Jenn – enjoyed speakers. Ginny – very positive. Greg – missed conference. Eleanor – pretty good, but wanted politician could have been not a concurrent session. Kima – one of the best online conferences yet. Ruth and Rachel were great! Ruth – great Friday group on outreach. Might need to resolve some internal issues. Susan – great speakers on Saturday. On Friday it would have been nicer to visit. Steve – great conference, kudos to consultants. Last session panel was very good. Sarah W – very good conference. Civil behavior policy helped.
~Minutes by Lincoln Rice