UUFM BOARD MEETING
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Present:
Kris Gabrielsen opened the meeting at
The first
order of business was to vote on the revised version (#13) of our Bylaws. A
motion by Patriciafaye Marshall to accept the Bylaws
as was done by e-mail vote was seconded by Ted deChatelet. Passed unanimously. Kris announced that there will be a meeting
for any member of the Fellowship who wishes to discuss the Bylaws at Bev Halverson’s home on September 9th. The vote by the Fellowship will be held on
September 20th.
Bev
Halverson reported that as of August 29th our cash on hand is
$10,501.27.
A policy
regarding honoraria for speakers at UUFM services was discussed at some
length. Patriciafaye
Marshall reported that the Worship Committee had already discussed and voted on
a policy for remuneration for UU ministers, outside ministers and Fellowship
members. Bernie McGinnis told us that this
policy is ours to make, since a brief study (by Bernie) of the remuneration
policy other nearby (100 miles) UU Congregations without a minister showed that
there are a variety of approaches.
Although some congregations compensated members, many did not. Kris Gabrielsen
feels that the Board is ultimately responsible for setting payment policy. She asked Patriciafaye
Marshall to have the Worship Committee send us their
proposal for paying UU ministers, outside ministers and Fellowship members. The
question of conflict of interest was raised in regards to paying Board members
for speaking. Patriciafaye
Marshall will have a proposal for the Board’s next meeting on September 24th.
Kris Gabrielsen congratulated Ken Moore and the picnic committee
for organizing a most successful picnic on August 23rd. In particular, thanks to Ken and Christy for
use of their beautiful property in Yamhill.
Patriciafaye Marshall asked if we should keep past Board Members and past Chairs as
a group to attend retreats and assist with major decisions in order to maintain
“institutional memory” for our Fellowship. It was agreed that Section 8.4 of
the Bylaws dealing with the Council of Past Chairs serves this purpose in the
future when this will be needed.
Our next
Board meeting will be held on September 24th at Bev
Halverson’s home.
The meeting
was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Pamela
H. Bergen, Secretary