UUFM
BOARD MEETING - SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
Present: Bergen, deChatelet, Gabrielsen, Halverson,
Hughes, Marshall, McGinnis
Kris Gabrielsen
opened the meeting at 6:30 P.M.
Kris reported that 57 people
were present at our September 20th service and that 24 attended Linda
Old’s workshop that evening.
Treasurer Bev Halverson reported that there is COH $10,326.20, Building Fund has $1,661.89 and the Reserve Fund
$4,000.00. We have donated a total of
$523.11 to the Virginia Garcia Clinic. The Senior Center is renting a third
room to us for an additional $20.00/month.
Our CPA shared with Bev that she believes we should be paying taxes on the
payments we make to our child care workers and musicians and, that we owe
$316.96 to the IRS for FICA payments.
After some discussion that questioned whether we do, in fact, owe
anything to the IRS, Ted deChatelet offered to get a
second opinion from another CPA. It was suggested that we hire a CPA to lessen
the burden on our treasurer.
The Audit Team, Eric Gabrielsen and John Braun, conducted an audit of all our
accounts from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Their report was submitted to
the Board and accepted by unanimous vote.
Kris received a letter from
the National UUA asking for a donation from UUFM, as an Emerging Congregation,
to their National Program Fund. Bernie
pointed all the many things UUA does for Fellowships and Congregations. Patriciafaye Marshall moved and Ted deChatelet
seconded that we provide 10% of our budgeted line item ($312.00) to UUA’s National Program Fund. Unanimously passed.
Committee Reports:
Support Coordination Team –
Tricia Crawford, leader. Kris Gabrielsen will contact Tricia to reply to their question
regarding the urgency of their work. It was agreed by the Board that we would like
this team to move forward as soon as possible.
Worship Team – Ken Moore,
leader. Jennifer Dean has resigned as
music director. Brynn
Hurdus is our pianist.
Welcoming
Committee – Patriciafaye Marshall, leader. Patriciafaye is studying the different programs and
workshops for the Fellowship to study.
Membership Committee - Bernie
McGinnis, leader. On November 1st
the first New Member Service will be held.
They will take place on a monthly basis.
UU 101 is being offered on a quarterly basis. The committee will try to determine the
current number of members in the Fellowship.
The list accounts for forty four but, there are six who may no longer
wish to be members due to inactivity and having moved away. They will be called to determine their interest.
Business Meeting: 18 members
attended and after some discussion the revised Bylaws were passed. The need for storage space at the Senior
Center will be taken up with staff at the Center. The possibility of using
their cupboards or providing a cupboard of our own will be considered. The task of transporting RE material may be
rotated among a few families.
Speaker Payment
Guidelines: The Worship Team forwarded
their suggestions for paying our speakers.
Beverly Halverson made a motion to accept the guidelines from the
Worship Team for payment. Ted deChatelet seconded the motion. Bernie McGinnis expressed his concern at the
idea of paying members. Volunteers are providing their expertise in any number
of areas and do not expect payment. The idea of setting a precedent by paying a
member of UUFM was discussed at length. The question of a conflict of interest
in the case of a Board member being paid was raised. A vote was taken. Ayes – 0,
Nays - 5. Patriciafaye
Marshall abstained due to a conflict of interest. The motion was defeated.
Ted deChatelet
then put the following motion forward:
Approve the guidelines as follows:
UU ministers receive $250.00 plus mileage
$100.00 to non UUFM members
$300.00 honorarium to Linda Olds for the four,
hour and a half each,
evening workshops
she will do in September and October.
For speakers who don’t fit any of these
categories, we will make case by
case decisions and
stay within our budget.
UUFM members will not receive payment for
speaking.
Lynn Hughes seconded the
motion. After some discussion the vote was taken. Ayes - 6,
Nays – 0. Patriciafaye Marshall abstained due to conflict of
interest. The motion was passed.
Kris Gabrielsen
suggested that the matter of paying any UUFM members for their work be on next
month’s Board meeting agenda. The review of Board Goals was tabled for next
month’s meeting. Implementing the new term limits for Board Members will also
be discussed during the October board meeting.
Our next meeting will be
held on Thursday, October 28th at Beverly Halverson’s home at 7
P.M. The meeting was adjourned at 8:40
P.M.
Respectfully
submitted,
Pamela H.
Bergen, Secretary