UUFM BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Tuesday July 19, 2016 @ 6 PM
Present: John Braun, Stephen Bjorlin, Marilyn MacGregor, Sandy Coates,
Joanne Douglas, Kathleen McKinney
Absent: Susie Godsey, Denise Patton
Guests: Mary Gear
1. Opening of Meeting
A.
Chalice lighting, covenant reading,
B.
quorum determination - quorum was met.
C.
Agenda was approved
D.
Approval of minutes for June 8th meeting - changes were suggested - mostly
spelling with some minor adjustments. 1st motion by Joanne, 2nd
by Marilyn - minutes were approved.
2. Continuing Business Updates
A.
Treasurer's Report – 1st motion to approve was by Sandy, John
provided the 2nd – all in favor. The report was approved.
B.
Committee Reports – John requested that each committee needs to provide a
list of members so that the web site can be updated with current members. There
was also some discussion about how guest speakers are chosen and John suggested
that we move this responsibility to the new minister. Joanne offered to discuss
this with the worship committee.
C.
Minister Search – Marilyn gave an update on the minister search. She
mentioned that the search committee was very optimistic about their prospects.
3. MaryÕs Report
Mary
gave a report about her experience at the General Assembly conference that she
recently attended. She also spoke about several of the UUFM committee meetings
that she had attended. Mary spoke about the recent exit interview for Dominique
Bjorlin who is resigning as the Director of Religious Education and mentioned
some of the things we have learned including the concerns about amount of time
that is necessary for this position to fully function. It was brought up that
we should have an exit interview for Mary as well as her last day is August 7th
and she will be leaving for school on August 14th. It was decided
that an exit interview should take place sometime during that week.
4. New Business
A.
Religious Education – DRE Search Status – There is one applicant
for this position. An interview is scheduled for Thursday July 21st.
B.
We also discussed the need to hire a TAO Teacher, moving the current Littles
teacher (Mary) from Littles to Middles and using volunteers and parents to
support the Littles class. A teacher training class is planning to be held on
August 6th for all of our volunteer teachers.
C.
Planning for Board Retreat – August 27th We have a room at the
Cooperative Ministries.
D.
Posting Dick Adams talk on Website – Is there a need for a disclaimer? It
was agreed to not censor the recording or post a disclaimer. It was also
decided to put it
on the website. There was discussion about how we should
handle such difficult and controversial topics. Mary and John brought up the idea of a study group that is being discussed for the coming year. Another idea was to have a simplified service to discuss alternative perspectives.
E. October 1st – Board / COSM Retreat
F. Marilyn brought up the 1st Baptist Church article in the News
Register mentioning that they were the first church in the area to be welcoming
and accepting of the LGBT community. Mary agreed to write a letter to the News
Register making them aware that we have been welcoming and accepting of the
LGBT community for several years, and that we support
the 1st Baptist effort to do the same.
G. Planning for MaryÕs Farewell Event – August 7th -
Quilt is still in progress; John has reserved Ed Grenfell Park for
the event. There was a motion to approve $200 for the quilt. Joanne
made the motion, 2nd by Sandy – all approved.
5. Adjourn:
Submitted by Stephen Bjorlin 7/31/16
UUFM BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING – SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday July 29, 2016 @ 6 PM
Present: Kathleen McKinney, Joanne Douglas, John Braun, Stephen Bjorlin,
Sandy Coates, Marilyn MacGregor, Denise Patton, Susie Godsey
Absent: none
Guests: Eric Gabrielsen, Charlie Coates
Quorum determination – it was determined that we have a quorum.
The board all voted in favor to approve this recommendation.
The board all voted in favor to approve this recommendation.
Submitted by Stephen Bjorlin 7/31/16