UUFM BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
Wednesday May 10th
2017
Present: John Braun, Stephen Bjorlin, Marilyn
MacGregor, Sandy Coates, Kathleen McKinney, Denise Patton, Joanne Douglas,
Susie Godsey and the Rev. Tracy Springberry. Guests: Suzanne Teller and Beth
Dell
1. Opening of Meeting @ 7 PM
A.
Chalice lighting.
B.
Quorum determination - quorum met.
C. Agenda and minutes of previous meeting approved - Motion to approve - 1st
Sandy, 2nd Susie – All in favor.
Date
and place of next meeting – Tuesday June 13th @ John BraunÕs – 6 PM
potluck, 7 PM meeting.
- TracyÕs Report –
Tracy logged 40 hours in April. Met with a number of members, helped with
the survey and developed a sermon.
- Reflecting on
how we move forward, Tracy feels that someone from our district office
should do a startup workshop designed to get everyone in our congregation
on the same page. Our congregation is no longer the small group of people
it was in the beginning and she feels this would be helpful at this
stage.
- Tracy feels
that creating a mission statement is important. The congregation needs to
understand what we are doing in our effort to move ahead and grow. Next
year the board should also spend time working on goals with the
congregation.
- It is also
important to understand the difference between a vision, a mission, and
goals, strategies and methods. A timeline for this process needs to be
worked out.
- TreasurerÕs
Report – We are short of our goal for our pledge drive for next
year. Currently we are at $48,544 in pledges and our goal is $68,800. No
time for adjustments since our budget needs to go out tomorrow, 5/11.
- Annual General
Meeting (21 May) – set agenda. Things to discuss.
- Budget
- Election of
Officers
- Bylaw Change
- Proxy voting
instructions.
- Planning for 10th
Anniversary Celebration – at Judy SpinnerÕs House 4 PM to 7 PM
(6/17)
- We provide the
food
- People can
bring beverages
- At 5:30 we
will have our ÒFounders CeremonyÓ Invite members from 2007 who have moved
away or no longer come to services. Denise will send out the member list.
- Revising
TracyÕs Contract – Put off until a later meeting.
- Hearing Assists
– John says they need a new part that is on backorder. Still working
on this.
- New Business
- Senior Center
Liaison, weekly email and Cluster Representative – Kathleen would
like to let go of these responsibilities. John agreed to be Senior Center
liaison, Sandy will be our Cluster Representative and Lewis Brown has
agreed to do the weekly email.
- Meeting adjourned
by John Braun at 9 PM
Submitted by Stephen Bjorlin 6/3/17