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Connecting
Your Congregation
District
President’s Column
Qiyamah’s
Corner
Ministerial
Matters
Lifespan
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Calendar / Save this Date!
Your Wild(e)
Trustees Report
Chalice
Lighter Update/1st Annual NC Choral Festival
A Victory for
Poultry Workers in NC!
Mind the Gap
Walking
Lightly on the Earth
Rev. Bill
Sinkford to Keynote TJD Anti-Racism Conference / TJD Young Adult & Campus
Ministry Midwinter Retreat
GLBT Issues /
TJ District Fair Share
Beacon Press
/ Reflection on FLC / Request for Proposals /A Day of Possibilities
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Resources for
Congregational Leaders
Lay
Leadership Development / The Flaming Chalice
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Your Wild(e) Trustee’s Report
by Ed Wilde, UUA Trustee
1. Restructuring
Four new working groups were constituted as a result of the change in the
administrative structure. They are Ministry and Professional Development,
Education and Justice, Communications and International Relations, and
Congregational and District Services. I serve on the Communications and
International Relations working group
2. President Sinkford’s Report
The Administration’s priorities for the year are claiming a larger, more
effective voice for Unitarian Universalism in the public square;
increasing the growth of Unitarian Universalism to reach the many who are
seeking the kind of spiritual home we offer; providing bridges to youth
and young adults to help them maintain their UU identity and ties, and
helping our faith become not only tolerant of differences but actively
anti-oppressive.
3. Growth
The Board spent considerable time considering our Association’s slow but
steady growth. They looked at profiles of congregations which experienced
growth and decline, research in the field, the experience of other
denominations, and the New Congregation Formation Task Force Report. We
considered pilot projects in a new congregation start in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area and a coordinated metropolitan-area marketing and advertising
plan to be piloted with congregations in the Kansas City area. We noted
the importance of keeping our vision of an anti racist and multicultural
association as we strategize for growth.
4. Finances
The Board adopted a balanced budget of slightly over $21.2 million. This
was no minor accomplishment as we have suffered significant losses on our
investments. I serve as the Board liaison to the Investments Committee.
The balanced budget was a result of many cost saving efforts.
5. Information Technology and Electronic Communications Committee (ITEC)
The Board voted the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) out of
existence and replaced it by ITEC. I had been serving as the Board liaison
to ECC. ITEC will have a wider mission than ECC and was the result of the
new administrative structure. The membership for ITEC, including the Board
liaison, will be appointed at the next Board meeting in January.
6. Mind the GAP Sunday
Again I encourage each TJ District congregation to participate in the Mind
the Gap Sunday. At the time of the October Board meeting some $385,000 has
been raised towards the $2 million goal. The money will be used to fund
the youth and young adult programming. I continue to serve as the Board
liaison the YRUU.
7. Other Items
A. The Board will be reading an anti-racism audit of our UUA Bylaws and
Rules by its January meeting.
B. A task force on credentialing of religious educators is well on its way
to setting up a Credentialing Committee, and a Religious Education
Credentialing Director is on staff.
C. The Board approved St. Louis as the site of the ’06 GA.
D. Remember your congregation’s GA certification procedure so that your
congregation can vote at the next GA.
E. Church Mutual and insurance provider has dropped their rates by
approximately 10% for UUA churches.
F. Notes on the UUA Board of Trustees Meeting are available on the UUA’s
web page at
http://dev.uua.org/TRUS/notes1002.html
Ed Wilde
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