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FIRST UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN CHURCH
www.uuwausau.org
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES
7:00 pm, Thursday, July 28, 2011
Attendance
7 Members Present:
Dawn Ashenbrenner, Bill Forbes, Linda Haney, Kay Meyer, Suzan Miller,
Matt Powers, George Risberg
2 Members Absent: Steve Gantert, Eileen Gavin,
1 Non-trustees attending: Paul Beckel
Written Reports Received
1) Treasurer's Report
2) Draft - First UU Wausau Board of Trustee Philosophy of Governance
3) Philosophy of Governance Examples from Governance and Ministry
4) Summary of UUA clarifications of IRS regulations on the political activities of churches
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 by Vice-President, Linda Haney
The following opening words provided by Steve Gantert, “The great use of life is to spend it
for something that outlasts it.” by William James created some discussion about the importance
of the kind of “something” before agreeing with this idea.
2 items were added to the agenda:
Chalice Grants
Political Signs
June 20, 2011 Minutes A motion to accept the June Minutes, as corrected, was made by Kay Meyer, seconded by
Dawn Ashenbrenner and passed unanimously. Treasurer’s Report
The motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by George Risberg, seconded by
Bill Forbes and passed unanimously. Agenda Items:
Political Signs - A discussion with references to the Summary of of UUA clarifications of
IRS regulations (see attached item 4) led to an agreement not to do anything about current signs at church. Chalice Grants - Following discussion of this CmWD program to provide financial support
for church programs three times a year (we have received 2 in the past), Linda agreed to pursue the details of the process of applying for a grant. This will be distributed to the Board and the Property Committee. Concealed Weapons - We have not received further information from Barb May related to
this issue. Paul will continue to search for views from other churches.
Statement of Philosophy of Governance - We read and discussed the two pieces related to
this topic. For our next meeting, we agreed that each board member will bring 3-5 items
considered important to include in such a statement and we will use a workshop approach to
develop a draft statement from these lists. Process to begin approaching Item 1A (Management/Staff Structure) from the Governance
Task Force Report - Paul suggested we might find it interesting to start by creating a list of church functions, (tasks, what needs to be done to operate the church) For example, Raising Money. These would then be analyzed using questions such as: Is this necessary? How
important is it? hat are the upside/ downside of this? Who is/should be responsible for it?
Perhaps those questions from page 8 of last month’s report on writing Policies and Procedures could be adapted for this process. So next month that will be “The Question of the Day.” We should each bring a list of important church functions and George Risberg will facilitate our discussion. Election of interim Board President - A motion nominating George Risberg to fill the
position of Board President for the remainder of Steve Gantert’s term was made by Kay Meyer, seconded by Bill Forbes and rousingly passed unanimously.
Board Member to fill Steve Gantert’s seat for the remainder of the year - As a member of
the nominating Committee, Steve had approached Jeff Leigh, recently returned from a year’s
Fulbright requiring him to resign his position on the Board, and he agreed to rejoin us. The Boardwas in unanimous approval. Next meeting date: Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm Agenda Items for August:
Concealed Carry if information is available
Chalice Grant information
Work on Statement of Philosophy of Governance
Work on list of important church functions The meeting was adjourned at 8:10. Respectfully submitted: Suzan Miller, Secretary |
