UUA April Board meeting

Yes, it’s blogging time again – the UUA Board has met and it’s time to write about it. As usual this was a packed agenda.

We received a report from John Hurley, the UUA Director of Communications. We had asked him to come talk with us for a variety of reasons. What emerged from the discussion will be a much enhanced Board presence on the web. There are many details to be worked out, but expect the Board page on the uua.org site to look a lot different, soon. Also, we are contemplating creating a Board Blog and exploring how FaceBook could be used to keep everyone better informed about the workings of the Board. I’ll let you know when it’s time to become a “friend” of the Board.

The Commission on Appraisal made a presentation requesting that their budget, as it appeared in the draft that was released about a month ago, be restored to its more robust former size. The Board examined the preliminary budget for both the Commission on Appraisal and the Commission on Social Witness and restored some of what they requested. Everyone acknowledged the present economic situation in which we all find ourselves.

Some time ago I wrote about the Board’s commitment to transforming our governance structure. During the Board meeting, several trustees met with leaders of the District Presidents’ Association to plan a pre-GA meeting that will include members of the UUA Board, members of district boards, key members of the UUA Staff, our president, the Rev Morales, and our moderator, Ms Courter. This is an important meeting that is key to the success of this transformation. It’s just not possible to reorganize the governance of the association without the involvement and acceptance --- no, that’s not enough --- without input and assistance from district leaders and key members of the UUA staff. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the trustees involved in that meeting. I intended to be in that meeting, but proved, once again, that I can’t be in two places at once. Much more, probably immediately following the pre-GA meeting.