Committees and Presidents' Council
In compliance with Rule #G-2.1. Democratic Process, all Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) committees, commissions and task forces should submit materials to web @ uua.org for posting on UUA.org.
Elected Committees
To be considered for nomination to one of the following, fill out the Nominating Committee application form.
Staff liaisons are indicated in parentheses.
- Board of Review (Executive Vice President)
- Commission on Appraisal (President)
- Commission on Social Witness (Advocacy & Witness)
- General Assembly Planning Committee (Conference Planning)
- Nominating Committee (Executive Vice President)
Board-Appointed Committees
Your UUA Needs You!
The UUA relies upon energetic, committed, visionary Unitarian Universalists (UUs) to serve the twenty-plus committees, panels and task forces that work with staff and the UUA Board to carry out the mission of the Association. We are eager to draw volunteers from the rich diversity of our movement: diversity of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity, age, geography, skills, and vocation.
For some appointments—Ministerial Fellowship Committee and finance-oriented committees, for example—we will be looking for specific skills or life position (e.g., lay person, minister, psychologist, auditor). Every two years, the Committee on Committees (CoC) reviews and brings recommendations to the Board for appointment and reappointment to all Board-appointed committees.
This year, the Board will be appointing members to the two-year term beginning January 1, 2010, and re-appointing as appropriate. UUA Bylaws allow for three reappointments, or up to eight years of service for most committees. Committee members who wish to continue are very often reappointed, although this is never guaranteed, as the needs or charge of a committee may change.
Please complete the online application for Board-appointed committees, if you wish to be considered for a January appointment that interests you.
The deadline is August 24, 2009.
The CoC also fills vacancies on Board-appointed committees as they occur, and appoints to elected committees (usually the Nominating Committee’s purview), if vacancies occur between election cycles. Vacancies are announced on the UUA-L email list.
To be considered for nomination to any of the committees listed below, please fill out the Committee on Committees application form.
Board-Appointed Committees
Staff liaisons are indicated in parentheses.
- Audit Committee (Treasurer)
- Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (Treasurer)
- Commission on Social Witness (2 Board Appointments)
- Election Campaign Practices Committee (Executive Vice President)
- Fifth Principle Task Force (General Assembly Office)
- Fund for a Just Society (Unitarian Universalist Funding Panel (UUFP)
- Fund for International Unitarian Universalism (UUFP)
- Fund for Unitarian Universalism (UUFP)
- Fund for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility (UUFP)
- Health Plan Trust (Ministry & Professional Leadership (MPL)
- General Assembly Planning Committee (2 Board Appointments)
- Investment Committee (Treasurer)
- Journey Towards Wholeness Transformation Committee (President)
- Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MPL)
- Open UU Committee (Executive Vice President)
- Panel on Theological Education (President/MPL)
- Regional Sub-Committees on Candidacy of the MFC (MPL)
- Religious Education Credentialing Committee (MPL)
- UU-UN Representatives (International Office)
Committees of the Board
- Administrative Organization and Personnel Committee
- Anti-Racism Assessment and Monitoring Team
- Committee for Annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism
- Committee on Committees
- Executive Committee
- Finance Committee
- UU Minister Association/Board of Trustees Task Force
Moderator Task Forces
Board Working Groups
Staff-Appointed Committees
Staff liaisons are indicated in parentheses.
- Annual Program Fund Committee (APF)
- Compensation, Benefits and Pensions Committee (Church Staff Finance)
- Congregational Properties and Loan Commission (Congregational Services)
- Melcher Book Award Committee (Executive Vice President)
Board Liaisons to Other Committees
- District Presidents Association
Ms. Joan Lund, jlund @ uua.org
- International Council of the Unitarian Universalists
Rev. Will Saunders, wsaunders @ uua.org
- St. Lawrence Board
Rev. Mark Harris, fpwatertown @ mindspring.com
- YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalist) Youth Council
Paul Rickter, prickter @ uua.org
- C*YUUAN (Continental UU Young Adults Network) Liaison
Anna Olsen, aolsen @ uua.org
For more information contact administration @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
