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07:51:14
08:03:31       >> I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE
08:03:31       SECOND PLENARY SESSION OF THE
08:03:31       FORTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
08:03:31       THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
08:03:31       ASSOCIATION.
08:03:37       [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
08:03:37       GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS AND
08:03:43       PLEASE BE IN ORDER.
08:03:44       I'M GOING TO INVITE REVEREND
08:03:47       NAOMI KING TO LIGHT OUR CHALICE
08:03:50       THIS MORNING.
08:03:59       >> GOOD MORNING AND MY CHALICE
08:04:01       LIGHTER IS AMY MANNING FROM THE
08:04:03       CONGREGATION IN NEW ORLEANS.
08:04:05       LET'S PRAY.
08:04:07       WONDEROUS GIFT OF LIFE, THANK
08:04:12       YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS
08:04:13       GATHERING IN OUR BEAUTIFUL
08:04:15       DIVERSITY AND DEVOTED
08:04:16       GENEROSITY.
08:04:18       WE REVEL IN OUR BLESSINGS FOR
08:04:22       AND FROM THIS HOLY LIGHT.
08:04:24       WASHED AND REFRESHED IN SUCH
08:04:26       GRACE WE CELEBRATE THE JOYS OF
08:04:27       THIS EXISTENCE.
08:04:29       AND YET BELOVED OUR HEARTS ARE
08:04:32       SINKING IN WEARY, GRIEF AS THE
08:04:36       DOES DESECRATION AT THE RIVER
08:04:42       AND WE RAGE THE SHOCKING AND
08:04:43       THE NURSERY OF THE ATLANTIC,
08:04:45       THE GULF OF MEXICO.
08:04:47       AND THE VIBRANT LIVING SHORES
08:04:50       STEADILY DIVERGING BLESSED AND
08:04:53       TREASURED WAY OF LIFE.
08:04:55       O LOVERS OF LIFE WE WHO DELIGHT
08:04:58       IN THIS WORLD BEAUTY AND LOVE
08:05:00       DO NOT LOSE HEART.
08:05:01       AND TURN AWAY FROM TERRIFYING
08:05:04       LABORS POUR OUR COURAGE INTO A
08:05:06       RIVER OF REPRIEVE TO COMFORT
08:05:08       AND AID THOSE NOW AFFLICTED.
08:05:10       THE FAMILIES WHO LOST FATHERS
08:05:12       AND BROTHERS AND SONS TO THE
08:05:13       FIRE AND ALL WHO ARE LOSING
08:05:15       HEALTH AND HOME AND LIFE AND
08:05:17       SANCTUARY TO THE SUFFOCATING
08:05:20       SLICK.
08:05:21       TREASURER OUR CARE AND JOY FOR
08:05:23       THE MARVELOUS MULTITUDE OF




08:05:25       CITIZENS OF LAND AND SEA AND
08:05:26       AIR AND NOW DISPOSSESSED
08:05:29       DROWNED, DISPERSED AND
08:05:31       DISPATCHED BY THIS VAST WASTE
08:05:36       IN ERROR.
08:05:37       OUR HEARTS RECOMMEND US TO
08:05:39       REFUGE AND DEFINE WHAT IS LOST.
08:05:43       AND HEAL WHAT IS BROKEN AND BE
08:05:46       HEALTH AND HEALING TO THE
08:05:47       HURTING.
08:05:47       OUR FAITH EVER CALLS US THUS
08:05:50       LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.
08:05:52       LET NO DESECRATION OCCUR
08:05:53       WITHOUT OUR BLOOD OF
08:05:55       RESTORATION.
08:05:56       THIS LIFE BLESSES US SO
08:05:58       ABUNDANTLY.
08:06:00       MAY WE BLESS LIFE IN RETURN.
08:06:02       MAKING REAL THE HOPE WITH WHICH
08:06:03       WE PRAY.
08:06:04       BRINGING THE LIGHT OF WHICH WE
08:06:06       SING AND GIVING MORE THAN WE
08:06:07       CAN IMAGINE THIS LOVE THAT IS
08:06:09       OUR CENTER AND HIGHEST
08:06:11       ASPIRATIONS LET US WASH THIS
08:06:14       WORLD AGAIN IN BLESSING.
08:06:17       AND AS WE ARE MOVED WE SAY,
08:06:19       AMEN.
08:06:38       >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
08:06:40       ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE A GA?
08:06:41       WELL, YOU ALL ARE BEING
08:06:45       REWARDED FOR GETTING UP EARLY
08:06:48       THIS MORNING.
08:06:48       WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR
08:06:49       YOU.
08:06:49       I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO
08:06:51       YOU SANDY AND PAT.
08:06:57       [APPLAUSE]
08:07:02       >> GOOD MORNING!
08:07:03       I'M EMMA.
08:07:04       I'M THE REVOLUTION.
08:07:06       HA-HA-HA.
08:07:07       >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEW THAT.
08:07:09       >> I'M PAT HUMPHREYS.
08:07:15       MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SONGS AND
08:07:17       EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW SING
08:07:18       ALONG WITH US.
08:07:22       ¶
08:11:43       [APPLAUSE]
08:11:50       >> THANK YOU.




08:11:54       THANK YOU.
08:11:54       THE SIGN SAYS DO NOT TOUCH
08:11:58       MICROPHONES ALSO INCLUDE
08:11:59       SCRAPING THEM ASIDE WITH A
08:12:00       REALLY BIG CLIP.
08:12:02       THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
08:12:04       MORNING.
08:12:04       THE CHAIR OF YOUR COMMISSION ON
08:12:09       SOCIAL WITNESS, DAVID MAY IS
08:12:11       HERE AND WE WANT TO WALK YOU
08:12:13       THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE
08:12:14       MINI ASSEMBLIES AND PLENARIES
08:12:21       OF GA IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS.
08:12:24       WE HAVE A SLIDE DECK.
08:12:25       IF WE COULD SEE THE VERY FIRST
08:12:26       SLIDE, FOLKS, THIS WOULD BE
08:12:28       GOOD.
08:12:28       SO COME TO --
08:12:35       >> YES, AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE
08:12:36       A MINI ASSEMBLY TODAY.
08:12:38       9:00 TO 12:00.
08:12:41       JUST SHORTLY AFTER THIS PLENARY
08:12:43       IN ROOM 200-FG.
08:12:45       THAT IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF
08:12:47       THE CONVENTION CENTER.
08:12:48       AND THERE WILL BE A DEBATE AND
08:12:51       VOTE THIS FRIDAY.
08:12:53       THE MINI ASSEMBLY THIS MORNING
08:12:56       IS TO DISCUSS THE STATEMENT OF
08:13:00       CONSCIENCE ON PEACE MAKING AS
08:13:02       IT IS NOW WRITTEN, OFFER AN
08:13:04       OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
08:13:06       PROPOSE AMENDMENTS.
08:13:10       THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
08:13:11       WITNESS WILL REVIEW ALL OF
08:13:12       THOSE.
08:13:13       SEE IF IT INCORPORATES SOME.
08:13:16       OTHERS IT WILL NOT.
08:13:17       THEN WE WILL LIST THOSE
08:13:18       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS AND
08:13:21       PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON THE
08:13:23       EMPHASIS AND THE ENERGY BEHIND
08:13:24       THEM IN THE MINI ASSEMBLY AND
08:13:27       WE'LL DEBATE THEM.
08:13:31       >> YEP, THAT IS YOURS, TOO.
08:13:33       >> OKAY.
08:13:35       >> WE DO THIS FRIDAY, TOO,
08:13:37       RIGHT?
08:13:37       >> YEAH.
08:13:38       ON FRIDAY RIGHT AFTER THE




08:13:39       DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE
08:13:41       STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE, THERE
08:13:43       WILL BE A SELECTION OF
08:13:44       CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ISSUES.
08:13:47       THERE ARE FIVE THAT HAVE BEEN
08:13:48       PROPOSED BY CONGREGATIONS AND
08:13:49       VOTED ON IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
08:13:51       POLL.
08:13:52       AND THAT WILL -- THERE IS NO
08:13:55       MINI ASSEMBLY BUT THERE WILL BE
08:13:58       A VOTE.
08:13:58       THERE IS A SONG BETWEEN THE
08:14:00       DEBATE ON THE SSE AND THE
08:14:01       SELECTION OF THE CSCI.
08:14:04       A LITTLE INTERMISSION.
08:14:08       >> YEAH, LIKE ABOUT THIS LONG.
08:14:10       SO DON'T MISS FRIDAY'S PLENARY.
08:14:13       YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
08:14:14       WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT?
08:14:15       AH, OKAY.
08:14:18       SO LET ME START BY TELLING YOU
08:14:19       THAT EVERY SINGLE PLENARY WILL
08:14:21       RUN OVER.
08:14:22       THAT IS MY BEST GUESS.
08:14:24       AND SO SOME OF THESE, ALTHOUGH
08:14:28       I'M REQUIRED TO BOOK 30 MINUTES
08:14:30       FOR DEBATE OF SOME OF THESE, I
08:14:33       ACTUALLY GAVE THEM LESS TIME
08:14:35       UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU
08:14:37       WOULD WANT MORE TIME FOR OTHER
08:14:39       ITEM.
08:14:39       IF YOU THOUGHT I'M GOING TO
08:14:41       COME TO GA AND TALK ABOUT SOME
08:14:43       THINGS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
08:14:44       THINGS FIRST AS A WARM UP,
08:14:46       PLEASE DON'T.
08:14:47       BECAUSE WE NEED THAT TIME TO
08:14:48       TALK ABOUT THE MORE IMPORTANT
08:14:49       THINGS AND, SO, ONE OF THESE IS
08:14:51       A RULE THAT IS IMPORTANT BUT
08:14:53       PROBABLY NOT VERY DEBATABLE.
08:14:55       BUT IT COULD BE.
08:14:56       YOU CAN TURN INTO IT SOMETHING.
08:14:57       IT IS YOUR GA.
08:14:59       TO MAKE THE CANDIDATE
08:15:00       INFORMATION AVAILABLE
08:15:02       ELECTRONICALLY THERE ARE FOUR
08:15:04       ITEMS THAT ARE IN ONE MINI
08:15:08       ASSEMBLY TODAY.
08:15:09       THIS IS THE FIRST.




08:15:10       WE WILL DISCUSS THIS TODAY.
08:15:11       IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEXT,
08:15:12       TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO WROTE IT,
08:15:14       YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT
08:15:17       AMENDING IT POTENTIALLY.
08:15:18       YOU NEED TO BE IN ROOM 101-FG
08:15:22       AT 1:00 TODAY FOR THAT WILL
08:15:23       VOTE THAT ON THE PLENARY ON
08:15:26       FRIDAY.
08:15:26       NEXT SLIDE.
08:15:27       THE NEXT ITEM IN THE SAME MINI
08:15:35       ASSEMBLY IS THE SATURDAY
08:15:38       MORNING PLENARY IS A MOTION
08:15:39       PLACED ON AGENDA BY THE UUA
08:15:45       BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ASSIGN
08:15:46       RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GENERAL
08:15:47       ASSEMBLY FOR THE BOARD WHICH IS
08:15:49       IN KEEPING WITH WHAT OUR
08:15:50       PRACTICE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST
08:15:51       12 YEARS.
08:15:52       SO IT IS SIMPLY TO SAY HEY WE
08:15:54       ACTUALLY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
08:15:55       OUR BYLAWS STATE HOW THIS
08:16:01       HAPPENS IN ACTUALITY.
08:16:02       THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE AND YOU
08:16:04       GET A FEEL FOR THE BUSINESS IS
08:16:05       A HOUSEKEEPING RESOLUTION, OUR
08:16:07       SOCIAL WITNESS PROCESS USED TO
08:16:10       INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT OR
08:16:12       INCLUDES THE REQUIREMENT THAT
08:16:13       SAYS WE SHOULD SAY THIS IS
08:16:14       CONTINENTAL.
08:16:15       THIS IS NATIONAL.
08:16:16       AND THOSE I THINK NOT JUST THIS
08:16:21       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:16:22       BUT THE BOARD FEEL THAT SINCE
08:16:23       WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANY MORE
08:16:25       WE PROBABLY SHOULD REMOVE THAT
08:16:26       LANGUAGE AS WELL.
08:16:27       AGAIN A HOUSEKEEPING
08:16:28       RESOLUTION.
08:16:29       NEXT.
08:16:29       AH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK JUST
08:16:36       ABOUT THIS ONE FOR A SECOND,
08:16:38       DAVID, BECAUSE THIS CAME FROM
08:16:39       THE COMMISSION.
08:16:40       >> RIGHT.
08:16:43       THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE
08:16:44       BYLAWS THAT -- TO ANNOUNCE THE
08:16:47       SSC AND ITS AVAILABILITY THAT




08:16:49       WE NOTIFY THE CONGREGATIONS
08:16:53       ELECTRONICALLY AND BY U.S.
08:16:54       MAIL.
08:16:56       IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
08:16:57       DO PIGGYBACK WITH THE
08:16:59       CONGRESSIONAL MAILINGS THAT
08:17:01       WENT OUT BY U.S. MAIL.
08:17:03       THAT ENDED LAST YEAR SO THAT WE
08:17:06       WERE THE ONLY ONES MAILING AND
08:17:09       SO THERE IS A COST THERE AND I
08:17:11       THINK WE'RE MOVING INTO AN
08:17:13       ELECTRONIC AGE.
08:17:13       WE WILL SAVE TREES IF THAT'S
08:17:15       NOT MANDATORY.
08:17:18       WE COULD STILL SEND OUT U.S.
08:17:20       MAILINGS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AS
08:17:23       NECESSARY BUT WE WOULDN'T BE
08:17:24       REQUIRED TO DO IT EVERY TIME.
08:17:27       SO WE ASK THAT WE REMOVE THE
08:17:28       REQUIREMENT THAT WE VOTE
08:17:29       ELECTRONICALLY, NOTIFY
08:17:31       CONGREGATIONS AND THAT WE DO IT
08:17:32       BY U.S. MAIL ON THE SOC.
08:17:37       >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
08:17:38       OKAY.
08:17:39       NEXT.
08:17:39       AGAIN AN ITEM THAT WE WILL TAKE
08:17:44       UP ON SATURDAY IN PLENARY IV.
08:17:47       THE MINI ASSEMBLY FOR THAT, THE
08:17:50       MINI ASSEMBLY IS THE ONLY TIME
08:17:52       YOU WANT TO OFFER AMENDMENTS
08:17:53       THAT YOU LATER WANT TO OFFER IN
08:17:54       THIS HALL IS ON FRIDAY AT
08:17:56       2:45 IN ROOM 101-FG AND TO
08:17:59       AMEND THE BYLAW TO SAY ALLOW
08:18:01       THE REMOVAL OF A COMMITTEE OR
08:18:03       BOARD MEMBER FOR CAUSE.
08:18:04       THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THE
08:18:05       BYLAWS THAT WERE CHANGED LAST
08:18:07       YEAR HAVING TO DO WITH EXISTING
08:18:08       POLICIES.
08:18:09       SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE
08:18:10       ABOUT THIS OR NOT.
08:18:11       BUT THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD GET
08:18:13       ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
08:18:15       NEXT.
08:18:16       AH, THERE'S AN AMENDMENT --
08:18:21       THERE'S A MINI ASSEMBLY TODAY
08:18:23       AT 4:30 IN -- THIS IS A CHANGE
08:18:26       IN YOUR SCHEDULE.




08:18:27       THIS MINI ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN
08:18:29       MOVED TO A LARGER VENUE.
08:18:31       ROOM 200, CD AND E.
08:18:34       THAT ROOM SEATS PROBABLY I
08:18:38       THINK I WAS TOLD 287 PEOPLE.
08:18:41       AND SO IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND
08:18:44       THIS MINI ASSEMBLY YOU WANT TO
08:18:46       GET THERE ON TIME.
08:18:47       THIS IS THE MINI ASSEMBLY ON
08:18:48       THE BUSINESS RESOLUTION PLACE
08:18:50       ON THE AGENDA BY THE UUA BOARD
08:18:53       OF TRUSTEES.
08:18:54       THE LOCATION FOR GENERAL
08:18:55       ASSEMBLY 2012 WHICH IS
08:18:57       CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR
08:18:58       ARIZONA.
08:18:59       I WANT TO ACTUALLY ASK THOUGH
08:19:01       THAT IF YOU HAVE LIKE 30 PEOPLE
08:19:03       FROM YOUR CONGREGATION HERE WHO
08:19:04       CARE ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU DON'T
08:19:06       SEND ALL 30.
08:19:12       WE NEED TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH
08:19:14       THE DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS
08:19:14       THAT WANT TO SEND PEOPLE TO
08:19:16       AMEND THIS.
08:19:17       THIS IS AGAIN TODAY AT
08:19:18       4:30 THIS MINI ASSEMBLY.
08:19:21       THANKS IN ADVANCE TO THE
08:19:23       PRESIDENT OF THE TJ DISTRICT,
08:19:26       JIM, FOR MODERATING THIS MINI
08:19:28       ASSEMBLY.
08:19:28       WHAT IS NEXT?
08:19:29       ON FRIDAY AT 2:45, WE'LL HAVE A
08:19:35       CONVERSATION, A MINI ASSEMBLY
08:19:37       ABOUT RULES THAT WERE PRINTED
08:19:41       INITIALLY IN THE TENTATIVE
08:19:42       AGENDA, FINAL AGENDA IN TWO NOW
08:19:45       NINE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE FINAL
08:19:46       AGENDA IN 2010 TO AMEND OUR
08:19:51       PROCESS FOR THE NOMINATION
08:19:52       ELECTION TERMS FOR PRESIDENT
08:19:53       AND MODERATOR.
08:19:55       PLEASE BE ENGAGED IN THIS
08:19:57       CONVERSATION THESE ARE CHANGES
08:20:00       THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE
08:20:01       AGENDA BY THE UUA BOARD AND
08:20:06       INPUT FOR YEAR BUT THE MINI
08:20:08       ASSEMBLY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
08:20:10       LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AND TO
08:20:11       MODIFY THESE BYLAW AND RULE




08:20:13       CHANGES SHOULD YOU SO WISH
08:20:15       BEFORE THEY COME TO THE PLENARY
08:20:17       FLOOR.
08:20:17       I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE
08:20:19       HERE.
08:20:20       DEBATE AND VOTE ON ACTIONS OF
08:20:21       IMMEDIATE WITNESS.
08:20:25       >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WILL
08:20:28       BE MINI ASSEMBLY ON SATURDAY AT
08:20:30       1:00 AND THEN THE VOTE ON
08:20:33       SUNDAY.
08:20:35       BRIEFLY WE HAVE TWO TRACTS AND
08:20:37       IT CAN BE CONFUSING.
08:20:39       THERE'S THE CONGRESSIONAL STUDY
08:20:41       ACTION ISSUE SOC TRACK WHICH IS
08:20:45       OUR BROAD ISSUES THAT TAKE AT
08:20:48       LEAST THREE YEARS OF STUDY AND
08:20:51       RESULT IN A STATEMENT OF
08:20:53       CONSCIENCE THAT YOU VOTE ON.
08:20:54       IT BECOMES THE POLICY OF THE
08:21:00       UUA IF TWO-THIRDS OF YOU VOTE
08:21:02       TO AMEND IT.
08:21:03       IT IS MUCH MORE SHORT,
08:21:04       IMMEDIATE ISSUES AS NAMED AND
08:21:06       THEY ARISE IN THE GENERAL
08:21:07       ASSEMBLY.
08:21:09       THEY WILL BE PEOPLE GOING
08:21:10       AROUND ASKING YOU TO SIGN
08:21:12       PETITIONS IF YOU AGREE WITH
08:21:14       THEIR PROPOSAL.
08:21:15       PLEASE DO.
08:21:16       MINI ASSEMBLIES WILL THEN OFFER
08:21:19       OPPORTUNITIES TO AMEND AND THEN
08:21:21       THE DEBATE AND THE VOTE WILL BE
08:21:23       ON SUNDAY.
08:21:23       ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
08:21:26       MENTION TO YOU IS THAT THE
08:21:28       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:21:29       ALSO INVITES PEOPLE THAT ARE
08:21:31       INTERESTED.
08:21:32       IF YOU WANT TO WATCH US GO
08:21:33       THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS,
08:21:36       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, VOTE FOR
08:21:38       THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE AND
08:21:39       FOR THE ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE
08:21:41       WITNESS.
08:21:42       YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
08:21:44       WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING TO
08:21:47       REVIEW THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
08:21:50       ON THE PEACE MAKING STATEMENT




08:21:51       OF CONSCIENCE AND WE'RE GOING
08:21:54       TO BE QUALIFYING ACTIONS OF
08:21:56       IMMEDIATE WITNESS THIS EVENING
08:21:58       FROM 1:15 TO 10:00 P.M. THIS
08:22:03       WILL BE IN HILTON HOTEL
08:22:06       BOARDROOM 2.
08:22:08       HILTON HOTEL BOARDROOM 2 ON THE
08:22:11       THIRD FLOOR.
08:22:12       IT IS FROM 1:15 TO 10:00 P.M.,
08:22:17       WE HOPE.
08:22:18       WELL, AFTER THE MINI ASSEMBLY
08:22:28       WE MAY HAVE QUITE A FEW
08:22:29       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
08:22:32       THE DUTY OF THE COMMISSION ON
08:22:33       SOCIAL WITNESS IS TO LOOK AT
08:22:35       EACH ONE OF THEM.
08:22:37       WE GIVE PRIORITY TO GROUP
08:22:39       APPROVED AMENDMENTS THAT OCCUR
08:22:41       IN THE MINI ASSEMBLY BUT WE
08:22:44       ALSO LOOK AT INDIVIDUALLY
08:22:46       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
08:22:47       SO WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
08:22:48       WE DECIDE IF THERE ARE ANY THAT
08:22:50       WE THINK IMPROVE THE STATEMENT
08:22:53       OF CONSCIENCE.
08:22:55       THOSE THAT WE DO NOT THINK
08:22:56       IMPROVE IT, WE DO NOT
08:23:00       INCORPORATE BUT WE ARE REQUIRED
08:23:01       TO PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON
08:23:04       WHAT WE THINK THE AMOUNT OF
08:23:05       SUPPORT IS FOR THEM IN THE MINI
08:23:07       ASSEMBLY AND THEN WE WILL GIVE
08:23:10       YOU A CSW ALERT THAT MORNING,
08:23:13       THE NEXT MORNING OF THE DEBATE
08:23:16       WHICH WILL LIST ALL OF THOSE
08:23:18       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS IF
08:23:20       ONE OF THOSE ADVOCATES FOR THE
08:23:22       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT WANTS
08:23:24       TO COME UP AND OVERRULE THE
08:23:26       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS,
08:23:28       THEY CAN DO THAT IN THAT DEBATE
08:23:30       AND YOU CAN VOTE TO AGREE WITH
08:23:32       THEM OR NOT.
08:23:33       WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE
08:23:35       A BRIEF EXPLANATION FOR EVERY
08:23:37       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT THAT
08:23:39       WE DO NOT ACCEPT SO YOU CAN SEE
08:23:40       WHAT OUR REASONING WAS.
08:23:43       OKAY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A
08:23:48       REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED




08:23:49       AMENDMENTS OF ACTIONS OF
08:23:50       IMMEDIATE WITNESS.
08:23:52       THAT'S GOING TO BE ON -- WE
08:23:54       WILL BE MEETING THE -- THE
08:23:55       COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS
08:23:56       SATURDAY FROM 2:30 TO 7:30 IN
08:24:01       THE SAME ROOM.
08:24:03       SO WE HAVE CHAIR THERE IS FOR
08:24:05       YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
08:24:06       HOW MUCH FUN WE'RE HAVING.
08:24:14       >> OH YES YOU NOTICE WE SPEND
08:24:16       THREE HOURS IN A MINI ASSEMBLY
08:24:18       AND IT IS THE REST OF THEIR
08:24:20       WEEKEND.
08:24:20       WHY DON'T WE THANK THE
08:24:22       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:24:23       RIGHT NOW.
08:24:23       [APPLAUSE]
08:24:24       MINI ASSEMBLY.
08:24:35       EXCELLENT.
08:24:35       DO I HAVE A REPORT FROM THE
08:24:36       RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM THIS
08:24:38       MORNING?
08:24:38       PERFECT.
08:24:51       >> GOOD MORNING.
08:24:52       FOR THOSE OF YOU -- YES.
08:24:53       FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T
08:24:55       MEET ME I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
08:24:58       RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM THIS
08:24:59       YEAR.
08:25:04       AND THERE WERE A FEW VOICES THE
08:25:06       TEAM WANTS TO RACE UP.
08:25:09       FOR MANY I'M THE YOU HAVE PEACE
08:25:12       AND YESTERDAY'S OPENING
08:25:13       CEREMONY WAS A BEAUTIFUL
08:25:15       AFFIRMATION OF THE NATURE OF
08:25:17       OUR CONGREGATIONS AND POWERFUL
08:25:19       STATEMENT CLAIMING A PLACE IN
08:25:20       THE LARGER YOUR HONOR UA
08:25:21       COMMUNITIES.
08:25:22       FOR OTHERS THE QUESTION OF WHO
08:25:25       WE ARE CAME TO THE SURFACE.
08:25:27       LOOKING AT ONE FACE OF THE UUA
08:25:30       THAT WAS ALL WHITE APPEARING
08:25:31       PEOPLE.
08:25:32       OUR CONGREGATION HAS MANY
08:25:33       FACES.
08:25:34       THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES RAISED
08:25:35       TO US THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS
08:25:36       DIRECTLY BEFORE BRINGING TO




08:25:37       THIS ASSEMBLY SO THAT WE AS A
08:25:40       TEAM MAINTAIN RIGHT
08:25:41       RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
08:25:42       COMMUNITIES.
08:25:43       BUT WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
08:25:44       APPROACH EACH OTHER ASSUMING
08:25:46       BEST INTENTIONS AND WITH AN
08:25:47       OPEN HEART WE'RE ALL IN THIS
08:25:51       TOGETHER AND I'M SO THANKFUL
08:25:52       FOR THAT.
08:25:54       [APPLAUSE]
08:26:00       AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON THE
08:26:02       SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION
08:26:03       FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
08:26:04       THIS WOULD BE ON THE TRUSTEE
08:26:14       FROM THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
08:26:16       DISTRICT, MR. TOM LOUGHREY.
08:26:22       LET'S WELCOME HIM.
08:26:24       [APPLAUSE]
08:26:25       >> SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
08:26:26       EXPECTING PAUL RICKTER OR WAYNE
08:26:30       ERICSSON.
08:26:31       THEY'RE HERE.
08:26:31       IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN
08:26:33       ANNOUNCEMENT AND HAVE ONE
08:26:35       GIVEN, STOP BY THE GA OFFICE IN
08:26:37       ROOM 102-C AND YOU CAN LEAVE
08:26:40       THEM THERE.
08:26:40       WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE
08:26:42       THEY GET ANNOUNCED.
08:26:43       I HAVE THREE OF THEM.
08:26:44       THE UU, UNITED NATION OFFICE
08:26:46       RECEPTION ANNOUNCEMENT ON
08:26:47       PAGE 58 HAS CHANGED.
08:26:50       PLEASE COME TO THE UU/UNO
08:26:54       OFFICE RECEPTION ON FRIDAY
08:26:55       JUNE 2:56 TO 7:30 IN THE
08:26:58       ROCHESTER ROOM AT THE HILTON ON
08:27:01       MARQUETTE.
08:27:03       I'LL DO THAT.
08:27:08       THE UU/UNO RECEPTION IS NOW ON
08:27:12       FRIDAY, JUNE 25, FROM 6:00 TO
08:27:14       7:30 IN THE ROCHESTER ROOM IN
08:27:18       THE HILTON ON MARQUETTE.
08:27:20       NOT THE HILTON GARDEN.
08:27:25       AS ANNOUNCED THE MINI ASSEMBLY
08:27:28       TODAY SCHEDULED AT 4:30 HAS
08:27:31       BEEN MOVED FROM ROOM 101-FG TO
08:27:33       200-C, D AND E.
08:27:37       UPSTAIRS INSTEAD OF ON THIS




08:27:38       LEVEL.
08:27:38       YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A COUPLE OF
08:27:40       PLACES.
08:27:40       THOSE OF YOU USING THE LIGHT
08:27:42       RAIL SERVICE, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
08:27:44       IT IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN
08:27:45       THIS WEEKEND STARTING AT
08:27:48       11:30 FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL
08:27:52       3:30 IN THE MORNING MONDAY.
08:27:54       SO AFTER OUR CLOSING ON SUNDAY.
08:27:58       IT IS THE LIGHT RAIL FROM
08:27:59       DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS TO THE FT.
08:28:02       SNELLING STATION IS NOT GOING
08:28:04       TO BE AVAILABLE.
08:28:04       IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU SEE THE
08:28:06       LOCAL INFORMATION TABLE HERE AT
08:28:08       THE CONVENTION CENTER OR GO TO
08:28:11       THEIR WEBSITE AND GET
08:28:13       ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
08:28:14       TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
08:28:16       THAT'S IT.
08:28:19       >> EXCELLENT.
08:28:20       THAT WAS HIS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
08:28:23       AS SECRETARY.
08:28:24       SO WE SHOULD LIKE --
08:28:27       [APPLAUSE]
08:28:28       HOW LUCKY ARE WE.
08:28:33       LOOK WHO IS BACK.
08:28:36       [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
08:28:39       >> HI.
08:28:40       THIS IS THE BEST REASON TO GET
08:28:42       UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
08:28:47       ¶
08:31:47       ¶
08:32:42
08:32:42       [APPLAUSE]
08:32:43
08:32:46       >> THANK YOU, EMMA'S
08:32:48       REVOLUTION!
08:32:49       ARE WE READY TO GO OUT AND DO
08:32:53       JUSTICE IN THIS DAY, FRIENDS?
08:32:54       THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
08:32:58       TO COME BEFORE US.
08:33:01       IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE
08:33:02       SET FORTH IN YOUR PROGRAM BOOK,
08:33:04       I DECLARE THAT THIS PLENARY
08:33:05       SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
08:33:07       SHALL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL
08:33:09       FRIDAY, JUNE 25, AT 8:30 A.M.
08:33:12       GO LOVE, GO WELL.




08:33:13
08:33:17
08:33:17       >> I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE
08:33:17       SECOND PLENARY SESSION OF THE
08:33:17       FORTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
08:33:17       THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
08:33:17       ASSOCIATION.
08:03:37       [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
08:03:37       GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS AND
08:03:43       PLEASE BE IN ORDER.
08:03:44       I'M GOING TO INVITE REVEREND
08:03:47       NAOMI KING TO LIGHT OUR CHALICE
08:03:50       THIS MORNING.
08:03:59       >> GOOD MORNING AND MY CHALICE
08:04:01       LIGHTER IS AMY MANNING FROM THE
08:04:03       CONGREGATION IN NEW ORLEANS.
08:04:05       LET'S PRAY.
08:04:07       WONDEROUS GIFT OF LIFE, THANK
08:04:12       YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS
08:04:13       GATHERING IN OUR BEAUTIFUL
08:04:15       DIVERSITY AND DEVOTED
08:04:16       GENEROSITY.
08:04:18       WE REVEL IN OUR BLESSINGS FOR
08:04:22       AND FROM THIS HOLY LIGHT.
08:04:24       WASHED AND REFRESHED IN SUCH
08:04:26       GRACE WE CELEBRATE THE JOYS OF
08:04:27       THIS EXISTENCE.
08:04:29       AND YET BELOVED OUR HEARTS ARE
08:04:32       SINKING IN WEARY, GRIEF AS THE
08:04:36       DOES DESECRATION AT THE RIVER
08:04:42       AND WE RAGE THE SHOCKING AND
08:04:43       THE NURSERY OF THE ATLANTIC,
08:04:45       THE GULF OF MEXICO.
08:04:47       AND THE VIBRANT LIVING SHORES
08:04:50       STEADILY DIVERGING BLESSED AND
08:04:53       TREASURED WAY OF LIFE.
08:04:55       O LOVERS OF LIFE WE WHO DELIGHT
08:04:58       IN THIS WORLD BEAUTY AND LOVE
08:05:00       DO NOT LOSE HEART.
08:05:01       AND TURN AWAY FROM TERRIFYING
08:05:04       LABORS POUR OUR COURAGE INTO A
08:05:06       RIVER OF REPRIEVE TO COMFORT
08:05:08       AND AID THOSE NOW AFFLICTED.
08:05:10       THE FAMILIES WHO LOST FATHERS
08:05:12       AND BROTHERS AND SONS TO THE
08:05:13       FIRE AND ALL WHO ARE LOSING
08:05:15       HEALTH AND HOME AND LIFE AND
08:05:17       SANCTUARY TO THE SUFFOCATING
08:05:20       SLICK.
08:05:21       TREASURER OUR CARE AND JOY FOR




08:05:23       THE MARVELOUS MULTITUDE OF
08:05:25       CITIZENS OF LAND AND SEA AND
08:05:26       AIR AND NOW DISPOSSESSED
08:05:29       DROWNED, DISPERSED AND
08:05:31       DISPATCHED BY THIS VAST WASTE
08:05:36       IN ERROR.
08:05:37       OUR HEARTS RECOMMEND US TO
08:05:39       REFUGE AND DEFINE WHAT IS LOST.
08:05:43       AND HEAL WHAT IS BROKEN AND BE
08:05:46       HEALTH AND HEALING TO THE
08:05:47       HURTING.
08:05:47       OUR FAITH EVER CALLS US THUS
08:05:50       LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.
08:05:52       LET NO DESECRATION OCCUR
08:05:53       WITHOUT OUR BLOOD OF
08:05:55       RESTORATION.
08:05:56       THIS LIFE BLESSES US SO
08:05:58       ABUNDANTLY.
08:06:00       MAY WE BLESS LIFE IN RETURN.
08:06:02       MAKING REAL THE HOPE WITH WHICH
08:06:03       WE PRAY.
08:06:04       BRINGING THE LIGHT OF WHICH WE
08:06:06       SING AND GIVING MORE THAN WE
08:06:07       CAN IMAGINE THIS LOVE THAT IS
08:06:09       OUR CENTER AND HIGHEST
08:06:11       ASPIRATIONS LET US WASH THIS
08:06:14       WORLD AGAIN IN BLESSING.
08:06:17       AND AS WE ARE MOVED WE SAY,
08:06:19       AMEN.
08:06:38       >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
08:06:40       ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE A GA?
08:06:41       WELL, YOU ALL ARE BEING
08:06:45       REWARDED FOR GETTING UP EARLY
08:06:48       THIS MORNING.
08:06:48       WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR
08:06:49       YOU.
08:06:49       I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO
08:06:51       YOU SANDY AND PAT.
08:06:57       [APPLAUSE]
08:07:02       >> GOOD MORNING!
08:07:03       I'M EMMA.
08:07:04       I'M THE REVOLUTION.
08:07:06       HA-HA-HA.
08:07:07       >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEW THAT.
08:07:09       >> I'M PAT HUMPHREYS.
08:07:15       MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SONGS AND
08:07:17       EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW SING
08:07:18       ALONG WITH US.
08:07:22       ¶
08:11:43       [APPLAUSE]




08:11:50       >> THANK YOU.
08:11:54       THANK YOU.
08:11:54       THE SIGN SAYS DO NOT TOUCH
08:11:58       MICROPHONES ALSO INCLUDE
08:11:59       SCRAPING THEM ASIDE WITH A
08:12:00       REALLY BIG CLIP.
08:12:02       THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
08:12:04       MORNING.
08:12:04       THE CHAIR OF YOUR COMMISSION ON
08:12:09       SOCIAL WITNESS, DAVID MAY IS
08:12:11       HERE AND WE WANT TO WALK YOU
08:12:13       THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE
08:12:14       MINI ASSEMBLIES AND PLENARIES
08:12:21       OF GA IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS.
08:12:24       WE HAVE A SLIDE DECK.
08:12:25       IF WE COULD SEE THE VERY FIRST
08:12:26       SLIDE, FOLKS, THIS WOULD BE
08:12:28       GOOD.
08:12:28       SO COME TO --
08:12:35       >> YES, AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE
08:12:36       A MINI ASSEMBLY TODAY.
08:12:38       9:00 TO 12:00.
08:12:41       JUST SHORTLY AFTER THIS PLENARY
08:12:43       IN ROOM 200-FG.
08:12:45       THAT IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF
08:12:47       THE CONVENTION CENTER.
08:12:48       AND THERE WILL BE A DEBATE AND
08:12:51       VOTE THIS FRIDAY.
08:12:53       THE MINI ASSEMBLY THIS MORNING
08:12:56       IS TO DISCUSS THE STATEMENT OF
08:13:00       CONSCIENCE ON PEACE MAKING AS
08:13:02       IT IS NOW WRITTEN, OFFER AN
08:13:04       OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
08:13:06       PROPOSE AMENDMENTS.
08:13:10       THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
08:13:11       WITNESS WILL REVIEW ALL OF
08:13:12       THOSE.
08:13:13       SEE IF IT INCORPORATES SOME.
08:13:16       OTHERS IT WILL NOT.
08:13:17       THEN WE WILL LIST THOSE
08:13:18       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS AND
08:13:21       PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON THE
08:13:23       EMPHASIS AND THE ENERGY BEHIND
08:13:24       THEM IN THE MINI ASSEMBLY AND
08:13:27       WE'LL DEBATE THEM.
08:13:31       >> YEP, THAT IS YOURS, TOO.
08:13:33       >> OKAY.
08:13:35       >> WE DO THIS FRIDAY, TOO,
08:13:37       RIGHT?
08:13:37       >> YEAH.




08:13:38       ON FRIDAY RIGHT AFTER THE
08:13:39       DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE
08:13:41       STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE, THERE
08:13:43       WILL BE A SELECTION OF
08:13:44       CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ISSUES.
08:13:47       THERE ARE FIVE THAT HAVE BEEN
08:13:48       PROPOSED BY CONGREGATIONS AND
08:13:49       VOTED ON IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
08:13:51       POLL.
08:13:52       AND THAT WILL -- THERE IS NO
08:13:55       MINI ASSEMBLY BUT THERE WILL BE
08:13:58       A VOTE.
08:13:58       THERE IS A SONG BETWEEN THE
08:14:00       DEBATE ON THE SSE AND THE
08:14:01       SELECTION OF THE CSCI.
08:14:04       A LITTLE INTERMISSION.
08:14:08       >> YEAH, LIKE ABOUT THIS LONG.
08:14:10       SO DON'T MISS FRIDAY'S PLENARY.
08:14:13       YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
08:14:14       WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT?
08:14:15       AH, OKAY.
08:14:18       SO LET ME START BY TELLING YOU
08:14:19       THAT EVERY SINGLE PLENARY WILL
08:14:21       RUN OVER.
08:14:22       THAT IS MY BEST GUESS.
08:14:24       AND SO SOME OF THESE, ALTHOUGH
08:14:28       I'M REQUIRED TO BOOK 30 MINUTES
08:14:30       FOR DEBATE OF SOME OF THESE, I
08:14:33       ACTUALLY GAVE THEM LESS TIME
08:14:35       UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU
08:14:37       WOULD WANT MORE TIME FOR OTHER
08:14:39       ITEM.
08:14:39       IF YOU THOUGHT I'M GOING TO
08:14:41       COME TO GA AND TALK ABOUT SOME
08:14:43       THINGS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
08:14:44       THINGS FIRST AS A WARM UP,
08:14:46       PLEASE DON'T.
08:14:47       BECAUSE WE NEED THAT TIME TO
08:14:48       TALK ABOUT THE MORE IMPORTANT
08:14:49       THINGS AND, SO, ONE OF THESE IS
08:14:51       A RULE THAT IS IMPORTANT BUT
08:14:53       PROBABLY NOT VERY DEBATABLE.
08:14:55       BUT IT COULD BE.
08:14:56       YOU CAN TURN INTO IT SOMETHING.
08:14:57       IT IS YOUR GA.
08:14:59       TO MAKE THE CANDIDATE
08:15:00       INFORMATION AVAILABLE
08:15:02       ELECTRONICALLY THERE ARE FOUR
08:15:04       ITEMS THAT ARE IN ONE MINI
08:15:08       ASSEMBLY TODAY.




08:15:09       THIS IS THE FIRST.
08:15:10       WE WILL DISCUSS THIS TODAY.
08:15:11       IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEXT,
08:15:12       TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO WROTE IT,
08:15:14       YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT
08:15:17       AMENDING IT POTENTIALLY.
08:15:18       YOU NEED TO BE IN ROOM 101-FG
08:15:22       AT 1:00 TODAY FOR THAT WILL
08:15:23       VOTE THAT ON THE PLENARY ON
08:15:26       FRIDAY.
08:15:26       NEXT SLIDE.
08:15:27       THE NEXT ITEM IN THE SAME MINI
08:15:35       ASSEMBLY IS THE SATURDAY
08:15:38       MORNING PLENARY IS A MOTION
08:15:39       PLACED ON AGENDA BY THE UUA
08:15:45       BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ASSIGN
08:15:46       RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GENERAL
08:15:47       ASSEMBLY FOR THE BOARD WHICH IS
08:15:49       IN KEEPING WITH WHAT OUR
08:15:50       PRACTICE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST
08:15:51       12 YEARS.
08:15:52       SO IT IS SIMPLY TO SAY HEY WE
08:15:54       ACTUALLY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
08:15:55       OUR BYLAWS STATE HOW THIS
08:16:01       HAPPENS IN ACTUALITY.
08:16:02       THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE AND YOU
08:16:04       GET A FEEL FOR THE BUSINESS IS
08:16:05       A HOUSEKEEPING RESOLUTION, OUR
08:16:07       SOCIAL WITNESS PROCESS USED TO
08:16:10       INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT OR
08:16:12       INCLUDES THE REQUIREMENT THAT
08:16:13       SAYS WE SHOULD SAY THIS IS
08:16:14       CONTINENTAL.
08:16:15       THIS IS NATIONAL.
08:16:16       AND THOSE I THINK NOT JUST THIS
08:16:21       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:16:22       BUT THE BOARD FEEL THAT SINCE
08:16:23       WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANY MORE
08:16:25       WE PROBABLY SHOULD REMOVE THAT
08:16:26       LANGUAGE AS WELL.
08:16:27       AGAIN A HOUSEKEEPING
08:16:28       RESOLUTION.
08:16:29       NEXT.
08:16:29       AH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK JUST
08:16:36       ABOUT THIS ONE FOR A SECOND,
08:16:38       DAVID, BECAUSE THIS CAME FROM
08:16:39       THE COMMISSION.
08:16:40       >> RIGHT.
08:16:43       THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE
08:16:44       BYLAWS THAT -- TO ANNOUNCE THE




08:16:47       SSC AND ITS AVAILABILITY THAT
08:16:49       WE NOTIFY THE CONGREGATIONS
08:16:53       ELECTRONICALLY AND BY U.S.
08:16:54       MAIL.
08:16:56       IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
08:16:57       DO PIGGYBACK WITH THE
08:16:59       CONGRESSIONAL MAILINGS THAT
08:17:01       WENT OUT BY U.S. MAIL.
08:17:03       THAT ENDED LAST YEAR SO THAT WE
08:17:06       WERE THE ONLY ONES MAILING AND
08:17:09       SO THERE IS A COST THERE AND I
08:17:11       THINK WE'RE MOVING INTO AN
08:17:13       ELECTRONIC AGE.
08:17:13       WE WILL SAVE TREES IF THAT'S
08:17:15       NOT MANDATORY.
08:17:18       WE COULD STILL SEND OUT U.S.
08:17:20       MAILINGS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AS
08:17:23       NECESSARY BUT WE WOULDN'T BE
08:17:24       REQUIRED TO DO IT EVERY TIME.
08:17:27       SO WE ASK THAT WE REMOVE THE
08:17:28       REQUIREMENT THAT WE VOTE
08:17:29       ELECTRONICALLY, NOTIFY
08:17:31       CONGREGATIONS AND THAT WE DO IT
08:17:32       BY U.S. MAIL ON THE SOC.
08:17:37       >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
08:17:38       OKAY.
08:17:39       NEXT.
08:17:39       AGAIN AN ITEM THAT WE WILL TAKE
08:17:44       UP ON SATURDAY IN PLENARY IV.
08:17:47       THE MINI ASSEMBLY FOR THAT, THE
08:17:50       MINI ASSEMBLY IS THE ONLY TIME
08:17:52       YOU WANT TO OFFER AMENDMENTS
08:17:53       THAT YOU LATER WANT TO OFFER IN
08:17:54       THIS HALL IS ON FRIDAY AT
08:17:56       2:45 IN ROOM 101-FG AND TO
08:17:59       AMEND THE BYLAW TO SAY ALLOW
08:18:01       THE REMOVAL OF A COMMITTEE OR
08:18:03       BOARD MEMBER FOR CAUSE.
08:18:04       THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THE
08:18:05       BYLAWS THAT WERE CHANGED LAST
08:18:07       YEAR HAVING TO DO WITH EXISTING
08:18:08       POLICIES.
08:18:09       SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE
08:18:10       ABOUT THIS OR NOT.
08:18:11       BUT THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD GET
08:18:13       ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
08:18:15       NEXT.
08:18:16       AH, THERE'S AN AMENDMENT --
08:18:21       THERE'S A MINI ASSEMBLY TODAY
08:18:23       AT 4:30 IN -- THIS IS A CHANGE




08:18:26       IN YOUR SCHEDULE.
08:18:27       THIS MINI ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN
08:18:29       MOVED TO A LARGER VENUE.
08:18:31       ROOM 200, CD AND E.
08:18:34       THAT ROOM SEATS PROBABLY I
08:18:38       THINK I WAS TOLD 287 PEOPLE.
08:18:41       AND SO IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND
08:18:44       THIS MINI ASSEMBLY YOU WANT TO
08:18:46       GET THERE ON TIME.
08:18:47       THIS IS THE MINI ASSEMBLY ON
08:18:48       THE BUSINESS RESOLUTION PLACE
08:18:50       ON THE AGENDA BY THE UUA BOARD
08:18:53       OF TRUSTEES.
08:18:54       THE LOCATION FOR GENERAL
08:18:55       ASSEMBLY 2012 WHICH IS
08:18:57       CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR
08:18:58       ARIZONA.
08:18:59       I WANT TO ACTUALLY ASK THOUGH
08:19:01       THAT IF YOU HAVE LIKE 30 PEOPLE
08:19:03       FROM YOUR CONGREGATION HERE WHO
08:19:04       CARE ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU DON'T
08:19:06       SEND ALL 30.
08:19:12       WE NEED TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH
08:19:14       THE DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS
08:19:14       THAT WANT TO SEND PEOPLE TO
08:19:16       AMEND THIS.
08:19:17       THIS IS AGAIN TODAY AT
08:19:18       4:30 THIS MINI ASSEMBLY.
08:19:21       THANKS IN ADVANCE TO THE
08:19:23       PRESIDENT OF THE TJ DISTRICT,
08:19:26       JIM, FOR MODERATING THIS MINI
08:19:28       ASSEMBLY.
08:19:28       WHAT IS NEXT?
08:19:29       ON FRIDAY AT 2:45, WE'LL HAVE A
08:19:35       CONVERSATION, A MINI ASSEMBLY
08:19:37       ABOUT RULES THAT WERE PRINTED
08:19:41       INITIALLY IN THE TENTATIVE
08:19:42       AGENDA, FINAL AGENDA IN TWO NOW
08:19:45       NINE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE FINAL
08:19:46       AGENDA IN 2010 TO AMEND OUR
08:19:51       PROCESS FOR THE NOMINATION
08:19:52       ELECTION TERMS FOR PRESIDENT
08:19:53       AND MODERATOR.
08:19:55       PLEASE BE ENGAGED IN THIS
08:19:57       CONVERSATION THESE ARE CHANGES
08:20:00       THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE
08:20:01       AGENDA BY THE UUA BOARD AND
08:20:06       INPUT FOR YEAR BUT THE MINI
08:20:08       ASSEMBLY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
08:20:10       LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AND TO




08:20:11       MODIFY THESE BYLAW AND RULE
08:20:13       CHANGES SHOULD YOU SO WISH
08:20:15       BEFORE THEY COME TO THE PLENARY
08:20:17       FLOOR.
08:20:17       I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE
08:20:19       HERE.
08:20:20       DEBATE AND VOTE ON ACTIONS OF
08:20:21       IMMEDIATE WITNESS.
08:20:25       >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WILL
08:20:28       BE MINI ASSEMBLY ON SATURDAY AT
08:20:30       1:00 AND THEN THE VOTE ON
08:20:33       SUNDAY.
08:20:35       BRIEFLY WE HAVE TWO TRACTS AND
08:20:37       IT CAN BE CONFUSING.
08:20:39       THERE'S THE CONGRESSIONAL STUDY
08:20:41       ACTION ISSUE SOC TRACK WHICH IS
08:20:45       OUR BROAD ISSUES THAT TAKE AT
08:20:48       LEAST THREE YEARS OF STUDY AND
08:20:51       RESULT IN A STATEMENT OF
08:20:53       CONSCIENCE THAT YOU VOTE ON.
08:20:54       IT BECOMES THE POLICY OF THE
08:21:00       UUA IF TWO-THIRDS OF YOU VOTE
08:21:02       TO AMEND IT.
08:21:03       IT IS MUCH MORE SHORT,
08:21:04       IMMEDIATE ISSUES AS NAMED AND
08:21:06       THEY ARISE IN THE GENERAL
08:21:07       ASSEMBLY.
08:21:09       THEY WILL BE PEOPLE GOING
08:21:10       AROUND ASKING YOU TO SIGN
08:21:12       PETITIONS IF YOU AGREE WITH
08:21:14       THEIR PROPOSAL.
08:21:15       PLEASE DO.
08:21:16       MINI ASSEMBLIES WILL THEN OFFER
08:21:19       OPPORTUNITIES TO AMEND AND THEN
08:21:21       THE DEBATE AND THE VOTE WILL BE
08:21:23       ON SUNDAY.
08:21:23       ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
08:21:26       MENTION TO YOU IS THAT THE
08:21:28       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:21:29       ALSO INVITES PEOPLE THAT ARE
08:21:31       INTERESTED.
08:21:32       IF YOU WANT TO WATCH US GO
08:21:33       THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS,
08:21:36       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, VOTE FOR
08:21:38       THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE AND
08:21:39       FOR THE ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE
08:21:41       WITNESS.
08:21:42       YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
08:21:44       WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING TO
08:21:47       REVIEW THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS




08:21:50       ON THE PEACE MAKING STATEMENT
08:21:51       OF CONSCIENCE AND WE'RE GOING
08:21:54       TO BE QUALIFYING ACTIONS OF
08:21:56       IMMEDIATE WITNESS THIS EVENING
08:21:58       FROM 1:15 TO 10:00 P.M. THIS
08:22:03       WILL BE IN HILTON HOTEL
08:22:06       BOARDROOM 2.
08:22:08       HILTON HOTEL BOARDROOM 2 ON THE
08:22:11       THIRD FLOOR.
08:22:12       IT IS FROM 1:15 TO 10:00 P.M.,
08:22:17       WE HOPE.
08:22:18       WELL, AFTER THE MINI ASSEMBLY
08:22:28       WE MAY HAVE QUITE A FEW
08:22:29       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
08:22:32       THE DUTY OF THE COMMISSION ON
08:22:33       SOCIAL WITNESS IS TO LOOK AT
08:22:35       EACH ONE OF THEM.
08:22:37       WE GIVE PRIORITY TO GROUP
08:22:39       APPROVED AMENDMENTS THAT OCCUR
08:22:41       IN THE MINI ASSEMBLY BUT WE
08:22:44       ALSO LOOK AT INDIVIDUALLY
08:22:46       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
08:22:47       SO WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
08:22:48       WE DECIDE IF THERE ARE ANY THAT
08:22:50       WE THINK IMPROVE THE STATEMENT
08:22:53       OF CONSCIENCE.
08:22:55       THOSE THAT WE DO NOT THINK
08:22:56       IMPROVE IT, WE DO NOT
08:23:00       INCORPORATE BUT WE ARE REQUIRED
08:23:01       TO PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON
08:23:04       WHAT WE THINK THE AMOUNT OF
08:23:05       SUPPORT IS FOR THEM IN THE MINI
08:23:07       ASSEMBLY AND THEN WE WILL GIVE
08:23:10       YOU A CSW ALERT THAT MORNING,
08:23:13       THE NEXT MORNING OF THE DEBATE
08:23:16       WHICH WILL LIST ALL OF THOSE
08:23:18       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS IF
08:23:20       ONE OF THOSE ADVOCATES FOR THE
08:23:22       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT WANTS
08:23:24       TO COME UP AND OVERRULE THE
08:23:26       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS,
08:23:28       THEY CAN DO THAT IN THAT DEBATE
08:23:30       AND YOU CAN VOTE TO AGREE WITH
08:23:32       THEM OR NOT.
08:23:33       WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE
08:23:35       A BRIEF EXPLANATION FOR EVERY
08:23:37       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT THAT
08:23:39       WE DO NOT ACCEPT SO YOU CAN SEE
08:23:40       WHAT OUR REASONING WAS.
08:23:43       OKAY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A




08:23:48       REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED
08:23:49       AMENDMENTS OF ACTIONS OF
08:23:50       IMMEDIATE WITNESS.
08:23:52       THAT'S GOING TO BE ON -- WE
08:23:54       WILL BE MEETING THE -- THE
08:23:55       COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS
08:23:56       SATURDAY FROM 2:30 TO 7:30 IN
08:24:01       THE SAME ROOM.
08:24:03       SO WE HAVE CHAIR THERE IS FOR
08:24:05       YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
08:24:06       HOW MUCH FUN WE'RE HAVING.
08:24:14       >> OH YES YOU NOTICE WE SPEND
08:24:16       THREE HOURS IN A MINI ASSEMBLY
08:24:18       AND IT IS THE REST OF THEIR
08:24:20       WEEKEND.
08:24:20       WHY DON'T WE THANK THE
08:24:22       COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
08:24:23       RIGHT NOW.
08:24:23       [APPLAUSE]
08:24:24       MINI ASSEMBLY.
08:24:35       EXCELLENT.
08:24:35       DO I HAVE A REPORT FROM THE
08:24:36       RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM THIS
08:24:38       MORNING?
08:24:38       PERFECT.
08:24:51       >> GOOD MORNING.
08:24:52       FOR THOSE OF YOU -- YES.
08:24:53       FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T
08:24:55       MEET ME I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
08:24:58       RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM THIS
08:24:59       YEAR.
08:25:04       AND THERE WERE A FEW VOICES THE
08:25:06       TEAM WANTS TO RACE UP.
08:25:09       FOR MANY I'M THE YOU HAVE PEACE
08:25:12       AND YESTERDAY'S OPENING
08:25:13       CEREMONY WAS A BEAUTIFUL
08:25:15       AFFIRMATION OF THE NATURE OF
08:25:17       OUR CONGREGATIONS AND POWERFUL
08:25:19       STATEMENT CLAIMING A PLACE IN
08:25:20       THE LARGER YOUR HONOR UA
08:25:21       COMMUNITIES.
08:25:22       FOR OTHERS THE QUESTION OF WHO
08:25:25       WE ARE CAME TO THE SURFACE.
08:25:27       LOOKING AT ONE FACE OF THE UUA
08:25:30       THAT WAS ALL WHITE APPEARING
08:25:31       PEOPLE.
08:25:32       OUR CONGREGATION HAS MANY
08:25:33       FACES.
08:25:34       THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES RAISED
08:25:35       TO US THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS




08:25:36       DIRECTLY BEFORE BRINGING TO
08:25:37       THIS ASSEMBLY SO THAT WE AS A
08:25:40       TEAM MAINTAIN RIGHT
08:25:41       RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
08:25:42       COMMUNITIES.
08:25:43       BUT WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
08:25:44       APPROACH EACH OTHER ASSUMING
08:25:46       BEST INTENTIONS AND WITH AN
08:25:47       OPEN HEART WE'RE ALL IN THIS
08:25:51       TOGETHER AND I'M SO THANKFUL
08:25:52       FOR THAT.
08:25:54       [APPLAUSE]
08:26:00       AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON THE
08:26:02       SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION
08:26:03       FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
08:26:04       THIS WOULD BE ON THE TRUSTEE
08:26:14       FROM THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
08:26:16       DISTRICT, MR. TOM LOUGHREY.
08:26:22       LET'S WELCOME HIM.
08:26:24       [APPLAUSE]
08:26:25       >> SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
08:26:26       EXPECTING PAUL RICKTER OR WAYNE
08:26:30       ERICSSON.
08:26:31       THEY'RE HERE.
08:26:31       IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN
08:26:33       ANNOUNCEMENT AND HAVE ONE
08:26:35       GIVEN, STOP BY THE GA OFFICE IN
08:26:37       ROOM 102-C AND YOU CAN LEAVE
08:26:40       THEM THERE.
08:26:40       WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE
08:26:42       THEY GET ANNOUNCED.
08:26:43       I HAVE THREE OF THEM.
08:26:44       THE UU, UNITED NATION OFFICE
08:26:46       RECEPTION ANNOUNCEMENT ON
08:26:47       PAGE 58 HAS CHANGED.
08:26:50       PLEASE COME TO THE UU/UNO
08:26:54       OFFICE RECEPTION ON FRIDAY
08:26:55       JUNE 2:56 TO 7:30 IN THE
08:26:58       ROCHESTER ROOM AT THE HILTON ON
08:27:01       MARQUETTE.
08:27:03       I'LL DO THAT.
08:27:08       THE UU/UNO RECEPTION IS NOW ON
08:27:12       FRIDAY, JUNE 25, FROM 6:00 TO
08:27:14       7:30 IN THE ROCHESTER ROOM IN
08:27:18       THE HILTON ON MARQUETTE.
08:27:20       NOT THE HILTON GARDEN.
08:27:25       AS ANNOUNCED THE MINI ASSEMBLY
08:27:28       TODAY SCHEDULED AT 4:30 HAS
08:27:31       BEEN MOVED FROM ROOM 101-FG TO
08:27:33       200-C, D AND E.




08:27:37       UPSTAIRS INSTEAD OF ON THIS
08:27:38       LEVEL.
08:27:38       YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A COUPLE OF
08:27:40       PLACES.
08:27:40       THOSE OF YOU USING THE LIGHT
08:27:42       RAIL SERVICE, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
08:27:44       IT IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN
08:27:45       THIS WEEKEND STARTING AT
08:27:48       11:30 FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL
08:27:52       3:30 IN THE MORNING MONDAY.
08:27:54       SO AFTER OUR CLOSING ON SUNDAY.
08:27:58       IT IS THE LIGHT RAIL FROM
08:27:59       DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS TO THE FT.
08:28:02       SNELLING STATION IS NOT GOING
08:28:04       TO BE AVAILABLE.
08:28:04       IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU SEE THE
08:28:06       LOCAL INFORMATION TABLE HERE AT
08:28:08       THE CONVENTION CENTER OR GO TO
08:28:11       THEIR WEBSITE AND GET
08:28:13       ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
08:28:14       TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
08:28:16       THAT'S IT.
08:28:19       >> EXCELLENT.
08:28:20       THAT WAS HIS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
08:28:23       AS SECRETARY.
08:28:24       SO WE SHOULD LIKE --
08:28:27       [APPLAUSE]
08:28:28       HOW LUCKY ARE WE.
08:28:33       LOOK WHO IS BACK.
08:28:36       [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
08:28:39       >> HI.
08:28:40       THIS IS THE BEST REASON TO GET
08:28:42       UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
08:28:47       ¶
08:31:47       ¶
08:32:42
08:32:42       [APPLAUSE]
08:32:43
08:32:46       >> THANK YOU, EMMA'S
08:32:48       REVOLUTION!
08:32:49       ARE WE READY TO GO OUT AND DO
08:32:53       JUSTICE IN THIS DAY, FRIENDS?
08:32:54       THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
08:32:58       TO COME BEFORE US.
08:33:01       IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE
08:33:02       SET FORTH IN YOUR PROGRAM BOOK,
08:33:04       I DECLARE THAT THIS PLENARY
08:33:05       SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
08:33:07       SHALL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL
08:33:09       FRIDAY, JUNE 25, AT 8:30 A.M.
08:33:12       GO LOVE, GO WELL.

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