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10:34:12
10:34:29       >> LET'S BE IN ORDER, PLEASE.
10:49:36       WOW, THAT'S POWER.
10:49:38       [ LAUGHTER ]
10:49:43       >> I NOW CALL TO SESSION THE
10:49:47       SIXTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE
10:49:50       FORTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
10:49:52       THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:49:54       ASSOCIATION.
10:49:54       I WILL ASK HAROLD BABCOCK COME
10:50:01       AND MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE I
10:50:03       LAY THE CHALICE.
10:50:03       >> MY NAME IS HAROLD BABCOCK AND
10:50:07       I SERVE AS THE UUA TO THE
10:50:10       TRANSYLVANIA UNITARIAN CHURCH,
10:50:13       AND I BRING A SAD MESSAGE THIS
10:50:15       MORNING.
10:50:15       WE EXTEND OUR DEEP SORROW AND
10:50:18       COMPASSION TO OUR FRIENDS IN
10:50:20       TRANSYLVANIA, OUR VISITORS WHO
10:50:22       ARE HERE WITH US AT GENERAL
10:50:24       ASSEMBLY, AS THEY TRY TO COME TO
10:50:28       TERMS WITH THE TRAGIC MURDER OF
10:50:31       TWO CHILDREN AND SUICIDE OF ONE
10:50:33       OF THEIR MINISTERS.
10:50:37       THE UNITARIAN COMMUNITY IN
10:50:39       TRANSYLVANIA IS MOBILIZING
10:50:43       MINISTER'S WIFE IS IN THE CARE
10:50:45       OF HER PARENTS, AND SOME OF US
10:50:48       WILL BE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING THE
10:50:50       PLENARY THIS MORNING IN ROOM
10:50:52       102D IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO
10:50:56       COME THERE AND BE WITH US.
10:50:59       THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:59       >> LET'S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND
10:51:15       HOLD OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
10:51:16       OUR HEARTS.
10:51:31       WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO DO
10:51:32       TOGETHER TODAY, AND I ENCOURAGE
10:51:34       US TO HOLD OUR SPIRIT FROM
10:51:36       YESTERDAY AS WE DO SO.
10:51:39       WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FIRST A

10:51:40       WHOLE PIECE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
10:51:42       ON WITH OUR MINISTRY, AND I'M
10:51:44       GRATEFUL TO THE UNITARIAN
10:51:48       UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS
10:51:48       ASSOCIATION FOR COMING TO TALK
10:51:51       WITH US ABOUT SOME INITIATIVES
10:51:52       THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
10:51:54       FOR AWHILE THAT HAVE DIRECT
10:51:57       BEARING ON OUR CONGRESSIONAL
10:51:58       LIFE, AND SO PLEASE GIVE A WARM
10:52:01       WELCOME TO THE BRAND-NEW
10:52:03       PRESIDENT OF THE UUMA, THE
10:52:05       REVEREND BILL HAMILTON-HOLWAY.
10:52:11       .
10:52:11       [ APPLAUSE ]
10:52:15       >> THANK YOU, GINI.
10:52:17       AND GOOD MORNING.
10:52:21       FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS AND FOR
10:52:23       THE NEXT THREE YEARS I'M THE
10:52:25       PRESIDENT OF THE UNITARIAN
10:52:27       UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS
10:52:27       ASSOCIATION.
10:52:29       WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR
10:52:32       EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
10:52:34       HAPPENING WITH THE UUMA.
10:52:37       THE MISSION OF THE UUMA IS TO
10:52:41       PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY
10:52:45       THREW COLLEGIALITY AND
10:52:51       CONTINUING EDUCATION.
10:52:51       WITH SUCCINCT UNDERSTANDING FOR
10:52:54       OUR REASON FOR BEING, WE FOCUS
10:52:55       OUR ATTENTION ON LINKAGES AND
10:53:00       PROVIDING RESOURCES TO OVER 1600
10:53:03       PARISH, COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION
10:53:05       MINISTERS WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS.
10:53:09       ADDITIONALLY WE OFFER RESOURCES
10:53:10       TO CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITY
10:53:13       AGENCIES CONCERNING MINISTRY.
10:53:18       WE HAVE 19 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE
10:53:20       UNITED STATES AND GROUP OF
10:53:21       MINISTERS IN CANADA AND THE
10:53:23       LARGER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
10:53:26       WE ARE IN A TIME OF MAJOR
10:53:28       TRANSITION.
10:53:30       HAVING DEVELOPED A NEW STRATEGIC
10:53:32       VISION, WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE
10:53:34       THE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE IT.
10:53:38       OUR VISION IS TO BECOME THE
10:53:40       PRIMARY SOURCE WORKING WITH THE
10:53:42       UUA STAFF OF CONTINUING

10:53:45       EDUCATION FOR MINISTERS IN
10:53:46       FELLOWSHIP.
10:53:49       WE HOPE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
10:53:51       DELEGATES FROM CONGREGATIONS
10:53:53       WITH MINISTERS WILL ENCOURAGE
10:53:55       AND SUPPORT YOUR MINISTER'S
10:53:57       PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMMITMENT
10:53:59       TO EXCELLENCE.
10:54:04       SINCE LAST OCTOBER WE HAVE
10:54:07       EMPLOYED OUR FIRST EXECUTIVE
10:54:09       DIRECTOR FULL TIME.
10:54:10       AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HIS EFFORTS
10:54:12       HAVE TRANSFORMED ALL OF OUR
10:54:13       OPERATIONS, OUR ABILITY TO
10:54:16       PRODUCE RESOURCES, PROVIDE
10:54:19       COMMUNICATION LINKAGES AND OVER
10:54:21       SUPPORT FOR OUR MEMBERS.
10:54:26       HE HAS ATTENDED COUNTLESS
10:54:28       MEETINGS WITH UUA STAFF, HAS HAD
10:54:30       CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
10:54:31       PRESIDENTS OF ALL OF OUR
10:54:33       CHAPTERS, INITIATED REGULAR
10:54:35       ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH
10:54:37       ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND
10:54:39       REPRESENTED US WITH OTHER
10:54:44       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:54:44       ORGANIZATIONS CONSTANTLY
10:54:46       FOCUSING OUR ENERGY TO PROMOTE
10:54:48       EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY.
10:54:51       YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET
10:54:53       THE REVEREND DON SOUTHWORTH, OUR
10:54:55       ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN A
10:54:59       FEW MINUTES BUT FIRST WE WANT TO
10:55:02       SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION ABOUT
10:55:03       OUR NEWLY UPDATED CODE OF
10:55:05       PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND
10:55:06       STANDARDS.
10:55:07       FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS THE
10:55:10       MEMBERS OF THE UUMA HAVE
10:55:13       AFFIRMED AN ETHICAL CODE FOR OUR
10:55:16       CONDUCT OF MINISTRY.
10:55:18       OUR GUIDELINES, INCLUDING OUR
10:55:20       COVENANT AND CODE OF
10:55:22       PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, COVER OUR
10:55:23       SELF-EXPECTATIONS AND OUR
10:55:26       RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER
10:55:27       AND THE CONGREGATIONS AND
10:55:30       COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
10:55:34       WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF
10:55:36       OURSELVES AND OF ONE ANOTHER.

10:55:40       FOR YOU SEE EXCELLENCE IN
10:55:42       MINISTRY IS A SHARED ENTERPRISE
10:55:45       REQUIRING ALL OF US, MINISTERS
10:55:47       AND LAY PEOPLE, TO MAKE
10:55:50       HEARTFELT COMMITMENTS TO ONE
10:55:52       ANOTHER.
10:55:53       TO WORK TOGETHER, TO TRANSFORM
10:55:56       OUR WORLD TOWARD LOVE AND
10:55:58       JUSTICE.
10:56:00       OUR UUMA GUIDELINES ARE UPDATED
10:56:02       REGULARLY AND WE WANT TO SHARE
10:56:05       WITH YOU OUR MOST RECENT
10:56:06       REVISIONS.
10:56:08       PLEASE WELCOME THE CHAIR OF THE
10:56:09       UUMA'S GUIDELINE COMMITTEE AND
10:56:13       THE SENIOR MINISTER OF THE FIRST
10:56:15       UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF
10:56:18       MINNEAPOLIS, JUST UP THE ROAD,
10:56:20       THE REVEREND KENDYL GIBBONS.
10:56:24       .
10:56:24       [ APPLAUSE ]
10:56:28       >> GOOD MORNING.
10:56:29       ONE OF THE MISSIONS OF THE
10:56:34       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS
10:56:34       ASSOCIATION IS TO ARTICULATE THE
10:56:36       EXPECTATIONS THAT MINISTERS HAVE
10:56:38       OF ONE ANOTHER AS COLLEAGUES.
10:56:40       THE DOCUMENT WHICH SPELLS OUT
10:56:42       THESE EXPECTATIONS HAS LONG BEEN
10:56:44       KNOWN AS THE UUMA GUIDELINES.
10:56:47       IN IT WE DESCRIBE OUR
10:56:50       ASPIRATIONS FOR THE VOCATION WE
10:56:52       SHARE AND IDENTIFY BOTH
10:56:54       BEHAVIORS THAT WILL NOT BE
10:56:57       TOLERATED ON THE PART OF THOSE
10:57:00       FELLOW MINISTERS WE HOLD IN
10:57:03       COLLEGIAL TRUST, AS WELL AS OUR
10:57:06       COLLECTIVE WISDOM ABOUT THE
10:57:08       VARIOUS PRACTICES OF MINISTRY.
10:57:10       THIS DOCUMENT AS IT CURRENTLY
10:57:13       EXISTS HAS BEEN AMENDED AND
10:57:16       UPDATED MANY TIMES SINCE THE
10:57:18       UUMA CAME INTO BEING IN 1961 IN
10:57:23       ORDER TO ADDRESS A SEQUENCE OF
10:57:25       AGENDAS, CONCERNS AND EVOLVING
10:57:27       UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT MINISTRY.
10:57:32       IN 2006 THE UUMA EXECUTIVE
10:57:35       COMMITTEE APPOINTED A TASK FORCE
10:57:37       TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT THIS
10:57:39       DOCUMENT, AND UNDERTAKE A MORE

10:57:43       RADICAL RECASTING FOR THE SAKE
10:57:44       OF MORE COHERENT GRAMMAR, FLOW
10:57:48       AND INCLUSION OF VARIOUS
10:57:50       NON-PULPIT BASED MINISTRIES.
10:57:54       SINCE 2007 I HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR
10:57:56       OF THAT TASK FORCE, KNOWN AS THE
10:57:59       GUIDELINES REVISION COMMITTEE,
10:58:01       ABLY ASSISTED BY THE INITIAL
10:58:04       CHAIR, WAYNE ARNASSON, AS WELL
10:58:07       AS SUZELLE LYNCH, MARK
10:58:09       CHRISTIAN, ROGER BREWIN, KEN
10:58:13       SAWYER AND JEANNE LLOYD.
10:58:23       OUR BYLAWS REQUIRE THAT CHANGES
10:58:27       TO THE GUIDELINES BE VOTED
10:58:28       PRELIMINARY APPROVAL AT 1 UUMA
10:58:32       BUSINESS MEETING, THEN STUDIED
10:58:33       BY THE DISTRICT CHAPTERS FOR A
10:58:35       YEAR, AND THEN APPROVED FOR A
10:58:38       SECOND TIME BEFORE THEY BECOME
10:58:40       FINAL.
10:58:40       WE HAVE ORGANIZED A NEW DOCUMENT
10:58:42       INTO FOUR SECTIONS.
10:58:43       A COVENANT, A CODE AND A SET OF
10:58:45       STANDARDS AS WELL AS APPENDIX
10:58:48       CONTAINING SAMPLES OF VARIOUS
10:58:50       AGREEMENTS AND.
10:58:55       THE COVENANT, WHICH IS A SHORT
10:58:56       STATEMENT OF OUR SHARED
10:58:57       ASPIRATIONS FOR THE CALLING OF
10:58:59       MINISTRY, HAS BEEN VOTED ON
10:59:01       TWICE, APPROVED AND IS IN USE.
10:59:04       IT CAN BE FOUND AT THE UUMA
10:59:07       WEBSITE.
10:59:09       THE CODE SECTION, WHICH
10:59:11       SPECIFIES WHAT BEHAVIORS ON THE
10:59:13       PART OF MINISTERS ARE ACTIONABLE
10:59:17       BY OUR COLLEAGUES, THAT IS TO
10:59:19       SAY, CAN RESULT IN CHARGES OF
10:59:23       MISCONDUCT BEING BROUGHT TO THE
10:59:25       UUMA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND
10:59:28       LAYS OUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH
10:59:31       SUCH CHARGES WILL BE RESOLVED,
10:59:34       WAS VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
10:59:37       OUR MEETING LAST YEAR, WAS
10:59:40       STUDIED BY THE CHAPTERS DURING
10:59:41       THE PAST YEAR AND WAS VOTED
10:59:43       FINAL APPROVAL AT OUR UUMA
10:59:46       BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
10:59:50       IT WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON
10:59:52       THE UUMA WEBSITE VERY SOON.

10:59:57       A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE NEW
10:59:58       STANDARDS SECTION, WHICH
11:00:00       DESCRIBES OUR ESTABLISHED
11:00:02       CUSTOMS, BEST PRACTICES AND
11:00:04       COLLECTIVE WISDOM REGARDING THE
11:00:07       WORK OF MINISTRY, WAS FIRST
11:00:09       PRESENTED TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN
11:00:11       NOVEMBER AT THE MINISTER'S
11:00:13       CONVOCATION IN OTTAWA.
11:00:16       IT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED AT OUR
11:00:18       BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY SO
11:00:20       THE CHAPTERS WILL STUDY IT
11:00:22       DURING THE COURSE OF THE COMING
11:00:24       YEAR AND IF, WE WILL TAKE THE
11:00:26       FINAL VOTE TO APPROVE IT AT NEXT
11:00:29       YEAR'S MEETING UUMA BUSINESS
11:00:34       MEETING.
11:00:34       DURING THE COMING YEAR THE
11:00:36       GUIDELINES REVISION COMMITTEE
11:00:37       WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE
11:00:40       UUMA DISTRICT CHAPTERS ABOUT THE
11:00:46       STANDARDS SECTION AND WE WILL BE
11:00:47       COLLECTING SAMPLE CONTRACTS,
11:00:49       COVENANTS AND LETTERS OF
11:00:51       AGREEMENT RELATING TO VARIOUS
11:00:52       CONNECTIONS THAT MINISTERS MAY
11:00:53       HAVE WITH CONGREGATIONS,
11:00:55       AGENCIES OR ENTERPRISES THAT
11:00:57       THEY SERVE OR WITH ONE ANOTHER
11:00:59       AS COLLEAGUES.
11:01:05       IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE
11:01:06       DELEGATES TO UNDERSTAND THAT
11:01:07       THIS PROJECT REFLECTS THE
11:01:08       EXPECTATIONS THAT MINISTERS HAVE
11:01:10       OF ONE ANOTHER.
11:01:12       IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPRESENT
11:01:15       THE WILL OF THE MEMBERS WHO
11:01:18       THOSE MINISTERS MAY SERVE.
11:01:21       THE EXPECTATIONS TO WHICH
11:01:23       CONGREGATIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS
11:01:24       HOLD MINISTERS ARE ADVOCATED BY
11:01:29       THE WORK OF THE MINISTERIAL
11:01:31       FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A
11:01:32       COMMITTEE OF THE UUA BOARD OF
11:01:34       TRUSTEES.
11:01:35       THE MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP
11:01:36       COMMITTEE IS INFORMED BY THE
11:01:39       UUMA GUIDELINES BUT IT IS NOT
11:01:41       RESPONSIBLE EITHER FOR
11:01:42       FORMULATING OR ENFORCING THEM.

11:01:46       BY THE SAME TOKEN THE UUMA
11:01:48       EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS TO BE
11:01:51       RESPONSIVE TO ACTIONS AND
11:01:53       CONCERNS OF THE MINISTERIAL
11:01:54       FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE BUT IS NOT
11:01:57       ANSWERABLE TO THAT BODY.
11:02:01       OUR HOPE IS THAT AT THE END OF
11:02:02       THIS REVISION PROCESS, THE UU
11:02:05       MINISTERS ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE
11:02:07       AN ORDERLY, ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENT
11:02:10       WHOSE COVENANT, CODE AND
11:02:12       STANDARDS CLEARLY ARTICULATE THE
11:02:15       MEANING OF INTEGRITY AND
11:02:18       COLLEGIALITY FOR OUR MEMBERS.
11:02:20       OUR LEARNING ABOUT HOW BEST TO
11:02:22       DO THIS WORK NEVER COMES TO AN
11:02:26       END.
11:02:27       YET WE MUST MAKE PROVISION TO
11:02:29       SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER THE
11:02:31       IMPORTANT WISDOM WE HAVE
11:02:32       ACCUMULATED ABOUT THE CONDUCT
11:02:35       THAT MAKES MINISTRY POSSIBLE AND
11:02:37       HOW WE MAY BEST DESERVE THE
11:02:40       TRUST OF THOSE WITH WHOM WE
11:02:42       LABOR AND THOSE WE HOPE TO
11:02:46       SERVE.
11:02:46       THANKS.
11:02:48       .
11:02:46       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:02:54       >> THANK YOU, GINI AND DELEGATES
11:02:57       FOR GIVING US THE CHANCE THIS
11:02:59       MORNING TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
11:03:00       SOME OF THE EXCITING WORK THE
11:03:02       UUMA IS DOING AND HOW YOU AND
11:03:04       YOUR CONGREGATIONS CAN HELP
11:03:05       SUPPORT YOUR MINISTERS IN TAKING
11:03:10       PART.
11:03:11       THE PURPOSE OF THE UUMA IS, AS
11:03:13       BILL SAID EARLIER, TO NURTURE
11:03:15       EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY THROUGH
11:03:17       CONTINUING EDUCATION AND
11:03:20       COLLEGIALITY.
11:03:21       WE HAVE OVER 1600 ACTIVE AND
11:03:24       RETIRED MEMBERS WHO SERVE YOU IN
11:03:26       THE GREATER WORLD, IN
11:03:29       CONGREGATIONS AND COLLEGES,
11:03:31       HOSPITALS AND HOSPICES,
11:03:34       COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
11:03:35       DENOMINATIONAL AND DISTRICT
11:03:37       OFFICES.

11:03:40       OUR MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED IN THE
11:03:41       LAST TWO YEARS THAT THEY WISH TO
11:03:43       HAVE A STRONGER AND MORE VIBRANT
11:03:46       PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, SO OUR
11:03:50       MINISTRY AND OUR MOVEMENT CAN BE
11:03:51       A BRIGHTER BEACON IN OUR WORLD.
11:03:54       OUR MEMBERS, YOUR MINISTERS, ARE
11:03:58       PAYING TWO TO THREE TIMES HIGHER
11:04:02       UUMA DUES TODAY THAN THEY WERE
11:04:04       TWO YEARS AGO SO THAT THEY CAN
11:04:07       HAVE BETTER CONTINUING
11:04:09       EDUCATION, DEEPER COLLEGIALITY
11:04:11       AND MORE RESOURCES TO HELP THEIR
11:04:15       MINISTRIES AND THE PEOPLE THEY
11:04:17       SERVE.
11:04:22       I WANT TO SHARE SOME NEW DETAILS
11:04:23       ABOUT TWO OF THE NEW PROGRAMS WE
11:04:25       WILL BE PRESENTING THIS YEAR,
11:04:26       AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW
11:04:27       YOU CAN HELP.
11:04:28       THANKS, IN PART, TO THE
11:04:30       GENEROSITY OF ASSOCIATION SUNDAY
11:04:32       COLLECTIONS TWO YEARS AGO.
11:04:35       THE UUMA WILL BE HOLDING ITS
11:04:37       FIRST CENTER INSTITUTE FOR
11:04:39       EXCELLENT IN MINISTRY
11:04:42       FEBRUARY 7th THROUGH 11th,
11:04:46       2011 AT THE ASILOMAR CONFERENCE
11:04:50       CENTER IN PACIFIC GROVE,
11:04:52       CALIFORNIA.
11:04:52       THE INSTITUTE WILL PROVIDE OUR
11:04:54       MEMBERS A CHANCE TO STUDY WITH
11:04:56       SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS FROM
11:04:59       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM, OUR
11:04:59       THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS AND THE
11:05:02       LARGER LIBERAL RELIGIOUS WORLD.
11:05:07       AREAS OF STUDY WILL INCLUDE
11:05:08       PREACHING, THEOLOGY, SOCIAL
11:05:10       ETHICS AND JUSTICE,
11:05:11       MULTICULTURALISM, ADAPTIVE
11:05:14       LEADERSHIP, GROWTH, HISTORY AND
11:05:16       BUILDING RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
11:05:19       YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
11:05:21       PROGRAM AT OUR WEBSITE AT
11:05:23       UUMA.ORG.
11:05:25       IN ADDITION TO IN DEPTH STUDY,
11:05:27       WE WILL BE REFLECTING IN OUR
11:05:29       WORSHIP AND IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS
11:05:31       ON THE QUESTION.
11:05:33       WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR UNITARIAN

11:05:36       UNIVERSALISM TO LIVE INTO ITS
11:05:39       PROMISE AND BE A TRANSFORMATIVE
11:05:42       RELIGION FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
11:05:44       WORLD?
11:05:48       THIS WILL BE A TRANSFORMATIVE
11:05:49       WEEK FOR OUR MINISTERS AND OUR
11:05:52       RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT.
11:05:54       AND I HOPE YOU WILL DO
11:05:55       EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO ENSURE
11:05:58       YOUR MINISTER ATTENDS.
11:06:00       A SECOND EXCITING INITIATIVE
11:06:02       THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE
11:06:04       PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR WILL
11:06:06       MOST LIKELY FIND ITS WAY INTO
11:06:08       YOUR CONGREGATIONS AS WELL.
11:06:10       IN DECEMBER 2008 THE PANEL ON
11:06:14       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION CONVENED A
11:06:17       SUMMIT ON EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY
11:06:19       IN SEATTLE WITH MINISTERS,
11:06:22       EDUCATORS AND LEADERS THROUGHOUT
11:06:25       THE UUA IN ATTENDANCE.
11:06:28       SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WERE
11:06:29       INITIATED USING OPEN SPACE
11:06:31       TECHNOLOGY.
11:06:33       ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR TOPICS
11:06:34       WAS TITLED WHO ARE WE?
11:06:38       WHICH WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
11:06:39       MINISTERS TO DISCUSS THEIR
11:06:41       THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND
11:06:43       ENGAGE IN SHARED REFLECTION.
11:06:47       THE UUMA IN THANKS TO GRANTS
11:06:50       FROM THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:06:52       FUNDING PANEL AND THE PANEL ON
11:06:54       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION WILL BE
11:06:58       ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION
11:07:01       AROUND THE CONTINENT IN THE
11:07:02       COMING YEAR.
11:07:02       LAST WEEKEND LAUREL HALLMAN AND
11:07:09       BURTON CARLEY, TWO OF OUR MOST
11:07:12       ESTEEMED MINISTERS, TRAINED 48
11:07:14       MINISTERS REPRESENTING EVERY
11:07:18       UUMA CHAPTER, THE LIBERAL
11:07:19       RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
11:07:23       AND THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:07:24       RETIRED MINISTERS AND PARTNERS
11:07:26       ASSOCIATION.
11:07:26       THESE MINISTERS WILL BE LEADING
11:07:28       THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THEOLOGICAL
11:07:30       REFLEX AND DISCERNMENT IN THE
11:07:31       COMING YEAR ON THE QUESTION

11:07:33       WHOSE ARE WE?
11:07:35       AND THE UUMA IS ENCOURAGING
11:07:37       MEMBERS TO PREACH AND WRITE
11:07:39       ESSAYS ON THE TOPIC AS WELL.
11:07:43       WE ARE PLANNING ON MAKING
11:07:44       RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SMALL
11:07:46       GROUP STUDY, AND WE HOPE THAT
11:07:47       THESE TOOLS MAY BE USED
11:07:49       EVENTUALLY IN OUR CONGREGATIONS
11:07:51       AS WELL.
11:07:52       MINISTERS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DO
11:07:56       NOT GET MUCH CHANCE TO DISCUSS
11:07:59       AND REFLECT ON THEOLOGY WITH
11:08:01       THEIR COLLEAGUES OR WITH THEIR
11:08:03       CONGREGATIONS.
11:08:06       WE BELIEVE THIS TRAINING AND THE
11:08:08       POWER OF HAVING MOST OF OUR
11:08:11       MINISTERS REFLECTING ON THIS
11:08:14       IMPORTANT QUESTION TOGETHER HAS
11:08:16       THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A PROFOUND
11:08:19       DIFFERENCE IN OUR MINISTRIES AND
11:08:20       OUR MOVEMENT.
11:08:24       LASTLY THIS MORNING I WANT TO
11:08:28       ASK EACH OF YOU TO DO EVERYTHING
11:08:29       YOU CAN TO SUPPORT YOUR
11:08:31       MINISTERS IN BEING ABLE TO FULLY
11:08:33       PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
11:08:36       PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.
11:08:38       STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
11:08:40       CONTINUING EDUCATION AND
11:08:42       COLLEGIALITY ARE TWO OF THE MOST
11:08:45       CRITICAL FACTORS IN A MINISTER'S
11:08:47       EFFECTIVENESS AND SUCCESS.
11:08:50       WE NEED CONGREGATIONS TO WORK
11:08:52       CLOSELY WITH THEIR MINISTERS AND
11:08:56       ALL THEIR RELIGIOUS
11:08:58       PROFESSIONALS ONGOING EDUCATION
11:09:03       AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO MAKE
11:09:04       SURE THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO
11:09:05       FUND IT AS WELL.
11:09:09       IF WE ARE TO NURTURE AND ACHIEVE
11:09:11       EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY IN OUR
11:09:13       CONGREGATIONS, WE MUST ENSURE
11:09:15       OUR CONGREGATIONS, OUR
11:09:17       MINISTERS, OUR MUSICIANS, OUR
11:09:20       EDUCATORS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS,
11:09:22       OUR SEMINARIES, OUR ASSOCIATION
11:09:26       WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO SHINE THE
11:09:29       LIGHT OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM
11:09:31       AS BRIGHTLY AS WE CAN IN A WORLD

11:09:33       SO DESPERATELY IN NEED OF OUR
11:09:36       LIGHT.
11:09:38       WE AT THE UUMA ARE LOOKING
11:09:40       FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING OUR
11:09:42       ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS
11:09:43       AND DOING OUR PART TO BE THE
11:09:46       RELIGION OF OUR TIME.
11:09:49       WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT.
11:09:53       THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO
11:09:55       SERVE THIS MOVEMENT AND THIS
11:09:59       RELIGION WE LOVE.
11:10:03       .
11:09:59       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:10:09       >> THANK YOU.
11:10:10       WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE.
11:10:11       THAT'S A GOOD THING TO DO HERE.
11:10:13       PLEASE WELCOME THE UUA
11:10:17       PRESIDENT, PETER MORALES.
11:10:19       .
11:10:18       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:10:24       >> I'LL BE MUCH BRIEFER THIS
11:10:26       TIME.
11:10:26       MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE
11:10:28       ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ONE OF OUR
11:10:30       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:10:32       SEMINARIES, MEADVILLE, LOMBARD
11:10:35       THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL, HAS AGREED
11:10:36       IN PRINCIPLE TO JOIN WITH
11:10:38       ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL
11:10:41       SCHOOL IN NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
11:10:43       AND POTENTIALLY OTHER SCHOOLS TO
11:10:49       CREATE A NEW MULTI-FAITH
11:10:50       THEOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY.
11:10:51       IN THE CREATION OF THE NEW
11:10:53       UNIVERSITY, THE TWO SCHOOLS ARE
11:10:54       AIMING TO PREPARE RELIGIOUS
11:10:56       LEADERS WHO ARE BEST EQUIPPED TO
11:10:59       SERVE OUR INCREASINGLY
11:11:00       PLURALISTIC DIVERSE WORLD.
11:11:02       THE WORLD IS CHANGING RAPIDLY.
11:11:03       CONGREGATIONS, MINISTERS AND
11:11:05       SEMINARIES ARE ALL NEWLY
11:11:07       REQUIRED TO LEAD US INTO
11:11:08       NAVIGATING THOSE CHANGES.
11:11:09       MEADVILLE-LOMBARD, RECOGNIZING
11:11:14       THE TRUTH, HAS ARRANGED FOR ONE
11:11:18       OF NORTH AMERICA'S FOREMOST
11:11:20       AUTHORITIES ON THE CHANGING
11:11:21       LANDSCAPE OF RELIGION TO ADDRESS
11:11:23       US TODAY.

11:11:23       THE REVEREND DR. DANIEL ALESHIRE
11:11:26       HAS SERVED AT THE CEO OF THE
11:11:30       ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL
11:11:31       SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
11:11:32       CANADA SINCE 1998.
11:11:34       DANES ARE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON
11:11:36       ISSUES OF MINISTRY AND THEY
11:11:37       LOGICAL EDUCATION AND
11:11:39       SPIRITUALITY.
11:11:40       SHORT MINNEAPOLIS CATECHISM ON
11:11:43       CONGREGATIONAL LIFE, POTENTIAL
11:11:45       MINISTRY AND THEOLOGICAL
11:11:46       EDUCATION.
11:11:47       IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME DAN
11:11:49       ALESHIRE TO GA AND THANK YOU,
11:11:54       MEADVILLE-LOMBARD, FOR MAKING
11:12:00       THIS POSSIBLE.
11:12:01       .
11:12:00       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:12:01       >> THANK YOU.
11:12:05       >> AFTER THE DATE WAS CONFIRMED
11:12:06       FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I
11:12:08       E-MAILED LEE BARKER TO ASK A
11:12:11       LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FOCUS
11:12:13       OF THE SESSION.
11:12:13       HE REPLIED IT WAS PART OF THE
11:12:15       ONGOING ASSOCIATION ABOUT
11:12:16       EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY AND HE
11:12:19       WANTED ME TO FOCUS ON THE
11:12:20       SUBJECT OF PROFESSIONAL
11:12:21       MINISTRY, BUT IF POSSIBLE IN THE
11:12:24       PROCESS INCLUDE REFLEXES ON THE
11:12:26       CHANGES FACING CONGREGATIONS AND
11:12:28       THE KIND OF THEOLOGICAL
11:12:30       EDUCATION THAT WILL HELP
11:12:31       CONGREGATIONS MEET THOSE
11:12:32       CHALLENGES.
11:12:35       I WAS PLEASE THAT LEE DIDN'T
11:12:37       FEEL A NEED TO RESTRICT MY FOCUS
11:12:41       VERY MUCH.
11:12:42       HE DID, HOWEVER, GO ON TO SAY
11:12:44       THAT I HAD 20 MINUTES.
11:12:47       I COULD TRY TO WOO YOUR SYMPATHY
11:12:50       BY CLAIMING IT IS A BIT OF AN
11:12:52       IMPOSSIBLE TASK WITHIN THE TIME
11:12:53       ALLOTTED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO
11:12:55       THAT.
11:12:55       THAT WOULD MAKE LEE LOOK BAD,
11:12:57       AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT
11:13:00       TO HIM IN FRONT OF COLLEAGUES

11:13:02       AND PEERS OF THE UNITARIAN
11:13:09       UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION.
11:13:09       I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE
11:13:10       REMAINING MINUTES TO TALK WITH
11:13:12       YOU ABOUT MY LIFE'S WORK.
11:13:16       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:13:18       >> AS I BEGAN WORKING ON THIS
11:13:20       TALK, I ASKED MYSELF WHAT DO
11:13:23       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS NEED
11:13:24       THAT THEY DON'T HAVE?
11:13:25       YOU HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD
11:13:27       THINGS.
11:13:27       FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, A DEEP SENSE
11:13:29       OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, A WARM SPIRIT
11:13:33       OF INCLUSION, BUT THEN I ARRIVED
11:13:35       AT SOMETHING THAT MOST RELIGIOUS
11:13:38       BODIES HAVE THAT THE UUA DOESN'T
11:13:41       HAVE.
11:13:41       A CATECHISM.
11:13:45       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:13:46       >> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT
11:13:47       KNOW, A CATECHISM IS DENSE
11:13:51       SUMMARY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
11:13:54       THEY COME IN THE LONG AND SHORT
11:13:56       VARIETY, AND I'VE CHOSEN THE
11:13:59       SHORT VERSION.
11:14:00       THEY SOMETIMES CARRY A CITY'S
11:14:03       NAME LIKE THE BALTIMORE
11:14:04       CATECHISM, AND I'LL FOLLOW THAT
11:14:05       CUSTOM AND CALL THIS THE
11:14:07       MINNEAPOLIS CATECHISM.
11:14:10       THEY'RE OFTEN WRITTEN IN
11:14:11       QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT, AND
11:14:13       THIS ONE FOLLOWS THAT CUSTOM.
11:14:17       SO I PRESENT FOR THE FIRST TIME
11:14:19       THE SHORT MINNEAPOLIS CATECHISM
11:14:21       ON CONGREGATIONAL LIFE,
11:14:23       PROFESSIONAL MINISTRY AND
11:14:24       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION.
11:14:29       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:14:31       >> CONGREGATIONAL LIFE.
11:14:35       WHAT DO CONGREGATIONS DO?
11:14:38       A LOT OF THINGS.
11:14:39       I SAID IT WOULD BE THE SHORT
11:14:40       CATECHISM.
11:14:42       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:14:44       >> CONGREGATIONS DEVOTE
11:14:47       CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO DEVOTE
11:14:50       ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
11:14:51       SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND

11:14:52       ADMINISTRATION IS THE CARE THAT
11:14:54       ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRE TO BE
11:14:56       HEALTHY AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR
11:14:58       MISSIONS.
11:14:58       CONGREGATIONS WORSHIP.
11:15:00       THEY WORSHIP IN DIFFERENT WAYS
11:15:02       AND WITH DIFFERENT
11:15:03       UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT THEY'RE
11:15:05       DOING, BUT AS RELIGIOUS
11:15:06       ORGANIZATIONS, THEY GATHER TO
11:15:08       CELEBRATE, REMEMBER AND RENEW
11:15:10       THEIR RELIGIOUS IDENTITY.
11:15:13       CONGREGATIONS EDUCATE PERSONS
11:15:16       WITH PLAY AND PICTURES, PIZZA
11:15:18       AND RETREATS, BOOKS AND
11:15:20       DISCUSSION GROUPS, LECTURES AND
11:15:22       SEMINARS.
11:15:24       CONGREGATIONS EDUCATE CHILDREN,
11:15:26       YOUTH AND ADULTS INTO A
11:15:28       RELIGIOUS VISION OF THE WORLD.
11:15:32       THEY ALSO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE
11:15:33       ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
11:15:35       ALL GOOD SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
11:15:37       EXTEND CARE TO MEMBERS IN ONE
11:15:39       WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT
11:15:40       CONGREGATIONS NOT ONLY CARE FOR
11:15:42       THEIR MEMBERS, THEY SHARE THEIR
11:15:46       CARE GENEROUSLY WITH WHOMEVER
11:15:48       NEEDS IT.
11:15:50       FINALLY CONGREGATIONS ENGAGE IN
11:15:53       ACTIVITIES THAT EXTEND THEIR
11:15:54       RELIGIOUS VISION IN SERVICE AND
11:15:56       WITNESS.
11:15:58       THEY ARE CENTERS OF MEANING AND
11:15:59       VALUE AND AS SUCH ENGAGE IN ACTS
11:16:01       OF MERCY TO THOSE IN NEED AND
11:16:03       WORK FOR JUSTICE IN THE BROADER
11:16:05       SOCIETY.
11:16:08       WHAT FORCES ARE CONGREGATIONS
11:16:14       FACING?
11:16:15       MANY.
11:16:18       THE CULTURE HAS MOVED
11:16:20       CONGREGATIONS FURTHER FROM THE
11:16:21       CENTER OF PUBLIC LIFE THAN THEY
11:16:22       HAVE EVER BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
11:16:24       THE BILL OF RIGHTS PRECLUDED A
11:16:27       LEGALLY ESTABLISHED CHURCH, BUT
11:16:29       PROTESTANTISM WAS THE INFORMALLY
11:16:32       ESTABLISHED RELIGION THROUGH THE
11:16:33       19th CENTURY.

11:16:34       IN THE 20th CENTURY THIS
11:16:37       INFORMAL PRIVILEGE WAS EXTENDED
11:16:38       TO INCLUDE CATHOLICS AND JEWS
11:16:40       AND IN DIFFERING WAYS AND ON
11:16:43       OFTEN WITH AS MUCH PREJUDICE AS
11:16:45       PRIVILEGE, THESE THREE RELIGIOUS
11:16:47       COMMUNITIES WITH WERE THE
11:16:50       BENEFICIARIES OF PUBLIC ACCESS
11:16:51       AND PRIVILEGE DURING MUCH THE
11:16:52       20th CENTURY.
11:16:55       THE LAST PART OF THAT CENTURY,
11:16:56       HOWEVER, THE CULTURE BEGAN TO
11:16:58       WITHDRAW THE PRIVILEGE THAT IT
11:17:00       HAD GRANTED TO RELIGION.
11:17:03       AS THIS CENTURY BEGAN, RELIGION
11:17:06       HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE
11:17:08       CULTURAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL GOOD
11:17:10       TO THE CATEGORY OF GOOD CHOICES
11:17:13       INDIVIDUALS MAY CHOOSE TO MAKE.
11:17:16       THE CULTURE PROTECTS THE
11:17:18       INDIVIDUALS' ABILITY TO CHOOSE
11:17:21       TO BE RELIGIOUS BUT DOES NOT
11:17:22       GIVE THAT CHOICE A HIGHER VALUE
11:17:25       THAN ANY OTHER PROSOCIAL CHOICE
11:17:28       WE MAY MAKE.
11:17:32       AS THE PACE OF LIFE IS INCREASED
11:17:34       IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL
11:17:36       ADULTS WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME,
11:17:37       THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR
11:17:38       CONGREGATIONAL INVOLVEMENT HAS
11:17:40       DECREASED.
11:17:42       DATA INDICATE THAT REGULAR
11:17:43       ATTENDERS ATTEND WORSHIP
11:17:45       SERVICES LESS OFTEN THAN REGULAR
11:17:48       ATTENDERS USED TO ATTEND THEM IN
11:17:50       AN EARLIER PERIOD OF TIME, AND
11:17:53       THAT TIME AVAILABLE FOR
11:17:54       VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS HAS
11:17:55       DIMINISHED.
11:17:58       AMERICAN CHURCH GOERS ARE
11:17:59       INCREASINGLY INCLINED TO GO TO
11:18:02       LARGER MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATIONS.
11:18:05       WELL OVER 50% OF ALL OF THE
11:18:08       PEOPLE IN CHURCH THIS WEEKEND
11:18:10       WILL BE IN THE 10% OF
11:18:12       CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE THE
11:18:13       LARGEST MEMBERSHIP.
11:18:19       OTHER FORCES.
11:18:20       THE RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE OF THE
11:18:22       OVERALL POPULATION ARE CHANGING.

11:18:29       FASTEST GROWING RELIGIOUS
11:18:30       PREFERENCE IN UNITED STATES IS
11:18:31       NO RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE.
11:18:36       THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION ATTEND
11:18:44       RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT LOWER RATE
11:18:46       THAN PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS DID
11:18:47       WHEN THEY WERE THE SAME AGE.
11:18:50       ABOUT 44% OF THE U.S. POPULATION
11:18:53       HAS CHANGED RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
11:18:55       AND CONGREGATIONS END UP BEING
11:18:58       OASIS FOR NOMAD.
11:19:12       DOES NOT NEED A UNITARIAN
11:19:14       CONNECTION.
11:19:14       THE SOCIAL FORCES ARE CHANGING.
11:19:17       WHAT'S THE RESULT OF CHANGING ON
11:19:19       CONGREGATION AT PRACTICES?
11:19:20       MUCH HARDER WORK.
11:19:24       THE FUNDAMENTAL WORK OF
11:19:26       CONGREGATIONS HAS NOT CHANGED A
11:19:28       GREAT DEAL, BUT EVERY INFLUENCE
11:19:30       CULTURE IS EXISTING ON
11:19:32       CONGREGATIONS IS MAKING THAT
11:19:33       WORK HARDER.
11:19:36       CONGREGATIONS USED TO BE ABLE TO
11:19:38       DEPEND ON CULTURAL PRIVILEGE
11:19:39       THAT HAD A TENDENCY TO PUSH
11:19:41       PEOPLE INTO CHURCH.
11:19:43       NOW ABSENT THE PUSH
11:19:45       CONGREGATIONS HAVE TO MAKE THE
11:19:47       CASE THAT RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT
11:19:48       IS WORTHWHILE.
11:19:51       WITH LARGER MEMBERSHIP
11:19:52       CONGREGATIONS ATTRACTING AN EVER
11:19:55       INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF ALL
11:19:57       CHURCH ATTENDERS, MEDIUM AND
11:19:59       SMALLER CONGREGATIONS ARE
11:20:01       PRESSURED TO DEVELOP MORE
11:20:02       SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMMING JUST
11:20:04       AS THEIR VOLUNTEERS HAVE LESS
11:20:06       TIME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE
11:20:08       OF THE CONGREGATION.
11:20:11       THE RESULT HAS BEEN A TENDENCY
11:20:13       FOR CONGREGATIONS THAT CAN
11:20:15       AFFORD IT TO EMPLOY PERSONS TO
11:20:17       DO WHAT VOLUNTEERS USED TO DO.
11:20:21       CONGREGATIONS NEED A COMPELLING
11:20:23       APPEAL TO YOUNG ADULTS AND
11:20:27       OTHERS WHO SEEM TO BE
11:20:30       INCREASINGLY INCLINED TO WHAT
11:20:34       RELIGION THEY HAVE WITH SOLO

11:20:35       VERSION WITHOUT CONGREGATIONAL
11:20:37       CONNECTION.
11:20:39       CONGREGATION AT LIFE AS YOU ALL
11:20:40       KNOW IS CHANGING.
11:20:46       LET'S LOOK AT PROFESSIONAL
11:20:47       MINISTRY.
11:20:47       MINISTRY IS VAST AND VARIED.
11:20:49       MINISTERS SERVE IN A WIDE
11:20:51       VARIETY OF ROLES THAT SUPPORT
11:20:53       AND EXTEND THE MISSIONS OF
11:20:54       CONGREGATIONS, BUT THE MOST
11:20:56       COMMON ROLE OF AUTHORIZED
11:20:58       RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP IS AS
11:21:01       MINISTERS OF CONGREGATIONS.
11:21:05       WHAT DO CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS
11:21:07       DO?
11:21:10       A LOT.
11:21:10       THEIR PRIMARY WORK IS LEADERSHIP
11:21:12       THAT THE GUIDES AND SUPPORT THE
11:21:13       VARIOUS AREAS OF CONGREGATIONAL
11:21:15       EFFORT.
11:21:16       ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION,
11:21:20       CORPORATE AND JUSTICE AND VAST
11:21:26       DIFFERENT IN THE AREA DEPENDING
11:21:27       ON THE STYLE OF CONGREGATIONS
11:21:29       THEY SERVE AND MANY INVEST LARGE
11:21:31       AMOUNTS OF TIME IN OTHER
11:21:32       IMPORTANT AREAS OF WORK.
11:21:35       WHAT QUALIFIES MINISTERS FOR
11:21:38       THEIR WORK?
11:21:40       THREE QUALITIES ARE ESSENTIALLY,
11:21:43       I THINK.
11:21:44       FIRST, MINISTERS NEED TO HAVE AN
11:21:46       AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS VISION.
11:21:49       THEY MAY BE RELIGIOUSLY
11:21:51       DIFFERENT FROM THE CONGREGATION
11:21:52       THEY SERVE, THEY NEED NOT BE
11:21:54       MORE RELIGIOUS THAN OTHERS IN
11:21:55       THE CONGREGATION, AND THEY CAN
11:21:57       NEVER BE RELIGIOUS ON BEHALF OF
11:21:59       THE CONGREGATION.
11:22:01       BUT IN THE END MINISTERS ARE
11:22:03       QUALIFIED FOR MINISTRY BECAUSE
11:22:05       THEY HAVE AN AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS
11:22:07       CENTER IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
11:22:10       SECOND, MINISTERS ARE QUALIFIED
11:22:14       BY RELATIONAL SKILLS AND ABILITY
11:22:16       THAT ENABLE THEM TO WORK WITH
11:22:17       INTEGRITY WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
11:22:19       CARE FOR THEM IN MOMENTS OF

11:22:20       PAIN, STRESS AND LIFE TRANSITION
11:22:23       AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN THEIR
11:22:24       ONGOING RELIGIOUS LIVES.
11:22:28       THEY ALSO SUSTAIN THEIR
11:22:30       QUALIFICATION FOR MINISTRY BY
11:22:31       MAINTAINING BOUNDARIES AS
11:22:33       APPROPRIATE AND REFRAINING FROM
11:22:36       MANIPULATIVE SELF-SERVING OR
11:22:38       ABUSIVE PATTERNS OR
11:22:41       RELATIONSHIPS.
11:22:42       THIRD, MINISTERS ARE QUALIFIED
11:22:45       FOR MINISTRY BY THE KNOWLEDGE OF
11:22:47       THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION,
11:22:50       GUIDANCE OF CONGREGATIONAL WORK,
11:22:52       CAPACITY TO PERFORM THE UNIQUE
11:22:54       TASK OF MINISTRY AND EXERCISE
11:22:56       LEADERSHIP.
11:23:01       WHAT CONSTITUTES PROFESSIONAL
11:23:02       MINISTRY?
11:23:04       NO SINGLE DEFINITION IS TRULY
11:23:07       ADEQUATE.
11:23:09       PROFESSIONAL CAN BE USED IN A
11:23:10       TECHNICAL SENSE THAT REFERS TO A
11:23:12       CLASS OF PRACTITIONERS WHO HAVE
11:23:14       ATTAINED A PRESCRIBED LEVEL OF
11:23:16       EDUCATION, POSSESS SPECIALIZED
11:23:19       SKILLS OR ABILITIES, ARE ACTABLE
11:23:22       TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES, CHARGE OF
11:23:24       FEE FOR SERVICE, AND ARE
11:23:25       REGULATED BY SOME ENTITY ON
11:23:26       BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.
11:23:28       LIKE A PHYSICIAN OR LAWYER,
11:23:30       ARCHITECT.
11:23:32       IN OTHER USES PROFESSIONAL MEANS
11:23:34       SOMEONE WHO DOES HIS OR HER WORK
11:23:37       REALLY WELL.
11:23:39       HE'S A PROFESSIONAL CARPENTER.
11:23:43       AND IN STILL OTHER CASE IT IS
11:23:45       MEANS SOMEONE WHO MAKES A LIVING
11:23:46       AT SOMETHING RATHER THAN WORKING
11:23:48       AT IT AS AN AMATEUR.
11:23:50       SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL ROCK
11:23:52       MUSICIAN.
11:23:55       ALL OF THESE USES OF THE TERM
11:23:57       COULD BE APPLIED TO MINISTERS,
11:23:58       BUT NONE OF THEM IS FULLY
11:24:00       ADEQUATE.
11:24:00       THE FIRST USAGE CAN BE HELPFUL
11:24:03       TO THE EXTENT THAT IT REFERS TO
11:24:04       COMPLEX TASK PERFORMED WITH

11:24:06       SKILL IN THE CONTEXT OF ETHICAL
11:24:08       ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT IT ALSO HAS
11:24:11       SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS LIKE THE
11:24:13       FEE FOR SERVICE MODEL.
11:24:17       FORTUNATELY WE DON'T TAKE THE
11:24:19       OFFERING AT THE END OF THE
11:24:20       SERVICE WHEN EVERYBODY IS
11:24:21       LEAVING.
11:24:22       AS CONGREGATIONS BECOME MORE
11:24:24       DIVERSE AND THEIR WORK MORE
11:24:26       COMPLEX, MINISTERIAL WORK
11:24:28       BECOMES GEOMETRICALLY MORE
11:24:32       COMPLEX.
11:24:32       IT REQUIRES MORE SKILL, MORE
11:24:34       CAPACITY FOR CONSULT AND
11:24:36       CONGREGATIONAL ANALYSIS, MORE
11:24:39       CREATIVITY AND MORE WISDOM.
11:24:45       LET'S TURN TO THEOLOGICAL
11:24:46       EDUCATION.
11:24:50       UNDERLINED ASSUMPTION IS THAT
11:24:52       THE EDUCATION THAT MINISTERS
11:24:54       RECEIVE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE
11:24:55       LEADERSHIP NEEDS OF
11:24:56       CONGREGATIONS AND INFORM THE
11:24:59       QUALITIES REQUISITE FOR
11:25:01       MINISTRY.
11:25:04       HOW DO MINISTERS LEARN WHAT THEY
11:25:05       NEED TO KNOW?
11:25:09       LOTS OF WAYS.
11:25:12       MINISTERS NEED THE LEARNING THAT
11:25:14       COMES FROM THE STUDY OF
11:25:14       RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND HISTORY,
11:25:16       THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS.
11:25:20       THESE SUBJECTS ARE MOST READILY
11:25:21       LEARNED IN COURSES THAT GATHER
11:25:23       STUDENTS IN INTELLECTUALLY
11:25:26       LIVELY SPACE WHERE IS THEY CAN
11:25:27       PURSUE NEW IDEAS IN ORDERED
11:25:30       WAYS.
11:25:31       COURSE HAS A SYLLABUS THAT TELLS
11:25:33       STUDENTS WHAT THEY WILL STUDY
11:25:34       AND WHAT THEY SHOULD LEARN FROM
11:25:35       THEIR STUDY AND HOW THEY SHOULD
11:25:37       BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR
11:25:38       LEARNING.
11:25:41       MINISTERS ALSO NEED THE LEARNING
11:25:43       THAT ACCRUES FROM THE CONTEXT OF
11:25:45       MINISTERIAL WORK, WHICH IS VERY
11:25:48       DIFFERENT FROM LEARNING OBTAINED
11:25:49       IN COURSES.

11:25:52       SOMETIMES IT IS EVEN
11:25:54       OPPOSITIONAL TO THE KIND OF
11:25:55       LEARNING THEY GET IN COURSES.
11:25:58       MINISTER CONTEXT CAN BE
11:26:00       FRIGHTENING PLACES.
11:26:02       THEY TYPICALLY CONFOUND THE
11:26:04       INTELLECTUAL ORDER OF
11:26:05       THEOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES.
11:26:09       THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR LEARNING
11:26:11       MINISTRY TASK THAT REQUIRE
11:26:13       DISCERNMENT ACROSS A WIDE RANGE
11:26:14       OF INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
11:26:18       AMBIGUITIES.
11:26:19       CONGREGATIONAL AND OTHER
11:26:20       MINISTRY SETTINGS HELP MINISTERS
11:26:22       LEARN HOW TO THINK
11:26:23       ADMINISTRATIVELY,
11:26:25       ORGANIZATIONALLY AND
11:26:26       INTERPERSONALLY.
11:26:29       THEY HELP MINISTERS LEARN HOW
11:26:31       HEALTHY HUMAN BEINGS RELATE, AND
11:26:34       HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
11:26:36       WHOLE AND HEALTHY THEMSELVES,
11:26:38       AND WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE WOUNDED
11:26:40       AND FRAIL.
11:26:44       FINALLY, MINISTERS NEED THE KIND
11:26:45       OF LEARNING THAT HELPS THEM COME
11:26:47       TO TERMS WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS
11:26:49       COMMITMENTS AND TO MATURE AS
11:26:51       SPIRITUAL HUMAN BEINGS.
11:26:54       AND THAT IS LEARNING NOT
11:26:55       NECESSARILY IN A CLASSROOM AND
11:26:57       NOT NECESSARILY IN A MINISTRY
11:26:59       CONTEXT.
11:27:01       IT IS A KIND OF LEARNING THAT IS
11:27:02       MORE PERSONAL AND REFLECTIVE AND
11:27:06       REQUIRES GUIDANCE, COMPANIONSHIP
11:27:08       AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
11:27:16       WHAT MEANS TO CHANGE ABOUT
11:27:17       MINISTERIAL EDUCATION?
11:27:21       MORE HA THAN CAN BE ENUMERATED.
11:27:24       FIRST THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION HAS
11:27:25       HISTORICALLY VALUED COURSE BASED
11:27:27       LEARNING OF ACADEMIC SUBJECTS
11:27:30       THAT CONTINUES TO BE CRUCIAL IN
11:27:32       A CULTURE THAT IS INCREASINGLY
11:27:36       RELIGIOUSLY IGNORANT.
11:27:37       MINISTERS NEED TO KNOW THESE
11:27:39       SUBJECTS IN ORDER TO PREACH AND
11:27:42       TEACH WITH INTEGRITY.

11:27:44       HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF KNOWLEDGE
11:27:45       IS INCREASINGLY INSUFFICIENT FOR
11:27:48       EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED IN
11:27:49       MINISTRY.
11:27:51       CONGREGATIONAL LIFE IS CHANGING
11:27:53       RAPIDLY AND LEARNING TO LEAD
11:27:56       EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EMERGE FROM
11:27:57       COURSE WORK IN A CLASSROOM.
11:28:00       SO SECONDLY, THEOLOGICAL
11:28:03       EDUCATION NEEDS TO REQUIRE
11:28:04       EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT IN MINISTRY
11:28:07       CONTEXT.
11:28:08       THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS HAVE
11:28:10       TYPICALLY REQUIRED FIELD
11:28:12       EDUCATION AND INTERNSHIPS, BUT
11:28:17       THE COMPLEXITY OF MINISTERIAL
11:28:18       WORK RENDERS TRADITIONAL
11:28:20       PATTERNS OF THESE EFFORTS IT
11:28:23       LESS EFFECTIVE.
11:28:24       MINISTERIAL EDUCATION, THE
11:28:26       FUTURE, WILL REQUIRE LONGER AND
11:28:27       MORE INTENSIVE FORMS OF LEARNING
11:28:30       IN CONTEXT.
11:28:32       IT NEEDS TO GIVE FAR MORE
11:28:33       ATTENTION TO HUMAN RELATIONS
11:28:38       THAN IT HAS INTENDED TO GIVE.
11:28:40       FULL ADMINISTERED CONGREGATIONAL
11:28:42       CONFLICT, IT IS USUALLY A
11:28:44       LEADERSHIP ISSUE OF ONE SORT OR
11:28:46       ANOTHER, NOT IGNORANCE OF -- OF
11:28:49       ACADEMIC SUBJECT MATERIAL.
11:28:56       TRADITIONAL THEOLOGICAL
11:28:57       EDUCATION HAS TENDED TO
11:28:58       UNDERSTAND THIS AND ASSUMED
11:29:01       CLINICAL PASTOR ALLOCATION WILL
11:29:03       ADDRESS WHATEVER ISSUES NEED TO
11:29:04       BE FACED.
11:29:05       CPE DOES A MARVELOUS JOB, BUT
11:29:08       HUMAN WHOLENESS INEVITABLY TAKES
11:29:10       MORE THAN A SEMESTER'S WORK.
11:29:15       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION NEEDS TO
11:29:16       GIVE INCREASED ATTENTION TO
11:29:18       MULTIPLE PATTERNS OF MINISTRY.
11:29:21       AS MORE STAFF AND PART TIME
11:29:22       MINISTERS SERVE IN
11:29:24       CONGREGATIONS, THEOLOGICAL
11:29:25       SCHOOLS NEED TO REIMAGINE HOW
11:29:27       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IS MADE
11:29:30       AVAILABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE
11:29:31       ALREADY IN MINISTRY.

11:29:34       ONLINE LEARNING AND PATTERNS OF
11:29:35       LEARNING THAT TAKE SERIOUSLY THE
11:29:37       EDUCATIONAL POWER OF THE CONTEXT
11:29:40       IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE WORKING
11:29:43       WILL BE INCREASINGLY CRUCIAL.
11:29:46       BECAUSE THE WORK OF
11:29:46       CONGREGATIONS CONSTITUTES THE
11:29:48       BEGINNING BUT NOT THE END OF THE
11:29:52       WORK OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES,
11:29:53       THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION WILL NEED
11:29:55       TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO THE
11:29:56       SOCIAL SETTINGS IN WHICH
11:29:58       CONGREGATIONS DO THEIR WORK IN
11:30:00       SOCIETY.
11:30:04       WHILE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
11:30:05       ATTENTIVE TO THIS WORK, THEY
11:30:07       JUST HAVEN'T EDUCATED STUDENTS
11:30:09       IN THE SOCIAL ANALYSIS COMMUNITY
11:30:12       ORGANIZING AND NONPROFIT AGENCY
11:30:14       ADMINISTRATION THAT IT REALLY
11:30:15       REQUIRES.
11:30:21       .
11:30:16       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:30:22       THERE YOU HAVE IT.
11:30:26       THE SHORT MINNEAPOLIS UU
11:30:27       CATECHISM.
11:30:30       YOU ARE NOW A COMPLETE CHURCH
11:30:33       BODY.
11:30:34       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:30:37       CATECHISMS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY
11:30:39       PROBLEMATIC, WHICH IS PROBABLY
11:30:40       WHY THE UUA HAS GUIDING
11:30:43       PRINCIPLES INSTEAD.
11:30:45       THEY TREAT RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS
11:30:47       AS IF THEY WERE OBJECTIVE FACTS,
11:30:50       AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GREAT
11:30:56       GULF BETWEEN THE TWO.
11:30:57       YOU JUST HEARD MY CONVICTIONS
11:30:59       ABOUT CONGREGATIONAL WORK AND
11:31:01       CHANGE, MINISTERIAL
11:31:03       QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK AND THE
11:31:04       KIND OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
11:31:07       THAT WILL BRING THESE TOGETHER.
11:31:10       MY CONVICTIONS ARE IRRELEVANT
11:31:14       FOR YOUR MOVEMENT.
11:31:16       I LEAVE HERE TO RETURN TO MY
11:31:18       WORK AT THE ASSOCIATION OF
11:31:19       THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS, BUT YOU
11:31:22       CONTINUE WITH THE WORK OF THIS
11:31:23       MOVEMENT AND ITS VARIED

11:31:26       CONGREGATIONAL EXPRESSIONS.
11:31:28       YOU HAVE THE TASK OF DISCERNING
11:31:30       WHAT SHOULD THE MOVEMENTS
11:31:32       GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT
11:31:34       CONGREGATIONAL WORK, MINISTERIAL
11:31:36       PRACTICE AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS
11:31:39       THAT BRING THESE TWO MEANINGFUL
11:31:42       ACTIVITIES INTO CONVERSATION
11:31:43       WITH ONE ANOTHER.
11:31:46       WHAT SHOULD BE THE NATURE OF
11:31:47       MINISTRY IN THE UUA WOULD
11:31:51       QUALIFY AS PERSONS FOR MINISTRY.
11:31:54       HOW IS MINISTRY PRACTICED BY UU
11:31:57       CONGREGATIONS AND NOT JUST THE
11:32:00       AUTHORIZED MINISTERS?
11:32:04       HOW CAN THE MINISTRY OF UU
11:32:05       CONGREGATIONS BETTER CONTRIBUTE
11:32:08       TO HUMAN FLOURISHING?
11:32:10       THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
11:32:13       AND AN ONGOING EXPRESSION OF THE
11:32:16       CONVERSATION THAT BEGAN A YEAR
11:32:18       AND A HALF AGO IN A CONVERSATION
11:32:20       ON EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY.
11:32:22       EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY FOR
11:32:24       WHATEVER IT IS CANNOT JUST BE
11:32:26       THE WORK OF THE DESIGNATED
11:32:28       MINISTER.
11:32:29       IT IS ALWAYS INVESTED IN THE
11:32:31       WORK OF CONGREGATIONS AS WELL.
11:32:35       .
11:32:33       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:32:42       WELL, I WAS WORKING ON THE TALK
11:32:43       FOR THAT UUA CONFERENCE IN
11:32:48       MINISTRY, I RAN ACROSS A REVIEW
11:32:49       OFFED TO TED'S SORENSON'S BOOK,
11:32:57       COUNSELOR, A LIFE ON THE EDGE OF
11:32:59       HISTORY.
11:32:59       REVIEWER WROTE THAT WHILE THEY
11:33:04       WERE EN ROUTE TO HOUSTON AND
11:33:06       FINAL DRAFT OF THE CHURCH AND
11:33:07       STATE SPEECH, WHICH IS PROBABLY
11:33:09       THE MOST IMPORTANT CHURCH AND
11:33:10       STATE SPEECH OF THE
11:33:11       20th CENTURY.
11:33:12       KENNEDY LAUGHINGLY ASKED WHETHER
11:33:14       ANY OF HIS CATHOLICISM WAS
11:33:16       RUBBING OFF ON SORENSEN.
11:33:20       NO, SORENSON REPLIED, BUT I
11:33:24       THINK SOME OF MY UNITARIANISM IS
11:33:26       RUBBING OFF ON YOU.

11:33:28       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:33:31       >> AND THE REVIEWER ADDS AND
11:33:34       UNDOUBTEDLY IT WAS.
11:33:38       SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY SORENSEN
11:33:40       HAD MINISTERS WHO HELPED THEM
11:33:42       DISCERN AND UNDERSTAND UNITARIAN
11:33:44       PRINCIPLES.
11:33:47       SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THOSE
11:33:49       PRINCIPLES FORMED A RELIGIOUS
11:33:51       VISION THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
11:33:52       TO SHAPE THE COMMON GOOD.
11:33:56       SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY PEOPLE
11:33:58       SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT
11:34:00       CONGREGATIONS AND MINISTRY SO
11:34:02       SORENSEN COULD BE INFLUENCED BY
11:34:05       A RELIGIOUS VISION EMBOWED IN
11:34:10       THE PEOPLE OF A MOVEMENT AND THE
11:34:16       CONGREGATIONS THEY FORMED.
11:34:20       SOMEWHERE SITTING ON THE THIRD
11:34:21       ROW FROM THE BACK APPARENTLY
11:34:24       DISINTERESTED IS ANOTHER TED
11:34:27       SORENSEN BEING FORMED BY PEOPLE
11:34:30       OF FAITH THINKING ABOUT
11:34:33       MINISTRY, DOING MINISTRY AND
11:34:38       PREPARING PERSONS FOR ANOTHER
11:34:40       EXPRESSION OF ADVANCE AND COMMON
11:34:52       GOOD.
11:34:52       THANK YOU.
11:34:54       .
11:34:53       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:35:02       >> PLEASE WELCOME MINNESOTA
11:35:03       NATIVE, THE REVEREND HARLIN
11:35:09       LIMPERT.
11:35:12       >> HELLO, AGAIN, EVERYONE, AS
11:35:14       THE LEADER OF THE UUA'S GROWTH
11:35:16       TEAM I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
11:35:18       SELECTING WITH OTHERS EACH
11:35:20       OTHER, THE FOUR BREAKTHROUGH
11:35:22       CONGREGATIONS.
11:35:23       I ALSO RECEIVED THEIR VIDEOS
11:35:25       EARLY, AND I WATCHED THEM ABOUT
11:35:27       20 TIMES EACH.
11:35:30       EACH TIME I DO I CRY.
11:35:34       EACH ONE REFLECTS CONGREGATIONS
11:35:36       AT THEIR VERY BEST.
11:35:39       WORKING HARD TO BUILD GENUINE
11:35:42       COMMUNITY.
11:35:45       IT IS NEVER EASY.
11:35:47       IT IS NEVER EASY.
11:35:50       BUT IT IS ALWAYS POWERFUL.

11:35:51       I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LISA
11:35:53       FRIEDMAN, HALF TIME MINISTER AND
11:35:57       KRISTI SCHUCK, DIRECTOR OF
11:36:05       RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FROM
11:36:11       MINNESOTA.
11:36:11       >> INTRODUCE LAURA BEALEY,
11:36:14       PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION
11:36:15       AND MANY OF THE LEADERS OF OUR
11:36:16       CONGREGATION WHO ARE UP HERE
11:36:18       WITH US.
11:36:18       WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN
11:36:19       MINNESOTA THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
11:36:22       AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE
11:36:23       WITH YOU SOME OF THE SPIRIT OF
11:36:25       OUR SOUTHWESTERN REGION.
11:36:27       WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE
11:36:29       TO WES SHUCK AND DAN DUSEK FOR
11:36:39       MAKING THIS VIDEO POSSIBLE.
11:36:40       SMALL STEPS LED TO GIANT LEAP OF
11:36:43       FAITH FOR OUR CONGREGATION.
11:36:44       WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IT IS
11:36:45       POSSIBLE TO REACH FOR YOUR
11:36:47       DREAMS, EVEN WHEN YOUR NUMBERS
11:36:48       SEEM SMALL AND EVEN WHEN YOU
11:36:52       CANNOT YET AFFORD FULL TIME
11:36:53       STAFF.
11:36:54       WE ARE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU
11:36:56       TO THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:36:59       FELLOWSHIP OF MANKATO,
11:37:01       MINNESOTA.
11:37:01       PLEASE RUN THE VIDEO.
11:37:08       >> JOURNEY OF FAITH, NOW THAT
11:37:13       MIGHT STIRRUP ALL SORTS OF
11:37:14       QUESTIONS LIKE WHY ARE WE HERE?
11:37:16       DO WE REALLY HAVE A PURPOSE?
11:37:19       WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF
11:37:21       LIFE?
11:37:21       I'M HERE TO ANSWER THE MOST
11:37:23       DIFFICULT QUESTION OF ALL?
11:37:24       WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU OUTGROWN
11:37:26       YOUR BRITCHES WHEN YOU CAN'T
11:37:27       AFFORD A NEW PAIR?
11:37:29       EVEN WHEN ONE HAS CRAZY EYES FOR
11:37:31       NEW STYLE, SITTING THERE BESIDE
11:37:33       YOURSELF WONDERING WHAT TO DO
11:37:34       NEXT.
11:37:35       WE NEED MORE BOWLS.
11:37:36       >> TO PUT THAT IN MORE CONTEXT,
11:37:38       WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON YOU A
11:37:40       JOURNEY OF GROWTH, PHYSICAL

11:37:42       GROWTH.
11:37:42       IN THE PAST FEW YEARS OUR
11:37:43       FELLOWSHIP HAD GROWN FROM A NICE
11:37:48       SMALL GROUP OF 50 ADULTS TO
11:37:51       THRIVING PASTORAL CONGREGATION
11:37:54       OF 180 PEOPLE WITH 60 CHILDREN.
11:37:56       WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTER OF OUR
11:37:57       OWN, AND A NEW BUILDING WITH
11:37:59       PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THOSE LEGS TO
11:38:01       GROW.
11:38:01       TO TELL YOU HOW WE GOT HERE, WE
11:38:03       NEED TO TAKE YOU BACK A WAYS AND
11:38:07       LOOK AT HOW SOME OF OUR SMALL
11:38:09       STEPS LED TO GIANT LEAPS OF
11:38:10       FAITH.
11:38:12       IT ALL STARTED BACK IN THE ALL
11:38:13       OF '03 WHEN OUR FELLOWSHIP WAS
11:38:17       FACED WITH A DILEMMA.
11:38:19       THE MINISTER THAT WE SHARED WITH
11:38:21       THE SISTER CONGREGATION IN THE
11:38:22       NEARBY TOWN OF HANSKA, SHE WAS
11:38:30       FIXING TO RETIRE.
11:38:31       >> LET'S PLACE AN AD FOR A
11:38:33       MINISTER.
11:38:33       >> CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
11:38:35       WHETHER WE NEED IT, MORE
11:38:37       MINISTRY, OR MORE SPACE, AND
11:38:40       THAT PROCESS CONTINUED WHILE WE
11:38:42       PLANNED FOR BOTH.
11:38:43       >> WHAT HAPPENED WAS NANCY HEEGE
11:38:48       CALLED AND SAID CHECK OUT THIS
11:38:50       PERSON.
11:38:51       SHE'S -- SHE'S -- SHE MIGHT BE
11:38:52       COMING TO THIS AREA.
11:38:55       SO SHE WASN'T RESPONDING TO THE
11:38:56       AD NECESSARILY.
11:38:57       WE GOT HER THROUGH NETWORKING?
11:39:00       >> ABOUT THAT TIME WE HAD THE
11:39:03       BUILDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN
11:39:05       COME ON THE MARKET.
11:39:06       WE SUDDENLY FOUND OURSELVES
11:39:08       DOING BOTH THINGS AT ONCE.
11:39:11       WITH THE NECESSITY TO MAKE A LOT
11:39:13       OF DECISIONS IN A HURRY.
11:39:14       >> RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB.
11:39:16       AVAILABLE QUARTER TIME, 1 DAY
11:39:18       PER WEEK, ONE SUNDAY PER MONTH
11:39:20       OR 1 WEEK PER MONTH DURING WHICH
11:39:22       WE WOULD SCHEDULE SUNDAY SERVICE
11:39:23       AND BOARD MEETING OR GENERALLY

11:39:25       WILLING TO ARRANGE A WORKABLE
11:39:27       SCHEDULE.
11:39:27       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:39:32       >> WHO WROTE IT?
11:39:33       >> LISA.
11:39:34       APPLICATION LETTER.
11:39:35       FROM THE PACK OF MATERIALS WHICH
11:39:36       YOU HAVE SENT AND THE
11:39:37       INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON YOUR
11:39:38       WEBSITE, YOU APPEAR TO BE AN
11:39:41       EXCITING TURNING POINT IN YOUR
11:39:42       HISTORY WITH SOME REAL
11:39:43       OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECIDING UPON
11:39:45       YOUR FUTURE.
11:39:46       [ LAUGHTER ]
11:39:49       >> VERY DIPLOMATIC.
11:39:50       >> ISN'T IT?
11:39:51       >> WE HAD MARTHA EASTER WELLS
11:39:53       COME IN FROM THE UUA AND WORK
11:39:55       WITH US ON VISIONING AND
11:39:59       PLANNING.
11:40:00       WE HAD JERRY KING COME IN AND
11:40:01       TALK ABOUT CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS.
11:40:03       >> WE DID OUR HOMEWORK.
11:40:04       WE GOT -- WE ASKED FOR HELP.
11:40:07       WE TOOK IN CONSULTANTS, WE DID A
11:40:08       SURVEY, WE DID EVERYTHING BASED
11:40:11       ON -- NOT ON FACTS.
11:40:14       LIKE YOU USE.
11:40:15       WE GATHER OUR FACTS AND THEN WE
11:40:17       WENT FORWARD AND WE DID WHAT WE
11:40:19       NEEDED TO DO, AND WE DECIDED WE
11:40:20       NEEDED TO LOOK FOR A MINISTER.
11:40:22       >> I FEEL THAT WHEN I CAME IN AS
11:40:25       THE MINISTER, I CAME ON TO A
11:40:26       TRAIN THAT WAS ALREADY MOVING.
11:40:27       >> AND THAT TRAIN'S NEXT STOP
11:40:30       WAS GOING TO BE A WHOLE NEW
11:40:31       LOCATION.
11:40:32       >> TWO, THREE, FOUR.
11:40:33       >> BUT WHILE OUR LITTLE
11:40:35       FELLOWSHIP WAS FINDING A NEW
11:40:36       MINISTER AND WRESTLING WITH THE
11:40:38       ISSUE OF NEEDING MORE SPACE,
11:40:40       WERE WE REALLY READY TO CHANGE
11:40:41       JUST YET?
11:40:44       PEOPLE AREN'T WILLING TO TAKE
11:40:46       THAT LEAP OF FAITH TO MOVE ON.
11:40:48       IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT
11:40:49       MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.

11:40:52       >> BUT IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE
11:40:53       MORE REASONS TO MOVE THAN EVEN
11:40:55       WE WERE ABLE OF.
11:40:56       >> I DISCOVERED THAT AS A
11:40:59       LIBERAL PERSON THERE WAS A
11:41:01       LIBERAL FAITH OUT THERE, AND IT
11:41:03       WAS CALLED UNITARIAN
11:41:04       UNIVERSALISM.
11:41:05       >> AS A CHILD WHO GREW UP IN A
11:41:07       UU FOR AWHILE, IT HAD ALWAYS
11:41:09       BEEN SOMETHING ON MY MIND.
11:41:11       I HASN'T BEEN BACK TO A UU
11:41:14       CHURCH SINCE PROBABLY HIGH
11:41:15       SCHOOL.
11:41:15       >> THE CLOSEST CONGREGATION WAS
11:41:17       IN MANKATO, AND IT WAS OVER ON
11:41:19       POHL ROAD.
11:41:20       WHILE IT IS A VERY NICE
11:41:21       BUILDING, YOU CANNOT SEE THE
11:41:25       FRONT DOOR AND THE PARKING LOT
11:41:28       QUITE FRANKLY DIDN'T GIVE ME THE
11:41:30       FEELING THAT IF I WANTED TO
11:41:32       LEAVE, I COULD GET OUT QUICKLY.
11:41:34       AND SO I HESITATED AND I
11:41:38       DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T GO.
11:41:39       >> I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE
11:41:41       THERE WAS A UU CHURCH HERE.
11:41:43       I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M
11:41:45       READY TO GO INTO A CHURCH WHERE
11:41:46       MAYBE IT IS A BUNCH OF LIBERALS,
11:41:49       DEEP THINKERS IN SOMEBODY'S
11:41:51       LIVING ROOM.
11:41:51       IT FELT A LITTLE TOO INTIMATE
11:41:54       FOR ME.
11:41:55       >> IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT
11:41:56       INITIAL DRIVE BY THAT I DID THAT
11:41:58       I DISCOVERED THAT FELLOWSHIP HAD
11:42:01       RELOCATED TO THEIR NEW HOME.
11:42:04       I COULD SEE THE DOOR, I COULD
11:42:05       SEE THE FRONT DOOR, AND THE
11:42:08       PARKING LOT WAS CLEARLY DEFINED
11:42:10       IN SUCH A WAY THAT I KNEW THAT I
11:42:12       COULD PARK SOMEWHERE AND I KNEW
11:42:13       WHERE THE EXITS WERE.
11:42:16       SO I CAME.
11:42:17       >> I THINK THE ACT OF TAKING OUR
11:42:21       CHALICE AND THE FORMALITY THAT
11:42:23       WE HAD IN ENDING OUR RESIDENCE
11:42:26       IN THAT BUILDING AND PICKING UP
11:42:28       THE CHALICE AND TAKING IT ACROSS

11:42:29       TOWN AND PUTTING IT IN THIS
11:42:31       BUILDING I THOUGHT WAS A LOVELY
11:42:33       CEREMONY AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
11:42:35       I MADE THE CHANGE.
11:42:38       >> NOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TO
11:42:40       BE IN EVEN A BIGGER BUILDING AND
11:42:45       BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
11:42:49       RELIGIOUS ATMOSPHERE IS REALLY
11:42:52       REMARKABLE.
11:42:52       >> THE NEW CHURCH IS A LOT
11:42:54       BIGGER, AND THE NEW CHURCH RIGHT
11:42:56       NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE CORNER OF
11:42:58       THE CHURCH DOWNSTAIRS THAT THE
11:43:01       KIDS CAN GO AROUND AND PLAY IN.
11:43:02       >> WE EACH MADE OUR OWN
11:43:06       CHALICES.
11:43:06       WE DREW THEM.
11:43:07       AND THEN WE PAINTED OVER ONE OF
11:43:09       THE WALLS IN OUR ROOM.
11:43:12       I LIKE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
11:43:13       SPACE OUTSIDE AND ITS BY THE
11:43:16       RIVER.
11:43:16       IT IS COOL.
11:43:17       >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN COOL, BUT
11:43:19       CHANGE IS NEVER EASY, AND WE
11:43:23       WERE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF
11:43:24       CHANGE.
11:43:24       I WONDER WHAT I OUR NEW MINISTER
11:43:27       THOUGHT.
11:43:27       >> COMMON WISDOM IS YOU DO NOT
11:43:29       KICK OFF A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN
11:43:30       THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW
11:43:31       MINISTRY.
11:43:32       >> AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE
11:43:33       DECIDED TO DO WAS TO GET HELP
11:43:35       FROM THE UUA.
11:43:37       >> SOME OTHER MEMBERS AND I
11:43:39       ATTENDED A GROWTH WORKSHOP
11:43:41       SPONSORED BY PRAIRIE STAR
11:43:43       DISTRICT WITH KATHY WIMMET
11:43:46       PRESENTING, AND WE LATER INVITED
11:43:48       HER TO VISIT THE CONGREGATION
11:43:53       AND HELP US GO THROUGH THE
11:43:55       STRUGGLE OF WHAT KIND OF GROWTH
11:43:58       WE WANTED.
11:43:58       >> COMMUNICATION TIMES TEN WAS
11:44:00       ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND.
11:44:03       >> WE WOULD START WITH A BOARD
11:44:04       MEETING AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
11:44:06       HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THESE

11:44:08       THINGS, AND WE ALWAYS STRIVED
11:44:10       FOR CONSENSUS IF WE CAN GET IT
11:44:12       ON A BOARD MEETING.
11:44:13       THEN OPENING UP TO THE LARGER
11:44:15       CONGREGATION WE WOULD HAVE
11:44:16       MEETINGS OFTEN ON A SUNDAY AFTER
11:44:17       A SUNDAY SERVICE.
11:44:19       >> COMMUNICATION TIMES TEN.
11:44:20       NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, SAY IT
11:44:22       AGAIN, SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
11:44:24       JUST BECAUSE WE ARE SITTING IN
11:44:26       COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND KNOWING
11:44:28       WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT DOESN'T
11:44:30       MEAN PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T THERE
11:44:32       ARE GOING TO KNOW THIS.
11:44:33       >> THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY
11:44:36       PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
11:44:37       WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD BE, AND IN
11:44:38       THE END AFTER ALL THE MEETINGS
11:44:41       AND ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, WE HAD
11:44:44       A 90% VOTE IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO
11:44:46       THE NEW SPACE.
11:44:47       >> ONE OF THE CONCERNS WHEN WE
11:44:49       STARTED, OF COURSE, WAS ARE WE
11:44:51       GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE
11:44:53       MONEY TO MOVE INTO THE NEW
11:44:54       FACILITY?
11:44:55       AND WE EXCEEDED OUR
11:44:57       EXPECTATIONS.
11:45:00       >> WE CONTINUED TO SPENT MONEY.
11:45:02       INCREASED MINISTRY TIME.
11:45:04       WE ALSO HIRED AN RE DIRECTOR FOR
11:45:10       THE FIRST TIME.
11:45:11       THESE WERE BIG DECISIONS, AND WE
11:45:13       NEEDED THE WHOLE CONGREGATION TO
11:45:14       BUY INTO THAT.
11:45:15       YES, WE WERE GROWING BUT THE
11:45:17       MONEY WE WERE DOING TOOK A
11:45:18       LITTLE BIT OF A LEAP OF FAITH.
11:45:20       WE HAD TO TAKE A SMALL AND SAY
11:45:22       GENTLEMEN, WE CAN DO THIS.
11:45:23       >> YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD WITH
11:45:26       YOUR LOVE.
11:45:27       >> THAT THEY SO EMBRACED THE
11:45:32       NUMBER OF KIDS THAT SHOWED UP
11:45:34       EVERYDAY, THEY WERE SO EXCITED.
11:45:38       THEY WANT THE CHILDREN TO HAVE
11:45:38       NAME TAGS SO THEY CAN CALL THEM
11:45:40       BY THEIR NAME, AND IT IS -- AND
11:45:42       IT IS SO

11:45:43       MULTI-INTERGENERATIONAL.
11:45:44       IT LEAVES SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON
11:45:46       ME EVERY WEEK BECAUSE NOT ONLY
11:45:48       DOES IT MAKE MY JOB EASE AND IT
11:45:49       MAKES MY CHILDREN PERSONALLY
11:45:52       ENJOY COMING HERE, WHICH IS
11:45:53       AWESOME.
11:45:56       IT JUST MAKES IT WORK.
11:45:57       THE FAMILIES PICK UP ON THAT
11:45:58       ENERGY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
11:45:59       THEY COME BACK EVERY WEEK
11:46:00       BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS IS A
11:46:02       PLACE THAT THEY'RE WELCOME.
11:46:04       >> IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE
11:46:05       NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE.
11:46:11       I REMEMBER WE HAD ONE CHILD,
11:46:12       THAT'S WHAT WE HAD, AND ONE
11:46:14       TIME -- I THINK THERE WERE SIX
11:46:16       ADULTS AT THE SUNDAY SERVICE,
11:46:18       AND I WAS 67 AND, YOU KNOW, I
11:46:21       WAS THE YOUTH THERE.
11:46:22       >> I THINK WITHOUT THE CHILDREN
11:46:26       WE WILL NEVER ARE GROWN.
11:46:28       IT WAS IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO US
11:46:33       THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME
11:46:34       FEELING SPIRITUALLY THAT WE HAD.
11:46:37       >> AS WE WERE MAKING THESE
11:46:39       DIFFICULT DECISIONS WE DIDN'T
11:46:40       REALIZE HOW IT WAS AFFECTING THE
11:46:43       GROWTH OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
11:46:45       >> THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE
11:46:46       GROWTH WE'VE DISCOVERED IS THAT
11:46:48       WE HAVE NEW GROUPS SPRINGING UP.
11:46:51       THE SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE,
11:46:53       THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT OTHER
11:46:55       PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN.
11:46:56       >> AT THE BEGINNING WE CALL IT
11:46:59       SOCIAL CONCERNS, AND THEN WE
11:47:00       CHANGED IT TO SOCIAL ACTION
11:47:01       BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE THE
11:47:02       MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
11:47:04       SOMETHING.
11:47:04       IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE, YOU
11:47:05       KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THINGS.
11:47:09       WHAT IS INTERESTING, THOUGH, IS
11:47:10       PEOPLE HAVE STARTED BRINGING
11:47:12       PROJECTS TO US, AND WE NO LONGER
11:47:14       HAVE TO DEVELOP THOSE PROJECT.
11:47:17       THIS PAST YEAR WE DID A PEACE
11:47:19       POLE, AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE

11:47:20       AROUND THAT.
11:47:21       WE ALSO HAD STARTED A KIVA
11:47:24       PROJECT.
11:47:24       WE HAVE NOW LOANED ABOUT $22,000
11:47:26       TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS
11:47:29       THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
11:47:32       WE HAVE A BIG WORLD MAP IN OUR
11:47:33       SOCIAL HALL THAT SHOWS WHERE WE
11:47:35       HAVE MADE THOSE DONATIONS.
11:47:38       I JUST FEEL VERY, VERY GRATEFUL
11:47:40       TO BELONG HERE AND THEN TO ALSO
11:47:42       BE ABLE TO REACH OUT IN SO MANY
11:47:44       WAYS.
11:47:46       >> WE HAVE THE HUMANITY SERIES
11:47:49       THAT IS BRINGING THE COMMUNITY
11:47:50       INTO US.
11:47:50       >> I HAD AN IDEA THAT I WOULD
11:47:52       LIKE TO START A HUMANITY SERIES
11:47:54       TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL
11:47:57       EXPERIENCE FOR THE GREATER
11:47:58       MANKATO AREA.
11:48:00       TOPICS HAVE INCLUDED CIVIL
11:48:02       LIBERTIES BY COLEEN ROWLEY, FBI
11:48:09       WHISTLEBLOWER AND TIME MAGAZINE
11:48:10       2002 PERSON OF THE YEAR.
11:48:12       >> I KEPT IT ON THE BACK BURNER,
11:48:14       DIDN'T DO MUCH WITH MY FAITH AT
11:48:16       ALL UNTIL I SAW THE
11:48:19       ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER
11:48:20       ABOUT HAVING COLEEN ROWLEY
11:48:31       SPEAK.
11:48:32       WHEN I SAW THIS WAS A
11:48:33       PROFESSIONAL CHURCH, AND THE
11:48:34       ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE FROM
11:48:36       THE CHURCH THE COMMUNITY, I
11:48:38       THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE RIGHT
11:48:39       PLACE, THIS MIGHT BE THE RIGHT
11:48:40       TIME, AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD THAT
11:48:42       BREAKTHROUGH.
11:48:43       THIS IS THE CHURCH FOR ME.
11:48:46       THIS IS WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE.
11:48:47       THIS IS THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
11:48:48       I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE
11:48:49       BECAUSE I FEEL 100% BEHIND IT.
11:48:52       >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE
11:48:54       HAVE A LIBERAL PRESENCE IN THIS
11:48:56       TOWN, AND WE'RE BECOMING MORE
11:49:00       OBSERVABLE, MORE NOTICEABLE, AND
11:49:02       I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
11:49:03       >> SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO BE

11:49:05       WHO WE ARE TODAY.
11:49:07       I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR
11:49:08       STORY.
11:49:09       AND MAYBE EVEN LEARNED A LITTLE
11:49:11       SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF.
11:49:13       AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE
11:49:15       THOSE SMALL STEPS.
11:49:16       THEY MAY JUST HELP LEAD YOU
11:49:19       THROUGH THOSE GIANT LEAPS OF
11:49:21       FAITH.
11:49:43       .
11:49:23       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:49:58       >> GOOD MORNING.
11:50:04       PLEASE WELCOME FOR THEIR REPORT
11:50:06       YOUR COMMISSION ON APPRAISAL.
11:50:07       >> WELCOME.
11:50:14       NO WELCOME MEANS LIKE WELCOME.
11:50:16       .
11:50:15       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:50:24       >> I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM
11:50:26       YOUR COMMISSION ON APPRAISAL.
11:50:28       IT IS A PLEASURE TO TELL YOU
11:50:31       THAT AFTER A YEAR OF SURVEYS AND
11:50:34       INTERVIEWS AND OUR SHARED
11:50:40       DISCERNMENT, WE HAVE LAUNCHED A
11:50:41       NEW STUDY.
11:50:43       WE CALL IT WHO IS IN CHARGE
11:50:46       HERE?
11:50:48       THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
11:50:51       MINISTRY AND AUTHORITY.
11:50:57       WE WILL BE PROBE THE VERY NATURE
11:50:59       OF MINISTRY AND WHERE ANY OF US,
11:51:06       ORDAINED OR LAY, GET THE
11:51:10       AUTHORITY TO CALL WHAT WE DO
11:51:12       MINISTRY.
11:51:15       AND WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE
11:51:17       PHENOMENON OF PROFESSIONAL
11:51:20       MINISTRIES ENCOUNTERING
11:51:23       DIFFICULTIES, SOMETIMES ENDING
11:51:27       AT LEAST PARTLY BECAUSE OF
11:51:30       DIFFERENCES WITH LAITY OVER THE
11:51:33       NATURE AND SCOPE OF MINISTERIAL
11:51:37       AUTHORITY.
11:51:40       YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW WHO WE
11:51:41       ARE.
11:51:42       MORE PARTICULARLY WHO WE ARE TO
11:51:45       UNDERTAKE THIS STUDY.
11:51:49       WE ARE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL
11:51:52       ASSEMBLY DELEGATES, NONE OF US
11:51:55       APPOINTED, AND WE ARE CHARGED BY

11:51:58       THE UUA BYLAW WITH ACTING
11:52:01       INDEPENDENTLY.
11:52:04       OUR MISSION IS TO PROVOKE
11:52:06       REFLECTION AND EVOKE CREATIVE
11:52:10       TRANSFORMATION OF UNITARIAN
11:52:16       UNIVERSALISM.
11:52:17       OUR CONGREGATION AND THE
11:52:23       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:52:23       ASSOCIATION.
11:52:25       MY BELOVED COLLEAGUES WHO JOIN
11:52:26       ME IN THIS WORK ARE REVEREND
11:52:29       ERICA BARON, SERVING
11:52:32       CONGREGATIONS IN BENNINGTON AND
11:52:34       RUTLAND, VERMONT.
11:52:39       MS. MEGAN DOWDELL, WHO WAS
11:52:42       CO-CONVENER OF THE UUA
11:52:44       CONSULTATION ON YOUTH MINISTRY
11:52:46       AND IS NOW A DOCTORAL STUDENT IN
11:52:49       ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEORY AT THE
11:52:52       GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION IN
11:52:54       BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
11:52:57       MR. PETE FONTNEAU, SPRINGFIELD,
11:53:02       VIRGINIA, ACTIVE LAY LEADER AT
11:53:05       ACCOTINK UU CHURCH AND STUDENT
11:53:07       AT WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
11:53:13       MS. BEV HARRISON, CAMPBELL,
11:53:16       CALIFORNIA AND FOSTER,
11:53:17       RHODE ISLAND.
11:53:19       ACTIVE LAY LEADER IN OUR
11:53:21       SAN JOSE CONGREGATION.
11:53:24       REVEREND DR. NANA KRATOCHVIL.
11:53:28       MINISTER EMERITA IN MUSKEGON
11:53:37       MICHIGAN AND CONSULTING MINISTER
11:53:38       IN MOUNT PLEASANT MICHIGAN AS
11:53:40       WELL AS A MINISTERIAL SETTLEMENT
11:53:42       REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HEARTLAND
11:53:44       DISTRICT.
11:53:45       MR. DON MOHR ACTIVE LAY LEADER
11:53:49       AND INCOMING PRESIDENT OF OUR
11:53:51       CONGREGATION IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH
11:53:54       CAROLINA.
11:53:55       MR. MICHAEL OHLROGGE, OAKLAND,
11:53:59       CALIFORNIA, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE
11:54:01       THIS MORNING, ON HIS WAY TO LAW
11:54:05       SCHOOL IN STANFORD, HAVING BEEN
11:54:07       A GROUNDWORK TRAINER IN
11:54:08       ANTI-RACISM, ANTI-OPPRESSION AND
11:54:11       MULTICULTURALISM COMPETENCY AND
11:54:16       ALSO CO-CREATOR OF THE YRUU
11:54:21       CHAPLAIN TRAINING PROGRAM.

11:54:23       MS. JACQUIE. WILLIAMS, ALBANY,
11:54:37       NEW YORK, BEYOND CATEGORIAL
11:54:39       THINKING TRAINER AND CO-CHAIR OF
11:54:41       THE ST. LAWRENCE DISTRICT'S
11:54:44       ANTI-RACISM AND ANTI-OPPRESSION
11:54:45       WORK GROUP.
11:54:46       AND I'M BARBARA CHILD,
11:54:48       NASHVILLE, INDIANA, HAVING JUST
11:54:50       RETIRED FROM MY INTERIM MINISTRY
11:54:53       AT THE UU CHURCH IN INDIANAPOLIS
11:54:56       AND MY TERM AS CHAIR OF THE
11:54:58       INTERIM MINISTRY GUILD STEERING
11:55:00       COMMITTEE.
11:55:01       I'M ALSO A MINISTERIAL
11:55:03       SETTLEMENT REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
11:55:04       HEARTLAND DISTRICT, AND I CHAIR
11:55:09       THIS COMMISSION THROUGH NEXT
11:55:10       JUNE.
11:55:11       AS WE GET OUR STUDY UNDERWAY, WE
11:55:14       WILL PROCEED WITH FOCUS GROUPS
11:55:16       AND IN DEPTH CASE STUDIES.
11:55:20       WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHERE
11:55:23       DOES MINISTERIAL AUTHORITY IN
11:55:25       OUR CONGREGATIONS COME FROM?
11:55:29       HOW IS IT EXERCISED?
11:55:32       IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF
11:55:35       AUTHORITY PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
11:55:39       KEEPING MANY CONGREGATIONS AND
11:55:42       OUR ASSOCIATION SMALL?
11:55:47       HOW CAN WE COME PRELEND A SOURCE
11:55:54       OF AUTHORITY GROUNDED IN OUR
11:55:58       COVENANTAL FAITH THAT CAN HELP
11:56:00       US IN HEALTH AND GROWTH?
11:56:04       YOU CAN FOLLOW OUR STUDY AND LET
11:56:05       US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
11:56:07       PARTICIPATE IN IT THROUGH OUR
11:56:11       WEB PAGE WWW.UUA.ORG/COA.
11:56:20       WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
11:56:27       .
11:56:21       [ APPLAUSE ]
11:56:28       >> WE NEED TO SING, DON'T WE?
11:56:48       PLEASE WELCOME JOHN HUBERT.
11:56:50       >> I THINK WE NEED SOME FIRE IN
11:56:51       THIS ROOM.
11:56:52       RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT, STRETCH
11:56:54       A LITTLE BIT.
11:56:56       YEP.
11:56:57       I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BETH
11:56:58       NORTON, WHO WILL BE WITH US ON
11:57:00       THE PIANO HERE, AND WE WILL SING

11:57:02       JASON SHELTON AND MARY KATHERINE
11:57:04       MOORE'S FIRE OF COMMITMENT.
11:57:08       CAN WE HAVE THE PIANO AND THE
11:57:10       SOUND SYSTEM, PLEASE.
11:57:13       ¶ ¶
11:57:14       >> THANK YOU, BETH.
12:00:20       >> SO WITHOUT MONITORS OR
12:00:28       HEADPHONES, PLAYING A SONG THAT
12:00:30       JASON SHELTON HIMSELF ACTUALLY
12:00:32       CAN'T PLAY, THANK YOU BETH
12:00:37       NORTON FOR GIVING IT YOUR BEST
12:00:38       SHOT THIS MORNING.
12:00:47       BUSINESS, BUSINESS, BUSINESS.
12:00:48       FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY.
12:00:49       HERE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
12:00:50       WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP BUSINESS
12:00:52       ITEMS JUST AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
12:00:54       THE ORDER WE HAVE IS BUSINESS
12:00:56       RESOLUTION, THE GREEN REVOLUTION
12:00:58       IN RELIGIOUS, AND THEN JOHN,
12:00:59       WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO A
12:01:00       SONG THEN.
12:01:01       WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT
12:01:02       BUSINESS ITEM IS VOTE ON
12:01:04       AMENDMENTS TO BY LAW SECTIONS
12:01:06       REGARDING TO CHANGES TO TERMS
12:01:09       PRESIDENT AND MODERATOR.
12:01:11       THEN WE WILL HAVE A SONG, MAYBE,
12:01:12       AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE ITEMS
12:01:14       THAT WERE MOVED FROM SATURDAY
12:01:17       MORNING'S AGENDA TO TODAY
12:01:18       SPECIFICALLY, REMOVING
12:01:20       CONTINENTAL REFERENCES IN THE
12:01:21       SOCIAL WITNESS PROCESS.
12:01:23       DEBATE AND VOTE ON RULE G.4 FOR
12:01:33       THE PROCESS AND REMOVAL OF
12:01:35       COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBER FOR
12:01:36       CAUSE.
12:01:37       A RIVETING DAY OF BAYS BEFORE US
12:01:41       NOW.
12:01:45       FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS
12:01:46       PROPOSED BUSINESS RESOLUTION,
12:01:49       TEXT IS FOUND AT PAGE 32 OF THE
12:01:52       FINAL AGENDA, AND I WANT TO MAKE
12:01:54       A NOTE HERE, YOU MIGHT READ THIS
12:01:57       HOW IS DIFFERENT FROM PROPOSED
12:01:59       STUDY THAN ACTION ISSUE, FOR
12:02:03       EXAMPLE?
12:02:04       IN MANY WAYS IT IS NOT.
12:02:06       THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE PROCESS

12:02:07       WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED
12:02:08       ON THE DISTRICT ON A TIMELY
12:02:09       BASIS AS A RESOLUTION AND THEN
12:02:12       IT GOT LOST IN THE SUMMER.
12:02:14       HOW MANY GOT THINGS LOST IN THE
12:02:15       SUMMER IN YOUR CONGREGATIONS?
12:02:17       MY CONGREGATION TOO.
12:02:21       SO THE BOARD PLACED THIS ON THE
12:02:22       AGENDA SO ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH
12:02:24       THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE OF A
12:02:26       PROCESS -- PROCESS FLAW IT WAS
12:02:28       MISSED AND DIDN'T FEEL WE WOULD
12:02:30       DISADVANTAGE THE PROPOSER SO THE
12:02:33       BOARD NUDGED THAT ALONG TO MAKE
12:02:35       IT HAPPEN.
12:02:38       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE --
12:02:39       NOT YET.
12:02:40       I DO HAVE A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.
12:02:42       YES, RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
12:02:44       THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:02:47       PROCEDURE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
12:02:49       >> YES, MADAM MODERATOR FROM
12:02:54       CHURCH OF COLUMBUS, AND I NEEDED
12:02:56       US TO START THIS MORNING WITH
12:02:57       APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE AND A
12:02:58       LITTLE CELEBRATION FOR OUR BOARD
12:03:01       OF TRUSTEES WHO KNEW THIS BODY
12:03:06       NEEDED TO HAVE IN THE WAY
12:03:08       ADVANCED OUR PRINCIPLES AND
12:03:09       STRENGTHENED THE COMMUNITY AS WE
12:03:12       DISCUSSED ARIZONA.
12:03:13       THANK REVEREND PETER MORALES TO
12:03:17       BUCK THE SYSTEM THAT SPARKS THE
12:03:18       CONVERSATION THAT LED TO THE
12:03:19       THIRD OPTION THAT IS OUR CALLING
12:03:23       AND FINALLY TO EXPRESS MY PRIDE
12:03:25       AND GRATITUDE EACH AND EVERY
12:03:27       MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
12:03:29       ESPECIALLY DRUUM, ARE,
12:03:32       CONGREGATIONS FOR DOING THE
12:03:33       DIFFICULT, EXHAUSTING AND
12:03:34       INSPIRING WORK THAT IT TOOK TO
12:03:37       BUILD THE COMMUNITY THAT WENT TO
12:03:39       CREATE THIS FIRST, OUR VERY
12:03:42       FIRST JUSTICE ASSEMBLY THAT WILL
12:03:43       HAPPEN IN 2012.
12:03:43       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:03:47       THANK YOU.
12:03:48       >> THANK YOU.
12:03:59       I'LL ACTUALLY BE TALKING MORE

12:04:01       ABOUT THE PROCESS IN THE
12:04:01       MODERATOR'S REPORT IN THE NEXT
12:04:03       PLENARY.
12:04:04       I WILL ASK THE CHAIR OF OUR
12:04:06       GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING
12:04:07       COMMITTEE TO PLEASE COME MAKE
12:04:08       THE APPROPRIATE MOTION TO PUT
12:04:13       THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
12:04:17       >> MOVE TO THE BUSINESS
12:04:18       RESOLUTION ENTITLED THE GREEN
12:04:21       RESOLUTION FOUND ON PAGE 32 OF
12:04:23       THE FINAL AGENDA BE ADOPTED BY
12:04:28       THE ASSEMBLY ADOPTED BY THE MINI
12:04:31       ASSEMBLY TO LINE 1036 TO INSERT
12:04:34       THE WORDS AND ECOSYSTEM AFTER
12:04:37       THE WORD BIODIVERSITY AS SHOULD
12:04:40       BE ABLE TO COME UP ON THE
12:04:42       SCREEN, BUT LINE 1036 INSERTING
12:04:45       THE WORD AND ECOSYSTEM AFTER
12:04:51       BIODIVERSITY.
12:04:52       THERE WAS ONE UNINCORPORATED
12:04:54       AMENDMENT.
12:04:55       >> THANK YOU.
12:05:00       CALL ON EVA MARKS TO GIVE THE
12:05:02       POSITION OF THE BOARD OF
12:05:03       TRUSTEES.
12:05:03       >> EVA MARKS, TRUSTEE FROM THE
12:05:05       BLUE DISTRICT SPEAKING ON BEHALF
12:05:08       OF THE UUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
12:05:10       OCTOBER 2008 THE UNITARIAN
12:05:13       UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF FALL
12:05:18       MOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS REQUESTING
12:05:20       THE DISTRICT ENDORSE A GREEN
12:05:23       RESOLUTION AND RELIGION BUSINESS
12:05:24       RESOLUTION AND SUBMIT IT TO THE
12:05:26       2009 GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
12:05:28       AFTER THE DISTRICT BOARD
12:05:29       EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE
12:05:31       FIRST DRAFT LENGTH, COMPLEXITY
12:05:33       AND POTENTIAL COST PROPONENTS
12:05:37       BROUGHT REVISED DRAFT TO
12:05:39       DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS.
12:05:40       PROPONENTS ALSO ASSURED THE
12:05:42       DISTRICT BOARD THAT THEY HAD
12:05:43       CONSULTED WITH THE UUA
12:05:46       ADMINISTRATION, MINISTRY FOR
12:05:49       EARTH AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
12:05:50       IN MAY 2009 DELEGATES TO THE
12:05:52       DISTRICT'S ANNUAL MEETING
12:05:54       UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO REQUEST

12:05:57       THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
12:05:57       PLANNING COMMITTEE PLACE THE
12:05:59       RESOLUTION ON THE 2010 GENERAL
12:06:01       ASSEMBLY AGENDA.
12:06:02       THE RESOLUTION REQUESTS THREE
12:06:04       THINGS.
12:06:04       THAT OUR MEMBER CONGREGATIONS
12:06:06       REFLECT ON THE RELIGIOUS
12:06:07       TEACHINGS AND VALUES THAT
12:06:09       INSPIRE US TO DO THIS WORK.
12:06:11       THAT THE PRESIDENT OF OUR
12:06:12       ASSOCIATION REPORT ON OUR
12:06:14       PROGRESS AND MAKE
12:06:14       RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE
12:06:16       ACTIONS OF THE 2011 GENERAL
12:06:18       ASSEMBLY IN CHARLOTTE.
12:06:20       AND THAT OUR CONGREGATION GREEN
12:06:23       SANCTUARY PROGRAM AND THAT A
12:06:24       HISTORY OF THE GREEN SANCTUARY
12:06:26       PROGRAM AND OUR ASSOCIATIONS
12:06:27       WORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
12:06:29       BE PRESENTED AT THE 2011 GENERAL
12:06:31       ASSEMBLY.
12:06:32       IN KEEPING WITH THEIR
12:06:33       SEVENTH PRINCIPLE UNITARIAN
12:06:36       UNIVERSALISTS ARE COMMITTED TO
12:06:37       ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND MANY
12:06:39       OF OUR CONGREGATIONS ARE ALREADY
12:06:40       WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
12:06:42       THEMES.
12:06:43       THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR OUR
12:06:46       ASSOCIATION TO INCREASE ITS
12:06:47       LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
12:06:50       >> THANK YOU.
12:06:53       NOTE DOWN TO THE TIMERS FOLKS,
12:06:55       ALSO RUN THE 2-MINUTE CLOCK AS
12:06:57       WELL.
12:06:57       THEY HAVE THE SAME CONSTRAINT
12:06:58       SPEAKING AS ANYONE ELSE ON THE
12:07:00       FLOOR.
12:07:01       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:07:03       >> PAUL FROM THE UNITARIAN
12:07:05       UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF GREATER
12:07:07       LANSING -- EAST LANSING,
12:07:09       MICHIGAN.
12:07:09       MADAM MODERATOR COULD YOU
12:07:11       CLARIFY PLEASE THE CHAIR OF THE
12:07:14       GA PLANNING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
12:07:16       THERE WAS UNINCORPORATED
12:07:17       AMENDMENT.

12:07:18       CLARIFY WHY WE WERE NOT GIVEN
12:07:19       THE TEXT OF THAT UNINCORPORATED
12:07:24       AMENDMENT?
12:07:24       >> SHOULD BE ON THE DESCRIBE
12:07:26       NOW.
12:07:29       -- SCREEN NOW.
12:07:30       >> INCORPORATED AMENDMENT WHICH
12:07:32       IS AT LINE WHAT?
12:07:41       1036.
12:07:42       AND ECOSYSTEM PUT IN.
12:07:44       AND THEN SCROLL DOWN FOR ME,
12:07:46       PLEASE, TECH DECK, SO WE CAN SEE
12:07:48       THE UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT,
12:07:50       WHICH SAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
12:07:54       PARAGRAPH THAT'S CURRENTLY GOT
12:07:56       HIGHLIGHTED TEXT IN IT, TO ADD
12:07:57       ANOTHER RESOLVE, BE IT RESOLVE,
12:08:01       GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED THE
12:08:02       GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING
12:08:03       COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A MAJOR
12:08:06       DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS
12:08:07       ROUTES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
12:08:08       CONCERN AND, SO IT WOULD BE IN
12:08:13       ORDER TO MOVE THAT
12:08:13       INCORPORATED -- UNINCORPORATED
12:08:16       AMENDMENT IF THEY SO WISH, AND
12:08:18       I'M ASSUMING IT WAS IN THE PUT
12:08:20       IN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T RECEIVE A
12:08:21       MAJORITY AT THE --
12:08:23       >> IT DID NOT.
12:08:24       RECEIVED A VERY SMALL MINORITY.
12:08:27       >> RECEIVED A VERY SMALL IN THE
12:08:28       MINI ASSEMBLY.
12:08:32       >> THANK YOU.
12:08:32       >> THANK YOU.
12:08:33       >> WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HARD COPY
12:08:35       OF OTHER BUSINESS WHERE THEY'RE
12:08:37       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS, AND
12:08:39       AS WE CAN SEE, THIS IS VERY
12:08:41       DIFFICULT TO DO EFFECTIVELY THIS
12:08:43       WAY.
12:08:43       THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
12:08:44       >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:08:46       >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:08:48       >> MADAM MODERATOR I'M JODY
12:08:51       MALLOY AND I'M UNITARIAN
12:08:52       UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN
12:08:55       PENNSYLVANIA, AND WONDERING IF
12:08:56       WE CAN GET A BIGGER FONT FOR
12:08:58       WHEN WE SEE THINGS ON THE

12:08:59       SCREEN.
12:09:00       IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ.
12:09:01       >> THANK YOU.
12:09:02       GREAT POINT OF PERSONAL
12:09:03       PRIVILEGE.
12:09:03       >> THANK YOU.
12:09:04       >> DID WE BUY ALL THE FONT SIZES
12:09:07       FOR THIS GA?
12:09:09       [ LAUGHTER ]
12:09:16       >> PLEASE DON'T SOMEBODY TRY TO
12:09:18       LECTURE ME ON TRUE TYPE, I JUST
12:09:22       WROTE A BOOK ON IT.
12:09:24       OKAY.
12:09:25       IT WAS A JOKE.
12:09:25       NOT AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT.
12:09:27       >> COULD WE HAVE THAT BACK ON
12:09:32       THE SCREEN IN A BIGGER FONT
12:09:34       SIZE, PLEASE.
12:09:40       YOU ALL ARE FUN.
12:09:41       DO YOU KNOW THAT?
12:09:48       EVEN BIGGER.
12:09:49       KICK IT UP AGAIN.
12:09:54       IN THE MEANTIME WE GET ME.
12:09:56       >> YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU
12:10:04       ALL FOR COMING BECAUSE IT IS
12:10:07       JUST NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.
12:10:12       WE'RE WORKING ON IT HERE.
12:10:14       SO THE FIRST CHANGE -- LINE
12:10:15       NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE GONE, BUT
12:10:16       SCROLL DOWN FOR US.
12:10:20       SO LINE 1036, CAN'T PAY
12:10:24       ATTENTION TO THE LINE NUMBERS IN
12:10:25       THE SAME WAY ANY MORE BECAUSE
12:10:27       THAT CHANGES THE TEXT ON THE
12:10:28       LINE.
12:10:29       SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADDITION
12:10:31       IS NOW DOWN AT THE START OF
12:10:33       1045.
12:10:38       ECOSYSTEM.
12:10:39       THAT'S THE ADDITION.
12:10:41       LET'S SCROLL DOWN AND LOOK AT
12:10:42       THE UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT.
12:10:45       RIGHT THERE ON INCORPORATED
12:10:47       AMENDMENT.
12:10:47       FURTHER RESOLVE IMMEDIATELY
12:10:49       FOLLOWING LINE 1038, WHICH
12:10:50       WOULDN'T THERE BE, BUT IT WOULD
12:10:51       BE UNDER THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IN
12:10:53       THE 1040, ASK THE GENERAL
12:10:57       ASSEMBLY PLANNING COMMITTEE TO

12:10:58       DISCUSS A MAJOR DISCUSSION ABOUT
12:10:59       THE RELIGIOUS ROUTES OF
12:11:01       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERN.
12:11:04       WE GOOD?
12:11:06       I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE AT THE
12:11:09       MICROPHONE, AND AT THE PRO
12:11:12       MICROPHONE AND ALLOW THE
12:11:13       ORANGE -- ORIGINAL PROPOSER TO
12:11:17       SPEAK.
12:11:18       I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:11:19       PRO MICROPHONE.
12:11:20       >> THANK YOU.
12:11:21       MY NAME IS BOB MURPHY, I'M WITH
12:11:23       THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
12:11:25       FELLOWSHIP OF FALMOUTH,
12:11:29       MASSACHUSETTS, AND I WANT TO
12:11:31       WELCOME YOU TO THE
12:11:32       21st CENTURY AND TO A NEW
12:11:34       VISION FOR UNITARIAN
12:11:36       UNIVERSALISTS AND OTHERS.
12:11:38       50 YEARS AGO WHEN OUR
12:11:41       ASSOCIATION STARTED WORDS LIKE
12:11:44       ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY,
12:11:46       BIOETHICS, ENVIRONMENTAL
12:11:48       JUSTICE, WHERE SELDOM IF EVER
12:11:52       HEARD AMONG RELIGIOUS LEADERS
12:11:53       AND THEOLOGIANS, AND TODAY THESE
12:11:55       ARE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS, SOME
12:11:57       OF THE IDEAS, SOME OF THE VISION
12:12:02       THAT CHALLENGES US IN THE
12:12:03       21st CENTURY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
12:12:07       JUSTICE PEOPLE.
12:12:08       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PEOPLE.
12:12:12       CONVERSATION STARTED IN 1993 AT
12:12:14       OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY IT
12:12:17       CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
12:12:20       PROBLEMS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL
12:12:22       RACISM.
12:12:25       ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
12:12:28       CONCERNED ABOUT THE GULF OIL
12:12:29       SPILL.
12:12:29       CONCERNED ABOUT WARS, ABOUT
12:12:31       WATER AND ENERGY AND OTHER
12:12:34       NATURAL RESOURCES.
12:12:37       SPEAK FOR ENVIRONMENT, ALL
12:12:42       CREATURES, NOT JUST HUMANITY,
12:12:44       CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
12:12:45       AND ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
12:12:46       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
12:12:47       THE POOR, THE OPPRESSED, THE

12:12:49       MARGINALIZED, THE DISINHERITED.
12:12:52       WENT TO SPEAK FOR THESE PEOPLE,
12:12:54       AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I ASK
12:12:56       FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS GOOD
12:12:58       RESOLUTION.
12:12:59       COME JOIN THE 21st CENTURY.
12:13:01       THANK YOU.
12:13:01       >> THANK YOU.
12:13:07       >> I KNOW I HAVE AN AMENDMENT
12:13:09       COMING, SO DO I HAVE SOMEBODY AT
12:13:11       PROCEDURAL.
12:13:18       >> I'M REVEREND PETER FREDERICK
12:13:23       PROUD TO SERVE THE UNITARIAN
12:13:24       UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN DELAWARE
12:13:27       COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
12:13:28       I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE
12:13:29       MODERATOR.
12:13:30       THE CONTENT OF THIS BUSINESS
12:13:33       RESOLUTION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT
12:13:35       LIKE ACTION OF IMMEDIATE
12:13:36       WITNESS, AND I'M WONDERING IF
12:13:38       THIS IS BROUGHT AS A BUSINESS
12:13:39       RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF WHAT
12:13:42       HAPPENED RATHER THAN ACTION OF
12:13:43       IMMEDIATE WITNESS BROUGHT BEFORE
12:13:46       THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND
12:13:47       WHETHER IN SOME WAY THIS IS
12:13:49       GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO
12:13:51       ADOPT ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE
12:13:53       WITNESS LATER ON TODAY BECAUSE
12:13:54       WE'RE LIMITED IN NUMBER ON
12:13:55       THOSE.
12:13:56       >> THIS WAS NOT PROPOSED
12:14:03       INITIALLY AS ACTION OF IMMEDIATE
12:14:05       WITNESS TO BEGIN WITH.
12:14:07       THIS WAS ACTUALLY PROPOSED A
12:14:08       YEAR AGO IN THE DISTRICT PROCESS
12:14:10       THAT WOULD BRING A BUSINESS
12:14:11       RESOLUTION.
12:14:12       AND SO THE BOARD CHOSE TO PLACE
12:14:15       THIS AS A BUSINESS RESOLUTION
12:14:17       DUE TO A PROCESS FLAW, IT DOES
12:14:20       NOT COMPETE WITH THE ACTIONS OF
12:14:22       IMMEDIATE WITNESS THAT WE HAVE
12:14:24       TODAY.
12:14:24       >> THANK YOU.
12:14:25       >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
12:14:29       I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO THE
12:14:30       AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
12:14:30       >> THANK YOU.

12:14:31       MY NAME IS KENDRA MUNS FROM THE
12:14:33       UU CONGREGATION OF VENICE,
12:14:35       FLORIDA, AND I RESPECTFULLY MOVE
12:14:37       TO INCORPORATE THE
12:14:38       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT THAT
12:14:42       SAYS CAN WE SEE THE TEXT --
12:14:45       >> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
12:14:47       THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED THE
12:14:49       GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING
12:14:50       COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A MAJOR
12:14:52       DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS
12:14:54       ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
12:14:57       CONCERN, AND BACK TO YOU.
12:14:58       >> THANK YOU.
12:14:59       I THINK THAT THE GREEN
12:15:00       REVOLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT WE
12:15:03       ONLY SEE NOW SO CRITICALLY THE
12:15:06       NEED OF BEING IN FLORIDA ON THE
12:15:08       GULF COAST OF FLORIDA, WE HAVE
12:15:09       BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS
12:15:11       AND MAKING MAJOR PROGRESS, AND I
12:15:12       APOLOGIZE.
12:15:13       MANY OF OUR CONGREGATIONS HAVE
12:15:15       BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS.
12:15:16       I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING WE NOW
12:15:18       ONLY REALIZE THIS, BUT IT HAS
12:15:20       COME TO THE FOREFRONT, IT IS
12:15:21       PART OF THE PRINCIPLES, IT IS
12:15:25       INVOLVED IN THE PRINCIPAL, IT IS
12:15:27       CRITICAL THAT WE CONSIDER THE
12:15:29       RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THIS
12:15:32       MOVEMENT.
12:15:32       IT IS NOT JUST A FAD, IT IS NOT
12:15:34       JUST A SLOGAN.
12:15:35       THIS IS FOR THE REST OF OUR
12:15:37       LIVES, OUR CENTURY AND FOR THE
12:15:38       SAVING OF OUR PLANET EARTH AND
12:15:39       OUR LAND, SO I REALLY HOPE WE
12:15:42       CAN INCORPORATE A RELIGIOUS
12:15:44       DISCUSSION OF THE RELIGIOUS
12:15:45       ROOTS OF THIS MOVEMENT AND SEE
12:15:46       HOW OVERWHELMING IT IS IMPORTANT
12:15:48       FOR ALL OF US, OURSELVES, OUR
12:15:51       LIVES AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
12:15:53       >> THANK YOU.
12:15:54       >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE,
12:15:59       PLEASE.
12:15:59       >> MY NAME IS JESSIE FORD FROM
12:16:01       THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
12:16:05       CONGREGATION OF OREGON.

12:16:06       THANK YOU MADAM MODERATOR.
12:16:08       I HAVE A POINT OF CONFUSION.
12:16:09       IF YOU COULD PUT THE TEXT BACK
12:16:10       UP.
12:16:11       >> IT IS COMING.
12:16:11       >> MY QUESTION RELATES TO THAT
12:16:14       BIG BUNCH OF BYLAWS THAT WE
12:16:16       PASSED SORT OF IN A DISCUSSION
12:16:22       YESTERDAY.
12:16:23       DID I UNDERSTAND -- I'M CONFUSED
12:16:25       HERE.
12:16:26       DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY FROM
12:16:27       THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PASSED
12:16:29       YESTERDAY THAT THE PLANNING
12:16:31       COMMITTEE IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE
12:16:33       OF THE AGENDA OF EITHER THE
12:16:36       DRAFT OR THE FINAL AGENDA, AND
12:16:37       SO IF THAT'S TRUE, MY QUESTION
12:16:39       IS HOW DOES THIS ADDITION FIT
12:16:42       WITH THAT?
12:16:43       >> HOW DOES THIS FIT WITH THAT
12:16:47       IS I WANT TO DRAW A DISTINCTION
12:16:48       FOR YOU.
12:16:49       IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
12:16:50       WHAT WE MOVED INTO CLEARLY THE
12:16:53       PROVINCE OF THE BOARD YESTERDAY,
12:16:54       WHICH IS IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE
12:16:56       DO RIGHT NOW, IS THAT THIS
12:16:59       AGENDA -- OKAY.
12:17:01       THE BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE
12:17:02       BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MAKE SENSE?
12:17:04       SO -- I TOOK THIS UNINCORPORATED
12:17:07       AMENDMENT TO BE SAYING, WE WOULD
12:17:09       LIKE A DISCUSSION IN PROGRAM
12:17:10       TIME.
12:17:11       DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
12:17:13       >> I THINK SO.
12:17:14       SO WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING
12:17:17       THE PLANNING COMMITTEE STILL HAS
12:17:19       CONTROL OVER OVER THE PROGRAM.
12:17:27       >> OURS DOES NOT HAVE A FULL
12:17:29       COLOR COVER.
12:17:32       [ LAUGHTER ]
12:17:33       >> WE'LL HAVE TO FIX THAT.
12:17:34       >> YEAH, MAYBE.
12:17:36       ARE WE GOOD?
12:17:41       DELEGATE AT THE CON MICROPHONE.
12:17:42       >> UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
12:17:49       IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
12:17:51       SPEAKING AGAINST THE

12:17:51       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT MOTION,
12:17:53       IS THAT WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT
12:17:55       RIGHT NOW?
12:17:55       >> YES.
12:17:56       >> MY CONCERN BY DIRECTING THE
12:17:59       GA PLANNING COMMITTEE TO YOUTH
12:18:00       RESOURCES AND DEVELOP
12:18:01       PROGRAMMING WHEN YESTERDAY, I
12:18:05       BELIEVE, WE DIRECTED THE GA
12:18:07       PLANNING COMMITTEE TO MAKE PLANS
12:18:09       FOR 2012 THAT WE'RE GOING TO
12:18:12       FOCUS ON OTHER ISSUES.
12:18:14       I'M CON-- MY CONCERN ABOUT
12:18:16       PUTTING THIS IN IS THAT IT CAN
12:18:21       BE VERY PROBLEMATIC.
12:18:22       IT COULD PUT THE PLANNING
12:18:24       COMMITTEE IN A VERY DIFFICULT
12:18:26       POSITION, SO I WOULD VOTE
12:18:27       AGAINST THIS.
12:18:30       >> WE UNDERSTOOD YESTERDAY WHAT
12:18:32       WE WERE ASKING FOR WAS A PROGRAM
12:18:34       ASSEMBLY IN 2012 THAT WAS NOT
12:18:37       PROGRAM AS USUAL, CORRECT?
12:18:39       >> RIGHT.
12:18:39       EVEN IF THERE WAS PROGRAM THAT
12:18:40       THAT PROGRAM WAS GOING TO BE
12:18:41       FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES IN
12:18:43       ARIZONA, AND I THINK IT IS
12:18:45       REALLY CONFUSING TO TRY TO TELL
12:18:46       THE PLANNING COMMITTEE -- I
12:18:49       THINK IT IS -- IT IS ONE THING
12:18:51       TO PASS A BUSINESS RESOLUTION
12:18:52       THAT ENCOURAGES US TO BE
12:18:54       FOCUSING ON BECOMING A GREEN
12:18:56       REVOLUTION RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT,
12:18:58       BUT IT IS ANOTHER THING TO
12:19:00       DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
12:19:01       HOW TO HAVE OUR GA PROGRAMMING
12:19:04       FOCUS.
12:19:05       >> I TURN TO THE PRO MICROPHONE.
12:19:06       >> BRUCE WITHINS FIRST UNITARIAN
12:19:09       SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE.
12:19:12       WE'RE ASKING THE PLANNING
12:19:13       COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THIS
12:19:17       DISCUSSION IN 2011.
12:19:19       THE PHOENIX ASSEMBLY WILL BE IN
12:19:21       2012, SO I THINK THEY ARE
12:19:24       DIFFERENT, BUT I DO THINK THAT
12:19:25       WE DO NEED A DISCUSSION AS
12:19:29       PROPOSER OF THE AMENDMENT WITH

12:19:32       THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF
12:19:35       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
12:19:35       WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
12:19:37       SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE EFFECTS
12:19:39       ON THE COMMUNITY.
12:19:42       WE NEED THE DISCUSSION SO THAT
12:19:43       WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND VERY
12:19:45       CLEARLY HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT
12:19:48       THAN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION
12:19:50       WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND
12:19:52       JUSTICE ISSUES.
12:19:53       THOSE ARE COMBINED BUT THE ROOTS
12:19:56       FOR US ARE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
12:19:58       AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO
12:19:59       UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:20:03       I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR
12:20:04       THE UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT.
12:20:06       >> COULD WE SEE THE
12:20:07       UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT ON THE
12:20:09       SCREEN, PLEASE, AS OFTEN AS
12:20:11       POSSIBLE.
12:20:11       THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT ASKS
12:20:13       FOR A DISCUSSION IN 2011.
12:20:15       JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.
12:20:20       NOT IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
12:20:22       BUT IT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING
12:20:23       THAT BECAUSE OF THE FIRST
12:20:24       PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS 2011
12:20:26       PERHAPS -- I'M WONDERING IF
12:20:27       THAT'S THE CLARITY WE'RE SEEKING
12:20:29       IF IT MIGHT SAY TO DEVELOP A
12:20:30       MAJOR DISCUSSION AROUND THE
12:20:31       RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
12:20:33       JUSTICE CONCERN AT GENERAL
12:20:35       ASSEMBLY 2011.
12:20:39       SEEMS LIKE WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE
12:20:41       READDING INTO THIS.
12:20:42       I RECOGNIZE DELEGATE AT THE CON
12:20:46       MICROPHONE.
12:20:46       >> I AM ERIC JESSETTE FROM THE
12:20:49       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
12:20:51       OF IOWA CITY CONGREGATION, AND I
12:20:53       VOTE AGAINST THE
12:20:55       INCORPORATION -- UNINCORPORATED
12:20:57       AMENDMENT FOR AMONG MY REASONS
12:21:01       THAT IT -- CONVOLUTES THE
12:21:03       DOCUMENT AND IT ALSO IS KIND OF
12:21:05       OVERLY REDUNDANT WHEN IN THE
12:21:09       ORIGINAL LINING -- 1037, 1038
12:21:15       ACTUALLY SAYS THAT WE'RE ASKING

12:21:16       MEMBER CONGREGATIONS TO REFLECT
12:21:18       ON RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND
12:21:19       EXPERIENCES.
12:21:22       SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE
12:21:25       NEED TO HAVE YET ANOTHER BOARD
12:21:29       TALK ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING
12:21:30       WHEN THAT DISCUSSION WOULD GO
12:21:32       DOWN TO THE CONGREGATIONS
12:21:33       ANYWAY.
12:21:34       >> THANK YOU.
12:21:35       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:21:36       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:21:37       >> MY NAME IS LAURA LEE WOODRUF
12:21:40       FROM THE CHURCH IN LINCOLN,
12:21:42       NEBRASKA.
12:21:43       I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND IF
12:21:44       THIS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE
12:21:48       GA ASKING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
12:21:49       TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AT THE 2011
12:21:56       GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN THE ONE
12:21:56       RIGHT AFTER IT ASKS THAT THE
12:21:58       PRESIDENT REPORT TO THE GENERAL
12:22:01       ASSEMBLY ON THE PROGRESS.
12:22:05       HOW COULD WE REPORT WHEN HAVING
12:22:07       PROGRAMMING AT THE SAME
12:22:08       ASSEMBLY?
12:22:12       >> I DON'T KNOW.
12:22:13       [ LAUGHTER ]
12:22:17       >> I HAVE NOBODY AT THE PRO
12:22:19       MICROPHONE.
12:22:19       WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON THIS
12:22:21       AMENDMENT?
12:22:23       .
12:22:22       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:22:23       >> ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR,
12:22:26       AMENDMENT ON THE SCREEN PLEASE,
12:22:28       ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
12:22:30       INCORPORATING THE AMENDMENT,
12:22:32       RAISE THE VOTING CARDS.
12:22:33       THANK YOU.
12:22:33       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
12:22:35       THE MOTION CLEARLY FAILS.
12:22:37       THANK YOU.
12:22:41       ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE
12:22:42       WHOLE THING?
12:22:44       ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
12:22:45       GREEN REVOLUTION AND RELIGION,
12:22:49       PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS.
12:22:51       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
12:22:55       THANK YOU.

12:22:55       EXCELLENT.
12:23:00       HOW WE DOING?
12:23:04       IT CLEARLY PASSED.
12:23:05       THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME.
12:23:10       I FORGET THAT PART SOMETIMES.
12:23:12       SORRY.
12:23:13       NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS
12:23:14       CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON PROPOSED
12:23:16       AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS SECTIONS
12:23:18       5.1, 5.2, 5.7, 8.3, 9.4 AND 9.5.
12:23:24       THESE SECTIONS ALL CONCERN THE
12:23:26       NOMINATION, ELECTION AND TERMS
12:23:28       OF THE PRESIDENT AND MODERATOR.
12:23:30       THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED
12:23:30       AMENDMENTS -- WAS THIS HANDED
12:23:35       OUT TO EVERYONE -- WAS HANDED
12:23:38       OUT WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE HALL
12:23:39       TODAY.
12:23:40       WHO DOESN'T HAVE ONE?
12:23:42       RAISE YOUR HAND.
12:23:43       WE HAVE TELLERS AND USHERS IN
12:23:45       THE HALL TO GIVE YOU PAPER.
12:23:52       WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT I'LL TALK
12:23:53       TO THE GENTLEMEN AT THE
12:23:55       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:23:55       >> MADAM MODERATOR, MARTIN
12:23:58       BOWER, OAK RIDGE UNITARIAN
12:24:01       UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.
12:24:03       9.5 IS THE INTENT OF THE AMENDED
12:24:07       LANGUAGE THAT THE CAMPAIGN FOR
12:24:10       PRESIDENT OF THE UUA LAST FOUR
12:24:13       MONTHS OR 16 MONTHS?
12:24:18       >> 16.
12:24:19       >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
12:24:22       >> SAYS FEBRUARY 1st OF THE
12:24:24       YEAR BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
12:24:25       AT WHICH.
12:24:29       HANDING OUT PAPER IS ALWAYS FUN.
12:24:32       WE SHOULD HAVE A HANDING OUT
12:24:33       PAPER SONG.
12:24:37       I THINK WELL HAVE THE CHAIR OF
12:24:38       THE GA PLANNING COMMITTEE MOVE
12:24:40       THE MOTION WHILE WE DO THAT
12:24:42       WHILE I FANTASIZE ABOUT PAPER
12:24:44       SONGS.
12:24:44       >> THAT'S RIGHT.
12:24:45       >> WE GOT PAPER, YOU GOT PAPER,
12:24:47       AIN'T GOT PAPER, YOU'LL GET SOME
12:24:50       SOON.
12:24:51       OKAY.

12:24:53       .
12:24:51       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:24:59       >> MOVED PROPOSED AMENDMENT
12:25:01       BYLAW SECTION 5.1, 5.2, 5.7,
12:25:04       8.3, 9.4 AND 9.5 AS SHOWN ON
12:25:08       PAGES 25 TO 27 OF THE FINAL
12:25:11       AGENDA WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS
12:25:14       ADOPTED BY MINI ASSEMBLY AND
12:25:17       SHOWN ON THE SHEET DISTRIBUTED
12:25:18       BY THE USHERS THIS MORNING,
12:25:20       ADOPTED BY THIS ASSEMBLY.
12:25:22       I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
12:25:26       HEADING ON THE TOP, WHICH TELLS
12:25:29       YOU EXACTLY WHICH LINES THE
12:25:31       CHANGES ARE TO.
12:25:32       THE ADDITION OF SECTION 8.3C,
12:25:39       WHICH IS UNDERLINED AND CHANGES
12:25:42       TO LINE 811, 812, 847 AND 852.
12:25:51       11 TO 12 ABOUT THE COMPOSITION
12:25:52       OF THE NOMINATING --
12:25:54       PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING
12:25:55       COMMITTEE, 847 AND EIGHT, 852
12:25:58       RELATED TO DUE DATES.
12:26:00       >> THANK YOU.
12:26:05       >> I'M GOING TO GO TO THE
12:26:07       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE FOR THE
12:26:08       POSITION OF YOUR BOARD OF
12:26:09       TRUSTEES.
12:26:09       >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
12:26:14       I'M JACKIE SHANTY, TRUSTEE FROM
12:26:17       THE CLAIRE BARTON DISTRICT.
12:26:18       UUA BOARD PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT
12:26:20       AND MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN THE
12:26:21       PROCESS WE USE FOR PRESIDENT AND
12:26:23       MODERATOR.
12:26:24       THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
12:26:26       PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE
12:26:27       WILL MOVE OUR PROCESS AWAY FROM
12:26:29       MIRRORING A POLITICAL ELECTION
12:26:31       TOWARD A SENSE OF CALL FROM OUR
12:26:33       CONGREGATIONS.
12:26:34       THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
12:26:36       COMMITTEES INITIAL ENGAGEMENT
12:26:37       WITH CONGREGATIONS WILL PROVIDE
12:26:39       VITAL LINKAGE WITH CONGREGATIONS
12:26:41       IN THE DISCERNMENT OF WHAT OUR
12:26:43       ASSOCIATION NEEDS ARE AT THE
12:26:45       TIME OF NOMINATION AND ELECTION.
12:26:46       THIS PROCESS WILL IDENTIFY AT
12:26:48       LEAST TWO CANDIDATES, 1 YEAR

12:26:50       PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
12:26:51       ELECTION.
12:26:52       THE MODERATOR IS CHIEF
12:26:54       GOVERNANCE OFFICER, CHAIRS THE
12:26:56       BOARD, PRESIDES AT GENERAL
12:26:57       ASSEMBLY AND ON OCCASION TRAVELS
12:26:59       ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION.
12:27:01       TO PROVIDE THE BEST LEADERSHIP
12:27:02       TO THE BOARD CANDIDATE FOR
12:27:04       MODERATOR MUST BE WELL VERSED IN
12:27:06       THE CURRENT ISSUES OF THE BOARD
12:27:08       AND ITS COMMITTEES.
12:27:09       WELL INFORMED BOARD LEADERSHIP
12:27:10       AND EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP AS
12:27:12       CHIEF GOVERNANCE OFFICER ARE IN
12:27:15       THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
12:27:16       ASSOCIATION.
12:27:17       HAVING THE BOARD NOMINATE
12:27:18       CANDIDATES FOR MODERATOR ENSURES
12:27:20       THAT CANDIDATES ARE WELL
12:27:21       QUALIFIED FOR PROVIDING BOARD
12:27:23       LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD FEELS
12:27:26       CONFIDENT IT WILL WORK WELL WITH
12:27:27       THE CANDIDATES.
12:27:27       THE BOARD ALSO SUPPORTS A CHANGE
12:27:29       IN THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR
12:27:31       PRESIDENT AND MODERATOR FROM ONE
12:27:33       FOUR-YEAR TERM WITH A
12:27:34       POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND TERM TO
12:27:35       A SINGLE SIX-YEAR TERM.
12:27:38       FOR THE PRESIDENT WE BELIEVE
12:27:39       THAT THE ONE SIX-YEAR TERM
12:27:41       ALLOWS FOR BUILDING MORE
12:27:42       EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP, FOR
12:27:44       INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP AND
12:27:46       INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY.
12:27:48       FOR THE MODERATOR ONE SIX-YEAR
12:27:50       TERM WOULD BE BENEFICIAL DUE TO
12:27:51       THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES THE
12:27:53       BOARD AND BOARD COMMITTEES TO
12:27:55       RESEARCHING WITH DISCUSS AND
12:27:56       ADDRESS ISSUES.
12:27:57       INTERRUPTING A TERM TO RUN
12:27:58       ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AFTER FOUR
12:27:59       YEARS IS NOT GOOD USE OF
12:28:02       ASSOCIATION RESOURCES.
12:28:03       MAINTAINING THE NOMINATION FOR
12:28:05       PETITION FOR PRESIDENT AND
12:28:07       MODERATOR AS THEY STAND NOW WILL
12:28:09       ALLOW OPEN ACCESS TO THE

12:28:11       ELECTIONS AND BRING ISSUES TO
12:28:12       THE PUBLIC DEBATE.
12:28:14       THE BOARD RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF
12:28:16       THIS BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON
12:28:19       ELECTION REFORM.
12:28:19       >> THANK YOU.
12:28:23       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:28:25       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:28:26       >> HI, MIKE PERRY FROM WARN TON,
12:28:30       PENNSYLVANIA.
12:28:31       IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA WE'RE
12:28:33       SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON A CHANGE OF
12:28:34       5.1, AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON
12:28:36       THE SHEET.
12:28:38       CAN WE HAVE IT DISPLAYED ON THE
12:28:41       SCREEN, PLEASE.
12:28:41       >> JUST A MOMENT.
12:28:50       THERE WERE NO CHANGES.
12:28:51       >> NO CHANGES.
12:28:52       TWO PIECES OF PAPER YOU WANT TO
12:28:53       PUT TOGETHER ARE THIS AND THE
12:28:55       ORIGINAL TAX AS IT APPEARS ON
12:28:57       PAGE 25 THROUGH 27.
12:28:59       IF THERE WAS A CHANGE MADE IN
12:29:00       THE MINI ASSEMBLY, THEN IT
12:29:02       ACTUALLY IS ON THIS PIECE OF
12:29:04       PAPER, BUT IF THERE WAS NO
12:29:05       CHANGE FROM THE MINI ASSEMBLY,
12:29:07       THEN YOU CAN USE THE TEXT THAT'S
12:29:09       IN HERE, SO 5.1 IS WAS PRESENTED
12:29:12       ON THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR'S
12:29:14       GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA.
12:29:15       >> THANK YOU.
12:29:18       >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
12:29:19       NEXT.
12:29:19       >> IS THERE A WAY WE CAN BREAK
12:29:29       THE VOTE INTO SEVERAL BECAUSE
12:29:30       WE'RE VOTING ON SEVERAL VERY
12:29:31       DIFFERENT THINGS, SUCH AS THE
12:29:34       ABOARD PUTTING CANDIDATES FOR
12:29:36       MODERATOR, PRESIDENTIAL
12:29:39       SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE TERM
12:29:41       LIMITS -- TERM TIMES.
12:29:45       SO UNRELATED WE SHOULD CONSIDER
12:29:46       THEM SEPARATELY.
12:29:47       >> WE SHOULD HAVE A MOTION TO
12:29:49       SEPARATE.
12:29:50       >> CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION?
12:29:52       NOT FROM HERE?
12:29:53       >> NOT FROM THERE, AND MIGHT

12:29:55       WANT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL
12:29:56       COUNCIL ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO
12:29:58       START SLICING THIS INTO
12:29:59       SECTIONS.
12:30:00       JUST SO WE DON'T MAKE IT WORSE.
12:30:08       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:30:09       >> I HAVE A POINT OF
12:30:11       CLARIFICATION.
12:30:13       IF PROPOSED SEARCH COMMITTEE
12:30:14       NOMINATES TWO CANDIDATES FOR
12:30:16       PRESIDENT WITH THE PETITION
12:30:18       PROCESS MORE THAN RUN?
12:30:19       >> YES.
12:30:19       >> THANK YOU.
12:30:22       >> AS MANY AS WE CAN MANAGE AND
12:30:23       THEN SOME WE CAN'T.
12:30:28       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:30:29       >> GOOD MORNING.
12:30:30       REVEREND DAVID MILLER, FROM THE
12:30:32       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
12:30:32       FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA.
12:30:36       GINI, I APOLOGIZE, I'M FROM
12:30:40       CHICAGO AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE
12:30:41       TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESS ONCE
12:30:42       THESE PEOPLE ARE CHOSEN.
12:30:46       >> I HAVE A FEELING THOUGH THAT
12:30:48       YOU ACTUALLY MAY BE ADVOCATING A
12:30:50       POSITION.
12:30:50       >> NO.
12:30:51       >> I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S
12:30:52       BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
12:30:53       TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESS AND
12:30:54       WAS THAT BROUGHT UP IN THE MINI
12:30:56       ASSEMBLY WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO
12:30:58       ATTEND?
12:31:02       >> ACTUALLY, NO.
12:31:04       ROBUST CONVERSATION AT THE MINI
12:31:06       ASSEMBLY AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE
12:31:08       FOLKS WHO ARE ELECTED FOR THE
12:31:10       SEARCH COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE?
12:31:12       >> AND HOW THE NOMINEES WILL BE
12:31:14       CHOSEN.
12:31:14       >> NO.
12:31:15       THAT WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT
12:31:17       CONVERSATION.
12:31:17       >> THANK YOU.
12:31:20       >> MAYBE AT ALL EVEN.
12:31:22       I GOT THAT RIGHT, RIGHT?
12:31:25       NO DISCUSSION OF IT, DAVID.
12:31:26       >> CHRISTINE HILL -- SORRY.

12:31:29       >> GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
12:31:30       >> CHRISTINE HAGUEER,
12:31:33       CONGREGATION OF UNITARIAN
12:31:34       UNIVERSALIST IN MARYLAND, AND
12:31:36       THIS IS JUST A POINT OF
12:31:37       CONFUSION.
12:31:38       IF AS HAPPENED A COUPLE YEARS
12:31:40       AGO THE MODERATOR OR THE
12:31:41       PRESIDENT NEEDED TO STEP DOWN IN
12:31:42       THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TERM, HOW
12:31:44       WOULD THAT BE HANDLED?
12:31:45       >> IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE
12:31:47       PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN
12:31:48       THE BYLAWS THAT THE BOARD OF
12:31:53       TRUSTEES WOULD APPOINT SOMEONE
12:31:55       THAT WOULD SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT
12:31:56       GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT WHICH AN
12:31:57       ELECTION COULD BE HELD.
12:31:59       HOW GOT ME.
12:32:02       .
12:32:00       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:32:04       >> FOR BETTER OR WORSE.
12:32:06       IT IS ALSO HOW I GOT YOU.
12:32:09       .
12:32:08       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:32:09       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
12:32:11       >> HI, PHILLIP MOORE FROM THE UU
12:32:14       FELLOWSHIP OF NORTHERN NEVADA.
12:32:17       THE CHANGES TO SECTION 8.3 HAS A
12:32:20       NUMBER OF ITEMS BOLDED AND
12:32:22       TEXTED AND INCLUDED IN BRACKETS,
12:32:24       AND IT IS AT LEAST NOT CLEAR TO
12:32:26       ME IF THOSE ARE ADDITIONS OR
12:32:28       DELETIONS, SEEM CONTRADICTORY TO
12:32:29       THE TEXT STAYING IN THERE.
12:32:31       >> EVERYTHING IN BRACKETS IS TO
12:32:37       BE DELETED, EVERYTHING IN BOLD
12:32:39       IS TO BE ADDED.
12:32:40       >> IT IS ALSO BOLDED.
12:32:48       >> FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO
12:32:57       CROSS-REFERENCE -- I'M SORRY TO
12:32:59       ASK YOU TO DO THIS, BUT THE
12:33:00       BYLAWS AND RULES THEMSELVES ARE
12:33:01       IN THE BACK OF YOUR FINAL
12:33:03       AGENDA, SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND
12:33:04       LOOK AT SOMETHING, BUT
12:33:05       EVERYTHING THAT IS IN BRACKETS
12:33:09       AND BOLD WILL BE DELETED
12:33:11       EVERYTHING THAT IS BOLD AND NOT
12:33:12       IN BRACKETS WILL BE ADDED.

12:33:17       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:33:19       YES, NO.
12:33:19       NO.
12:33:20       TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE PRO
12:33:22       MICROPHONE.
12:33:22       >> REVEREND WAYNE FROM UUA
12:33:29       CHURCH IN OHIO.
12:33:30       TRANSPARENT AND DEMOCRATIC
12:33:32       PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT AND
12:33:34       MODERATOR HAVE BEEN ENDORSED
12:33:35       OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS BY AT
12:33:37       LEAST ONE COMMISSION ON
12:33:38       GOVERNANCE, WHICH I CHAIRED AND
12:33:43       LAST TWO PRESIDENTS AND
12:33:44       MODERATORS.
12:33:45       WHAT WAS LACKING WAS THE
12:33:46       POLITICAL WILL WITHIN THE BOARD
12:33:48       TO BRING IT BEFORE AND I APPLAUD
12:33:50       THE BOARD FOR DOING SO.
12:33:52       THIS IS A NOMINATION PROCESS
12:33:54       TRIED AND TESTED BY OTHER
12:33:57       DENOMINATIONS.
12:33:58       IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY
12:33:59       GOVERNANCE SYSTEM.
12:34:01       MOST OBVIOUSLY IN THE CASE OF
12:34:02       THE MODERATOR IN THAT AT LEAST
12:34:04       ONE MODERATOR CANDIDATE WOULD BE
12:34:06       A NOMINEE OF THE BOARD IF THIS
12:34:08       PROPOSAL PASSES.
12:34:09       IN THE CASE OF PRESIDENTIAL
12:34:10       NOMINATIONS, THE PROPOSAL
12:34:12       REFLECTS POLICY GOVERNANCE
12:34:15       COMMITMENT TO CLEAR
12:34:16       ACCOUNTABILITY.
12:34:16       FOR AT LEAST TWO NOMINEES FOR
12:34:19       PRESIDENT HE WOULD KNOW WHO
12:34:21       NOMINATED THEM AND HOW THE
12:34:23       NOMINATORS CAME TO THAT ROLE.
12:34:24       AS AMENDED NOW THE PROPOSAL
12:34:26       GIVES OTHER CANDIDATES A FAIR
12:34:28       CHANCE TO COME FORWARD BY
12:34:30       PETITION AND ENGAGE WITH THE
12:34:32       ELECTION PROCESS.
12:34:33       TO ILLUSTRATE WHY THIS
12:34:34       TRANSPARENT NOMINATING PROCESS
12:34:36       IS SO IMPORTANT, LET ME ASK YOU
12:34:38       IF YOU KNOW WHO WERE THE PEOPLE
12:34:40       WHO NOMINATED THE LAST TWO
12:34:42       CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT.
12:34:44       AS THE ULTIMATE MANAGER OF ONE

12:34:46       OF THE CAMPAIGNS THERE ARE FEW
12:34:47       OF US IN THIS ROOM WHO WERE MORE
12:34:49       OF AN INSIDER THAN ME, AND IN
12:34:52       ALL HONESTY, I CAN TELL YOU I
12:34:54       DON'T THINK I KNOW WHO ALL THE
12:34:56       KEY NOMINATORS WERE FOR BOTH
12:34:58       CANDIDATES.
12:34:58       IS THAT HOW A DEMOCRATIC
12:35:00       ASSOCIATION UNDER POLICY
12:35:02       GOVERNANCE SHOULD OPERATE?
12:35:03       I DON'T THINK SO.
12:35:04       SO I URGE THE DELEGATES TO PASS
12:35:06       THIS PROPOSAL WITH LINE 812
12:35:09       RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL TEXT
12:35:11       AND AMENDMENT ON THAT WILL BE
12:35:12       FORTHCOMING AT THE APPROPRIATE
12:35:14       TIME.
12:35:14       THANK YOU.
12:35:15       >> THANK YOU.
12:35:17       >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
12:35:20       THE CON MICROPHONE.
12:35:22       >> GOOD MORNING MADAM MODERATOR
12:35:25       I'M DAVID CEPEL AND I'M A MEMBER
12:35:28       OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST OF
12:35:28       BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.
12:35:31       FIRST I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO
12:35:32       HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROPOSAL AND
12:35:35       RECOGNIZE THE VERY GOOD INTENT
12:35:37       THAT WENT INTO IT.
12:35:43       IT WAS CONCEIVED WITH THE IDEA
12:35:45       THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS
12:35:46       BROKEN.
12:35:48       PERMIT ME TO SAY THAT A SYSTEM
12:35:51       THAT PRODUCES GINI COURTER AS
12:35:56       MODERATOR AND LAST YEAR GAVE US
12:35:58       THE CHOICE OF THE REVEREND PETER
12:36:00       MORALES AND REVEREND DR. HALL
12:36:07       DOES NOT APPEAR AS BROKEN, BUT I
12:36:10       REALIZE, DO REALIZE SERIOUSLY IT
12:36:12       IS AN ONEROUS PROCESS, IT IS AN
12:36:15       EXHAUSTING PROCESS, AND I
12:36:17       REALIZE THERE'S ROOM FOR
12:36:19       IMPROVEMENT, BUT I AM REMINDED
12:36:21       OF CHURCHILL'S COMMENT THAT
12:36:23       DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST SYSTEM OF
12:36:25       GOVERNMENT EXCEPT ALL THOSE
12:36:27       OTHER SYSTEMS, AND I DO RETAIN A
12:36:32       SERIOUS CONCERN THAT WHEN ONE
12:36:34       COMMITTEE NOMINATES TWO
12:36:36       CANDIDATES, EVEN IF THERE

12:36:39       REMAINS THE ALTERNATIVE OF
12:36:40       PETITION, THE PETITIONED ONE
12:36:43       WILL BE SOMEWHAT MARGINALIZED
12:36:44       AND SPONTANEOUS NATURE OF OPEN
12:36:50       BOTTOM UP PROCESS WILL BE
12:36:51       COMPROMISED.
12:36:56       NOW, HAVING SAID THAT I
12:36:57       RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A WAY TO GO IN
12:36:59       IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY, IN
12:37:01       REDUCING COST AND I THINK THAT
12:37:03       WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WITH
12:37:07       TRANSPARENCY, WITH COOPERATION
12:37:10       AMONGST CANDIDATE AND WOULD BE A
12:37:12       NEW PROPOSAL, WE CAN MAKE
12:37:17       IMPROVEMENT, BUT I HAVE A
12:37:20       SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT 95AI GUESS
12:37:22       IT IS OF THIS RELATING TO THE
12:37:26       PRESIDENT.
12:37:26       >> I NEED TO PROVIDE A PIECE OF
12:37:34       INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE
12:37:35       BEING USED AS A SYMBOL IN A WAY
12:37:37       THAT'S NOT HELPFUL.
12:37:38       THIS SYSTEM DID NOT PRODUCE GINI
12:37:41       COURTER AS MODERATOR.
12:37:42       THIS IS, IN FACT, THE SYSTEM
12:37:43       THAT DISCOURAGED ME FROM
12:37:45       RUNNING.
12:37:45       THANK YOU.
12:37:50       I WAS DIRECTED BY UUA BOARD OF
12:37:54       TRUSTEES FIRST TIME.
12:37:55       I WAS ASKED NOT TO RUN FOR
12:37:56       MODERATOR.
12:37:58       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:37:59       >> MY NAME IS PAUL RICHTER, I'M
12:38:02       A MEMBER OF THE UUA BOARD OF
12:38:03       TRUSTEES FROM THE MASS BAY
12:38:07       DISTRICT.
12:38:07       RISING TO IT HAD POINT OF
12:38:09       CLARIFICATION, A QUESTION ASKED
12:38:12       EARLIER ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IN
12:38:13       THE CHURCH COMMITTEE, AND I
12:38:17       WANTED TO POINT OUT WE HAVE A
12:38:18       RULE THAT IS IN THE BYLAWS AND
12:38:20       RULES IN THE BACK OF AGENDA
12:38:21       BOOK.
12:38:22       IT IS RULE -- RULE TWO -- RULE
12:38:24       TWO, RULE D2.1 DEMOCRATIC
12:38:28       PROCESS, AND IT OUTLINES A
12:38:30       SERIES OF PRINCIPLES THAT ALL
12:38:34       COMMITTEES NEED TO FOLLOW, SO I

12:38:36       WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
12:38:37       AWARE IT IS IN THE RULES, THAT
12:38:39       THE THERE'S A TRANSPARENCY AND
12:38:41       OPENNESS BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM,
12:38:43       SO THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE
12:38:44       ADHERING TO THE SAME RULES THAT
12:38:46       ALL OTHER COMMITTEES NEED TO
12:38:48       ADHERE TO.
12:38:48       >> THANK YOU.
12:38:54       DO WE HAVE MORE PROCEDURAL
12:38:55       STUFF?
12:38:55       >> YES.
12:38:56       DAVID STROMEYER FROM UNITARIAN
12:39:01       UNIVERSALIST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
12:39:02       APPEARS FORMER SECTION 9.5 WITH
12:39:04       REDESIGNATED 9.6 AND THERE ARE
12:39:06       CHANGES.
12:39:08       THESE ARE IN THE BOOK BUT NOT ON
12:39:09       THE SHEET THAT WAS HANDED OUT.
12:39:12       MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF WHAT
12:39:13       WE'RE VOTING ON THIS MORNING.
12:39:14       >> YES, IT IS.
12:39:23       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:39:24       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:39:25       >> I WAS IN THE MINI ASSEMBLY
12:39:29       THAT DISCUSSED THIS AND CLARIFY
12:39:30       BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE
12:39:31       CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT HAS CHANGED
12:39:33       AND WHAT WASN'T, THAT IN SECTION
12:39:34       8.3 THE PART THAT IS ON YOUR
12:39:36       HANDOUT ABOUT TERM OF OFFICE,
12:39:40       THE REASON THAT'S INCLUDED HERE
12:39:42       IS BECAUSE THE CHANGE THAT WAS
12:39:43       MADE WAS THE ADDITION OF THE
12:39:45       TRANSITION PROVISION, THAT ALL
12:39:46       THE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT
12:39:50       EARLIER BRACKETS, NONE OF THAT
12:39:52       WAS CHANGED IN THE EARLIER TEXT.
12:39:54       >> CORRECT.
12:39:55       THANK YOU.
12:39:55       >> JUST NOW -- WE ARE JUST NOW
12:40:09       IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN TAKE
12:40:10       AMENDMENTS, AND THERE'S PROPOSED
12:40:12       AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO SEPARATE.
12:40:13       I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE
12:40:14       AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
12:40:15       >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
12:40:18       >> I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
12:40:21       OF LOS ALMOS.
12:40:22       I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE

12:40:23       SEPARATE THE VOTES ON LINE 791
12:40:26       THROUGH 795, 806 THROUGH 816,
12:40:30       844 AND 849 AS ONE VOTE ON THE
12:40:33       PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE.
12:40:35       AND ANOTHER ONE ON LINES 850
12:40:37       THROUGH 854, WHICH DEALS WITH
12:40:40       THE MODERATOR IN TERMS OF
12:40:43       APPOINTMENT OF CANDIDATES.
12:40:44       >> IS THERE A SECOND?
12:40:53       YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS?
12:40:56       >> I OPPOSE SEPARATING THE
12:40:57       MOTIONS.
12:40:59       IN THINKING THIS THROUGH I
12:41:00       ENCOURAGE THE DELEGATES TO THINK
12:41:02       ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF OUR
12:41:05       PROCESS FOR NOMINATION FOR
12:41:08       PRESIDENT FOR MODERATOR AND
12:41:10       ABOUT HOW MUCH BETTER IT WOULD
12:41:12       WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
12:41:13       SIX-YEAR TERM.
12:41:14       THE REASON THAT THIS WAS
12:41:15       PACKAGED TOGETHER, AND I HAD
12:41:18       NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
12:41:19       PERSONALLY, BUT THE WISDOM MADE
12:41:22       SENSE TO ME, THAT IN THE FLOW OF
12:41:24       OUR BUSINESS, HAVE THIS
12:41:25       NOMINATION PROCESS HAPPEN ONE
12:41:26       TIME IN A SIX-YEAR PERIOD, IS
12:41:30       MUCH BETTER FOR US, AND I THINK
12:41:33       IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE AND
12:41:35       UNFORTUNATE IF WE ENDED UP
12:41:37       DEBATING THESE SEPARATELY AND
12:41:38       ENDING UP WITH ONE PIECE OF IT
12:41:41       PASSING AND ANOTHER PIECE NOT.
12:41:43       I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST
12:41:45       THIS AMENDMENT.
12:41:46       >> YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR
12:41:48       OF --
12:41:48       >> DID YOU JUST MOVE THIS?
12:41:51       YOU JUST SPOKE IN FAVOR OF
12:41:53       SEPARATION, RIGHT?
12:41:56       OKAY.
12:41:56       GO AHEAD.
12:41:56       >> I'M FROM LOS ALMOS NEW
12:42:00       MEXICO.
12:42:00       THE REASON I FEEL THESE ARE TWO
12:42:02       DIFFERENT ISSUES IS BECAUSE
12:42:03       WE'RE LOOKING AT WHO IS
12:42:04       SELECTING OUR CANDIDATE.
12:42:05       WE'RE APPOINTING A SPECIFIC

12:42:08       SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE
12:42:09       PRESIDENT, AND THEN WE ARE
12:42:11       PUTTING THE JOB OF SELECTING
12:42:12       MODERATOR CANDIDATES ON TO THE
12:42:13       BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I BELIEVE
12:42:16       THOSE ARE TWO VERY SEPARATE
12:42:17       ISSUES, AND PEOPLE MAY HAVE
12:42:19       DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THEM.
12:42:19       >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:42:22       >> MY NAME IS JERRY KENNEDY FROM
12:42:26       THE REDWOOD FELLOWSHIP OF
12:42:28       REDWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
12:42:30       I JUST WANT TO MAKE A -- I DON'T
12:42:32       KNOW WHAT THE TERM IS.
12:42:33       IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE THESE
12:42:35       SORT OF THINGS, IN THE BOOK IT
12:42:36       DOES SAY THAT BRACKETS ARE
12:42:39       COUNTED AS DELETION, AND THEN ON
12:42:41       THIS PAPER IT IS STRIKE THROUGH,
12:42:42       AND THEN WE COULD MAYBE JUST USE
12:42:44       ONE OR THE OTHER IN THE FUTURE
12:42:46       THROUGHOUT.
12:42:46       >> THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED US,
12:42:48       WOULDN'T IT?
12:42:48       >> YES.
12:42:49       >> OKAY.
12:42:50       THANKS.
12:42:55       CON MICROPHONE.
12:42:56       I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:42:58       CON MICROPHONE.
12:42:59       >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK
12:43:03       AGAINST SEPARATING THESE.
12:43:05       I THINK THE MOVE THAT THEY MAKE
12:43:07       AS A GROUP TO MAKE -- TO CHANGE
12:43:10       THE POWER SHIFT AS WE SORT OF
12:43:13       ALLUDED TO IN EARLIER REPORTS,
12:43:16       AND TO MAKE THESE OFFICES MORE
12:43:18       ACCESSIBLE AND THE
12:43:19       REPRESENTATION OF THE
12:43:20       PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE
12:43:21       AND SO FORTH MORE BALANCED, THAT
12:43:23       I CONCUR WITH WAYNE ON THE
12:43:26       BALANCE, THAT THOSE WOULD CREATE
12:43:27       IN THE PROCESS, AND I DO NOT
12:43:29       THINK SEPARATING THEM WOULD BE A
12:43:30       GOOD IDEA.
12:43:31       >> THANK YOU.
12:43:33       I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:43:34       PRO MICROPHONE.
12:43:36       >> COLIN BOSS, IN FAVOR OF

12:43:40       SEPARATING THESE BECAUSE I THINK
12:43:41       THEY'RE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
12:43:42       ISSUES, THE LENGTH OF TERM OF
12:43:44       SERVICE AND THE METHOD FOR
12:43:47       SELECTING OFFICERS JUST SEEM --
12:43:51       >> THAT'S NOT THE PROPOSED
12:43:52       SEPARATION.
12:43:52       >> IT IS BETWEEN THE MODERATOR
12:43:54       AND THE PRESIDENT.
12:43:55       >> CORRECT.
12:43:56       >> I APOLOGIZE.
12:43:57       >> OKAY.
12:43:59       >> I THINK WE WANT TO VOTE.
12:44:09       EFFECTIVELY THE TWO OFFICES
12:44:10       SEPARATELY RAISE YOUR VOTING
12:44:12       CARDS.
12:44:15       ALL OF THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP
12:44:16       THEM TOGETHER AND THEN WOULD BE
12:44:17       OPPOSED.
12:44:18       THANK YOU.
12:44:19       THE MOTION TO SEPARATE CLEARLY
12:44:21       FAILS.
12:44:22       WE'RE BACK NOW -- WE HAVE
12:44:23       ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
12:44:29       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:44:30       AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
12:44:31       >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
12:44:33       BILL HAMILTON, IN BERKELEY,
12:44:37       CALIFORNIA AND ALSO THE CURRENT
12:44:38       PRESIDENT OF THE UNITARIAN
12:44:40       UNIVERSALIST MINISTER
12:44:42       ASSOCIATION.
12:44:42       I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN
12:44:43       AMENDMENT AND SPEAK TO IT.
12:44:44       >> YES, SIR.
12:44:48       STAY THERE TO SPEAK TO IT.
12:44:49       >> MOVE THAT WE RESTORE THE
12:44:53       LANGUAGE ONLINE 812 OF THE
12:44:55       PROPOSED BYLAW CHANGES.
12:44:58       >> THAT'S FOUND ON OUR SHEET OF
12:45:03       PAPER, SO WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT
12:45:05       WE WOULD RESTORE ONE MEMBER BY
12:45:08       THE UU MINISTER'S ASSOCIATION
12:45:11       AND CHANGE THE TWO MEMBERS
12:45:13       APPOINTED BY THE BOARD BACK TO
12:45:15       ONE.
12:45:18       >> GO AHEAD AND PLEASE SPEAK TO
12:45:20       THAT.
12:45:20       >> POLICY OF THE RELIGIOUS
12:45:23       TRADITION IS FIRMLY GROUNDED IN

12:45:25       RIGHT OF EACH OF US TO HAVE A
12:45:28       VOICE AND VOTE IN MATTERS OF
12:45:29       COMMON CONCERN.
12:45:31       AFFIRM DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
12:45:32       BECAUSE WE ASSURE THE VOICE AND
12:45:34       VOTE FOR ALL.
12:45:34       OUR TRADITION ALSO HAS AFFIRMED
12:45:36       AND PRACTICED A BALANCE OF
12:45:39       LEADERSHIP BETWEEN LAY LEADERS
12:45:42       AND MINISTERS.
12:45:43       WE INVEST THE TIME AND TREASURER
12:45:45       AS EDUCATING MINISTERS IN THE
12:45:48       LEADERSHIP AND IN THIS
12:45:50       ASSOCIATION WE EXPECT THE
12:45:50       MINISTERS TO USE THEIR VOICES
12:45:52       AND VOTES TO SHAPE OUR
12:45:54       ASSOCIATION OUT OF THEIR
12:45:54       TRAINING.
12:45:55       THE CHANGE MADE BY THE MINI
12:45:58       ASSEMBLY IS EXPRESSION OF OUR
12:46:01       STEPPING BACK FROM THIS HISTORIC
12:46:03       BALANCE.
12:46:03       WITHOUT THE SPECIFICATION AND
12:46:05       THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF THE
12:46:07       APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE
12:46:09       SEARCH COMMITTEE BY THE
12:46:13       UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS
12:46:13       ASSOCIATION THERE IS NO
12:46:13       ASSURANCE THIS BALANCE WILL BE
12:46:16       MAINTAINED AND THE DELIBERATIONS
12:46:19       DISCERNING THE LEADERSHIP NEEDS
12:46:20       OF THE UUA AND THE DECISIONS
12:46:23       PUTTING FORTH CANDIDATES FOR
12:46:25       PRESIDENT.
12:46:25       I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THIS BODY
12:46:27       WILL BE WELL SERVED TO PROVIDE
12:46:29       IN OUR BYLAWS THE PROVISION THAT
12:46:32       AT LEAST ONCE --
12:46:34       >> LET HIM KEEP GOING BECAUSE I
12:46:35       HAD HIM STAY.
12:46:36       KEEP GOING.
12:46:37       >> THAT AT LEAST ONE MINISTERIAL
12:46:39       VOICE AND VOTE WILL PARTICIPATE
12:46:41       IN THE DISCERNMENT.
12:46:42       PLEASE AMEND THE PROPOSED
12:46:44       BYLAWS, CHANGES TO RESTORE THE
12:46:46       ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN LINE 812
12:46:48       AND ASSURE A MINISTERIAL VOICE
12:46:50       IN THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
12:46:51       PROCESS.

12:46:51       THANK YOU.
12:46:52       >> THANK YOU.
12:46:53       >> RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:46:54       CON MICROPHONE.
12:46:55       >> ETHAN FIELDS IN CAMBRIDGE,
12:47:03       MASSACHUSETTS.
12:47:03       WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST
12:47:04       CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN THE
12:47:05       MINI ASSEMBLY, AND THIS
12:47:09       AMENDMENT AS IT APPEARS HERE IS
12:47:10       THE OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS OF
12:47:12       THAT GROUP.
12:47:13       THE CONVERSATION BEGAN WITH A
12:47:15       PROPOSAL TO ADD -- THERE WAS A
12:47:17       RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR WHO STOOD TO
12:47:22       ADD OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS
12:47:26       ASSOCIATION, LORATA, AND VERY
12:47:29       QUICKLY COULD HAVE OPENED THE
12:47:32       DOOR TO ALL SORTS OF
12:47:34       CONSTITUENCIES BEING REPRESENTED
12:47:36       ON THE SEARCH COMMITTEE, BUT A
12:47:37       BROADER POINT THAT MEMBERS OF
12:47:41       THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT BE
12:47:43       BEHOLDING TO OR RESPONSIBLE TO
12:47:45       OR ACCOUNTABLE TO ANY OTHER
12:47:49       ORGANIZATION OR CONSTITUENCY
12:47:50       OTHER THAN ASSOCIATION AS A
12:47:53       WHOLE.
12:47:57       THE BOARD APPOINTED POSITIONS
12:47:59       ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE
12:48:00       THE BOARD IS ALREADY RESPONSIBLE
12:48:02       FOR THE ASSOCIATION AS A WHOLE.
12:48:05       THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE
12:48:07       PRESIDENT -- THE OFFICE OF THE
12:48:08       PRESIDENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE
12:48:09       A MINISTER, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S
12:48:11       PRACTICE, AND THIS CHANGE SEEMS
12:48:13       LIKE IT COULD BE AN INDIRECT WAY
12:48:16       OF CODIFYING THE IDEA OF A
12:48:18       MINISTER PRESIDENT.
12:48:21       THE OTHER OBSERVATION I HAVE, I
12:48:23       THINK THIS IS TRUE, I'M NOT
12:48:25       POSITIVE, THAT THERE ARE
12:48:26       MINISTERS ON ALL OTHER STANDING
12:48:28       COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
12:48:31       NOT OF THE BOARD.
12:48:33       OF THE ASSOCIATION.
12:48:35       EVEN THOUGH ONLY ONE COMMITTEE
12:48:37       THE BOARD OF REVIEW ACTUALLY
12:48:39       SPECIFIES A MINISTER -- MINISTER

12:48:43       TO BE ON IT, SO IN CONCLUSION I
12:48:45       SORT OF -- I TRUST THAT THE
12:48:48       NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL
12:48:49       REPRESENT ALL IMPORTANT
12:48:50       CONSTITUENCIES FAIRLY ON THIS
12:48:54       SEARCH COMMITTEE.
12:48:55       >> THANK YOU.
12:48:55       RECOGNIZE THE  AT THE PROCEDURAL
12:48:57       MICROPHONE.
12:48:58       >> RUSS POLLGORE WALNUT,
12:49:02       CALIFORNIA.
12:49:02       WALK WITH ME THE INTENTION OF
12:49:04       THE AMENDMENT WOULD PROBABLY NOT
12:49:05       BE MET IF JUST TECHNICALLY THE
12:49:07       LAST WORD OF LINE 811 WERE
12:49:11       EXCLUDED AND AS THE AMENDMENT
12:49:13       CURRENTLY STANDS, IT DOES NOT
12:49:16       INCLUDE THE WORD, QUOTE, ONE,
12:49:17       UNQUOTE.
12:49:18       AM I WRONG IN READING IT THAT
12:49:20       WAY, OR IS THAT WHAT IS REALLY
12:49:22       GOING ON?
12:49:22       >> THE INTENTION WAS -- WHEN
12:49:24       IT -- WHEN THE AMENDMENT -- WHEN
12:49:30       THE AMENDER SAID 812 AND 813, I
12:49:33       ACTUALLY READ THE TEXT FROM 811,
12:49:35       812 AND 813.
12:49:37       I WASN'T CLEAR WHERE THAT WORD
12:49:39       ONE BELONGS.
12:49:39       I THINK WE MEANT PART OF 812.
12:49:42       >> OKAY.
12:49:43       AS LONG AS WE'RE VOTING.
12:49:45       >> ARE WE CLEAR ABOUT THAT
12:49:46       DISTINCTION?
12:49:47       ON YOUR HANDOUT THERE'S LIKE A
12:49:49       LITTLE WORD LOST.
12:49:52       I WILL SAY IT IS PART OF 812,
12:49:54       OKAY?
12:49:55       ALL RIGHT.
12:49:55       PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:49:56       >> MY NAME IS ROBERT MARTIN, I'M
12:49:59       A MEMBER OF FOURTH UNIVERSAL
12:50:01       SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
12:50:04       THE CATHEDRAL OF UNIVERSALISM.
12:50:07       I HAVE A QUESTION IS TO WHAT
12:50:12       WILL -- IF THIS AMENDMENT WERE
12:50:14       ADOPTED, WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY
12:50:16       WHICH THE UUMA WOULD PERHAPS
12:50:18       NOMINATE A CANDIDATE?
12:50:24       >> DO I HAVE THE REVEREND

12:50:25       HAMILTON HALLWAY IN THE HALL?
12:50:30       AMENDMENT MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
12:50:31       ANSWER THAT FOR US, BILL.
12:50:32       >> THE UUMA HAS A PROCESS BY
12:50:34       WHICH WE SELECT OFFICERS AND
12:50:38       REPRESENTATIVES ON OUR DIFFERENT
12:50:40       COMMITTEES.
12:50:40       WE HAVE NOT TALKED SPECIFICALLY
12:50:42       ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THIS.
12:50:44       WE WILL NEED TO DO THAT.
12:50:46       WE ARE GOVERNED BY AN EXECUTIVE
12:50:49       COMMITTEE THAT MEETS IN BETWEEN
12:50:50       MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND
12:50:52       SO THAT EXEC COMMITTEE WOULD
12:50:55       BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR
12:50:56       BODY.
12:50:56       >> OKAY.
12:51:02       I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:51:03       PRO MICROPHONE.
12:51:04       >> MY NAME IS MARY FRANCIS FROM
12:51:09       NORMON UU FELLOWSHIP AND THE UU
12:51:12       COMMUNITY CHURCH.
12:51:14       BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS
12:51:16       WILL -- ARE PRETTY CERTAIN --
12:51:19       SOON JOIN, AND WE HOPE TO HIRE A
12:51:21       MINISTER.
12:51:23       WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT MINISTER
12:51:25       TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP.
12:51:28       IF WE RE-- I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
12:51:31       REINSTATING LINE 812 AND I THINK
12:51:39       IT WOULD ADD FOR BALANCE.
12:51:40       I WAS HERE AT GA WHEN THE
12:51:42       REVEREND WAYNE ARNSON PRESENTED
12:51:45       HIS REPORT.
12:51:46       I WAS VERY SORRY THAT IT DID NOT
12:51:50       PASS AT THE TIME, AND I'M
12:51:51       DELIGHTED TO SEE IT RETURN
12:51:54       MOSTLY.
12:51:57       [ LAUGHTER ]
12:51:58       >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
12:52:00       THE CON MICROPHONE.
12:52:01       >> MY NAME IS MIKE DIGS, I'M
12:52:03       FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN
12:52:04       UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN WICHITA,
12:52:07       KANSAS.
12:52:07       I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE
12:52:10       UUMA AND SPEAK OUT THAT FIVE
12:52:13       POSITIONS FOR THIS NOMINATION
12:52:15       SEARCH COMMITTEE WOULD BE
12:52:17       ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF GA,

12:52:18       AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT
12:52:19       PREVENTS MINISTERS FROM RUNNING
12:52:20       FROM THOSE POSITIONS.
12:52:22       AND AT LEAST 20 TO 25% OF OUR
12:52:24       DELEGATES AT EVERY GA ARE
12:52:28       MINISTERS, SO I THINK THEY HAVE
12:52:29       ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO FEAR
12:52:30       THAT THEY WILL NOT BE
12:52:31       REPRESENTED IN THIS PROCESS.
12:52:32       >> THANK YOU.
12:52:34       I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:52:35       PRO MICROPHONE.
12:52:36       >> GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.
12:52:39       [ LAUGHTER ]
12:52:41       >> SURELY NOT.
12:52:42       >> MY NAME IS VERA WELLER AND I
12:52:49       SERVE IN SAN MATEO, AND BY
12:52:51       VIRTUE OF THAT CALLING TO SAN
12:52:52       MATEO I'M HERE IN THIS HALL AS A
12:52:55       DELEGATE THIS AFTERNOON
12:52:57       PRESUMABLY BECAUSE WE VALUE THE
12:52:58       PARTICIPATION OF OUR CLERGY IN
12:53:01       THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF OUR
12:53:02       ASSOCIATION.
12:53:03       I FEEL STRONGLY THAT AT LEAST
12:53:05       ONE MINISTER SHOULD BE APPOINTED
12:53:06       BY THE UU MINISTER ASSOCIATION
12:53:10       TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VERY
12:53:12       SIGNIFICANT TASK OF DISCERNING
12:53:14       THE BEST NOMINEES FOR THE
12:53:17       ASSOCIATION.
12:53:17       I BELIEVE THAT OUR MINISTERS ARE
12:53:19       NOT SIMPLY ANOTHER CONSTITUENCY.
12:53:23       I BELIEVE THAT OUR MINISTERS ARE
12:53:24       UNIQUE AS LEADERS IN OUR
12:53:26       MOVEMENT.
12:53:27       WE TRAIN, EMPOWER AND ENTRUST
12:53:30       OUR MINISTERS TO SUPPORT, HELP
12:53:33       AND VITALITY IN OUR
12:53:34       CONGREGATIONS.
12:53:36       AND I BELIEVE WE WOULD BE
12:53:37       LEAVING OUT A VERY IMPORTANT
12:53:38       VOICE IN SELECTING CANDIDATES
12:53:40       FOR THE UUA PRESIDENCY WITH NO
12:53:43       CERTAIN UUMA REPRESENTATIVE ON
12:53:47       THAT TEAM.
12:53:48       THANK YOU.
12:53:48       >> THANK YOU.
12:53:50       .
12:53:49       [ APPLAUSE ]

12:53:59       >> REVEREND JOHN CALMON, I
12:54:02       EXTEND IT BY 15 MINUTES.
12:54:05       >> WE HAVE A BIG AGENDA TODAY,
12:54:07       AND IT IS TOTALLY YOURS, NOT
12:54:09       MINE.
12:54:09       OKAY?
12:54:10       ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
12:54:11       EXTENDING DEBATE 15 MINUTES,
12:54:13       RAISE VOTING CARDS.
12:54:16       ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
12:54:20       I THINK WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
12:54:24       RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT CON
12:54:26       MICROPHONE.
12:54:26       >> I'M RAGINA LARGENT FROM FIRST
12:54:32       UU RICHMOND.
12:54:33       AS WAS STATED THERE WAS QUITE A
12:54:36       BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS
12:54:38       MATTER.
12:54:39       I THINK WHAT TURNED MOST
12:54:40       PEOPLE'S DECISION WAS THE FACT
12:54:43       THAT ONE, OTHER PROFESSIONAL
12:54:46       GROUPS THOUGHT THAT THEY TOO
12:54:48       SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IF WE'RE
12:54:50       GOING TO PUT THE UUMA AND ALLOW
12:54:54       THEM TO HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE ON
12:54:57       THIS NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
12:54:59       SECONDLY --
12:55:08       >> WE WILL LET YOU FINISH YOUR
12:55:09       TWO MINUTES, SO GO AHEAD.
12:55:10       >> THAT'S GOOD.
12:55:14       LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER WHAT
12:55:15       I WAS SAYING.
12:55:15       >> OR NOT.
12:55:16       >> I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT
12:55:20       IS THE UUMA COULD RUN A CAMPAIGN
12:55:27       FOR ONE OF THE FIVE MEMBERS.
12:55:32       THEY COULD SAY THIS IS OUR
12:55:32       CANDIDATE AND THE GA DELEGATES
12:55:34       COULD VOTE FOR THAT PERSON.
12:55:36       ANY OF THOSE PROFESSIONAL
12:55:37       ORGANIZATIONS COULD DO THAT.
12:55:38       IF THERE ARE FINALLY NO
12:55:41       MINISTERS ON THOSE FIVE SELECTED
12:55:45       POSITIONS, THE BOARD HAS TWO
12:55:46       POSITIONS IN WHICH TO BALANCE
12:55:49       THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE BOARD,
12:55:51       INCLUDING YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR
12:55:54       AND MINISTERS FOR SOME REASON
12:55:56       THEY'RE LEFT OFF.
12:55:56       >> THANK YOU.

12:56:00       THERE BEING NO FURTHER TIME FOR
12:56:01       DEBATE, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
12:56:10       >> MODERATOR MOVE TO EXTEND THE
12:56:12       DEBATE FIVE MINUTES.
12:56:13       >> ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
12:56:15       EXTENDING 5-MINUTE, RAISE VOTING
12:56:18       CARDS.
12:56:18       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
12:56:19       WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT
12:56:22       EITHER.
12:56:23       THANK YOU.
12:56:23       NICE SHOT.
12:56:24       >> I THINK YOU'RE READY TO VOTE.
12:56:28       FIRST WE WILL VOTE ON THE
12:56:29       PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ONLINE 812
12:56:33       BEGINNING WITH THE WORD ONE
12:56:35       MEMBER TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL
12:56:37       LANGUAGE, ONE MEMBER APPOINTED
12:56:38       BY THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
12:56:42       ASSOCIATION AND ONE MEMBER
12:56:43       APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF
12:56:44       TRUSTEES.
12:56:45       REINSTATEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL
12:56:46       LANGUAGE ONLINE 112.
12:56:48       ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS
12:56:50       AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR VOTING
12:56:51       CARDS.
12:56:57       THANK YOU.
12:56:57       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED?
12:57:02       THAT CLEARLY FAILED.
12:57:03       SO NOW PROCEEDING WITH THE
12:57:05       LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT
12:57:06       OF US ALREADY THEN, WE HAVE NOT
12:57:08       AMENDED ANYTHING HERE.
12:57:11       SO LANGUAGE THAT YOU WERE GIVEN
12:57:14       INITIALLY HERE AND AMENDED AS
12:57:18       WELL HERE IS WHAT WE'RE NOW
12:57:19       VOTING ON.
12:57:23       ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
12:57:24       PROPOSE BID LAW CHANGES IN
12:57:26       ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND
12:57:27       MODERATOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
12:57:29       VOTING CARDS.
12:57:35       THANK YOU.
12:57:36       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
12:57:40       THE MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES.
12:57:44       .
12:57:41       [ APPLAUSE ]
12:57:44       >> FROM LOS ALMOS, NEW MEXICO
12:57:50       I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER

12:57:51       OF DELEGATES ALREADY LEFT TOWN
12:57:52       AND ASK FOR A CALL AT THE HOUSE.
12:57:55       >> FOR A CALL OF THE HOUSE?
12:57:57       >> CALL OF THE HOUSE TO MAKE
12:57:58       SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A
12:58:00       QUORUM OF THAT VOTE.
12:58:05       I'M SORRY.
12:58:06       I KNOW I'M A PAIN BUT I THINK IT
12:58:07       IS IMPORTANT.
12:58:08       >> OKAY.
12:58:10       IF YOU JUST VOTED DON'T LEAVE
12:58:12       THE HALL.
12:58:13       STAY HERE FOR ME, PLEASE.
12:58:36       I LOVE WHEN WE HAVE TO OPEN
12:58:38       BOOK.
12:58:38       WHY DON'T YOU OPEN YOURS TOO.
12:58:40       GET OUT THE FINAL AGENDA BECAUSE
12:58:41       WE WILL FIND OUT HOW THIS IS
12:58:43       DONE.
12:58:59       ON PAGE THREE OF YOUR BYLAWS
12:59:02       WHICH ARE PAST THE CENTER FOLD
12:59:03       OF THE BOOK.
12:59:07       THAT'S A PRINTING TERM DON'T GO
12:59:10       WEIRD ON ME.
12:59:11       QUORUM, WE NEED NOT LESS THAN
12:59:13       300 ACCREDITED DELEGATES
12:59:15       REPRESENTING NOT LESS THAN 100
12:59:17       CERTIFIED MEMBER CONGREGATIONS.
12:59:19       IT IS A VERY LOBAR.
12:59:21       OKAY.
12:59:22       WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WE HAVE 300
12:59:23       DELEGATES IN THE HOUSE
12:59:25       REPRESENTING 100 CONGREGATION.
12:59:33       SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 4,000 SEATS
12:59:34       ON THE FLOOR.
12:59:36       SO IF YOU ARE A DELEGATE -- IF
12:59:42       YOU ARE A DELEGATE, PLEASE RAISE
12:59:43       YOUR VOTING CARD.
12:59:55       A LOT MORE THAN 31 HIGH PRESSURE
12:59:56       DO YOU AGREE?
12:59:58       IF YOU ARE -- THIS IS THE TRICKY
12:59:59       PART, AND THERE'S TWO
13:00:00       REQUIREMENTS, AND I DON'T THINK
13:00:02       YOU INTEND TO HAVE US HERE UNTIL
13:00:04       TUESDAY.
13:00:05       YOU INTEND TO VALIDATE A VOTE
13:00:06       BECAUSE THIS EVEN WASN'T CLOSE
13:00:08       TO 300.
13:00:08       THIS IS LIKE A LOT, LOT MORE
13:00:10       THAN THAT.

13:00:11       IF YOU ARE THE ONLY DELEGATE
13:00:12       HERE IN THE HALL FROM YOUR
13:00:14       CONGREGATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
13:00:17       VOTING CARD.
13:00:28       KEEP THOSE UP.
13:00:29       IF YOU KNOW THE OTHER DELEGATES
13:00:31       IN YOUR CONGREGATION THERE RIGHT
13:00:33       NEAR YOU, ONE OF YOU RAISE YOUR
13:00:34       VOTING CARD.
13:00:35       WE'RE TRYING TO COUNT
13:00:36       CONGREGATIONS.
13:00:42       CLEARLY WE HAVE A QUORUM.
13:00:43       THANK YOU.
13:00:45       .
13:00:43       [ APPLAUSE ]
13:00:51       >> ALL RIGHT.
13:00:51       THAT WAS WILD.
13:00:59       FRIENDS, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE
13:01:02       NEED TO DO.
13:01:03       I NEED TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU.
13:01:05       I KNOW YOU'RE THE GOOD KIDS
13:01:06       BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HERE.
13:01:07       FIRST, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS
13:01:08       THAT COME UP AT THE PROCEDURAL
13:01:10       MICROPHONE WERE ANSWERED IN THE
13:01:13       MINI ASSEMBLY.
13:01:13       IF YOU CARE THAT DEEPLY, YOU
13:01:15       ACTUALLY SHOULD GO TO THE MINI
13:01:17       ASSEMBLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT A
13:01:19       LOT OF TIME AT THIS GA.
13:01:24       YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
13:01:25       ASK OTHER PEOPLE NEAR YOU OR TO
13:01:27       COME UPPING A TALK TO LEGAL
13:01:28       COUNCIL BEFORE WE BEGIN DEBATE,
13:01:31       AND THEY SIT RIGHT UP HERE IN
13:01:32       THE FRONT.
13:01:33       DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
13:01:39       ADDITIONALLY WE NEED TO BE A
13:01:40       LITTLE LESS PROCEDURAL.
13:01:42       WE ARE NOW LEFT WITH DOING TWO
13:01:44       AND A HALF PLENARIES WORTH OF
13:01:46       BUSINESS IN OUR REMAINING TIME,
13:01:47       AND IT IS ALL IMPORTANT
13:01:49       BUSINESS.
13:01:49       ALL OF IT IS IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
13:01:51       SO I'M GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY IF
13:01:54       THEY COULD TO COME MOVE THAT WE
13:01:55       STAY FOR 15 MORE MINUTES JUST TO
13:02:01       EXTEND THIS PLENARY 15 MORE
13:02:04       MINUTES.

13:02:04       >> REGINA, I MOVE WE EXTEND THE
13:02:10       SESSION 15 MINUTES.
13:02:11       >> ALL OF THOSE APPROVE STAY 15
13:02:18       MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE FAR MORE
13:02:20       THAN A QUORUM.
13:02:21       JOHN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SING
13:02:22       RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO.
13:02:25       WOULDN'T WE?
13:02:30       THEREIN LIES THE PAIN.
13:02:32       WE ARE OUT HERE AND OTHER PEOPLE
13:02:33       ARE OUT THERE SINGING.
13:02:35       THIS AFTERNOON IF SOMEBODY
13:02:35       STARTS TO SLIP AWAY, JUST TACKLE
13:02:38       THEM.
13:02:42       GIVE HIM A HUG THAT DOESN'T END
13:02:43       UNTIL PLENARY DOES.
13:02:48       GOING TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE UP A
13:02:51       DEBATE AND VOTE ON AMENDMENTS TO
13:02:53       BYLAW SECTION 4.1 SECTION RULED
13:02:56       G412.1 AND G-4.18 DOT TWO
13:03:04       SATURDAY MORNING'S BUSINESS
13:03:06       CONTINENTAL IN THE SOCIAL
13:03:08       WITNESS PROCESS.
13:03:09       I NEED THE CHAIR OF THE GENERAL
13:03:10       ASSEMBLY PLANNING COMMITTEE TO
13:03:12       COME AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE
13:03:14       MOTION.
13:03:16       BETH, DO YOU HAVE IT?
13:03:17       HERE SHE COMES, AND SHE SINGS
13:03:19       TOO, BUT WE WON'T LET HER NOW.
13:03:21       >> MOVED THAT BYLAW SECTION 4.16
13:03:28       AND RULE G4.12.1 AT G4.18.2 BE
13:03:37       AMENDED PAGES 24 AND 25 OF THE
13:03:40       FINAL AGENDA.
13:03:42       .
13:03:41       [ APPLAUSE ]
13:03:52       >> I CALL ON TOM LOCKERY TO GIVE
13:03:54       THE UUA POSITION OF THE BOARD OF
13:03:57       TRUSTEES.
13:03:58       SING IT, TOM.
13:03:59       >> I GET PAID BIG MONEY NOT TO
13:04:02       SING.
13:04:02       [ LAUGHTER ]
13:04:05       SEVERAL OF THE BYLAW SECTIONS AS
13:04:06       WELL AS SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE
13:04:08       RULES HAVE REFERENCE TO BOTH
13:04:11       U.S. AND OR CONTINENTAL.
13:04:13       THESE ARE REMOVED AS A MATTER OF
13:04:15       HOUSEKEEPING ON REFERENCES
13:04:16       DATING BACK SEVERAL YEARS NOW,

13:04:18       AND SERVING NO DEFINING OR
13:04:21       CLARIFYING PURPOSE CURRENTLY.
13:04:22       YOUR BOARD RECOMMENDS THESE
13:04:24       CHANGES.
13:04:24       >> I'LL ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHEN
13:04:38       WE'RE GOING TO VOTE.
13:04:39       I WANT TO LEAVE TIME FOR
13:04:41       SOMEBODY TO GET UP HERE, BUT
13:04:43       NOBODY DID.
13:04:43       ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF BYLAW
13:04:45       THE -- CHANGES BY LAW.
13:04:53       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED?
13:04:55       THE MOTION CLEAR CARRIES.
13:04:57       WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
13:04:58       ITEM SATURDAY MORNING'S SESSION
13:05:00       DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT
13:05:02       TO RULE G-4.12.3, SOPRANOS
13:05:07       INCHING UP HERE, C, TO NOT
13:05:10       REQUIRE POSTAL NOTIFICATION, TO
13:05:14       NOT REQUIRE POSTAL NOTIFICATION
13:05:16       FOR THE SOCIAL WITNESS PROCESS.
13:05:18       DR. McGREGOR.
13:05:19       THE MOTION PLEASE.
13:05:20       >> OKAY.
13:05:22       I DON'T REALLY NEED TO SING IT,
13:05:23       DO I?
13:05:26       >> MOVE THAT BYLAW SECTION 4.12.
13:05:29       C .3 BE AMENDED AS SHOWN AS PAGE
13:05:32       28 OF THE FINAL AGENDA.
13:05:37       .
13:05:35       [ APPLAUSE ]
13:05:40       >> KIND OF.
13:05:45       OKAY.
13:05:46       SO I'M GOING TO ASK TOM TO GIVE
13:05:48       US THE POSITION OF THE BOARD
13:05:50       AGAIN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VOTING
13:05:51       ON THE SAME THING, NOT SO SLAP
13:05:53       HAPPY WE JUST CAN'T STAND IT.
13:05:54       GO AHEAD.
13:05:55       >> AND STILL NOT SINGING.
13:05:57       THIS PROPOSED LANGUAGE RELIEVES
13:05:59       THE UUA OF THE COST ASSOCIATED
13:06:01       WITH PROVIDING THE MAILED AND
13:06:03       ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERED NOTICE
13:06:05       OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE
13:06:06       MATERIALS.
13:06:07       CONSIDERABLE COST IS INCURRED
13:06:09       WITH CONGREGATIONAL MAILINGS
13:06:10       BOTH FOR THE PRINTING COST AND
13:06:12       THE MAILING COST OF THIS NOTICE.

13:06:14       THIS CHANGE GIVES THE STAFF THE
13:06:16       FLEXIBILITY OF SPECIFICALLY HOW
13:06:19       TO NOTIFY CONGREGATIONS.
13:06:21       YOUR BOARD RECOMMENDS THIS
13:06:22       CHANGE.
13:06:22       >> LET'S VOTE.
13:06:27       ALL THOSE IN FAIR PLEASE RAISE
13:06:29       YOUR VOTING CARDS.
13:06:32       ALL MORE THAN 300 OF YOU.
13:06:35       THANK YOU.
13:06:35       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
13:06:38       THIS CLEARLY CARRIES.
13:06:39       LET'S TRY TO DO ONE MORE REAL
13:06:41       QUICK.
13:06:41       OKAY?
13:06:42       AND THEN WE WILL BE ALMOST
13:06:43       CAUGHT UP.
13:06:44       DEBATE AND VOTE NOW ON
13:06:46       AMENDMENTS TO BYLAW SECTION 5.4
13:06:49       AND 6.7 REMOVAL OF A COMMITTEE
13:06:52       OR BOARD MEMBER FOR CAUSE.
13:06:54       I CALL ON DR. McGREGOR TO
13:06:56       PLEASE READ THE APPROPRIATE
13:06:57       MOTION.
13:06:57       >> MOVE THAT BYLAW SECTION 5.4
13:07:02       AND 6.7 BE AMENDED AS SHOWN ON
13:07:05       PAGE 24 OF THE FINAL AGENDA.
13:07:06       >> NO CHANGES ON ANY OF THESE IN
13:07:11       THE MINIS.
13:07:12       NONE.
13:07:13       AND THEY WERE DISCUSSED.
13:07:14       ARE WE GOOD?
13:07:17       OKAY.
13:07:18       ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
13:07:19       AMENDMENTS TO BYLAW SECTION 5.4
13:07:21       SUNDAY 6.7 PLEASE RAISE YOUR
13:07:24       VOTING CARDS.
13:07:27       THANK YOU.
13:07:27       ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED.
13:07:29       THIS CLEARLY, CLEARLY KEARS.
13:07:32       DO I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
13:07:33       THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM THIS
13:07:34       MORNING THAT'S NEEDED OR NOT?
13:07:37       NO.
13:07:38       NO, WE'RE GOOD.
13:07:39       TOM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT NEED
13:07:40       TO BE MADE?
13:07:45       SOMETHING YOU JUST WANT TO HAND
13:07:46       UP TO ME?
13:07:47       GO FROM THE CON MIC.

13:07:50       >> JUST REAL QUICK THE GA OFFICE
13:07:53       HAS A LOT OF LOST AND FOUND
13:07:55       ITEMS AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO STOP
13:07:57       BY 102C IF YOU ARE MISSING
13:07:59       ANYTHING.
13:08:01       YOUR MIND, WHATEVER IT HAPPENS
13:08:02       TO BE.
13:08:02       >> THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD
13:08:04       MANDATE.
13:08:04       OKAY.
13:08:06       THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND
13:08:08       YOUR HARD DISCERNMENT.
13:08:11       AND I'M GOING TO SEE YOU A
13:08:13       LITTLE LATER ON TODAY.
13:08:14       THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
13:08:15       TO COME BEFORE US AND ACCORDANCE
13:08:17       SCHEDULED SET FORTH IN THE FINAL
13:08:19       AGENDA, I DECLARE THIS PLENARY
13:08:20       SESSION THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13:08:21       SHALL STABBED IN RECESS UNTIL
13:08:23       THIS AFTERNOON, SUNDAY,
13:08:24       JUNE 27th AT 2:15 P.M.
13:08:26       LEAVE THE HALL FOR AWHILE, GO
13:08:28       FIND SOME LOVE, AND I WILL SEE
13:08:30       YOU AT 2:15.
13:08:31       .
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