Welcome to
Board of Trustee Meetings
Board meetings are open to the membership. This is what to
expect when you come.
The meetings follow Robert’s Rules of Order, which means that
attendees, other than Board members, are generally observers only. If
you have an item you wish to present to the Board, whether you are a
committee chair or general member, please contact the Board chair, (see
phone number and email address in the
Fellowship
Directory, Sunday bulletin, or the Uni-Sun).
Committees may also work with their BOT liaisons
to present items to the
Board.
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month
at 7pm in the
Fellowship Hall. Meeting time and place can be confirmed on the
calendar – either on the website or in the office.
MINNESOTA VALLEY
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWHIP
BOARD COVENANT
APPROVED OCTOBER 14, 2009
To serve the congregational mission, the board at MVUUF
will:
- Lead with vision and continue to learn;
- Openly and intentionally communicate with the
congregation;
- Respect the work of committees, chairs, staff and
minister; and,
- Presume good faith.
As board members we will respect our time together and
will:
- Come regularly and on time to board meetings;
- Come prepared by reading board e-mails and
relevant
documents in advance;
- Seek and share appropriate knowledge so we all
have
information for wise decisions;
- Keep commitments to each other and to the
congregation;
- Actively seek and listen to all points of views
and
share our own;
- Be brief;
- Share in the work of the board;
- If unable to fulfill responsibilities, resign so a
new trustee can be named;
- Ensure that all board members are involved in
decisions requiring a congregational vote;
- Stand by board decisions and speak to the
congregation with one voice;
- Avoid triangulation;
- Stay connected to, and actively involved in, the
church community; and,
- Maintain perspective and a sense of humor.
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MVUUF Board of Trustees Meeting
August 11, 2010 7pm
Agenda
7:00 WELCOME
- Chalice lighting – Rev. David Breeden
- Call to order
- Check in – keeping body & soul together at
sauna temps
- Minister’s report and observations; introduction
of David Bledsoe, MVUUF United
Theological Seminary Intern
7:15 CONSENT AGENDA
- Order of business
- Minutes of 7/14/10 meeting
- Treasurer’s Report
7:20 BOARD ORGANIZATION/DEVELOPMENT
- Proposal: combineregular Nov. Bd mtg with
planning retreat: Sat morning 10/16 or 10/23
- Handouts:
Board Covenant; Report form; Committee
Liaisons
Prairie Star Leadership Day, Online Workshop
Series
7:40 OPERATIONAL CONCERNS/DECISIONS
- Motion – clarify charge to Compensation
Committee
Report to Board 12/10 - Motion -
appoint Board subcommittee to draft
MVUUF Communications Policy
Report to Board ____?
Discuss purpose implementation of this policy.
8:20 VISIONARY CONCERNS/DECISIONS – “within,
among, beyond”
- Develop and promote a shared religious vocabulary
- Fund our vision for the future. Information
needed:
- Prepayment/refinancing of mortgage
- Differing roles of Stewardship/Finance
Committees
- Meet expectations of prospective young-adult
members re website, social media
9:00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS -
Wellspring project
9:05 CLOSING
9:15 ADJOURNMENT
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INVENTING OUR FUTURE
As we begin the process of looking deeply at the
future of MVUUF, we invite each of you to join the conversation and
participate in the planning, questioning, dreaming, and visioning.
Together we are inventing the future of MVUUF.
Why now? Some churches wait until there is a
crisis, or their membership numbers decline, or they can’t meet their
budget before they decide to do some planning. MVUUF is not in a
crisis, our membership numbers are not declining and we have been
budgeting wisely. Our driving issues are healthy ones; the
arrival of our first full time minister, increased programming with
greater variety and frequency, and an increase in people seeking a
liberal religious community.
Who will be involved? Discerning the future
of MVUUF cannot be done in isolation but in shared conversations among
the members, the board, lay leaders, the minister, and staff. The
conversations will be about our identity as a faith community and our
sense of purpose. Who are we? How are we making a difference and
for whom? And what measurable plans help us confirm the difference we
make?
A work team has been appointed by the board to gather your ideas and
dreams, look at historical and current data, and make
recommendations.
When do we start? January 17, 2010 during the
service we are calling our Shared Ministry Sunday we will introduce you
to the Inventing Our Future task team and the beginning of the process.
Additional meetings will be held throughout the spring.
The goal is 3 to 5 year vision statements presented to the congregation
at the annual meeting, May 16, 2010.
The second phase will begin in the fall of 2010. We expect that
process to take more conversations, particularly about options and
models and specific goals for reaching the future we have defined as
ours. At the end of the second year the board will have an
implementation plan that reflects your vision for MVUUF’s future – to
be presented at the 2011 annual meeting.
It’s all about our shared future, our Shared Ministry, and
we hope you
enjoy the process.
Your 2009-2010 Board of Trustees
November 2009 |
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