Come one and all to the Annual First Unitarian Congregational Meeting. There will be one service on May 20 at 9:45a and the Annual Meeting will convene shortly after the service. Everyone is welcome to attend. Members who have joined at least 60 days before May 20 are eligible vote. The agenda will be full of important items, including the 2012-2013 Budget proposal, the Congregational Project proposal, By-Law changes to remove references to the Program Council, and reports from the Board, Minister, and Treasurer. We also will be electing new members to our Board of Trustees and elected committees, you can read their biographies here:
Nominees for Board of Trustees
Colleen Bryan (2012-2015)
Coral Cosway (2012-2015)
Kathy Mitchell (2012-2015)
Jean Abrams (2012-2013, completing term for Sean Sanford)
President: Tim Murphy
Vice President: Elizabeth Sollie
Board Youth Representation
Gabriel Lundin-Martinez or Nate Koch
Nominees for Finance Council
Craig Davison
Richard Erickson
Nominees for Personnel Committee
Maggie Doyle
Elisa Erickson
Debbie McGinnis
Robert Benton
Nominees for Committee on Ministry
Arnie Carter
Terri Clauss
Nominees for Leadership Development Committee
Ellen Valentine
Patrick Caldwell
Liz Franklin
Nominees for Faith-in-Action Council
Kate Burns
Bill Kirton
Additionally, we will consider three changes to our Bylaws:
NOTICE OF PROPOSED BY-LAW AMENDMENTS
In accordance with the By-Laws of First Unitarian Society of Denver, notice is hereby given that three proposed amendments will be included among the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society on May 20, 2012. Article XIX of the By-Laws requires that the substance of the proposed amendments be included in the notice of the meeting.
1. Program Council
This year the co-chairs of the Program Council decided to disband and discontinue the Program Council (for background information, see January edition of The Ploughshare). The two co-chairs joined the newly-formed Leadership Development Committee, which took over some of the communication, collaboration, and leadership development functions that the Program Council was still doing. This amendment replaces all By-Law references to the Program Council with Leadership Development Committee, or removes the reference completely.
2. Connections Ministry
This amendment replaces all By-Law references to the Membership Committee with Connections Ministry.
3. Board of Trustees
Article VI, new Section 7: The roles and tasks of members of the Board of Trustees, that are not officers as described above, shall be determined annually by the Board. This amendment sets the intention Trustees participate on subcommittees of the Board, committees of FUSD, or liaison between committees and the Board, yet allows each Board to determine annually where these roles might be best established.
Our Congregation is dedicated to the proposition that behind all our differences and beneath all our diversity, there is a unity that makes us one; and binds us forever together in spite of time and death and the space between the stars.
