March 6, 2018
Wy’east UUC Board Minutes
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Meeting called to order at 7:03
Present: Bruce, Paul, Craig, Daniale, Mathias, Barbara
Meeting Minutes
- Check-In
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Meeting Minutes-review and approval
- Minor adjustment made to header, Bruce moves to accept, Mathias seconds, all agree.
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Treasurer’s Report & Budget Discussion
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Report:
- Emailed
- Lower income in January, as expected.
- Our expenses are also significantly lower, and we’re at a surplus.
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Budget
- Emailed
- Worship line items might be reduced (due to surplus)
- Music area could be increased due to support our growing choir program, and there are several items under consideration: new sheet music, UUMN membership, UUMN conference
- LRE, consider increasing DRE salary
- Minor adjustments to Membership
- Minor adjustments to Community presence w/ Campus Ministry and shifting funds due to VSN partnership ending
- Organizational support, also some minor adjustments: telecom, software (Mathias will continue to look into software options and will have it for next month’s meeting)
- Recommendation to add some more to the Board Discretionary fund to help cover conferences, etc… for members
- Recommendation to include a Leadership/Professional Development area for attending GA/RA
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Report:
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Worship Committee Report
- Some changes in the setup and Joys and Sorrow; it’s going smoothly, and there has been mixed reviews, mostly due to discomfort around change. Mostly there has been positive feedback about the design and flow.
- There have been some positive adjustments around kids in the mornings
- Choir has continued to grow, getting more people involved
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Minister’s Report & Mission/Vision Progress
- Emailed
- UU History class--no one has signed up, so might be cancelled (Craig thinks there might be simply a lot going on as far as adult enrichment)
- Mission/Vision workshop is off to a good start with steps to continue progressing forward
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Strategic Planning Committee
- Discussing outreach at the moment
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2018 Canvass
- Barbara handed out a timeline w/ canvass committee duties
- We’ll look this over and send comments via email to Barbara
- Mathias will aim to have the next budget draft by the 15th
- Might need to change potluck in May
- Bruce has confirmed his testimonial date
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Document Storage RCPPC
- Plans to move documents from Eme’s place to the office at RCPCC, and they’ve moved the large desk out so it’s a usable space
- We’ll continue this further on--once canvass and budget are behind us
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Sharai Recognition
- Bruce will get a card that we’ll sign with a gift card and send it on to Sharai
- Confirm Next Two Meeting Dates
April 3
May 1
Parking Lot:
- Creating a document for potential volunteers, perhaps a check-list that could get funneled to the membership committee or a volunteer coordinator
- Possibility of Matt and Mathias being volunteer piano players
- Directory and Canvassing: concerns about losing our foundation base. (Do people stay on as friends of Wy’east after being removed from the membership roster? Can we include these friends in our canvassing?)
- Mt. Hood Cluster: Barbara feels there is value in maintaining this relationship
Meeting adjourned at 8:46
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