For me that is – this will be the sixth January UUA Board
meeting before I leave the board in June as part of our downsizing to a more
manageable (and effective) number of trustees.
This board meeting includes finalizing a large number of
proposals for by-laws changes. There are bold ones (the
combination of three “Mid-America” districts into one region, assuming passage
by their member congregations) and others that we think reflect what delegates
have already approved (electronic voting). We will not be submitting by-laws changes around General Assembly, but rather continuing what is a fairly complex conversation.
The meeting also kicks off the start of intensive dialogues
on the impacts of the Association (the “Ends”) with the Board’s Sources of Authority and Accountability (what John Carver calls “moral owners”), with our
DPA partners and through the work done with Unity Consulting around the voices
of our other 4 “sources”. You can expect
to see a variety of ways to comment on these desired outcomes over the next few months, with the final "Ends" adopted at the June board meeting.
It seems appropriate that my first January meeting in 2008 included "Policy Governance as Holy Work", which resulted in the first set of outcomes (Ends) for the Association. Check back over the next few weeks -- the entire packet can be downloaded here.
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