Tidbits, 12/2004
UUA TRUSTEE TIDBITS
Joan Lund, December 2004
The winter holidays will soon be here as well as the end of a rather tumultuous year on several accounts. Hopefully our UU Floridians? lives are again returning to a sense of normalcy, whatever that may mean. In the last column I indicated I would wait until this month to comment on the October UUA Trustee Board meeting. Guess I wasn?t telling the truth because after writing a lengthy summary of the meeting for both the District web page and November packet I decided on a different topic and, if you are interested, ask that you get a copy of the report either off the web page, from the packet, or telephone/email me. There has been one reported error in the Trustee report occurring when I summarized UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford?s report to the Board. The UU Fellowship of Valdosta was one of the Georgia congregations who wrapped their building in Rainbow Ribbons and declared themselves Hate Free Zones as Georgia prepared to vote on a Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriage. I apologize to the Valdosta congregation.
This is the time of year when the nominating process is underway for various UUA offices. Your church Board may be interested in participating in this process and to make certain if they nominate a candidate they have not committed themselves for voting for that candidate during the General Assembly election. According to Rev. Wayne Arnason, Secretary of the UUA Board of Trustees, these Boards can be assured they are stating their confidence that the ?candidate in question is qualified for the job and should be on the ballot?. This does not obligate the delegates from a ?nominating congregation? to vote for that candidate. He also indicated, ?Since it is not a partisan activity that commits you to eventually voting for that candidate, congregations or individuals may support the nomination of more than one candidate for any office?. If your congregation is interested in nominating a qualified UU for an office please contact me and I will make certain you receive a petition and/or instructions for doing so.
In order to comply with UUA By-laws 2005 will be a year in which our Florida District elects a UUA Trustee, for a term of four years, to begin immediately following the June General Assembly. If your congregation wishes to nominate a person for the Florida UUA position an Election Committee will be in place and a request for nominations will be, or has already been sent to your congregations. In addition to other Florida District By-laws qualifications, a member congregation in the District may nominate one qualified candidate for UUA Trustee. The nomination must be certified by the clerk or secretary and the president of the congregation and sent to the Election Committee so that its receipt is no less than ninety days before the District Annual Assembly. Of course no one may be nominated without his or her consent.
As you know I continue to hope you will contact me with your comments and concerns, and can be reached at jlund@uua.org or 813-931-9727. I wish each one of you the best of holidays and a good year to come.
Joan Lund, December 2004
The winter holidays will soon be here as well as the end of a rather tumultuous year on several accounts. Hopefully our UU Floridians? lives are again returning to a sense of normalcy, whatever that may mean. In the last column I indicated I would wait until this month to comment on the October UUA Trustee Board meeting. Guess I wasn?t telling the truth because after writing a lengthy summary of the meeting for both the District web page and November packet I decided on a different topic and, if you are interested, ask that you get a copy of the report either off the web page, from the packet, or telephone/email me. There has been one reported error in the Trustee report occurring when I summarized UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford?s report to the Board. The UU Fellowship of Valdosta was one of the Georgia congregations who wrapped their building in Rainbow Ribbons and declared themselves Hate Free Zones as Georgia prepared to vote on a Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriage. I apologize to the Valdosta congregation.
This is the time of year when the nominating process is underway for various UUA offices. Your church Board may be interested in participating in this process and to make certain if they nominate a candidate they have not committed themselves for voting for that candidate during the General Assembly election. According to Rev. Wayne Arnason, Secretary of the UUA Board of Trustees, these Boards can be assured they are stating their confidence that the ?candidate in question is qualified for the job and should be on the ballot?. This does not obligate the delegates from a ?nominating congregation? to vote for that candidate. He also indicated, ?Since it is not a partisan activity that commits you to eventually voting for that candidate, congregations or individuals may support the nomination of more than one candidate for any office?. If your congregation is interested in nominating a qualified UU for an office please contact me and I will make certain you receive a petition and/or instructions for doing so.
In order to comply with UUA By-laws 2005 will be a year in which our Florida District elects a UUA Trustee, for a term of four years, to begin immediately following the June General Assembly. If your congregation wishes to nominate a person for the Florida UUA position an Election Committee will be in place and a request for nominations will be, or has already been sent to your congregations. In addition to other Florida District By-laws qualifications, a member congregation in the District may nominate one qualified candidate for UUA Trustee. The nomination must be certified by the clerk or secretary and the president of the congregation and sent to the Election Committee so that its receipt is no less than ninety days before the District Annual Assembly. Of course no one may be nominated without his or her consent.
As you know I continue to hope you will contact me with your comments and concerns, and can be reached at jlund@uua.org or 813-931-9727. I wish each one of you the best of holidays and a good year to come.
