Longview Unitarian Universalist  Fellowship

Board Meeting

Feb. 11, 2007

Board meeting opened by Huey Mitchell, President with lighting of the Chalice.

Present:

Betty Golding, Bob Winters, Gayle Heard, Ruth Semaru, Tina…,Huey Mitchell, Gelene Grim, Ryan Adams, Patricia Watkins, JoAnn…

Review Board Meeting minutes of Jan 10.  Minutes accepted with corrections.

Old Business:

1.      One year plan status. Marolen absent. Only a few comments were received from the congregation as feedback. Huey notes that the next step is implementation of the plan.

Motion made to have a congregational meeting to discuss and approve the plan and establish a long range implementation committee.

Motion accepted. Meeting set for Feb 22, at 6pm. Potluck.

2.      Concession Committee responsibilities status, Janet. Janet absent.

3.      Memorial Wall picture status. Betty and Bob.  Bob reports that the sign is up and level. Each picture will have a program below it. Who will be on the wall will be decided by the board on a case by case basis.

4.      Responsibilities in regards to talk back control. Ruth. Talk back is not mandatory . Lay leader should act as Master of ceremonies, unless the speaker is a member of the congregation. Request that the audience move to the front for talk back. Bob and John will figure out if we can use a cordless mike and how much they cost.

New Business:

1.     Review January Financial Report, Gayle and Huey. It was noted that the Fellowship is still breaking even. Huey has added a line item for concessions and bank fees. A motion was made to accept the financial report as is. The motion passed.

2.      Programming committee, March report. Tina/Ruth.  See attached.

3.      Key Policy. John. It was noted that a Key policy needs to be created. John will maintain a record of who has keys. Ryan offered to create a key log.

4.     Committee reports. Chairs. Absent.

5.     Use of Activity  calender. Huey. Betty and Sky should be notified of all calender events.

6.     UUA grant request. Beecher/Huey. See attached. UUA has 800,000 in grants to give away. We are asking for 9100 for speakers and programming. The Fellowship will donate an extra $3000 towards this goal.

7.     Discuss the implementation of our one year plan. Gelene will activate the RE section of the plan.

8.     Other Items. A motion was made and passed for Gayle, Marolen and Huey to be the financial budget committee for the coming fiscal year.