Longview Unitarian Fellowship

Board Meeting

02/08/2006

 

Board Members Present: Huey Mitchell, President, Peggy Nader, Program Chair, Tina Rushing, Treasurer, Frank Herbert, past President, Jessica Noble, RE director.

 

Guests present: Austin Pennington, Sky Mitchell, Richard Appling, Jay Noble, Josh, Sheila McElroy

 

Old/Outstanding Business:

 

Minutes of previous meeting approved and posted on UU web.

 

Remodeling status: Tile was selected today. Cabinet hardware ready to be installed. Dishwasher and refrigerator to be installed this week. Carpet in the foyer to be replaced with tile.

 

Review membership list: List reviewed. Richard Appleton, Janet Parker  to be added to official list.

 

Community Service Committee: Frank attaches a report of disbursement of 2006 funds.

Frank recommends that the list of disbursements be approved by the board. An Amendment was added to earmark habitat contributions for the Women Build habitat fund. The motion and amendment passed unanimously.

 

Banner: Name of Fellowship corrected to read “Unitarian Fellowship of Longview ” for the banner. Kay Byfield is working on the design. No action taken at this time.

 

Letter to the membership: Sky and Bob are working on a letter to the membership asking for pledges in order to budget for the coming year. Sky read her sample letter. Board approved the letter to be mailed and Sky will mail it.

 

New/ongoing business:

 

Financial Report: Tina has attached the financial report. The report will also be posted on the bulletin board in the foyer.

Julie Hart is putting contributions onto an excel form in case anyone wants a record for IRS.

Merger of accounts complete.

 

Hymnals: Many hymnals are missing and Sky will note in the newsletter that anyone having a hymnal should bring it to service and use it.

 

Information needed: Items for the newsletter are needed by Sky in time to get them into the publication. Also, Betty needs program info each Thursday, if not before, so that she can do the weekly bulliten.