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Approved: Amendment to update Ministerial Fellowship Committee Rules

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:24 pm

GA delegates voted Sunday afternoon without debate to approve a bylaw change to Sections 4.8 of Article IV and C-10.9 of Article X. These changes reflect new Ministerial Fellowship Committee Rules that eliminated the category of “Associate Ministerial Fellowship.”

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Approved: Amendments pertaining to RE Credentialing Committee

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Delegates at Sunday morning’s plenary session approved a series of bylaw changes that clarify the procedures for the Religious Education Credentialing Committee in either revoking or suspending the credentialed status of a religious educator, as well as several other minor administrative changes.

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Approved: References to obsolete staff groups removed

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:16 pm

General Assembly delegates have voted to approve a bylaw change to Section 4.12 (UUA Statements of Conscience) of Article IV. The amendment replaces the name of a now-nonexistent staff group with “UUA staff” to reflect the change and allow for future flexibility in staffing structures.

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GA swiftly adopts Article XV amendments

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 11:33 am

General Assembly delegates voted overwhelmingly and without debate to pass a bylaw change to Article XV of the UUA bylaws, which dictates the procedure for amending other bylaws. Moderator Gini Courter called for a vote after no delegates appeared to speak at the con microphone.

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Assembly reduces length of Nominating Committee terms

By Michelle Bates Deakin
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Delegates to the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly voted Saturday to change the terms of the Nominating Committee from one six-year term to two three-year terms. The motion overwhelmingly passed after 20 minutes of debate.

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Delegates reduce size of UUA board

By Michelle Bates Deakin
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 6:49 pm

General Assembly delegates voted today to reduce the size of the Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees from 26 members to 14. The bylaw amendment also ends the election of trustees by district. All trustees will be elected to “at large” positions. Terms will be reduced from four-year to three-year terms.

After a half hour of debate, [...]

Approved: Amendment affecting Ministerial Fellowship Committee

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 11:42 am

Delegates have overwhelmingly approved an amendment to Article VII, section 7.6 (Ministerial Fellowship Committee). The amendment modifies the conditions for appointment to the Ministerial Fellowship Committee, allows for more than 14 members, and removes the obligation to have members of the Board of Trustees on the committee.

Allowing the committee to have more than 14 members will [...]

Approved: Rule update recognizing district’s new name

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 11:27 am

General Assembly delegates at the Saturday morning plenary session approved a proposed change to Rule G-13.2.1 “Establishing Districts.” The change recognizes the recent decision made by the former Thomas Jefferson District to change the district’s name to the Southeast District.

The only change to the current text will be the replacement of “Thomas Jefferson” with “Southeast.” [...]

Amendment to board restructuring bylaw passes in Mini-Assembly

By Michelle Bates Deakin
in General Assembly 2011
June 23, 2011 at 5:59 pm

A vocal group of delegates to the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly met in a Mini-Assembly Thursday afternoon to discuss a proposed bylaw amendment that would shrink the size of the UUA board to 14 people from the current 26 (PDF; pages 22-28 in the Business Agenda).

Delegates spoke both for and against the amendment, which would also end the election of trustees by district. People speaking in favor of the amendment got several rounds of hearty applause.

Several amendments were offered to the proposal, but just one passed. The amendment, offered by delegate Phil Reed of Cleveland, Ohio, was added to section 9.4 (see page 25), creating a new paragraph in the section of the bylaw regarding nomination by the Nominating Committee.

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Passed: Remaining bylaw amendments

By Christopher L. Walton
in General Assembly 2010
June 27, 2010 at 2:18 pm

In quick succession at the end of Sunday’s first plenary session, delegates approved three bylaw or rule amendments that had been postponed from earlier in the GA agenda.

The General Assembly approved amendments that: removed “continental” references in the sections of the UUA bylaws and rules relating to the General Assembly social witness process; authorized email notification [...]


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