Amending rules and bylaws about setting GA agenda
In Saturday morning’s plenary, delegates approved a body of amendments to the UUA bylaws and rules that formally transfer authority for setting the General Assembly business agenda from the GA Planning Committee to the Board of Trustees.
Mini-assembly offers changes to elections reform
At Friday afternoon’s mini-assembly on proposed changes to the elections process for the UUA president and moderator, delegates recommended several amendments. A substantial amendment offered by the Board of Trustees explicitly lays out the transition from the current system—which allows a president or moderator to serve for two four-year terms—to the new system of single [...]
Responsive resolutions on Article II, Article XV, and African visas
The final texts of the responsive resolutions adopted by the UUA General Assembly during the final plenary session June 28 are now online: “Responsive Resolutions on Inclusion: Two resolutions introduced by members of Allies for Racial Equity endorsed the “Inclusion” section of the Commission on Appraisal’s proposed revision of Article II (the “Principles and Purposes”), [...]
Amendment to Article II fails
By a very close vote, the motion to amend Article II of the UUA Bylaws has failed. The final vote was 573 for and 586 against.
Tellers are counting votes on Article II revision
After more than an hour of debate about the Commission on Appraisal’s proposed revision to Article II of the UUA Bylaws, Moderator Gini Courter has called for a counted vote on the question. Tellers are counting the pro votes, and will begin counting con votes. The arguments largely tracked the discussion at last night’s miniassembly. [...]
Discontent with revision to Article II
Critics of the Commission on Appraisal’s proposed revision to Article II of the UUA Bylaws—the “Principles and Purposes”—expressed frustrations with the proposal during a Friday evening session in the General Assembly plenary hall. Although a handful of people, including a delegation from the Youth Caucus, spoke in favor of the proposed text, dozens of people [...]
