The Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees met in Charlotte, N.C., today for the first of two days of meetings before the start of the 2011 General Assembly.
The board discussed the best ways to explain to GA delegates several proposed changes in governance and social witness. A proposal to reduce the size of the UUA board from 26 to 14 members, for example, is up for a vote by delegates this year because it will provide better efficiency and more diversity, trustees said, not because it will save money, although it may do that as well. (See UU World‘s earlier coverage of the proposal to reduce the size of the board: April 25, 2011; March 14, 2011; January 25, 2010.)
Two other proposals will alter the practice of spending time at each GA creating and voting on social justice statements called Actions of Immediate Witness (AIWs). Several trustees said they deeply respect people who work on creating the AIWs, but they do not believe that using time at GA to create and vote on them is the best use of delegates’ time.
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