ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH BOARD MEETING
February 12, 2003
Minutes
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Schneeman,
Pam |
President |
Present |
Wetzel,
Ed |
Treasurer |
Present |
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Sibert,
Tom |
V
President |
Present |
Middleton,
Mike |
Secretary |
Present |
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Board
Members |
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Brunso,
John |
Exp 2003 |
Absent |
Page,
Fern |
Exp 2003 |
Present |
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Mendonca,
John |
Exp 2003 |
Present |
Vinicor,
Susan |
Exp 2003 |
Present |
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Gosling,
Mary |
Exp 2004 |
Present |
Neves,
Susan |
Exp 2004 |
Present |
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Hansen,
Carl |
Exp 2004 |
Absent |
Schrementi,
Jim |
Exp 2004 |
Present |
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Hammond,
Jerry |
Exp 2005 |
Present |
Rand,
Leon |
Exp 2005 |
Present |
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Murphy, Jane |
Exp 2005 |
Present |
Rempel,
John |
Exp 2005 |
Present |
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Others
Present |
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Boland,
Mike |
Property
Mgt. |
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Pam Schneeman called the meeting to order at 7:09 pm.
Minutes of the Jan. 8 Board meeting were approved with one dissenting vote.
The Minister’s Report and the Religious Education Report were both delivered.
Mike Boland distributed a memo/report and discussed the 2003 budget with the warning that there may be an over run. In 2002 there was an over run of 10%.
Mike stated that Pat Scott (Housekeeping Committee Chair) would coordinate clean up days once a month. Scheduled days are Feb 15, March 15 and April 12.
Mike discussed a request for funds for a new kitchen stove. He is looking at a new electric stove because a new gas stove would require considerably more ventilation and fire suppression equipment. The Board would supply $1,400 for the stove while the Alliance would provide the rest.
A motion was made and passed unanimously to authorize $1,400 from the surplus to help buy the new stove.
A motion was made and passed unanimously to move $5,000 from the surplus to the building fund.
Tom Sibert reported on the office staff status. To recap, Wendy is working 22 hours and will cover the office for four days while Bruce and Nancy will be there on Tuesday. Tom is working to get office support full time, meanwhile some needs may go unmet. Ed suggested trying to get temporary support that could market facility space for rent.
Mary Gosling has sent a copy of the Organists Guild Salary Chart, excerpts from a 1988 letter and several e-mails to board members after the Organist gave notice. The Fine Arts Committee is looking for a new Organist. Reverend Robert Schilling has graciously offered to substitute during the search.
Mary raised a question about the budget in the music account (5590). Ed will provide Mary accounts and balances the music program may use.
The Fine Arts Committee would like, in the range of, an additional $10,000 for the music program, mainly for salaries. Mary mentioned $1,250 monthly or $15,000 annually for the Music Director and $12,000 to 14,000 for the Organist. Tom pointed out that the Music Director position is ¼ time for 10 months of the year while the Organist position is ¼ time for 12 months. The request was not presented as a motion but as a topic for discussion. The ensuing discussion was lengthy with robust arguments for several viewpoints. I will try to summarize the main questions. 1) Are the salary levels appropriate for the All Souls music program? 1A) Is the turnover in personnel acceptable? 1B) Are we reaching for a music program that is too grand for our resources? 2) If funding for the music program is to be increased where will it come from? It was acknowledged that the personnel committee has struggled with these issues and found a balance within the context of the entire budget. However, these questions have been raised to the board.
John Rempel presented the Building Improvement Survey results.
Pam handed out the study results but tabled discussion due to the late hour.
This issue was tabled due to the late hour.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35
Mike Middleton, Secretary to the Board