ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH BOARD MEETING

March 8, 2006

Minutes

Board Officers
Johnson, Bruce	President	Present	Wetzel, Ed	Treasurer	Absent
Rempel, John	V President	Present	Middleton, Mike	Secretary	Present
Board Members
Boland, Katie	Exp 2006	Present	Stanis, Suzanne	Exp 2007	Present
Byer, Greg	Exp 2006	Present	Wiesinger, Eric	Exp 2007	Absent
DeRocker, Joy	Exp 2006	Present	Dunkin, Ray	Exp 2008	Present
Miller, Babette	Exp 2006	Present	Hansen, Carol	Exp 2008	Present
Bartley, Brian	Exp 2007	Present	Merriman, Sharon	Exp 2008	Absent
Evans, Sarah	Exp 2007	Present	Spencer, Gary	Exp 2008	Present
Others Present
Clear, Bruce	Minister		Craig, Bonnie	Office Adm.
Clear, Nancy	RE		Atwater, Rich	BRP Chair
Murphy, John	Council Chair

Bruce Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm.

Minutes

Minutes of the February 8 Board meeting were approved with minor changes.

BRP Committee Report

Rich presented the report. Chris McComas the advocate has resigned due to greater demands on his time and limited work with us. Rich is talking to Todd Anderson of A.J. Armstrong to fill the position. Several committee members have resigned. Bob Stanis may move back to being a voting member. With the general approval of the Board Debi Griffith was recommended to also fill a seat. The architect drawings and costs are completed. It was suggested that a plan drawing and timeline be put up in the foyer.

MAPA Committee Meeting

Bruce J reported that he convened a meeting of the MAPA committee to fulfill its duties as spelled out in the Operations Manual.

Church Assets

See a Board Member for information about this discussion.

Lunch with Good Shepherd

The pitch in lunch with Good Shepherd is scheduled for May 21. Bruce J will investigate the possibility of a joint choir song. The idea of forming an ad hoc committee for this lunch came up. Bring good food.

Minister’s Report and Religious Education Report

Bruce C presented the Minister’s report.

Nancy presented the RE report. Nancy pointed out that the RE area is seeing greater attendance and greater need for help in the nursery and toddler area. We have had a paid individual anchoring care in this area but the individual moved on and so did the money in the budget. John made a motion that we provide $2000 from the endowment for an individual to help this year. Ray added to the motion that this expense becomes a part of the operating budget next year. The amended motion passed without dissent.

UUA Video

Bruce J played another presentation on a Breakthrough Congregation. This congregation north of Seattle grew from meeting in a house to building a church with a membership of 220. They attributed this growth to: a strong RE program, a new building, celebrations, circle suppers, small groups, and adult learning.

The video led to thoughtful conversation. Elsa Sands was praised for her personal touch with visitors. Putting renovation information on the web site was discussed. Putting an add in Indy’s Child was discussed. Nancy suggested we take a serious look at advertising ideas in October.

Treasurer’s Report

Bonnie presented the treasurer’s report commenting that pledges are almost $20,000 ahead of last year. No one looked that “gift horse” in the mouth.

Old Business

There is no further news on the heating repair bill. Nancy would like the individual that takes pictures to come up to the RE area.

New Business

The Board talked briefly about the problems of unexpected growth.

The meeting adjourned at 8:47 PM

Mike Middleton, Secretary to the Board