Meeting Minutes:

Minutes from the UUP Congregational Meeting of 5 Dec. 2010
Present: 29 members, 2 friends
The meeting was convened at noon by Elizabeth Nielsen, president of the UUP
Board of Trustees.
    1.  Mission Statement was presented along with background of its
development by Jodi Boyle of the Mission Statement committee.
    2.  Election of new member to Board of Trustees. Dean Watson of
the Nominating Committee introduced George Beeler, the nominee.   Motion to
vote by made by Dean Watson, seconded by Elaine Ellsworth, and a voice vote
unanimously affirmed George as a Board Trustee for a three-year term. Phil
Boyle's second three-year term on the Board is coming to an end this month
and the Board and all present extended their deep gratitude to him for a job
well done.
    3.  UUP Board of Trustees Covenant of Leadership and Job
Description were circulated. All Board members present (Elizabeth Nielsen,
Jan Crosby, David Gardner, Diana Spaulding, Kelly Brisbois, Phil Boyle, and
George Beeler) recited their covenant of leadership.
    4.  David Gardner, UUP treasurer, presented the year-to-date
budget accounting for five months of the fiscal year. Income and expenses
are on track with 34% of income received, and 30% of expenses incurred.
            a.  Most of the professional minister budget
line of $15,000 will not be spent this fiscal year, due to the timing of the
additional pledges received to fund this effort and the necessary duration
of the minister search, but this money will carry over to next year's budget
for the same purpose.
            b.  David Dodd reports that the musical
accompanist budget line ($2600) will begin to be expended fairly soon, as
the committee is auditioning applicants for the job on Dec. 11. The new
accompanist will play three Sundays per month, and David D. will continue to
play at least once monthly. Two other new budget lines of $1000 each for
community outreach projects and adult religious education/lay leadership
development  will be released soon when the Board has a process in place for
selecting projects.
            c.   In response to a question, the Board
clarified that UUP pays about $79 per member dues to the national UUA and
regional PCD annually, and that 80%-90% of the current members of UUP has
pledged. Two items inadvertently not displaying on the printed report are
the annual retreat scholarship fund of $470, and the women's retreat
scholarship of $60.
    5.  Ministerial Search Committee (MSC) election. Three
self-nominations were received for the three elected positions on the MSC:
Elisabeth Hathaway, Dean Watson, and Jean Conrad. Phil Boyle made the motion
to approve the nominees, Kelly Brisbois seconded, and a voice vote was taken
and the three unanimously elected to serve. (The two appointed members of
the MSC are George Beeler from the Board and Jodi Boyle from the Worship
Associates).
    The meeting was adjourned at approximately 12:40 pm.