September 2022 Splinters

Splinters from the September 28, 2022 Board Meeting

During the months of September and October, your Board of Trustees continues its focus on Shared Governance in the areas of accountability, bylaws, finance, and policy limitations. Specifically, we have constructed and formally adopted an Administrative Governance Chart at our September meeting. This chart shows the structure of our accountability to our Mission and Values.

We discussed plans for our two town halls (October 5 and October 16) to provide information regarding our proposed revision of UU-Lansing’s bylaws and hear feedback. We will hold a Special Congregational Meeting in November, when the Bylaws revisions will be put to a vote. This meeting will be in person.

We discussed a financial report indicating that our recurring utilities will be over budget, driven mainly by increased electricity usage.

We continued to make progress on working with Rev. Neal on interpretations of Ends policies and policies limitation interpretations. We are on schedule to finish this process by the end of February 2023.

If you have any questions regarding Splinters from the Board or the work of your Board, please reach out to us. We look forward to future engagement on these and other topics. Our next Board meeting is scheduled for October 26, 2022.

Deb Feltz, President
president@uulansing.org

Tom Nicholas, President-Elect
president-elect@uulansing.org