Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Board Meeting following the Service with speaker Luanne McDonald,
Director of the Lee County Public Library.

August 18, 2002, Sunday

Fifteen members were present: Charles Smith, Jack Goodman, Luther Brackeen, Ruth Jaeckel, Hank Jaeckel, Otho Stevens, T.O. Sheffield, Al Kirk, Ima Beam, Barbara Fournie, Louise Plodinec, Margi Koranek, Sammie Swinney, Gwen Wages, John Wages

Jack Goodman, President, presided.

Two announcements from the recent U U A General Assembly in Quebec.
1. As a result of a new by-law, Mid South District and Florida will each have a Trustee.
2. Canada and the United States are no longer joined in the Unitarian Universalist Association, UUA. Canada's organization is now separate as the Canadian Unitarian Council, CUC.

Announcements about Mid South District, MSD:
1. MSD made 99.8% of the budget.
2. Fairhope, Al is constructing a new church building.
3. John Czachurski is the new Mid-South District president.

Jack Goodman named the chairmen of the committees:
Communication Barbara Fournie
Finance Otho Stevens
Membership Ima Beam
Religious Education Open
Social Margi Koranek
Structures and By-Laws Luther Brackeen
Sunday Programming Louise Plodinec

All positions are filled except for Religious Education for Children. Jack Goodman made a plea for any help towards filling that post. Gwen Wages who signed in as a member today volunteered to be Chair for our Children's R.E.

Other responsibilities, Jack named, are:
Inventory Charles Smith
Historian Hank Jaeckel, although that doesn't mean he is old.

Adult R.E. Denise Backstrom

Officers of the Fellowship are
President Jack Goodman
Vice-president T.O.Sheffield
Secretary Ruth Jaeckel
Treasure Sammie Swinney
The president needs to know when Committees plan to meet because he is an ad hoc member
and intends to attend all that he can.

He challenged each Committee to come up with goals for the year. The goals should be as measurable
as much as is possible. Chairpersons can name the goals of the Committee at Board meetings and report on progress.

President intends to have Board meetings quarterly. The first meeting will be September 15th after a pot luck dinner. The four Board officers will meet as necessary.

In June, Jack attended the Mid South District meeting in Alabama for presidents. At the conclusion of that meeting, Eunice Benton, District Executive, distributed copies of the Ten Rules for Whitewater,humorous guidelines for leadership. Jack shared those pointers.

Sammie announced that the treasury has accumulated money, $5,697.08 and suggested that some amount be put into an interest bearing investment. An additional $4,725 pledged is yet to come-in.
Ima Beam moved we put $3000 in an investment with the best rate available. T.O. seconded the motion. Sammie had researched rates of interest at Tupelo banks. She found that the best rate was at the Bank of Mississippi at 3.25% on a 15 month C.D.

Margi Korenek asked if we know how much we need to keep available for routine expenses. Discussion followed . Sammie responded that our monthly expenditures are $40.12 for ad insertions in the Daily Journal , $50 to the Temple, $12 for telephone yellow pages listing. Otho figured that our monthly expenses are, thus, roughly $150 and it was noted that Jack is owed
$80 for the trip to the Presidents' meeting in Alabama.

Louise moved that the motion be amended to read that $ 3000 be put in a 15 month C.D. and that an additional $1000 be placed in a 6 month C.D. Otho seconded the motion. Ayes carried the amendment..
Barbara Fournie moved that the motion be approved as amended. Second by
Otho. Motion carried.

Hank announced that an R.E. Multicultural Module meeting will be held in Atlanta Sept. 27-29.
Our practice has been to pay 50% of the registration fee.

Barbara Fournie, Communication Chair, plans to put out a newsletter. The newsletter will go by email, and some by snail mail. She requests items for her newsletter .

There will be a Program Committee meeting after the service, Oct. 6.
Otho moved to adjourn. Several seconded the motion.

Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Jaeckel, Secretary