Wy’east Board Meeting

May 30, 2007 

Present: Cecilia Kingman Miller, Anders Liljeholm, Barbara Smith-Thomas, Joanne Foulkrod, Mark Alter, Karl Arruda, Jill De Rosa.

MINUTES-The minutes of  May  2^nd board meeting were approved.                           

OUTGOING BOARD- Cecilia acknowledged the contributions made by the board during the past year. Special appreciation was extended to Anders for his exemplary role as secretary and as a member of the search committee.      

BOARD OFFICERS-Barbara will continue as moderator and Joanne will stay on as treasurer. Mark is a member-at-large. Jill will replace Anders as secretary and Karl will be the new vice-moderator.  As new board members, Karl and Jill will make arrangements with Joanne to become check signers, and forms will be sent to UUA in Boston regarding new board member certification.                

PREPARING FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY-Cecilia noted that we can expect an influx of visitors to Wy’east in the near future due to GA being held in Portland. We discussed how to best meet the needs of visitors to our church, and make them feel welcomed without being overwhelmed.  Joanne will write an article for the July/August newsletter regarding suggestions for achieving this goal.  Hanna Nelson will make a change in Googlability that will facilitate the ease in finding Wy’east on the internet.

CONTRACT-Marcia Stanard’s contract as Lifespan Religious Education Coordinator was reviewed    and approved as amended.

WORKSHOP-Joanne described a workshop on racism she recently attended at work. She believed it would be an appropriate workshop for Wy’east and will look into the details

 regarding “Understanding Your Racism.”

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS-This will be discussed at the next board meeting.

SUMMER BOARD MEETINGS-The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 7:15 at Waverly. Due to multiple scheduling conflicts, we will skip July. Susan Maginn, minister-elect, will be contacted to determine when she will be available for meetings in August.