Date: April 27, 2023
Agenda and Minutes of the FUUCSL Leadership Group Meeting
At the little meeting circle near the sanctuary.
Zyzzy called the meeting to order at 5:31 pm SLT
Present: Zyzzy, Sofia, Et, Zoe, Raven, TED
Absent: Pomona, Prosper
Observing:
Minutes – Zyzzy
- Approved the March Minutes
Treasurer’s Report – Sofia –
Treasurer’s report March 31, 2023
| ASSETS | Feb 28, 2023 | March 31, 2023 | |||
| Magic’s account | L$13,268 | L$19,834 | |||
| Byk’s account | L$178,441 | US$1096.68 | L$277,191 | US$1096.68 | |
| KIVA: | US$475 | US$475 | |||
| Total Assets | L$191,709 | US$1571.68 | L$297,025 | US$1571.68 | |
| EXPENSES | Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | |||
| Presenters: | L$16,000 | L$24,000 | |||
| Rent: | L$75,000 | L$150,000 | |||
| Advertising: | L$250 | L$600 | |||
| Total Expenses | L$91,250 | L$174,600 | |||
| INCOME | Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | |||
| Plate collections: | L$14,027 | L$20,793 | |||
| Pledge payments: | L$144,500 | L$156,700 | 2023: 48% of pledged amount | ||
| Total Income | L$158,527 | L$177,493 | |||
| Membership | 36 | 36 |
UUtopia Report – Zyzzy
- Nothin’ happenin’
Outreach – Et
- GA!. Et, Zyzzy, and Sofia planning on attending. Prosper may also. (GA 2024 may be all virtual.) discuss.uua.org has notes on Article II suggestions. Including one from me (on behalf of some RL congregation comments). Et will look for the banner.
Library Report – Pomona
- No news
Thursday
Worship Report (Sofia)
Here is the upcoming schedule for Thursday services through August of 2023. Note the color-coded blocks. Please double check the schedule for accuracy and availability. (The regular rotation is Zyzzy-Zoe-Sofia).
Here are the upcoming pagan services for 2023. Raven has claimed some and some are open. If anyone wishes to lead one of the open services, please let me know, and I’ll include it in the schedule..
- Imbolc: February 2nd, 2023 ZOE (reg rotation)
- Ostara: March 23rd, 2023* RAVEN
- Beltane: April 27th, 2023* RAVEN
- Litha/Midsummer: June 22nd, 2023 Prosper
- Lughnasadh: July 27th, 2023 Pomona
- Mabon: September 21st, 2023 ZOE
- Samhain: October 26th, 2023* RAVEN
- Yule: December 21st, 2023*RAVEN
The (somewhat) regular rotation proceeds as follows:
| 30-Mar | Zyzzy | |
| 6-Apr | Pomona | |
| 13-Apr | Sofia | |
| 20-Apr | 8th Principle | Zyzzy leads |
| 27-Apr | Raven | Beltane |
| 4-May | Hyacinth | |
| 11-May | Zyzzy | |
| 18-May | Zoe | |
| 25-May | Sofia | |
| 1-Jun | Zyzzy | |
| 8-Jun | Zoe | |
| 15-Jun | Sofia | |
| 22-Jun | Prosper | Midsummer (GA 6/21-25) |
| 29-Jun | Zyzzy | |
| 6-Jul | Sofia | |
| 13-Jul | Zoe | |
| 20-Jul | Sofia | |
| 27-Jul | Pomona | Lughnasadh |
| 3-Aug | Zyzzy | |
| 10-Aug | Zoe |
Saturday service – TED
- No news.
8th Principle vote
- 4/20 service chat:
[19:22] Zyzzy Zarf: Ok. We’re voting now on these options:
[19:22] Zyzzy Zarf: – 1. Accept the National proposal
[18:51] – 2. Accept the FUUCSL proposal
[18:51] – 3. Accept Sofia’s chatGPT version.
[18:51] – 4. Craft a new proposal that satisfies our objections to the three.
[18:51] – 5. Reject all the proposals and not adopt an 8th Principle
[18:51] – 6. Not ready to decide anything. Keep discussing.
[18:51]
[19:22] Pomona Writer: Dav0? Hyacinth?
[19:23] dav0clure (dav0.turas): 6
[19:23] Aime Ravenhurst: 1
[19:23] LillyLal: 1
[19:23] Etaoin Barcelona: 1
[19:23] Hyacinth (coderchik): 1
[19:23] Pomona Writer: 2
[19:23] Zyzzy Zarf: 1
[19:23] TooEasilyDistracted: 2 or 4
[19:23] Hyacinth (coderchik): I am not a voting member though
[19:23] Pomona Writer: OK, thanks Hy.
[19:23] Zyzzy Zarf: That’s ok, Hy
[19:23] Zyzzy Zarf: Is that everyone?
[19:23] Zyzzy Zarf: Yes
[19:23] Zyzzy Zarf: Ok
[19:24] Etaoin Barcelona: (I’ll record this vote for the Leadership Group meeting next week)
[19:24] TooEasilyDistracted: Good work Et
[19:24] Pomona Writer: thanks, ET
[19:24] TooEasilyDistracted: Good work Et
[19:24] Pomona Writer: thanks, ET
[19:24] Zyzzy Zarf: Yes. We need to unscramble this. There’s a clear majority for option 1, but we’ll see if that’s enough
[19:25] Zyzzy Zarf: Thank you all!
[19:25] – ** Closing words and Extinguishing the Chalice **
- Discussion during LG: a too-small number of members.
No urgency to adopt right now. May be best to just note “support for the 8th Principle”
Resolve:In the spirit of the Eighth Principle, this congregation should continue to strive to understand and work against all oppressions.
m/s/p; Resolution passes.
- Proposed 8th Principle language: We value the cultural diversity, communication, and cooperation of all social groups; we hope to extinguish misconceptions, stereotypes, discrimination, and other oppressions in ourselves and in our institutions.
- National proposal: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountability dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
- Re-write by ChatGPT: As member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we covenant to promote a journey towards spiritual wholeness. We will actively work to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community that dismantles racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. Our commitment to accountability and justice will guide our actions. (Sofia)
New Business
Next meeting: May 25 at the meeting circle.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:49 pm SLT.