Date: September 26, 2024
Agenda and Minutes of the FUUCSL Leadership Group Meeting
At little stone meeting circle
Zyzzy called the meeting to order at 5:36 pm SLT
Present: Sofia, Zyzzy, TED, Raven
Absent: Et (on road trip, might be at Moab UT this night)
Observing:
Minutes – Zyzzy
- August Minutes: Approved
Treasurer’s Report – Sofia
Treasurer’s report August 31, 2024
| ASSETS | July 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2024 | |||
| Magic’s account | L$38,436 | L$44,906 | |||
| Byk’s account | L$167,587 | US$1046.68 ($950 in paypal) |
L$158,587 | US$1046.68 ($950 in paypal) |
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| KIVA: | US$130 | US$130.00 | |||
| Total Assets | L$206,023 | US$1176.68 | L$203,493 | US$1176.68 | |
| EXPENSES | July 31, 2024 | August 31, 2024 | |||
| Presenters: | L$60,000 | L$70,000 | |||
| Rent: | L$225,000 | L$225,000 | |||
| Advertising: | L$1400 | L$1600 | |||
| Total Expenses | L$286,400 | L$296,600 | |||
| INCOME | July 31, 2024 | August 31, 2024 | |||
| Plate collections: | L$37,784 | L$44,504 | |||
| Pledge payments: | L$237,977 | L$237,977 | 2024: 91% of pledged amount | ||
| Total Income | L$275,761 | L$282,481 | |||
| Membership | 38 | 38 |
Treasurer Replacement
- Sofia has about six months to a year of good eye-sight. We should consider seeking a replacement.
UUtopia Report – Zyzzy
- Nothing going on.
Outreach – Et
- Not much.
Library Report – ?
Thursday
Worship Report (Sofia)
Here is the upcoming schedule for Thursday services through the end of 2024. Note the color-coded blocks. Please double check the schedule for accuracy and availability. (Zyzzy, Zoe, Sofia and Raven are in the regular rotation. Other volunteers are welcome!)
2024
| 22-Aug | Raven | |
| 29-Aug | Zyzzy | |
| 5-Sep | Sofia | |
| 12-Sep | Raven | |
| 19-Sep | Zoe | Equinox |
| 26-Sep | Zyzzy | |
| 3-Oct | Sofia | |
| 10-Oct | Raven | |
| 17-Oct | Zoe | |
| 24-Oct | Zyzzy | |
| 31-Oct | Raven | Samhain |
| 7-Nov | Zoe | |
| 14-Nov | Sofia | |
| 21-Nov | Zyzzy | |
| 28-Nov | Raven | Thanksgiving |
| 5-Dec | Sofia | |
| 12-Dec | Zoe | Tiny Carolers |
| 19-Dec | Raven | Yule |
| 26-Dec | Zyzzy | |
| 2-Jan | Zoe | |
| 9-Jan | Sofia |
2025 Pagan Holidays
If you wish to lead a pagan service,please let Sofia know.
Imbolc: January 30 open
Ostara (Spring equinox) March 20 open
Beltane: May 1 Raven
Litha (Summer solstice) June 19th open
Lughnasadh/Lammas July 31 open
Mabon (Fall equinox): September 18 Raven
Samhain: October 30 Raven
Yule (Winter solstice): December 18 Raven
Saturday Service – TED
TED will be unavailable for October 5 and will leave a sign in the sanctuary letting her participants know.
Saturdays alternating Open Topic with a subject homily works well. European participants, a few regulars. Good discussions and company, worth doing. Only a few people this past month – maybe because summers are busy?
New Business
Continuing business
- (August) Itico contacted Zoe about a seminar in planning, for late September, about disability access to voting. Just a heads up that it’s in planning and maybe we can add an announcement about it in our services when more info becomes available. (Itico got busy since then but the seminar is still in the works.)
- (August) Itico’s partner might want to lead a service. Zoe told Itico she should let us know her topic, and some Thursday dates that would work for her, and we’ll get her in the schedule and give her a “generic” template.. Also she can choose whether she wants to lead the entire service or deliver the sermon and lead the discussion while someone else does the rest.
- Sermon Library
- In our group email we’ve planned, written, and revised a letter to Linden Research about problems in Second Life. Letters sent to Linden Labs. Nothing heard back as yet.
- Research other groups we may share this with
- One route would be directly sharing with leaders of groups involved in education (ie Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education or VWBPE), or supportive services (Virtual Ability), major fundraising groups (RFL of SL which is currently presenting its annual Fantasy Faire), and of course other religious organizations (the Baha’i who share our region for example). Also reputable just-for-fun groups of long standing, like the Raglan Shire group that presents Tiny Caroling annually at UUtopia. Those groups can be asked to sign on to a revised version of the letter “from the undersigned groups,” or draft their own individual versions.
Another route would be to circulate a petition via one of those online petition-signing sites, to appeal directly to SL users.
ZOE will contact other groups and report back.
RE-VISIT: LATE 2024
Next meeting: October 24 at little stone meeting circle
(Et may be out: first day of Maryland early voting, may have to close voting center.)
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 pm SLT.