<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4">I personally don't feel at all enthusiastic about these changes. Both the new and the old language are sterile, but the old less so. Putting energy into this is mostly a way of avoiding dealing with the real problem in the UU movement and in most religions today, declining participation, especially among youth. I'm not sure how to deal with the real problems, but wasting time on these bylaw revisions isn't likely to help. Will more people join because they like the new statement better? I think it's just as well we ignore it.</font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 5:31 PM Rebecca Phillips via Fuusm-l <<a href="mailto:fuusm-l@fuusm.org">fuusm-l@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8971922799702348389">
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As you may know, a study commission has proposed revisions to Article II of the UUA bylaws, the section that includes principles and purposes. The revised language can be found at the following link; it is also attached.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">FUUSM is late to this process, unless I have missed something. If our congregation wishes to support any of the amendments for presentation
at General Assembly 2024 (and if I understand the process), our board would need to contact the amendment's proposer before February 1 to join as a congregational supporter. </span></div>
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