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I am totally on-board with UU sainthood for those three!</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Fuusm-l <fuusm-l-bounces@fuusm.org> on behalf of Kim Mc Michael via Fuusm-l <fuusm-l@fuusm.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 25, 2025 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> George Banziger <gbanziger497@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> FUUSM <fuusm-l@fuusm.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fuusm-l] Congregational Leadership</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Thank you for bringing your idea forward George. Always good to have creativ=<br>
e options to consider!<br>
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Kim McMichael<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
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> On Apr 25, 2025, at 10:03=E2=80=AFAM, George Banziger via Fuusm-l <fuusm-l=<br>
@fuusm.org> wrote:<br>
>=20<br>
> =EF=BB=BF<br>
> FUUSM Members and Friends:<br>
> I have presented the following idea about congregational leadership ora=<br>
lly to some individuals and received a favorable response--so I am presentin=<br>
g it in writing in anticipation of our Annual Meeting.<br>
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> In her report a few weeks ago about the Board discussion concerning a =<br>
FUUSM minister, Robin Bozian mentioned four primary tasks of the minister:<br>
> -Worship Services<br>
> -Caring/Outreach<br>
> -Administration<br>
> -Face of the congregation.<br>
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> I propose that we use the funds allocated in our budget for the half-ti=<br>
me minister to augment the budgets of the first three entities of this task l=<br>
ist. We should also increase the membership of the Worship & Music Committee=<br>
and of the Caring Committee and ask these committees, if they are willing, t=<br>
o share the tasks that had been done previously by the committee chair. The=<br>
y may opt to designate a person as the primary lead for their function. If t=<br>
here is an agreed-upon committee chair, we should consider a part-time wage f=<br>
or the leader of these committees, using funds allocated to the half-time mi=<br>
nister in the FY 2026 budget.<br>
> In the case of the "administration" tasks, we can increase the hours (=<br>
and wage rate) of our extremely competent administrative assistant, if she i=<br>
s willing.<br>
> In the case of the "face of the congregation," we can ask the Board to=<br>
designate someone for this purpose on an annual, quarterly, or some other b=<br>
asis.<br>
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> This idea obviously needs a lot more discussion, but I wanted to get t=<br>
he ball rolling before the Annual Meeting.<br>
>=20<br>
> We owe a huge debt of gratitude for the people who have thus far manage=<br>
d the tasks of these two important committees and to our administrative assi=<br>
stant for the dedication and creativity she has shown in her work. Martha M=<br>
cGovern (Worship & Music) and Cathy Rees (Caring) have carried out the respe=<br>
ctive tasks of their committees with dedication, creativity, and assiduous a=<br>
ttention to detail. I would like to nominate those two, along with Dawn Hewi=<br>
tt, for Unitarian sainthood! =F0=9F=98=84<br>
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> Maybe the Board has a person in mind for a half-time position.If they d=<br>
on't, I think it would be very difficult to find someone to assume such a po=<br>
sition by July1, 2025.<br>
> =20<br>
> =20<br>
> George Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)<br>
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