[Fuusm-l] Congregational Leadership

[Rebecca Phillips]

I am totally on-board with UU sainthood for those three!

Rebecca Phillips

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero
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From: Fuusm-l <fuusm-l-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of Kim Mc Michael via Fuusm-l <fuusm-l at fuusm.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2025 2:22 PM
To: George Banziger <gbanziger497 at gmail.com>
Cc: FUUSM <fuusm-l at fuusm.org>
Subject: Re: [Fuusm-l] Congregational Leadership

Thank you for bringing your idea forward George. Always good to have creativ=
e options to consider!

Kim McMichael
Sent from my iPhone

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