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Jim Key: Now, please, welcome
all of those great trustees

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that I'm privileged
to serve with.

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And Donna Harrison,
your vice moderator,

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will introduce the board
of trustees for report.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Donna Harrison: You guys
chosing those chairs?

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OK.

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Guys, these chairs.

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Nope?

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OK.

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Whichever you want is fine.

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We're having stage direction.

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OK.

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So this was an important year
for the UUA board of trustees.

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As Jim mentioned, this
was our first year

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of meeting as a smaller
board of trustees

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elected at large
by this assembly.

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And the benefits of the
change or evidence starting

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from our very first
meetings together

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improved board wholeness,
easier collaboration,

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nimbleness in our
decision-making.

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All of these were present
from our first days together.

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On the stage, we have all of
the trustees from the UUA board.

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Several of them will be speaking
to you as part of this report.

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First, the Reverend
Rob Eller-Isaacs

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will share with you
the progress that we

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have made this year in our
implementation of policy

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governance.

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James Snell is going
to describe a new board

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initiative regarding
emerging congregations.

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Natty Averitt will provide
you with information

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about our work
regarding ministry

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in the wake of clergy or
professional misconduct.

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Julian Sharpe will provide an
update on the board's response

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to the Responsive Resolution
on Inclusion from 2013.

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And lastly, Susan
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about our all
important linkage work.

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Rob Eller-isaacs: It is my
honor to offer the board's

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perspective on how well we are
living into our obligations

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as trustees of your association.

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Over the course of
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we've worked to
bring our governance

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into alignment
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We are a covenantal faith.

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As such, we have
need of structures

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that encourage us to
imagine a tomorrow that

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is better than today, make
promises and plans in pursuit

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of that vision, and develop
ways to hold ourselves

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and each other accountable
to the promises

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we've made the board is grateful
to the many former trustees

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and past moderators who
have understood the need

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to clarify and strengthen
the work of the board.

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Under policy-based
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has three major duties.

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To cast vision.

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This we do informed by the
president and his leadership

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council as well as by input
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congregations, and other
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and accountability-- those
beyond our immediate membership

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who share our values and are
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In the past year, we've
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in establishing
the depth of trust

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and the formal opportunities
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needed in order to fulfill
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Our vision takes form as
we articulate our ends.

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How do we want to change
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in order to live more fully into
the purposes and principles we

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proclaim?

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Together, the board and senior
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have worked toward a
shared interpretation

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of the stated ends
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What do these words mean?

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What actions do
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Our vision needs to grow from
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Luther Adams called "the
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And so the board
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its second primary duty--
to link with and listen

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our stakeholders.

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Trustees have attended
district and regional meetings,

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engaged in conversation
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of the organizations
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our religious professionals,
and actively considered

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how best to learn from those
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are among our sources of
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Those concerned that the
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discourage shared leadership
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will be glad to hear
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that the opposite is occurring.

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As regionalization is
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staff teams and lay
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beyond the silos of tradition
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of collaboration and confidence.

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Audience: Whoo!

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Whoo!

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Rob Eller-isaacs: Our
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is to monitor the
administration's progress

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in pursuit of the
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Face it, friends.

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We are an
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Rob Eller-isaacs: But
what we do really matters.

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We need to find
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are making tangible progress.

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We need tools to
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we are off-course
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the changes necessary to
maintain our focus on what

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matters most.

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And we need to do these things
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initiative, and boldness.

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We've made a good start.

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Working together, the board
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with the help of an
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have developed both shared
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and an initial set of metrics
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Rob Eller-isaacs: Evaluation
takes time, and it costs money.

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The board has recently
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to evaluation, which is
neither onerous nor frivolous.

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We believe this is a watershed
moment that bodes well

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for the future of our faith.

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James Snell: A key
end of the UU--

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and we are sure a
goal you all share--

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is to grow Unitarian
Universalism.

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The UUA staff reported to
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They are working with 50
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and communities.

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Following the October
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formed an Emerging
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group to explore whether
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the general assembly,
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might empower the UUA
way to more quickly bring

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emerging groups
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We are actively listening
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We are hearing that our current
rules and processes have

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made it difficult to
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and that these
hurdles can distract

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from the real work of ministry.

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The board is committed
to finding ways

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to draw more people
into our community

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of covenanted congregations
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and we know the administration
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The staff will be
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to support emerging
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But as the holders of
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the board and the
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are ultimately responsible
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to grow our faith.

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A dozen of the 50
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have expressed a desire to
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within the next year.

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The board is--

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James Snell: Amen.

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James Snell: The
board is committed

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to taking any action
within our power

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to help groups who want
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achieve membership or
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At the same time,
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whether it is time
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of our rules and requirements.

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The board's ongoing work to
reduce the red tape required

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to bring communities
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is also against the
backdrop of congregations

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and beyond a key component
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strategic vision of our future.

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We have come to recognize that
we can't judge a UU group's

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worthiness to join
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by the 19th century notions
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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James Snell: Indeed, some
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tell us their
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other than to be a
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We must, therefore,
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to recognize different
ways that UUs

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may be in community
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We will report to you on
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that rule changes are
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is to recognize new
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at general assembly in Portland.

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Natty Averitt: In 2013, Safety
Net-- a social justice ministry

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of the first UU
Church of Nashville,

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Tennessee-- called
on leaders of the UUA

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to assess and improve
its response to victims

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and survivors of clergy
sexual misconduct as well

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as its support of individuals
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from the impact of
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The UUA board of trustees
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Boundaries working group
to review these issues

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in the near term and to,
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address broader issues of
misconduct in congregations.

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The working group, which was
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initiatives within the UUA
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has found that, while the
UUA has taken steps forward

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in response to those
reports, challenges remain

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and concrete steps
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the goals of strong
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and compassionate response
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and congregations.

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A set of recommended
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has been established, and
implementation is under way.

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The plan includes actions that
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as well as longer
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will require additional
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and financial resources.

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For a lack of time-- but not
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the longer, more detailed report
that was provided to the board

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of trustees at its open meeting
on Tuesday and which is posted

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online at the UUA.org website
under the June 2014 Meeting

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Materials cannot be
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but it contains a lot of
information about the metrics

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of the number of cases, the
details about some of the steps

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to taken, some of
the challenges,

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and some of the hoped-for
reforms to the process as it

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relates to the cases.

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And it contains a call
to you all as delegates

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to our congregations and
to Unitarian Universalist

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individuals throughout
this country and the world

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as it relates to addressing
right relationship

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in our interactions with
people who have experienced,

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not only violence and
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but other forms of
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sexual misconduct within
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congregations.

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So I urge you to
look to that material

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and also to the
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be forthcoming from the
board in the coming months

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and at the next
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Thank you so much, all
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to the victims and the survivors
and those around them who

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have been impacted by
misconduct in its various forms

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and interpretations
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Julian Sharpe: Last
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passed a responsive resolution
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Commitment to an
Anti-Oppressive, Multicultural

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UUA." your board of trustees
takes seriously the deeply

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spiritual work of
transforming our communities

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and association's
committees to include

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and empower committee members
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and lived experiences.

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Following passage of the
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your board's Inclusion and
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began to develop a strategy
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our collective work
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By utilizing resources developed
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Transformation
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engage committee leadership in
a process over the next nine

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months to deepen this
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We hope to create opportunities
and momentum for individuals

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and committees to be more
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to welcome people of diverse
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into full partnership.

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Through collaboration
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your board will create
tools and practices

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for engaging in
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Our ultimate goal is to have
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and deeply committed to
the transformative journey

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toward wholeness that we
are all making together.

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We will report to the board at
each meeting on our progress

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and prepare a report
to be presented

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at next year's general assembly.

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Thank you.

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Susan Weaver: One of the most
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to maintain meaningful
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with its sources of
authority and accountability.

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In this first year that the
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at large, we are
planning new ways

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to continue critical linkage
with congregational leadership,

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delegates, and our
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of authority and accountability.

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Strengthening the connections
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and providing rich sources
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are two important
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In preparing for
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"Gathering For Purpose--
Re-Imagining GA,"

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trustees first reached out
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communities, sources of the
vision of beloved community.

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The interviews strengthening
the conversation

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at general assembly focused
on the role of delegates

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in the GA democratic process.

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The UUA board offered
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What to Expect at GA 2014--
to introduce delegates

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to the "Re-Imagining GA"
discussion and other agenda

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items.

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And we are planning an extensive
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on proposals to transform
GA and the ways we gather.

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We will reach out to at
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throughout our regions as
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Also, at this
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are having a World Cafe among
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leaders, and youth as well as
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I would like to recognize
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Association.

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Its members were phenomenal
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and its 2013 linkage work on
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And I would like to introduce
the district presidents to you

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now so that we may thank
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contributions.

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Susan Weaver: From the Ballou
Channing District, Ms. Janet L.

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Richardi.

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The MidAmerica Region,
Reverend William Sasso.

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The Clara Barton District,
Ms. Justine Sullivan.

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Susan Weaver: Florida
District, Ms. Ila Klion.

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Joseph Priestley District,
Ms. Lillian Christman.

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Massachusetts Bay
District, Ms. Laura Graham.

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Metro New York
District, Ms. Mia Morse.

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Mid-South District,
Mr. Donald Kirk Bogue.

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Mountain Desert District,
Ms. Marcia Bowman,

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Northern New England
District, Mr. Charles Boothby.

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Ohio-Meadville District,
Mr. David Petras.

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Pacific Central
District, Ms. Judy Young.

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Pacific Northwest District,
Reverend Carol McKinley.

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Pacific Southwest District,
Reverend Kent Doss.

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The Southeast District,
Ms. Denise M. Rimes.

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The Southwestern
District-- and President

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of the District Presidents
Association-- Mr. Kevin Bolton.

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Saint Lawrence District,
Mr. Jeffrey B. Donahue.

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Susan Weaver: Thank
you for all that you

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have done to help the
board in its linkage work.

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Donna Harrison: So I would
like to close the report

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from the board of
trustees by introducing

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the rest of our colleagues
who serve with us.

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And I'd ask them to join
us here in the middle

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as I call their names.

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Lew Phinney, the Reverend
Doctor Susan Ritchie,

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Michael Sallwasser,
Reverend Sarah Stewart,

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Rosemary Dodd, who serves as
our youth observer this year.

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Donna Harrison: And our
financial adviser, Larry Ladd.

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Donna Harrison: We
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able to serve our association.

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