Reflections of the Board: November 20, 2020
It is our goal as the Board of Trustees to maintain connections with you. To that end, we are beginning a new program entitled, “Reflections with the Board.” We will host these sessions via zoom once a month at 10am before the service. The purpose of these sessions is twofold: One, we will often have information that we would like to share and two, these sessions are a time for us to listen to you. We want to hear how you are, as well as your ideas, suggestions, and concerns.
Our next session will be held on November 22 at 10am. For this session, the Board would like to spend some time talking with you about Widening the Circle of Concern. The Board has had two sessions devoted to WTC. In our conversations we have focused on the following questions from the UUA Study Guide that are recommended for discussing the the Governance chapter:
- An organization’s informal structures privilege the status quo. What informal structures do we have in our community that might be functioning in this way?
- Are any of our community’s structures duplicative or unnecessarily complex?
- How do we educate our community members on congregational policy instead of assuming that they are informed?
There is much to discuss. Here are some additional questions from the UUA Study Guide for this chapter:
- How do we encourage practices towards diversity, equity, and inclusion in the work of our groups and governance?
- How is our community participating in regional work? How are we influencing the direction of our region of the UUA and holding it accountable to these goals?
- One of the recommendations is for more support across congregations for youth and young adult leaders. How are we tapping into the resources available, regionally and beyond, especially for youth and young adults of color?
- How do we reach out to leaders from other congregations around building our skills to provide greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in our community? How might we partner with other congregations or communities and if we did, what would be a good first task?
- When does our community make the opportunity to discuss this?
- How do we discuss it with those new to our community?
Which of these questions would you like to discuss? What have you been learning as you have been reading Widening the Circle? Please join us on Sunday. And, please also put on your calendar next month’s “Reflections with the Board” on December 13th.
Thank you.
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