OMD Board Retreat Summary
June, 2006

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This is a summary of the board retreat minutes from the June 2-4, 2006 retreat. If you have questions about any of the items mentioned, please contact a board member. Please note that items voted on are led by ***

Communications Task Force Report
The Communications Task Force brought three recommendations to the board:

  1. That we convert the monthly district packet to an electronic based program. Each time the packet is sent out, all congregational leaders will receive and email with links to the website for forms and information. Each congregation will receive one paper copy of the packet to post. The entire packet will continue to be posted at the website for download.
  2. That we convert District Doings to a primarily electronic format. The current subscribers will be asked to select electronic or paper copies this summer with the fall issue being the last paper only copy. We will still send a packet of the newsletters to the congregations each time it is published and it will still be posted to the website.
  3. The database will need to be updated over the summer and will need to include all the congregational committee chairs and leaders.

**Linda Coulter moved that we accept the Communication Task Force’s recommendations as presented, seconded by Jamie Goodwin. Motion passed.

Awards Task Force  - we need to establish a Task Force to look at this system.

**Linda Coulter moved that we create an Awards Task Force of Pat Solomon and Jamie Goodwin to review the current awards system and make recommendations to the board. Seconded by Phil Reed. Motion passed

Proposal from the UUA Young Adult and Campus Ministry Staff to hire a consultant for a 3 year experiment.

**Jamie Goodwin moved that we accept the 3-year proposed plan for the UUA Young Adult and campus Ministry Staff Consultancy. Seconded by Brad Taylor. Motion passed. Jamie volunteered to be on the hiring team. Karen Lapidus will advertise the position. Once the person is selected, Karen will send the board a summary of the person’s qualification and the board will vote electronically on the hiring.

 Annual Meeting – A planning team will be created to plan this year’s event and to look at future annual meetings

**Phil Reed moved that we accept West Shore’s offer to host on weekend beginning April 20th, seconded by Linda Coulter. Motion passed.

Delivery of Services - We are moving in the direction to move towards a program style board. We should reevaluate this each time we meet.

**Phil Reed moves that the Board resolve to restructure our vision, functioning and linkages to the district executive to complete our transition to a program-board governance model. Seconded by Jamie Goodwin. Motion passed.

Board Meeting Dates. The board set the following dates for meetings for this year: August 25-26 in Pittsburgh, December 8-9 in Cleveland, February 23-24 in Columbus, Annual Meeting to be April 13-15 or April 20-22 at West Shore.

Board/Congregation Liaisons.

  • Jamie Goodwin: Akron, Kent, Warren, Westfield Center, Youngstown, Chillicothe, Meadville
  • Brad Taylor: Athens, Bellville, Canton, Wooster, Marietta, Jamestown
  • Beth Houseknecht: Smithton, Ligonier, Morgantown, Wheeling, Beckley, Huntington, Charleston
  • Bob Keith: Bowling Green, Delaware, Toledo, Reynoldsburg, Lewis Center, Lyons
  • Philip Reed: West Shore, Columbus, Shaker, First Pittsburgh, Sandusky, Girard
  • Linda Coulter: Berea, Cleveland Society, Urban Hope, Southwest, East Shore, Erie, N Olmsted, Oberlin
  • Lynn Acquafondata: Indiana, S. Hills, N. Hills, Slippery Rock, East Suburban, Allegheny