Board Highlights- January 2012

The board met on 11 January. Here are the highlights:

• Budget requests are due.  Fellowship Builders handed in theirs (Yeah, Joyce!)
• Carl has graciously agreed to maintain the necessary treasurer duties while Debs is away.
• Janeen and Bill will be judging the science fair and handing out the awards on 4 Feb.
• The membership list was reviewed, along with other information, in support of filing our congregational information to the UUA by the end of January.  New this year:  They are trying to track how many people we "touch" in addition to our membership.  See the Morales article on our website.  Board agreed to abstain from all congregational study/action issues in the poll.
• Agreed to keep the tracking of visitors to UUFSM as simple as possible.  It is sufficient to track adults and children and no need to separate into members, friend, and visitors or guests.
• Action was given to look at the Bylaws and see how the fiduciary oversight of the board can be increased.  This primarily is to address the approval of the yearly operating budget.
• Action was given to create a "swearing in" ceremony for new boards.
• We are looking for a new Religious Education interest area leader.  Please consider this important role!
• Possible relocation to the Hollywood Recreation Center was discussed.  Please talk to any board member if you have input on next year's meeting location.

The board also discussed final plans for the Winter Retreat, which took place on January 21 and by all accounts received was a success. Many thanks to Katy for organizing and to Joyce for coordinating refreshments.