Every year, the Nominating Committee recruits a slate of volunteers who are willing to serve on the Board of Trustees or on the Nominating Committee.  People may also be nominated during the Annual Meeting.  New leaders must be approved by a majority of UUCR Members voting.  Usually, the Nominating Committee has difficulty recruiting volunteers.  Consequently,  elections are usually uncontested and the Congregation votes to accept or reject the entire slate as proposed by the Nominating Committee.  More information...

UUCR has an Endowment fund that was established in 1997 "to enhance the mission" of UUCR.  Current rules do not allow money from the Endowment to be spent in the ordinary, annual operating budget.  So far, the Congregation has received little benefit from the Endowment. The Board proposes changing the rules to permit some earnings to be spent in the annual operating budget.  Changing the rules requires approval by a two-thirds super-majority Congregational vote.  More information...

The primary motivation to change the Articles is to update our legal name from "Church" to "Congregation."  The change of name was approved by the Congregation years ago, but the Articles were not updated.  One section of the Articles that is required by Maryland law is a description of the Congregation's mission and purpose.  That section has been re-written.  More information...

The Bylaws have been re-written to bring them into conformity with how UUCR currently operates.  In addition, the proposed version has been shortened by removing some details that are more appropriate for policy documents.  Several significant changes are being proposed.  More information...