Bylaws

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Article deleted:  Lay Ministry Council (LMC) is no longer functioning, but see Article VII

Many changes to improve clarity

Article I: General

Clarify that we are governed by the Article of Incorporation, the Bylaws, and policies established by the Board

Article IV: Board of Trustees

Add the Executive Committee of the Board and specify its role.  This group has already been operating for many years as the "Exec Team"

Article V: Officers

Refer to the Secretary (a legally required office) as the Documentarian, a more inclusive term

Only the Congregation may remove a member of the Board

Article VII:  Committee & Program Groups

Add Section 1 to describe how the congregation operates as a Community of Communities (a metaphor coined by Paula Cole Jones of All Souls Church Unitarian)

Provide for a successor to the Lay Ministry Council (LMC)

Clarify the role of the Committee on Ministry (COM)

Article VIII: Congregational Meetings

Quorum requirement changed from 1/8 to 1/10 of the Members eligible to vote

Replace Robert's Rules of parliamentary procedure by the simpler Democratic Rules of Order

Article IX: Lay Ministry Council (LMC) [deleted]

The current LMC and Board have agreed to discontinue the LMC this year; Article VII describes how its functions will be accomplished

Detailed, side-by-side comparison of existing vs. proposed (PDF file)

• Bruce Baskett

• Steve Eckstrand

• Tim McLaughlin

• John Miles

• Fran Lowe

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