2012 Leadership Roundtable feedback

This is a summary of feedback gathered during the January 7, 2012 Leadership Roundtable. 96 people participated in the 5-hour seminar on size and governance

GOVERNANCE (one person unless otherwise noted)

Follow by-laws
Clarify nominating process
Clarify governance structure and process (4)
Improve communication (12)
Clarify process for decision-making and policies (5)
Create Mission Vision statement (4)
Perform evaluations of staff, ministry, and ET (3)
What are the roles of the SC?
Clarify roles of SC and goals of boards (6)
Trust in integrity and process of governance (3)
Distribute leadership
Communicate to and from Board, SC and congregation (8)
Empower laity

SIZE

Disagree on growth
What size do we want to be? (2)
What size pastoral care should we have?
FP Straddling two different sizes with money people and programs (3)
Attendance numbers ambiguous (3)
Budget/money pushes to next size

MONEY

Clear mechanism for funding and policies of “outside operations”
Is 7.5% appropriate for SAC?
Discrepancy between membership and donations
What about fundraising for special events
Fundraising by laity or ministry?
Raise the $ bar for involvement
Make it easy to contribute
Live within the budget
Help congregation understand money and responsibility
Goals and programs went ahead w/o budget items
Capital campaign impede money to the UUA
Money is SR. minister’s job

OTHER

Improve transparency (5)
  “          Pastoral care (2)
  “          Trust (2)