The UUCW Nugget
January 25, 2017
 
Office Hours
(Sept 6, 2016 - 
June 29, 2017):
Mon, Tues, Wed: 
9 am - 3 pm
Thur. 9 am - 2 pm


REMINDER 
The Church Office is closed from December 23 - January 1. We will reopen on January 2. 
 
Congregational Mission Statement
"The members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist 
Church of Worcester covenant to be a congregation of love, hope and justice inspiring people to take on the challenges of a changing world."
  
Welcoming Church 
Mission Statement 

The LGBTQI and Allies of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester strives to further the affirmation and celebration of LGBTQI individuals in all aspects of the church community. We also seek to increase the visibility of UUCW as a Welcoming Congregation within the greater community.
 
Benefits of a Smaller Board  
Bill Derr, President, Board of Management
In this month's nugget, you will be presented with some of the benefits that have been realized through the UUCW governance changes. These changes are part of the UUCW policy governance system experiment, now in it's 3rd year. This article is intended to introduce the congregation to a report the board will release later this year that explains the results of the policy governance experiment. A review of the benefits of shrinking the size of the board from 14 members to 9 follows:
 
  • With a smaller board there are also less people who could lead the discussion off onto a tangent topic that is not related to the matter at hand.
  • When there are less board members who need to share their input, each individual board member has more time to fully express their thoughts and opinions during a board meeting
  • The time saving benefits mentioned above allow board meetings to be more enjoyable, productive and end at a reasonable time. This helps keep board members satisfied with their work. The happier board members are with their experience being on the board, the more likely they will be to take on different leadership roles in the church. This will help mitigate the leadership development issues that the Futures II team was tasked with trying to solve.
  •  A smaller board also makes it easier for the board to focus on important policy and strategic planning issues and to keep the conversation from wandering into areas not appropriate for the board to deal with, such as micromanaging ministry programs.
Contact Information

Phone:

508-853-1942

Email:

office@uucworcester.org

Fax:

508-853-2065

Website:

www.uucworcester.org

 

 

 

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