The Association of Unitarian Universalist Administrators
Contact Gail Donkin, AUUA Administrator, at admin@auua.org
Contact Gail Donkin, AUUA Administrator, at admin@auua.org
developing and promoting high professional and ethical standards for Unitarian Universalist Administrators
1:00 pm - AUUA Board of Directors meeting
4:00 pm - AUUA Annual Meeting for all members
5:00 pm - Reception (cash bar)
6:00 pm - AUUA Annual Dinner (guests invited, with pre-registration)
Speaker: The Rev. Wayne Arnason, West Shore UU Church, Cleveland, Ohio
8:30 am - Breakfast snacks
9:00 am - Opening worship
9:10 am - The Rev. Peter Morales, Golden, Colorado, Candidate for UUA President
10:00 am - “Protecting Your Congregation’s Integrity,” Larry Ladd How to identify and manage the business risks associated with a congregation’s operations. The program will utilize a common methodology for identifying risks from a financial, compliance, and operational perspective.
12: Noon - Lunch
1:30 pm - Break-out Groups
3:00 pm - Report from group discussions
3:30 pm - More from UUA Information Technology Department
4:00 pm - Adjourn
7:00 pm - General Assembly Opening Ceremonies
Lunch or Dinner: If you would like to join up with a group of administrators for lunch or dinner, a good place to meet up would be the exhibit booth, where sign-up sheets for dinners will be kept. 5:45 is the time to meet for dinner.
AUUA-sponsored workshops:
How’s Your Administrative Engine Room Running? formerly known as “Church Office Basics,” presented by Sue King and Julie Slayton Frank.
What’s Going On Here?-How Staff Teams Operate, co-sponsored with the Professional Leadership Coordinating Council; will discuss the team approach for staff, relying on each staff member’s skills to form a strong team, staff covenants.
About Our Presenters:
Rev. Arnason, a fourth generation Unitarian Universalist, is no stranger to the AUUA, having spoken to us in 2002 about the need to be more professional. He gave the AUUA clear direction toward a certification program. He has thirty years in the ministry and his bio can be found at www.wsuuc.org/worship/wayne-arnason.php
Rev. Morales is running for UUA President and is invited to speak to the AUUA of his hopes and plans for the UUA. His website, www.moralesforuuapresident.org, contains much information. Rev. Peter Morales is Senior Minister at Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, Colorado. He served for two years as the Association’s Director of District Services. Peter is a former member of the UUA Board of Trustees, serving as the trustee from the Mountain Desert District. He also served on the UUMA Exec as the first person to carry the anti-racism, anti-oppression, multiculturalism portfolio. Before entering the ministry, he worked as a newspaper journalist in Oregon. He was a Knight International Press Fellow in Peru and was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies in Spain.
Larry Ladd is a third generation Unitarian Universalist and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He has served as UUA Financial Advisor and as a member of the UUA Commission on Appraisal. As a youth, he was the continental president of Liberal Religous Youth, the predecessor of YRUU. Before his current position as national director of the higher education practice of Grant Thornton LLP, he was the Director of Budget and Financial Planning at Harvard University and the chief financial officer of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Meadville Lombard Theological School.
Everyone had positive experiences from the break-out groups last year and they are being repeated. We have not decided whether to break out by church size or topics. If you have a preference, and are coming, please sent your comments to Gail by May 15.
If you have any burning questions or comments for the IT folks, please send them to Gail by May 15, so they can prepare their presentation based on our needs.
