Summary of Decisions Made at Annual Meeting May 18, 2025

The minutes of this year’s Annual Meeting will be available for the congregation to
review and approve at next year’s Annual Meeting. Meanwhile, here is a brief summary
of the decisions made:

• A quorum was declared, a Moderator elected (Steve Gold), and the agenda approved.
• The minutes from last year’s Annual Meeting were approved as written.
• The General Fund budget for FY 2026 was approved with balanced income and expenses of $448,499.
• The Capital Fund budget for FY2026 was approved (with 1 abstention) with balanced income and expenses of $40,420.
• The following people were elected as members of the Board: Steve Gold and Ansel Ploog for their second 2-year terms; Katie Spring and Leppurd (Rachel) MacMartin for their first 2-year terms.
• The following Board Officers were elected: Jeremy Beaudry, President (continuing); Vice-President to be selected by the Board from among its members and announced to the congregation before the end of September; Jen Matthews, Secretary (continuing); Ansel Ploog, Financial Officer.
• All the proposed Bylaw changes were approved by over 2/3 of the people present. The two most notable changes are:
  • Increasing the among of unbudgeted spending which can be approved by the Board/ET from $5,000 to 2% of the combined General Fund and Capital Fund budgets.
  • Acknowledging that the Board takes “considered public action as guided by the Mission, which it reports to the Congregation.”
  • (If you have suggestions for future changes to the Bylaws, submit them to the Board)
• The five people (Jen Matthews, Emily Seiffert, Steve August, Judith Hinds, and Steve Grunewald) who volunteered to be delegates to the UUA General Assembly were affirmed by the people present and charged to uphold the UCM Mission.