FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Long range planning

[Barbara Weatherhead (barbweather]

Well said, Adele.  I too am in favor of making a plan before looking for
staff.  What exactly do we want and need a social justice staff person
to do.

Barbara Weatherhead
barbweather [at] comcast.net  

-----Original Message-----
From: hanse002 [at] umn.edu [mailto:hanse002 [at] umn.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 12:00 PM
To: Barb Weatherhead
Subject: Re: [sa-talk] Long range planning

Carole,

That's an excellent idea, but probably needs to be discussed at a
different 
place. We don't know what the current UUA expectations are i nterms of
SJ 
work.

I believe a staff person is a great idea, but it clearly cannot be a
full 
time job, nor even a 20 hour-week job at this point. The last LRP
comittee 
(the one on which I served) had the idea of a position with some 
ministerial duties focusing on youth and SJ. We also have to always
think 
about money. The Board is planning a capital comapign sometime in the 
future --date unspecified), but one priority is the building/grounds. If
we 
could make the second priority a second minister...that is what we
should 
be working toward. (Working toward=helping to write a job description)
and 
as Bob T mentioned, an "agenda" for our SJ program. I like the idea of a
SJ 
"Long Range Plan": setting some goals for next year, and the "future" (3

years from now...).

Adele

  
n Mar 3 2008, Carole Rydberg wrote:

> It is true that interns come and go but if facilitating social action 
> within the congregation was seen as an integral and ongoing part of
the 
> training of ALL interns, the lulls would primarily happen in the short

> times between internships. We would also end up with more
congregations 
> being led by ministers with experience in social action and community 
> organization ... a plus for both the denomination and the world..
Carole 
> Rydberg 
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