Members of the Executive Committee (EC) chose which roles they wanted to fill in the pilot governance model for the FY2012 church year. The EC asked its members to fill only one role - either as a Governing Board (GB) member, an Executive Team (ET) member, or as the Chair of a Committee who then participates on the Council of Chairs. Most EC members were able to do so.
The Governing Board (GB) for the FY2012 church year is comprised of Susan Koch (Chair, GB), Brenda Bean, Rob Chickering, Dave Grundy, and Deb Robinson.
The Executive Team (ET) for the FY2012 church year is comprised of Rev. Mara Dowdall (who went on maternity leave from February through April), Rhoda Chickering, Judith Hinds, Paul Wallace-Brodeur, plus non-EC volunteers Emily Seifert and Donna Russo-Savage. Donna convened quarterly Council of Chairs meetings on behalf of the ET.
On March 26, 2012 the GB and the ET held a joint meeting to discuss policies the two bodies had drafted: Governance Policies (by the GB) and Financial Management Policies (by the ET, in response to the GB's request). The minutes of that joint meeting are attached below, as are the GB policies, an article used in the April Communicator explaining the importance of the Financial Management Policies, and those policies. All policies are a "Working Draft".
Notes from Joint Meeting of ET and GB March 26, 2012 Approving Policies
Governance Policies for UCM as of March 13, 2012
Acticle for April Communicator about Importance of Financial Management Policies
Financial Management Policies Draft as of January, 2012