NEWS: 2010-04-05 - NWUUJN Minutes
Published: April 20, 2010
Updated: December 30, 2011, 2:13 pm
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE APRIL 5 MEETING (full minutes are here)
· 3 new participants were introduced to the group: Mark Alter (Oregon), Dick Jacke (Bellevue), Tandi Koerger (PNWD Programs)
· Energetic discussion was focused on a web-based “clearinghouse” to support ongoing collaboration by UU activists as well as to enable nimble responses to emergent issues. Desired is a clearinghouse that:
o Eases the need to advertise the same event in multiple venues.
o Provides topic-centered publishing of events, event detail, issue research, model policies/procedures, issue articles, group news, etc.
o Supports commenting and conversation around these topics.
o Links to UUA and other resources.
o Has listings of all PNWD congregations and (member-only) contact links for point persons in these congregations.
o Has a privacy-friendly mechanism for regional UUs to find other individual UUs involved in the same action issues.
· Continued exploration of how leadership will emerge for this initiative. Varied perspectives were aired:
o “Leadership in this has to come from the larger congregations… If the larger congregations can at least coalesce then we can help to find the smaller congregations.”
o “The promise of this project will lie in some of the smaller congregations… If the small congregations don’t do it, it won’t be much of a success. It is the smaller congregations who have the greatest need/motivation to connect.”
o Tandi (PNWD Programs) joined the call to provide PNWD (or request UUA) support as appropriate and needed. She suggested various possibilities that ranged from UUA IT support for a prototype clearinghouse, to event speakers, to online data already available.
· Sample website for clearinghouse is now up. Find it here. Full multi-author access begins at $20/month. Current site is free w/ one author allowed. Become a member here (that's free). Learn more about what these sites offer here and here.
ACTION ITEMS FROM THE APRIL 5 MEETING
· D2 – To get invitations out to the group for membership in the prototype website.
· D2 – To do additional thinking regarding a clearinghouse, pulling together some of the objectives we have discussed and possibly developing a sample survey.
· Barbara – To send Jaco ten Hov’s inspiring sermon on "Solidarity" to this group.
· Barbara – To let Jaco know that his name came up, etc.
· John – To contact Jaco ten Hov to get permission to post the sermon on the website and regarding ideas he might have for our efforts.
· Mark – To read the sermon and comment back to the group.
· Everyone – To read Jaco ten Hov’s sermon as you feel so moved.
· Everyone – To share with the group any events/plans from your congregation that bear on our work, together.
Our next phone meeting for
Connecting UUs for Social Justice
is scheduled for
Monday, May 3 at 9:05 pm.
Dial 1-218-844-3366
Access code 887#
as before.
Detailed Minutes from our April 5 meeting are posted online here.
(Previously titled NWUUJN - Social Action Call - Highlights)
The Author
D.D. Hilke is the Executive Director of the Northwest UU Justice Network, as well as an organizational coach and an occasional lecturer at the University of Washington. Dr. Hilke coaches individuals and organizations to achieve effective intentional leadership, healthy organizational development, and contagious contribution to society.
Beginning her career as a research psychologist at the Smithsonian’s Office of Educational Research, Dr. Hilke investigated how families lea ... (Full Bio)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE APRIL 5 MEETING (full minutes are here)
· 3 new participants were introduced to the group: Mark Alter (Oregon), Dick Jacke (Bellevue), Tandi Koerger (PNWD Programs)
· Energetic discussion was focused on a web-based “clearinghouse” to support ongoing collaboration by UU activists as well as to enable nimble responses to emergent issues. Desired is a clearinghouse that:
o Eases the need to advertise the same event in multiple venues.
o Provides topic-centered publishing of events, event detail, issue research, model policies/procedures, issue articles, group news, etc.
o Supports commenting and conversation around these topics.
o Links to UUA and other resources.
o Has listings of all PNWD congregations and (member-only) contact links for point persons in these congregations.
o Has a privacy-friendly mechanism for regional UUs to find other individual UUs involved in the same action issues.
· Continued exploration of how leadership will emerge for this initiative. Varied perspectives were aired:
o “Leadership in this has to come from the larger congregations… If the larger congregations can at least coalesce then we can help to find the smaller congregations.”
o “The promise of this project will lie in some of the smaller congregations… If the small congregations don’t do it, it won’t be much of a success. It is the smaller congregations who have the greatest need/motivation to connect.”
o Tandi (PNWD Programs) joined the call to provide PNWD (or request UUA) support as appropriate and needed. She suggested various possibilities that ranged from UUA IT support for a prototype clearinghouse, to event speakers, to online data already available.
· Sample website for clearinghouse is now up. Find it here. Full multi-author access begins at $20/month. Current site is free w/ one author allowed. Become a member here (that's free). Learn more about what these sites offer here and here.
ACTION ITEMS FROM THE APRIL 5 MEETING
· D2 – To get invitations out to the group for membership in the prototype website.
· D2 – To do additional thinking regarding a clearinghouse, pulling together some of the objectives we have discussed and possibly developing a sample survey.
· Barbara – To send Jaco ten Hov’s inspiring sermon on "Solidarity" to this group.
· Barbara – To let Jaco know that his name came up, etc.
· John – To contact Jaco ten Hov to get permission to post the sermon on the website and regarding ideas he might have for our efforts.
· Mark – To read the sermon and comment back to the group.
· Everyone – To read Jaco ten Hov’s sermon as you feel so moved.
· Everyone – To share with the group any events/plans from your congregation that bear on our work, together.
Our next phone meeting for
Connecting UUs for Social Justice
is scheduled for
Monday, May 3 at 9:05 pm.
Dial 1-218-844-3366
Access code 887#
as before.
Detailed Minutes from our April 5 meeting are posted online here.
(Previously titled NWUUJN - Social Action Call - Highlights)
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