Plenary June 27, 2010 2:15PM CDT CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: 1 HEAR INK 314-427-1113 WWW.HEARINK.COM 14:16:32:27 >> I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE 14:16:34:00 SEVENTH AND HOPEFULLY FINAL 14:16:35:13 PLENARY SESSION OF THE 14:16:37:15 49TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 14:16:38:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:16:39:27 ASSOCIATION. 14:16:40:24 OUR CHALICE READING THIS 14:16:43:19 EVENING IS WALTER WELD FROM 14:16:45:06 ALL SOULS UU CONGREGATION IN 14:16:47:21 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 14:16:48:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:16:49:09 >> WE LIGHT THE CHALICE TODAY 14:16:55:18 IN RECOGNITION OF AN IMPORTANT 14:16:57:12 ANNIVERSARY TO WHICH WE HAVE 14:16:59:09 ALL CONTRIBUTED: JULY 26, 1 14:17:02:15 MONTH FROM NOW, IS THE 20TH 14:17:04:09 ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS 14:17:06:06 WITH DISABILITIES ACT. 14:17:07:06 SINCE OUR MERGER IN 1961, THE 14:17:09:16 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:17:10:12 ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEMBER 14:17:12:03 CONGREGATIONS HAVE SPOKEN OUT 14:17:14:09 REPEATEDLY ON THE ISSUE OF 14:17:16:25 ACCESSIBILITY AND WE HAVE 14:17:18:27 ACTED. 14:17:19:15 THIS ROOM IS FULL OF SCOOTERS. 14:17:21:00 THERE'S A RAMP TO THE STAGE. 14:17:23:19 YOU'RE READING THE WORDS RIGHT 14:17:25:07 NOW, IT IS REALTIME 14:17:27:18 CAPTIONING, AND OUR 14:17:28:18 CONGREGATIONS HAVE CONTINUED 14:17:30:00 TO ADD RAMPS, ELEVATORS, AUDIO 14:17:32:27 HEARING SYSTEMS, ELECTRIC 14:17:34:03 DOORS, AND MORE. 14:17:35:15 THE AMERICANS WITH 14:17:36:00 DISABILITIES ACT IS A 14:17:38:04 BEGINNING. 14:17:40:01 I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US HERE TO 14:17:42:00 RETURN TO OUR HOME 14:17:42:24 CONGREGATIONS AND TO FORWARD 14:17:45:16 ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. 14:17:46:16 WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 14:17:47:21 FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR 14:17:48:27 EXTENSIVE RENOVATION, REMEMBER 14:17:50:15 UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND PERHAPS 14:17:51:21 YOUR CONGREGATION CAN 14:17:53:04 RECOGNIZE ALL OF THIS NEAR 2 14:17:56:09 JULY 26TH. 14:17:57:03 THANK YOU. 14:18:02:10 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:18:02:22 >> 14:18:05:27 >> HELLO. 14:18:06:24 BEFORE THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 14:18:08:18 EVEN BEGAN, DISTRICT 14:18:10:10 PRESIDENTS AND DISTRICT BOARD 14:18:12:04 MEMBERS OF HERE MEETING WITH 14:18:13:15 THE UUA BOARD AND WITH 14:18:14:24 DISTRICT STAFF AND WITH 14:18:15:27 PRESIDENT MORALES AND I. 14:18:17:15 I'VE ASKED NINE CURRENT AND 14:18:18:19 INCOMING PRESIDENTS OF THE 14:18:25:09 PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATION TO 14:18:26:03 GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT 14:18:27:19 MEETING. 14:18:29:12 PLEASE BECOME MARY ELLEN 14:18:30:24 MORGAN, PRESIDENT OF THE 14:18:31:24 PACIFIC CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND 14:18:33:09 JOHN SANDERS, PRESIDENT OF THE 14:18:34:22 NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT. 14:18:40:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:18:44:22 >> THE DISTRICT PRESIDENT'S 14:18:47:15 ASSOCIATION, OR DPA, PROVIDES 14:18:49:15 A FORUM FOR OUR 19 DISTRICT 14:18:51:10 PRESIDENTS TO MEET TWICE A 14:18:53:12 YEAR. 14:18:54:15 ONCE IN NOVEMBER AND ONCE AT 14:18:56:15 GA. 14:18:57:18 TRADITIONALLY, WE WOULD SPEND 14:18:59:04 OUR TIME DISCUSSING NOT ONLY 14:19:01:12 ISSUES THAT WE WERE STRUGGLING 14:19:03:00 WITH, BUT ALSO WHAT WAS 14:19:05:00 WORKING WELL IN EACH OF OUR 14:19:06:22 DISTRICTS. 14:19:08:22 COMBINING THIS KIND OF 14:19:10:12 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH 14:19:13:03 UPDATES FROM OUR UUA 14:19:14:28 HEADQUARTERS STAFF GAVE THE 14:19:17:06 DPA A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON 14:19:19:12 HOW OUR ASSOCIATION WAS 14:19:20:27 OPERATING. 14:19:22:22 SO A FEW YEARS AGO, THE DPA 14:19:25:12 STARTED BECOMING MORE 14:19:26:18 PROACTIVE BY RECOMMENDING 14:19:29:22 INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN OUR 14:19:32:03 UUA AND BEGAN TO DEVELOP A 14:19:33:21 GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH 14:19:36:13 OUR UUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 3 14:19:39:22 >> LAST OCTOBER, OUR UUA BOARD 14:19:42:12 OF TRUSTEES FINALIZED THEIR 14:19:45:13 END POLICIES. 14:19:47:06 END IS SIMPLY A TECHNICAL TERM 14:19:50:00 FOR VALUE BASED POLICIES THAT 14:19:52:13 DESCRIBE WHAT DIFFERENCE WE 14:19:53:10 WANT TO MAKE IN THE WORLD. 14:19:55:03 THE DPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 14:19:57:12 THEN ASKED SEVERAL MEMBERS OF 14:19:59:00 OUR UUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO 14:20:00:25 JOIN OUR NOVEMBER DPA MEETING 14:20:03:09 TO SEE IF THESE NEW UUA ENDS 14:20:06:15 WERE COMPATIBLE WITH DISTRICT 14:20:08:16 LEVEL POLICIES. 14:20:12:09 >> IN THE COURSE OF THIS 14:20:14:18 DISCUSSION, IT BECAME CLEAR 14:20:15:27 THAT THIS WAS PART OF A MUCH 14:20:17:06 LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW 14:20:20:15 OUR UUA IS ORGANIZED AT ALL 14:20:23:09 LEVELS: AT THE ASSOCIATION 14:20:25:16 LEVEL, AT THE CONGREGATIONAL 14:20:27:07 LEVEL, AND IN BETWEEN, AT THE 14:20:30:06 DISTRICT LEVEL. 14:20:32:06 AT THE ASSOCIATION LEVEL, OUR 14:20:34:07 UUA BOARD ASKED ITSELF WHETHER 14:20:36:21 IT WAS TOO LARGE TO BE 14:20:38:18 EFFECTIVE AND HAS BEGUN 14:20:40:12 LOOKING AT HOW IT MIGHT 14:20:41:15 RESTRUCTURE ITSELF TO BECOME 14:20:43:01 MORE EFFECTIVE. 14:20:45:12 AT THE CONGREGATIONAL LEVEL, 14:20:47:24 THE QUESTION BECOMES WHY DO SO 14:20:50:13 FEW OF OUR CONGREGATIONS' 14:20:53:21 DELEGATES COME TO GA TO VOTE 14:20:55:24 ON WHAT OUR ASSOCIATION DOES? 14:20:59:01 THIS LED OUR FIFTH PRINCIPLE 14:21:01:12 TASKFORCE TO RECOMMEND CHANGES 14:21:03:24 TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND 14:21:05:21 DELEGATE SELECTION, WHICH ARE 14:21:08:18 AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE 14:21:10:00 DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WITHIN OUR 14:21:11:12 UUA. 14:21:13:13 AND IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO 14:21:15:04 LEVELS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, 14:21:17:00 TWO TYPES OF QUESTIONS EMERGE: 14:21:20:24 REGIONALIZATION QUESTIONS AND 14:21:22:10 GOVERNANCE QUESTIONS. 14:21:24:27 >> THE REGIONALIZATION 14:21:26:27 QUESTIONS ASK CAN WE BETTER 14:21:30:01 SUPPORT OUR CONGREGATIONS BY 4 14:21:32:18 FINDING WAYS FOR OUR TALENTED 14:21:35:03 DISTRICT FIELD STAFF TO WORK 14:21:37:06 ACROSS DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. 14:21:40:21 WHAT KIND OF REGIONAL 14:21:41:27 GROUPINGS WOULD WORK BEST? 14:21:43:09 WHAT DO DISTRICTS NEED TO DO 14:21:45:21 TO SUPPORT REGIONAL RESOURCE 14:21:47:21 SHARING? 14:21:49:00 AND WHAT ARE DISTRICTS DOING 14:21:51:21 WELL AND SHOULD BE RETAINED? 14:21:56:16 >> THE DISTRICT GOVERNANCE 14:21:59:03 QUESTIONS ASK, SHOULD 14:22:01:15 DISTRICTS SET POLICIES THAT 14:22:02:15 ARE DIFFERENT FROM UUA 14:22:03:28 POLICIES? 14:22:05:01 SHOULD DISTRICT BOARDS 14:22:06:27 EVALUATE CO--EMPLOYED STAFF 14:22:10:09 USING UUA POLICIES? 14:22:12:19 INDEED, SHOULD DISTRICT STAFF 14:22:14:24 BE COEMPLOYED? 14:22:17:03 ARE THERE OTHER GOVERNANCE 14:22:20:22 ROLES THAT ARE BEST DONE AT 14:22:21:22 THE DISTRICT LEVEL? 14:22:22:27 ARE THERE NON-GOVERNANCE ROLES 14:22:25:03 THAT ARE BEST FOUND BY 14:22:25:27 DISTRICT BOARDS? 14:22:26:19 AND FOR THE HUNDREDS OF UU'S 14:22:30:24 WHO STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR 14:22:32:27 CONGREGATIONS AND WANT TO DO 14:22:34:03 MORE FOR THE FAITH THAT THEY 14:22:35:19 LOVE, WE MUST ASK OURSELVES IF 14:22:38:03 DISTRICT BOARD WORK IS THE 14:22:39:03 BEST WAY TO UTILIZE THEIR 14:22:40:09 PASSION AND ENERGY. 14:22:42:06 >> THESE ARE TOUGH QUESTIONS. 14:22:46:15 THEY ARE COMPLEX, INTERRELATED 14:22:49:06 QUESTIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT 14:22:50:00 TO GRAPPLE WITH AND WE KNOW 14:22:51:25 THAT. 14:22:53:21 BUT THEY ARE A PART OF A 14:22:54:27 LARGER OVERRIDING QUESTION 14:22:56:27 THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 14:22:59:19 IF OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:23:02:03 ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS 14:23:03:24 IS EVER TO BECOME THE BEST 14:23:05:12 THAT WE COULD BE, WHAT WOULD 14:23:07:16 THAT LOOK LIKE? 14:23:10:00 HOW WOULD IT BE STRUCTURED? 14:23:12:06 HOW WOULD IT WORK? 14:23:16:16 >> THOSE QUESTIONS ARE TOO BIG 5 14:23:18:16 FOR ANY ONE GROUP TO ADDRESS 14:23:20:12 ON ITS OWN, SO OUR UUA BOARD 14:23:22:27 OF TRUSTEES IS EXPLORING THE 14:23:24:19 ISSUES AT THE UUA BOARD LEVEL 14:23:28:09 AND AT LAST NOVEMBER'S DPA 14:23:31:06 MEETING, OUR UUA TRUSTEES 14:23:33:04 INVITED THE DISTRICT 14:23:34:06 PRESIDENTS TO EXPLORE WHAT 14:23:36:06 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THE 14:23:37:15 DISTRICT LEVEL AND THE 14:23:40:13 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS, IN TURN, 14:23:42:06 KNEW THAT THEY NEEDED TO ASK 14:23:43:18 THEIR BOARDS FOR HELP. 14:23:45:15 SO AT THAT NOVEMBER MEETING, 14:23:47:22 THE DPA AGREED TO GET THEIR 14:23:49:04 BOARDS INVOLVED AT THE 14:23:50:15 REGIONAL LEVEL. 14:23:53:03 >> TWO OF THE REGIONS WERE 14:23:54:18 ABLE TO HOLD A MEETING OF ALL 14:23:56:10 THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND 14:23:58:06 DISTRICT STAFF IN THAT REGION. 14:24:00:15 THE FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS AND 14:24:02:06 STAFF OF THE CENTRAL EASTERN 14:24:04:13 REGIONAL GROUP, WHICH RUNS 14:24:06:03 FROM NEW YORK STATE DOWN TO 14:24:08:06 NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND WEST TO 14:24:10:21 OHIO, MET AND ADOPTED A 14:24:13:06 REGIONALIZATION PLAN. 14:24:15:06 THE FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS AND 14:24:16:27 STAFF OF THE NEW ENGLAND 14:24:17:24 REGION MET AND AGREED TO HAVE 14:24:19:19 THEIR FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS 14:24:23:00 EXPERIMENT WITH ADOPTING 14:24:23:27 IDENTICAL RESOLUTIONS IN ALL 14:24:25:06 FOUR DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS 14:24:27:16 WITH SHARED LINKAGE TRAINING. 14:24:32:06 >> THE OTHER THREE REGIONS 14:24:33:12 WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET IN THE 14:24:35:16 SAME WAY, SO LAST WEDNESDAY 14:24:37:12 THE DPA HELD A HISTORIC 14:24:40:24 MEETING OF 120 DISTRICT BOARD 14:24:43:22 MEMBERS, PRESIDENTS, UUA 14:24:45:21 TRUSTEES, AND STAFF FROM ALL 14:24:48:15 19 DISTRICTS OF THE UUA TO 14:24:51:19 BEGIN EXPLORING THESE DISTRICT 14:24:52:28 LEVEL QUESTIONS. 14:24:54:24 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE 14:24:56:18 49-YEAR HISTORY OF THIS 14:24:59:10 ASSOCIATION THAT SUCH A GROUP 14:25:00:13 HAS GATHERED. 6 14:25:02:24 >> WE BEGAN ENGAGING THESE 14:25:05:09 ISSUES BY EXPLORING THE 14:25:06:25 REASONS AND VALUES THAT LEAD 14:25:08:10 US TO SEEK CHANGE AND THE 14:25:10:18 ASSUMPTIONS AND FEARS THAT 14:25:11:27 WOULD KEEP US FROM MOVING 14:25:14:03 AHEAD. 14:25:16:15 THE ASSUMPTIONS AND FEARS THAT 14:25:18:00 EMERGED ARE PRETTY 14:25:19:00 INTERESTING, SO WE'D LIKE TO 14:25:20:12 SHARE THEM WITH YOU. 14:25:23:10 >> GOVERNANCE EQUALS 14:25:24:22 RELATIONSHIP. 14:25:26:00 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE 14:25:27:15 IN RELATIONSHIP. 14:25:29:00 >> WHAT WE ARE DOING WORKS, 14:25:31:16 WORKS HERE. 14:25:33:00 >> WE ARE SO UNIQUE 14:25:34:27 GEOGRAPHICALLY AND 14:25:36:06 HISTORICALLY. 14:25:37:12 >> THIS IS HARDER WORK THAN I 14:25:39:16 HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO. 14:25:41:12 IT'S NOT WORTH THE EFFORT. 14:25:44:03 >> WE WILL LOSE SOMETHING 14:25:45:18 VALUABLE, SO THERE IS A FEAR 14:25:47:28 OF THE CHANGE. 14:25:49:18 >> CONFLICTS WILL DIVIDE US. 14:25:52:21 >> THERE'S AN INVERSE SQUARE 14:25:54:16 LAW OF TRUST. 14:25:56:07 THE FURTHER AWAY SOMEONE IS 14:25:58:00 RELATES TO HOW HARD IT IS TO 14:25:59:09 TRUST THEM. 14:26:00:27 >> UNIVERSALISTS ARE STILL 14:26:03:25 STUCK IN THEIR HISTORY. 14:26:05:15 THE RELIGION THAT THEY VALUE 14:26:07:12 MOST HAS BEEN HARMED OR 14:26:09:00 BELITTLED BY CONSOLIDATION AND 14:26:11:19 THE LARGER GROUPS MAY DID HE 14:26:13:18 LUTE THE LITTLE UNIVERSALISM 14:26:15:00 THAT IS LEFT. 14:26:15:15 >> WE ARE FINE THE WAY WE ARE. 14:26:17:01 >> IT WOULD BE NICE IF OUR 14:26:19:18 FAITH GREW, BUT HOPE THAT 14:26:21:24 OTHERS WILL DO THAT. 14:26:24:24 WE AREN'T WILLING TO WORK 14:26:27:16 TOWARD BECOMING 14:26:28:06 MULTI-CULTURAL. 14:26:29:03 >> THERE WAS A GOLDEN AGE. 14:26:30:09 >> EVERY CONGREGATION NEEDS TO 14:26:32:00 GET EQUAL SERVICE. 7 14:26:34:04 >> IF ONE THING IS BROKEN, ALL 14:26:36:00 THINGS MUST BE BROKEN. 14:26:37:12 >> ALL DISTRICTS CAN DO THINGS 14:26:39:21 THE SAME WAY. 14:26:42:04 >> YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO THOSE 14:26:44:18 NOT WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. 14:26:49:13 >> HOLIDAY MEANS WE GOVERN 14:26:51:07 OURSELVES, PERIOD. 14:26:52:18 >> HELPING ANOTHER 14:26:53:09 CONGREGATION WOULD WEAKEN US. 14:26:54:27 >> ONE PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE 14:26:57:13 TO STOP THE PROCESS. 14:27:00:04 >> BOUNDARIES ARE BAD. 14:27:01:18 >> YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL. 14:27:03:03 >> THE DISTRICT'S UUA TRUSTEE 14:27:04:27 REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT. 14:27:05:21 >> GENERAL SKILLS EQUAL 14:27:07:19 EXPERTISE. 14:27:08:12 >> CONGREGATIONS CARE ABOUT 14:27:10:06 DISTRICTS. 14:27:10:18 >> ANY GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 14:27:12:09 WOULD BE OKAY IF THE ROLES AND 14:27:13:19 GOALS WERE CLEAR. 14:27:14:19 >> GEOGRAPHY IS DESTINY. 14:27:18:12 [ LAUGHTER ] 14:27:18:21 >> ONLY DISTRICT EXECUTIVES 14:27:21:16 CAN HELP US. 14:27:23:01 >> CHANGE MEANS A NET LOSS OF 14:27:25:18 PEOPLE. 14:27:26:06 >> DISTRICT LEADERS ARISE, 14:27:29:21 SPIRITUALLY MATURE. 14:27:31:13 [ LAUGHTER ] 14:27:31:25 >> IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, 14:27:35:00 WILL WE CONTINUE TO EXIST? 14:27:37:03 >> THE NORTHEAST IS WHERE THE 14:27:39:01 ACTION IS. 14:27:41:18 IS THAT TRUE? 14:27:42:21 >> THE NORTH EASTERS DON'T 14:27:45:28 WANT YOU THERE AT ALL. 14:27:47:22 [ LAUGHTER ] 14:27:48:06 >> WE NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY 14:27:55:10 FRONT GET GOOD SERVICE 14:27:56:10 DELIVERY. 14:27:57:03 >> BYLAW CHANGES WILL BE 14:27:59:06 DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING. 14:28:01:15 >> CHANGE WILL UPSET 14:28:03:28 CONGREGATIONS. 14:28:04:21 >> SO MUCH FOR ASSUMPTIONS. 14:28:08:09 CHANGE IS PRETTY SCARY STUFF, 14:28:10:06 AND WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO 8 14:28:11:22 BE CHANGING AT THE SAME TIME, 14:28:14:03 IT'S VERY SCARY. 14:28:17:00 NEVERTHELESS, ALL OF THE 14:28:17:27 DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS 14:28:19:06 COLLECTIVELY AGREED TO START 14:28:20:13 MOVING AHEAD ON ADDRESSING ALL 14:28:22:12 OF THESE DISTRICT LEVEL ISSUES 14:28:24:18 BY TAKING THE FOLLOWING THREE 14:28:26:28 STEPS. 14:28:28:25 >> EACH OF THE 19 DISTRICT 14:28:30:18 BOARDS WHO REPEAT THE 14:28:32:21 JUNE 23RD PROCESS SO THAT 14:28:34:21 BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE MISSING 14:28:36:10 LAST WEDNESDAY CAN REACH A 14:28:38:06 SIMILAR LEVEL OF 14:28:39:00 UNDERSTANDING. 14:28:40:18 EACH DISTRICT PRESIDENT WILL 14:28:42:03 BRING THE RESULT OF HIS 14:28:43:21 BOARD'S REFLECTIONS TO THE 14:28:45:21 NOVEMBER DPA MEETING. 14:28:47:27 AND TWO, EACH REGION WILL HOLD 14:28:50:15 THE MEETING OF ALL OF ITS 14:28:52:04 DISTRICT BOARDS SOMETIME 14:28:53:04 BEFORE GA 2011. 14:28:57:09 THE DISTRICT PRESIDENTS WILL 14:28:59:03 BRING THE RESULTS OF THOSE 14:29:00:04 MEETINGS TO THE GA 2011DPA 14:29:02:27 MEETING. 14:29:04:15 AND THREE, BEFORE THE GA20 14:29:06:24 11-DPA MEETING, EACH REGION 14:29:11:18 WILL RECOMMEND A PERSON OR 14:29:13:09 PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 14:29:15:10 SMALL WORKING GROUP CHARGED 14:29:17:10 WITH RECOMMENDING SPECIFIC 14:29:18:21 STEPS THE DISTRICT BOARDS CAN 14:29:21:09 TAKE TOWARDS CHANGES THAT ARE 14:29:23:03 APPROPRIATE FOR THAT REGION. 14:29:25:19 THIS SMALL WORKING GROUP WILL 14:29:27:09 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE 14:29:32:04 NOVEMBER 2011-DPA MEETING. 14:29:34:21 >> WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO FLOOR 14:29:36:09 OUR DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS TO 14:29:38:00 SEE IF THERE ARE BETTER WAYS 14:29:39:00 TO SERVE AND SUPPORT OUR 14:29:40:13 CONGREGATIONS. 14:29:44:18 THIS IS A DAUNTING TASK THAT 14:29:50:19 WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO 14:29:51:21 RESOLVE. 14:29:52:12 BUT WE WELCOME THE JOURNEY AND 14:29:53:15 WE WOULD WELCOME ANY COMMENTS 9 14:29:54:12 OR SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT 14:29:56:15 OFFER US ALONG THE WAY. 14:29:59:27 >> BUT BEFORE THAT, WE WOULD 14:30:01:06 LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR 14:30:02:18 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS HERE IN 14:30:03:18 THE FRONT ROW. 14:30:04:06 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS, WOULD YOU 14:30:05:07 PLEASE STAND? 14:30:08:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:30:08:21 >> THANK YOU. 14:30:20:15 AND NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY 14:30:23:24 COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS YOU 14:30:26:16 MIGHT LIKE TO OFFER US OR 14:30:27:27 QUESTIONS? 14:30:32:03 >> IF THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, 14:30:33:22 LIKE, REALLY BURNING QUESTIONS 14:30:34:27 IN THE HOUSE, WE HAVE TIME FOR 14:30:36:06 THEM. 14:30:39:24 OR WE COULD JUST, LIKE -- WE 14:30:42:16 DO HAVE? 14:30:43:01 NO? 14:30:45:06 WE COULD JUST THANK THESE 14:30:46:06 FOLKS FOR THEIR GREAT REPORT, 14:30:48:00 THEN. 14:30:48:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:30:49:00 OKAY. 14:31:07:06 I'M GOING TO CALL ON -- I'M 14:31:10:25 GOING TO CALL ON THE SECRETARY 14:31:12:01 OF THE ASSOCIATION, TOM 14:31:14:06 LOUGHREY, TO REPORT ON THE 14:31:15:18 BOARD'S RESPONSE TO A 14:31:16:18 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION ON 14:31:17:24 POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND OWE 14:31:18:21 PRECIOUS. 14:31:19:07 PLEASE BECOME MR. TOM 14:31:20:13 LOUGHREY. 14:31:21:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:31:22:24 >> THANK YOU, GINI. 14:31:27:04 IN 2009 AT SALT LAKE CITY, THE 14:31:30:12 COMMISSION ON APPRAISAL 14:31:31:27 PRESENTED A PROPOSED CHANGE TO 14:31:33:18 ARTICLE II OF OUR BYLAWS. 14:31:35:22 MOST OF US KNOW THIS AS OUR 14:31:38:09 PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES, AND 14:31:39:18 SOURCES. 14:31:40:18 AMONG THE PROPOSED CHANGES WAS 14:31:42:03 A SECTION CURRENTLY ENTITLED 14:31:44:01 NONDISCRIMINATION. 14:31:46:06 THE COA PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE 14:31:48:15 ENTITLED INCLUSION. 10 14:31:50:28 IT READS, SYSTEMS OF POWER, 14:31:53:15 PRIVILEGE, AND OWE PRECIOUS 14:31:54:15 HAVE TRADITIONALLY CREATED 14:31:56:00 BARRIERS FOR PERSONS AND 14:31:58:03 GROUPS WITH PARTICULAR 14:31:59:04 IDENTITIES, AGES, ABILITIES, 14:32:02:03 AND HISTORIES. 14:32:04:00 WE PLEDGE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO 14:32:05:12 REPLACE SUCH BARRIERS WITH 14:32:07:25 EVER WIDENING CIRCLES OF 14:32:09:27 SOLIDARITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT. 14:32:12:12 WE STRIVE TO BE AN ASSOCIATION 14:32:13:24 OF CONGREGATIONS THAT TRULY 14:32:15:10 WELCOME ALL PERSONS AND COMMIT 14:32:17:15 TO STRUCTURING CONGREGATIONAL 14:32:19:03 AND ASSOCIATIONAL LIFE IN WAYS 14:32:22:16 THAT EMPOWER AND ENHANCE 14:32:23:28 EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION, 14:32:26:03 CLOSED QUOTE. 14:32:28:15 WHILE THE WHOLE PROPOSAL 14:32:30:00 FAILED TO PASS THE DELEGATE 14:32:31:07 VOTE, MANY WISHED WE COULD 14:32:32:22 INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE OF 14:32:33:21 INCLUSION. 14:32:35:00 A RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION WAS 14:32:36:12 ISSUED TO THE CONGREGATIONS 14:32:38:15 REPRESENTED AT GA2009 BY THE 14:32:41:01 DELEGATES. 14:32:41:27 THE RESOLUTION HAS TWO PARTS. 14:32:44:12 FIRST, THE DELEGATES ARE URGED 14:32:45:15 TO ACT UPON THE PLEDGE AND 14:32:47:19 COVENANT IN THE PROPOSED 14:32:49:00 LANGUAGE OF INCLUSION, AND 14:32:51:03 SECOND, THAT THE CONGREGATIONS 14:32:52:21 WILL REPORT PRIOR TO GA2010 ON 14:32:55:28 THEIR ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO 14:32:57:07 THIS RESOLUTION. 14:33:00:09 A SMALL NUMBER OF 14:33:02:03 CONGREGATIONS DID TAKE UP THIS 14:33:03:13 WORK AND REPORT ON IT, AND I 14:33:06:16 WANT TO HOLD UP TWO OF THESE. 14:33:08:00 THE FIRST IS FROM METRO NEW 14:33:09:06 YORK DISTRICT ANTI-RACISM AND 14:33:11:10 DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, WHO 14:33:13:21 PREPARED A VERY SIGNIFICANT 14:33:15:06 DOCUMENT FOR CONGREGATIONS IN 14:33:16:27 ITS DISTRICT. 14:33:17:15 THIS RESOURCE DOCUMENTS 14:33:20:19 INCLUDES TOOLS FOR 14:33:21:21 CONGREGATIONS TO TAKE UP THIS 11 14:33:22:18 WORKING STARTING WITH 14:33:23:12 CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS. 14:33:25:06 THE RESOURCE PACKET INCLUDED 14:33:26:25 BACKGROUND READINGS, MUSIC 14:33:29:15 SUGGESTIONS, CHALICE 14:33:31:00 LIGHTINGS, DISCUSSION TOPICS, 14:33:32:27 AND A LISTING OF CHILDREN'S 14:33:34:06 READINGS. 14:33:35:10 THE PACKET ALSO INCLUDED A 14:33:38:00 SAMPLE ORDER OF SERVICE FOR 14:33:40:03 THE TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED AS A 14:33:41:15 WORSHIP SERVICE, AND THIS 14:33:43:07 RESOURCE WAS WIDELY USED IN 14:33:45:00 THE DISTRICT THIS PAST YEAR BY 14:33:46:18 CONGREGATIONS AND EVEN WENT 14:33:49:00 OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO HELP 14:33:50:10 OTHER CONGREGATIONS IN TAKING 14:33:51:22 UP THIS WORK. 14:33:53:06 HATS OFF TO THE ANTI-RACISM 14:33:54:21 AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE IN 14:33:56:21 METRO NEW YORK FOR THIS 14:33:58:25 EXAMPLE OF INCLUSIVE 14:34:00:18 LEADERSHIP. 14:34:02:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:34:02:15 >> THE SECOND GROUPY WANT TO 14:34:04:21 HOLD UP IS THE UU CHURCH OF 14:34:06:10 KENT, OHIO WHO APPROACHED A 14:34:09:09 COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION GOING 14:34:10:21 BEYOND JUST LANGUAGE, BUT 14:34:12:00 RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING 14:34:12:15 ITSELF. 14:34:13:10 THEY OCCUPY A 144-YEAR-OLD 14:34:16:00 STRUCTURE AND IN ORDER TO BE 14:34:18:00 INCLUSIVE TO ALL ABILITIES, 14:34:20:15 INSTALLED AN ELEVATOR TO THEIR 14:34:22:07 SECOND FLOOR SANCTUARY AND A 14:34:24:12 FAMILY BATHROOM FOR THOSE NOT 14:34:26:00 WISHING TO USE GENDER SPECIFIC 14:34:27:12 ACCOMMODATIONS. 14:34:29:16 THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 14:34:30:21 WORKSHOPS HELD ON INCLUSION, 14:34:32:12 DIVERSITY, AND OWE PRECIOUS 14:34:34:03 FOR BOTH THE CONGREGATION, AS 14:34:36:04 WELL AS THE LARGER COMMUNITY. 14:34:39:00 HATS OFF TO THEM AS WELL. 14:34:41:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:34:41:09 >> MANY OTHER CONGREGATIONS 14:34:48:01 AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE DONE 14:34:49:18 SIMILAR WORK AND 14:34:51:03 CONGRATULATIONS ARE EXTENDED 12 14:34:51:27 TO EACH. 14:34:52:12 BUT LEST WE THINK THE WORK IS 14:34:54:07 DONE OR THE RESOLUTION 14:34:55:10 FULFILLED, BY THE DUE DATE WE 14:34:57:09 HAD RESPONSE FROM HIS ONLY 11 14:34:59:03 CONGREGATIONS IN THE METRO AND 14:35:00:28 NEW YORK DISTRICT. 14:35:01:19 THIS IS A RESPONSIVE 14:35:02:13 RESOLUTION GIVEN TO ALL 14:35:03:21 CONGREGATIONS LAST YEAR. 14:35:07:09 MUCH IS TO BE DONE FOR 14:35:08:09 PROMISES MADE, AND THE GOOD 14:35:10:19 NEWS IS WE HAVE NO DEADLINE ON 14:35:12:00 THAT. 14:35:12:12 THE PROMISE CAN STILL BE 14:35:14:18 FULFILLED AND THE PROMISE OF 14:35:15:18 INCLUSION MADE REAL. 14:35:16:22 OUR CONGREGATIONS CAN BE 14:35:18:10 SHINING EXAMPLES IN 14:35:20:09 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 14:35:21:15 TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 14:35:22:06 MARGINALIZED, CAST OUT, 14:35:24:04 DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, AND 14:35:25:22 EVEN BEEN PHYSICALLY AND 14:35:27:09 EMOTIONALLY ASSAULTED. 14:35:28:21 WE CAN DO THIS AND THE TIME IS 14:35:30:28 RIGHT NOW. 14:35:31:13 THANK YOU. 14:35:32:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:35:33:01 >> THANK YOU, TOM. 14:35:42:01 PLEASE WELCOME ROBIN NELSON. 14:35:45:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:35:45:24 >> I'M SORRY. 14:35:49:06 HANG ON. 14:35:49:19 WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER 14:35:51:06 PLEASE WELCOME, BECAUSE WE'RE 14:35:52:12 A FAITH THAT WANTS TO WELCOME 14:35:54:06 FOLKS, SO PLEASE WELCOME ROBIN 14:35:56:19 NELSON. 14:35:57:19 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 14:35:58:07 >> THAT WAS MUCH BETTER. 14:36:05:00 GOOD AFTERNOON. 14:36:06:16 AS GINI SAID, I'M ROBIN NELSON 14:36:09:03 AND I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER 14:36:10:15 FOR CONGREGATIONAL STEWARDSHIP 14:36:13:19 SERVICES AT THE UA. 14:36:14:25 ONE OF MY JOBS IS MANAGING THE 14:36:16:21 GREEN SANCTUARY PROGRAM. 14:36:19:12 THIS MARKS THE SECOND YEAR 14:36:21:06 THAT THE UUA HAS HAD 13 14:36:23:13 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING 14:36:25:06 THE PROGRAM. 14:36:27:15 WE CONTINUED TO GIVE GRATITUDE 14:36:29:06 AND THANKS TO THE UU MINISTRY 14:36:31:01 FOR EARTH, WHO ORIGINALLY 14:36:32:12 FOUNDED AND MANAGED THE 14:36:33:15 PROGRAM. 14:36:35:21 THROUGH THE GREEN SANCTUARY 14:36:37:13 PROGRAM, WE ARE BUILDING THE 14:36:39:04 UUA'S COMMITMENT TO THE 14:36:41:06 ENVIRONMENT. 14:36:41:27 WE'RE ENGAGING INDIVIDUAL 14:36:43:12 CONGREGATIONS AND INVITING 14:36:44:28 THEM TO JOIN OUR LARGER FAITH 14:36:46:16 COMMUNITY IN "GREENING" OUR 14:36:48:21 FAITH AND RECTIFYING 14:36:50:18 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. 14:36:52:18 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UU 14:36:54:10 MINISTRY FOR EARTH, WE ARE 14:36:55:22 FOCUSING MORE ON ENVIRONMENTAL 14:36:58:03 JUSTICE. 14:36:59:15 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PURSUES 14:37:02:04 SIMULTANEOUSLY THE PROTECTION 14:37:03:15 OF NATURAL SYSTEMS AND THE 14:37:06:12 ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF HUMAN 14:37:08:13 COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY 14:37:10:22 DISADVANTAGED, OPPRESSED, 14:37:12:24 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, WHILE 14:37:16:25 AT THE SAME TIME BUILDING 14:37:19:10 RELATIONSHIPS TO CREATE A 14:37:20:21 LARGER IMPACT. 14:37:23:03 PEOPLE OF FAITH AROUND THE 14:37:24:03 WORLD, AND ESPECIALLY UU'S AND 14:37:26:25 THOSE OF US IN THIS PLENARY, 14:37:29:15 ARE COMING TO UNDERSTAND THAT 14:37:31:15 THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT ARE 14:37:34:07 THREATS TO THE PRINCIPLES OF 14:37:36:03 JUSTICE AND COMPASSION AT THE 14:37:38:09 CORE OF EVERY RELIGION. 14:37:40:09 THE GREEN SANCTUARY PROGRAM 14:37:43:07 INVITES CONGREGATIONS TO 14:37:44:27 PARTICIPATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL 14:37:46:24 STEWARDSHIP AND TO PRACTICE 14:37:48:09 OUR FAITH. 14:37:49:22 ACTIVISM IS FAITH. 14:37:51:27 IT'S OUR WAY, OUR FAITH 14:37:54:06 ENRICHES AND REINSPIRES US. 14:37:58:28 INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE BEING 14:37:59:21 ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY, THERE ARE 14:38:00:24 THREE CONGREGATIONS 14 14:38:02:03 PARTICIPATING IN THE 14:38:03:09 REACCREDITATION PROCESS. 14:38:07:27 130 ACCREDITED AND GREEN 14:38:14:16 SANCTUARIES AND 20 14:38:17:03 CONGREGATIONS IN CANDIDACY TO 14:38:19:24 BECOME A GREEN SANCTUARY. 14:38:20:28 THAT'S A TOTAL OF 253 14:38:22:25 CONGREGATIONS, OR ONE OUT OF 14:38:24:12 4UU CONGREGATIONS THAT ARE 14:38:25:27 COMMIT TO WORKING TOGETHER TO 14:38:27:09 RESTORE THE EARTH AND RENEW 14:38:29:13 SPIRIT. 14:38:37:21 LAWS BECAUSE. 14:38:38:04 >> AND I INVITE ALL -- 14:38:39:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:38:39:25 >> AND I INVITE ALL OF THOSE 14:38:41:24 CONGREGATIONS WHO HAVE YET TO 14:38:43:24 GREEN THE GREEN SANCTUARY 14:38:44:24 MOVEMENT TO MAKE A COMMITMENT 14:38:45:25 TO LIVING OUT OUR SEVENTH 14:38:47:13 PRINCIPLE, THE RESPECT FOR THE 14:38:49:06 INTERDEPENDENT WEB OF LIFE, OF 14:38:51:06 WHICH WE ALL ARE A PART, AS 14:38:52:28 WELL AS THE SIX OTHER 14:38:53:28 PRINCIPLES, WHICH 14:38:55:07 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ALSO 14:38:57:12 APPEALS TO. 14:39:00:18 TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND 14:39:01:19 CELEBRATE A RECORD 35 14:39:06:24 CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE EARNED 14:39:08:24 GREEN SANCTUARY ACCREDITATION. 14:39:11:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:39:11:28 >> THAT'S 35. 14:39:13:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:39:13:21 >> SO NOW I'M GOING TO READ A 14:39:19:01 LIST OF THE 35. 14:39:19:22 IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR 14:39:20:21 APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END, THAT 14:39:22:06 WOULD BE GREAT. 14:39:24:21 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:39:26:10 OF JACKSONVILLE IN FLORIDA. 14:39:30:00 KEENE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:39:32:00 CHURCH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 14:39:34:25 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:39:36:04 OF AMHERST IN NEW YORK. 14:39:40:18 SANFORD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:39:42:03 CHURCH IN MAINE. 14:39:45:16 FIRST PARISH IN CONCORD, 14:39:47:15 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:39:50:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 15 14:39:51:21 OF PALO ALTO IN CALIFORNIA. 14:39:56:15 FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF 14:39:58:21 MINNEAPOLIS HERE IN MINNESOTA. 14:40:01:25 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:40:03:12 CONGREGATION OF THE SWANNANOA 14:40:06:00 VALLEY IN NORTH CAROLINA. 14:40:09:22 FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF 14:40:11:21 MILWAUKEE IN WISCONSIN. 14:40:14:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:40:15:15 COMMUNITY OF THE MOUNTAINS IN 14:40:16:24 CALIFORNIA. 14:40:19:16 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:40:21:00 FELLOWSHIP OF THE EMERALD 14:40:23:03 COAST IN FLORIDA. 14:40:25:09 OBERLIN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:40:28:01 CHURCH IN OHIO. 14:40:31:03 PETERBOROUGH UNITARIAN 14:40:33:24 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN NEW 14:40:34:22 HAMPSHIRE. 14:40:36:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:40:38:15 OF MARIN IN CALIFORNIA. 14:40:43:13 UNIVERSITY UNITARIAN CHURCH IN 14:40:45:00 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 14:40:47:12 FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 14:40:48:18 ROCKLAND, MAINE. 14:40:51:22 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY 14:40:54:00 OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN IOWA. 14:40:57:06 HERITAGE UNITARIAN 14:40:58:04 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN OHIO. 14:41:02:21 UNITARIAN CHURCH OF HINSDALE 14:41:04:24 IN ILLINOIS. 14:41:07:13 KITTITAS VALLEY UNITARIAN 14:41:10:00 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 14:41:11:06 WASHINGTON. 14:41:14:19 SOUTH CHURCH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 14:41:18:21 NEIGHBORHOOD UNITARIAN 14:41:19:09 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 14:41:21:18 PASADENA IN CALIFORNIA. 14:41:26:00 ALL SOULS CHURCH, UNITARIAN IN 14:41:28:18 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 14:41:32:04 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:41:33:22 AT WASHINGTON CROSSING IN NEW 14:41:35:03 JERSEY. 14:41:38:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:41:39:21 CONGREGATION OF THE 14:41:40:25 CANANDAIGUA IN NEW YORK. 14:41:45:00 VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:41:46:15 CHURCH IN ARIZONA. 14:41:53:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY 14:41:54:12 OF FAIRHAVEN IN MASSACHUSETTS. 16 14:41:57:21 CEDAR LANE UNITARIAN 14:41:59:16 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 14:42:00:27 MARYLAND. 14:42:03:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:42:04:09 OF THE EASTERN SLOPES IN NEW 14:42:06:15 HAMPSHIRE. 14:42:09:00 FIRST PARISH, LEXINGTON IN 14:42:12:15 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:42:14:15 FIRST PARISH IN FRAMINGHAM, 14:42:17:00 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:42:18:27 YOUNG CHURCH OF BARNSTABLE IN 14:42:20:27 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:42:23:25 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:42:24:25 OF FRESNO IN CALIFORNIA. 14:42:28:03 BROOKFIELD UNITARIAN 14:42:29:03 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 14:42:29:24 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:42:34:10 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 14:42:37:00 OF PHOENIX IN ARIZONA. 14:42:40:24 IN ADDITION TO THESE 35 14:42:42:16 CONGREGATIONS -- 14:42:45:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:42:46:15 >> IN ADDITION TO THESE 35 14:42:58:09 CONGREGATIONS, THERE ARE THREE 14:43:00:25 CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE 14:43:02:06 ALREADY ACHIEVED GREEN 14:43:03:24 SANCTUARY ACCREDITATION WHO 14:43:05:24 ARE EMBARKING ON THE 14:43:07:04 REACCREDITATION PROCESS. 14:43:09:12 MORRISTOWN UNITARIAN 14:43:11:18 FELLOWSHIP IN NEW JERSEY, 14:43:14:09 ALLEN AVENUE UNITARIAN 14:43:16:22 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN MAINE, 14:43:19:27 AND UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:43:21:06 CHURCH OF SACO AND BIDDEFORD 14:43:26:00 IN MAINE ARE THE FIRST 14:43:27:06 CONGREGATIONS IN THE UUA TO 14:43:29:18 SHOW THEIR CONTINUED 14:43:31:06 COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT 14:43:33:10 THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THIS 14:43:36:09 PROCESS. 14:43:36:27 ALL OF THESE CONGREGATIONS 14:43:38:03 HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK AND 14:43:40:01 ARE LIVING EXAMPLES OF HOW WE 14:43:41:21 CAN PROMOTE STEWARDSHIP OF THE 14:43:43:06 EARTH. 14:43:43:27 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU-ALL. 14:43:47:01 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:43:47:16 >> IN RECOGNITION OF OUR WORK 14:44:16:06 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, I 17 14:44:17:22 CHOSE THE SONG RISING GREEN, 14:44:19:18 WHICH IS NUMBER 1068 IN 14:44:23:27 SINGING THE JOURNEY SO WE CAN 14:44:25:04 START TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR 14:44:26:21 HYMNS THAT HONOR THE EARTH. 14:44:28:12 THE COMPOSER OF THIS SONG IS 14:44:30:18 CAROLYN MCDADE, WHO ALSO WROTE 14:44:33:01 SPIRIT OF LIFE, "COME SING A 14:44:34:07 SONG WITH ME," SOME UU 14:44:36:09 STANDARDS THERE. 14:44:37:06 WE ARE JOINED THIS AFTERNOON 14:44:38:00 BY ELEANOR TOAST OF THE 14:44:39:09 HARVARD UU CHURCH IN HARVARD, 14:44:41:21 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:44:43:09 PLEASE RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT 14:44:45:03 AND I'M GOING TO SING THROUGH 14:44:46:15 THE FIRST VERSE JUST TO GET 14:44:47:25 THE SONG IN OUR EARS. 14:44:49:10 WE'LL GO BACK AND SING ALL 14:44:50:18 FOUR VERSES TOGETHER. 14:44:51:15 IT'S A LOVELY SONG. 14:44:54:03 WE'LL HAVE THE PIANO, PLEASE? 14:44:58:06 [CONGREGATION SINGING "RISING 14:44:58:06 GREEN"] 14:45:00:06 >> THAT WAS LOVELY. 14:49:17:27 THANK YOU ALL. 14:49:20:16 >> WHO'D NEVER SUNG THAT HYMN 14:49:27:09 BEFORE? 14:49:28:04 YEAH, YOU WERE RIGHT, JOHN. 14:49:29:13 IT'S PRETTY COOL. 14:49:31:27 THANK YOU. 14:49:33:24 PLEASE WELCOME THE YOUTH 14:49:35:18 OBSERVER TO YOUR UUA BOARD OF 14:49:37:16 TRUSTEES, MR. JOE GIESKY. 14:49:48:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:49:48:27 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 14:49:51:15 I'M THE YOUTH OBSERVER TO THE 14:49:52:24 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 14:49:54:10 AND WILL BE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE 14:49:56:24 OR SO UNTIL I'M DONE SPEAKING, 14:49:58:12 IF THAT. 14:50:00:10 THE YOUTH OBSERVER IS AN 14:50:02:10 INVALUABLE POSITION OF YOUTH 14:50:03:27 EMPOWERMENT AND IS A ONE-YEAR 14:50:05:27 TERM. 14:50:06:12 SO AS MY FINAL MOMENTS IN THIS 14:50:08:25 POSITION COME TO A CLOSE, THE 14:50:11:21 YOUTH CAUCUS HAS ELECTED A 14:50:13:27 SUCCESSOR. 14:50:16:19 HE'S FROM THE PACIFIC 18 14:50:18:27 NORTHWEST DISTRICT WHERE HE 14:50:20:24 SERVES ON THE YOUTH 14:50:21:21 EMPOWERMENT SERVICES TEAM OR 14:50:26:27 THE YES TEAM. 14:50:27:21 ELSE ALSO THE CHAPLAIN OF 14:50:29:12 YOUTH CAUCUS STAFF THIS YEAR. 14:50:31:10 PLEASE WELCOME CALEB GRABLE 14:50:34:21 CLARK. 14:50:36:12 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 14:50:37:00 >> UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM HAS 14:50:45:06 PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN MY LIFE 14:50:46:24 AND HAS GIVEN ME QUITE A BIT, 14:50:48:13 SO I'M VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED 14:50:50:01 TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME OF 14:50:51:06 THAT BACK. 14:50:51:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 14:50:52:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:50:53:06 >> WE WILL NOW TAKE THE FINAL 14:51:03:06 ACTION ON THE ACTIONS OF 14:51:04:15 IMMEDIATE WITNESS THAT YOU 14:51:05:12 ADMITTED TO THE AGENDA ON 14:51:07:01 SATURDAY MORNING. 14:51:08:21 IF YOU ARE A DELEGATE WHEN YOU 14:51:10:03 CAME INTO THE SESSION TODAY, 14:51:11:03 YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 14:51:12:15 PICK UP FROM THE INFORMATION 14:51:14:06 TABLE OR DIRECTLY WARM OFF THE 14:51:16:21 PRESS IN THE HANDS OF AN USHER 14:51:18:18 TODAY'S CSW ALERT. 14:51:20:21 WHAT COLOR IS IT TODAY? 14:51:24:04 HUM. 14:51:25:15 AS IN RISING GREEN? 14:51:27:21 SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, 14:51:28:27 RAISE YOUR HAND. 14:51:31:04 I'M NOT DOING THIS TO MODEL. 14:51:33:07 I'M DOING IT BECAUSE I DON'T 14:51:34:18 HAVE ONE YET. 14:51:39:07 AND THE TELLERS WILL BRING YOU 14:51:42:09 ONE. 14:51:42:21 SO THE ADMITTED ACTIONS OF 14:51:45:15 IMMEDIATE WITNESS, THANK YOU, 14:51:47:01 DO WE LOVE OUR TELLERS? 14:51:49:01 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:51:49:15 >> SO ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE 14:51:54:09 COLLECTED AS ATTACHMENTS HERE. 14:51:55:19 THEY APPEAR IN THE ORDER OF 14:51:56:22 PRIORITY DETERMINED BY THE 14:51:57:24 CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON 14:51:58:24 SOCIAL WITNESS, AS WELL AS WE 14:52:01:00 HAVE SOME UNINCORPORATED 19 14:52:02:15 AMENDMENTS PERHAPS. 14:52:04:01 YES? 14:52:04:10 WE HAVE UNINCORPORATED 14:52:05:07 AMENDMENTS ON PAGE THREE FOR 14:52:07:15 AIW1. 14:52:09:12 WE HAVE NO UNINCORPORATED 14:52:10:28 AMENDMENTS FOR AI W2. 14:52:14:06 TWO ON PAGE SEVEN FOR AIW3. 14:52:17:18 FOR AI W-4, NO UNINCORPORATED 14:52:20:27 AMENDMENTS. 14:52:21:18 AND NONE FOR AIW6. 14:52:23:27 SO WE KNOW WHAT COULD BE IN 14:52:25:19 ORDER. 14:52:26:04 YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK TO EITHER 14:52:29:12 HAVE AN UNINCORPORATED 14:52:31:03 AMENDMENT AMENDED OR ASK TO 14:52:33:00 HAVE LONG THAT WAS CHANGED BY 14:52:34:16 THE MINI ASSEMBLY REMOVED. 14:52:39:24 FIRST ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 14:52:40:27 WITNESS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS 14:52:43:25 OPPOSE ANTI-IMMIGRANT MEASURES 14:52:46:06 AT THE STATE LEVEL, ARIZONA 14:52:48:21 LAW SB1070 THE LIKE, AND 14:52:51:04 HASTEN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 14:52:52:21 REFORM. 14:52:53:06 WILL THE CHAIR OF THE 14:52:54:03 COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS 14:52:54:24 PLEASE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE 14:52:56:09 MOTION? 14:53:01:03 >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE ACTION OF 14:53:03:06 IMMEDIATE WITNESS ENTITLED 14:53:04:24 OPPOSE ANTI-IMMIGRATION 14:53:06:28 MEASURES AT THE STATE LEVEL, 14:53:08:12 ARIZONA LAW SB1070 AND THE 14:53:11:21 LIKE, AND HASTEN FEDERAL 14:53:13:03 IMMIGRATION REFORM. 14:53:17:15 >> THANK YOU. 14:53:21:03 AND THE PROPOSER IS AT THE PRO 14:53:28:00 MICROPHONE? 14:53:28:24 AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A 14:53:31:21 STATEMENT FOR UP TO TWO 14:53:32:19 MINUTES? 14:53:32:28 RE-INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE. 14:53:34:00 >> I WOULD. 14:53:34:16 SANDY WEIR, UNITARIAN 14:53:35:27 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 14:53:37:15 PHOENIX IN THE TROUBLED STATE 14:53:40:10 OF ARIZONA. 14:53:43:21 A GROUP OF DELEGATES PROPOSED 14:53:45:09 AN ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS 20 14:53:47:12 OR ACTIONS ON OPPOSING 14:53:50:01 ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION. 14:53:52:21 THIS ACTION IS URGENT. 14:53:54:09 THE LAW WAS SIGNED JUST 14:53:56:03 APRIL 24TH AND IS SLATED TO GO 14:53:57:19 INTO EFFECT JULY 29TH. 14:54:00:12 THE ACTION IS FOCUSED AND 14:54:01:27 NARROW. 14:54:03:03 ONE LAW, ONE STATE. 14:54:05:19 YEAH, THE ACTION CALLS US TO 14:54:07:00 HELP PREVENT COPY CAT LAWS NOW 14:54:09:12 PROPOSED ELSEWHERE. 14:54:11:18 THE ACTION DOES NOT FOCUS ON 14:54:13:13 FEDERAL COMPREHENSIVE 14:54:15:15 IMMIGRATION REFORM, BUT THE 14:54:17:03 ACTION MENTIONS THAT REFORM AS 14:54:19:00 THE POSITIVE MOVE FORWARD THAT 14:54:21:25 COULD CLOSE THE GAP INTO WHICH 14:54:23:21 RACIAL PROFILING, BULLYING, 14:54:27:00 AND PUNISHING IS FLOWING. 14:54:30:07 THE ACTION CALLS FOR OUR 14:54:31:24 CONGREGATIONS TO CONTINUE 14:54:34:03 THEIR PRECIOUS AID TO ARIZONA 14:54:36:13 IN SEVERAL WAYS AND FOR THOSE 14:54:38:01 IN OTHER STATES TO WORK 14:54:40:09 AGAINST COPY CATS AT HOME. 14:54:42:18 THE ACTION IS GOOD AND GOT 14:54:44:04 BETTER AS THE MINI-ASSEMBLY 14:54:46:00 AND THROUGH THE WORK OF THE 14:54:46:27 COMMISSION AND WILL BE WELL 14:54:49:06 COORDINATED WITH THE CSAI ON 14:54:51:10 IMMIGRATION, AS WELL AS THE 14:54:54:09 PLANNING TOWARDS GENERAL 14:54:55:21 ASSEMBLY IN 2012. 14:54:58:12 >> THANK YOU. 14:55:01:16 WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEBATE THIS? 14:55:03:06 WE HAVE A CON MICROPHONE. 14:55:15:12 I WANT TO CAN HE CLAIRE, THEN, 14:55:17:09 THAT WE WILL NOW TAKE ANY 14:55:18:28 AMENDMENTS TO THIS. 14:55:23:09 AND I NOTICE SOMEONE WRITING 14:55:24:21 FURIOUSLY AT THE AMENDMENT 14:55:26:22 MICROPHONE. 14:55:31:12 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 14:55:33:06 THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE. 14:55:34:18 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I AM RYAN 14:55:37:01 CONNELLY FROM THE VALLEY 14:55:38:12 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:55:38:21 CONGREGATION OF CHANDLER, 14:55:40:09 ARIZONA. 21 14:55:41:21 AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT 14:55:42:19 WE AMEND LINE NUMBER 41 AND 14:55:48:12 STATES UNINCORPORATED 14:55:49:12 AMENDMENT LETTER C IN THIS 14:55:54:00 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 14:55:57:24 MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR 14:55:59:21 UNDOCUMENTED HELP T-SHIRTS IN 14:56:03:07 THE LANGUAGE IN THE U. 14:56:06:21 A AS IT IS WRITTEN NOW WOULD 14:56:08:04 ENCOURAGE TO YOU BY COT THE 14:56:09:13 BARRIO CAFE, THE SOURCE OF 14:56:11:27 THESE T-SHIRTS. 14:56:13:00 IN PHOENIX, WHOSE OWNERS WORK 14:56:15:21 AS A STRONG ALLY AGAINST THIS 14:56:17:25 LEGISLATION. 14:56:20:00 I AM ALSO AN EMPLOYEE OF A 14:56:21:21 MAJOR ARIZONA COMPANY WHO 14:56:23:15 APPEARS FREQUENTLY ON THE LIST 14:56:26:07 TO BOYCOTT, BUT NOT ON ANY 14:56:28:21 LIST I HAVE SEEN HERE FOR SOME 14:56:33:04 REASON. 14:56:33:16 AS THE FOUNDING CHAIR OF 14:56:34:22 SPECTRUM, THE EMPLOYEE 14:56:36:21 RESOURCE GROUP OF MY COMPANY 14:56:38:00 DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE 14:56:39:03 NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THE GLBT 14:56:41:13 EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, 14:56:43:00 WE WORKED HARD TO CHANGE 14:56:44:27 POLICIES WITHIN MY COMPANY TO 14:56:46:12 ENCOURAGE FAIR PRACTICES AND 14:56:48:28 OUR EFFORTS HAVE HELPED MY 14:56:50:07 COMPANY EARN A PERFECT 100% 14:56:53:03 SCORE FROM THE HRC CORPORATE 14:56:56:28 INDEX SURVEY. 14:56:58:10 THE ONLY ARIZONA COMPANY TO DO 14:57:00:18 SO. 14:57:05:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:57:05:13 >> MY COMPANY HAS NOT MADE ANY 14:57:08:12 STATEMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE 14:57:09:21 LEGISLATION WITHIN ARIZONA. 14:57:12:21 THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD 14:57:14:07 ALLOW US TO TARGET OUR BOYCOTT 14:57:18:06 TO HELP COMPANIES SUCH AS THE 14:57:20:12 BARRIO CAFE IN GIVING THEM 14:57:23:04 SUPPORT TO FIGHT THIS 14:57:24:15 LEGISLATION, AND IT ALSO WILL 14:57:26:21 ALLOW US TO TARGET COMPANIES 14:57:27:27 OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA WHO 14:57:30:25 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS 14:57:33:00 LEGISLATION. 22 14:57:34:03 AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT 14:57:35:18 THIS. 14:57:36:21 >> THANK YOU. 14:57:43:00 WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO DEBATE 14:57:45:12 THAT EITHER, IT LOOKS LIKE. 14:57:47:01 OKAY. 14:57:47:10 SO LET'S VOTE ON THIS 14:57:48:06 AMENDMENT, WHICH IS TO REPLACE 14:57:49:27 THE CURRENT TEXT ON LINE 4 ONE 14:57:52:24 WITH THE TEXT IN 14:57:54:04 UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT C. 14:57:56:21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS 14:57:57:21 AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR VOTING 14:57:59:00 CARDS. 14:58:02:01 THANK YOU. 14:58:02:13 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 14:58:03:19 THE MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES. 14:58:07:21 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER 14:58:09:13 AMENDMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? 14:58:12:16 NOBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK 14:58:13:09 AGAINST IT? 14:58:13:24 LET'S VOTE. 14:58:18:10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACTION 14:58:19:16 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS NUMBER 14:58:20:24 ONE, OPPOSE ANTI-IMMIGRATE 14:58:23:09 MEASURES, SB70 AND THE LIKE 14:58:25:15 AND HASTEN IMMIGRATION REFORM, 14:58:27:01 PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING CARD. 14:58:28:06 ADD. 14:58:32:06 >> THANK YOU, ALL THOSE 14:58:33:13 OPPOSED? 14:58:36:15 THE ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 14:58:37:21 WITNESS CLEARLY PASSES AS 14:58:39:09 AMENDED. 14:58:40:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:58:40:15 >> WE DON'T FIND ONE OF THESE 14:58:48:27 TO WRANGLE ABOUT, WE'LL GET 14:58:50:18 DONE EARLY THIS TIME. 14:58:52:13 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 14:58:52:25 >> ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS 14:58:59:00 NUMBER TWO. 14:59:00:04 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 14:59:02:07 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 14:59:03:15 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 14:59:07:15 DAVID KEPPLE. 14:59:10:01 I'M CHAIR OF THE JUSTICE PEACE 14:59:12:00 TRAFFIC FORCE OF THE UNITARIAN 14:59:12:27 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 14:59:13:21 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. 14:59:16:04 I AM VERY HAPPY THAT AT THE 23 14:59:19:15 MINI-ASSEMBLY, WE ADDED 14:59:21:15 LANGUAGE RECOGNIZING THAT A 14:59:24:10 GROWING NUMBER OF ISRAELI AND 14:59:26:09 A MAJORITY OF PALESTINIANS 14:59:28:03 RECOGNIZE THAT HOPE LIES IN A 14:59:33:04 MULTI LATERAL AND JUST, 14:59:37:15 PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT TO THIS 14:59:39:03 DISPUTE, BUT IN ORDER TO GET 14:59:40:28 THERE, WE MUST STOP TWO 14:59:45:15 DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE 14:59:46:00 CREATING FACTS ON HIS GROUND 14:59:49:19 WHICH COULD MAKE PEACE 14:59:50:16 IMPOSSIBLE LATER. 14:59:52:06 ONE OF THESE IS THE BLOCKADE 14:59:53:27 OF GAZA. 14:59:55:15 WE MAY HAVE HEARD THAT IT HAS 14:59:57:28 BEEN LOOSENED, HOWEVER, IT 15:00:00:24 REMAINS UNDER THE CONTROL OF 15:00:02:24 EGYPT AND ISRAEL. 15:00:06:07 WHAT THIS ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 15:00:07:27 WITNESS IS PROPOSING IS THAT 15:00:11:13 THERE BE INTERNATIONAL 15:00:12:04 INSPECTION FOR THE LEGITIMATE 15:00:14:09 PURPOSE OF KEEPING OUT WEAPONS 15:00:16:15 SHIPMENTS, BUT THAT IT BE 15:00:18:09 POSSIBLE TO IMPORT NORMAL 15:00:21:10 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND 15:00:23:24 THAT THE BLOCKADE BE LIFTED. 15:00:26:09 SECONDLY, NEW ISRAELI 15:00:28:25 SETTLEMENTS ON PALESTINIAN 15:00:31:27 TERRITORY BEYOND 1967 LINES 15:00:35:09 ARE JEOPARDIZING THE 15:00:36:22 POSSIBILITY OF A PALESTINIAN 15:00:39:27 STATE LIVING IN PEACE WITH 15:00:42:15 ISRAEL. 15:00:43:28 LAST NIGHT, WINONA LADUKE 15:00:48:09 REMINDED US THAT WE ARE NOT 15:00:49:18 FREE TO WALK AWAY FROM OUR 15:00:51:03 RESPONSIBILITIES. 15:00:52:06 AND ALTHOUGH WE MAY BE 15:00:53:10 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTANT, THE 15:00:55:24 UNITED STATES IS THE ENABLER 15:00:58:00 OF THESE POLICIES. 15:01:00:00 AND WE MUST TAKE 15:01:01:28 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM AND WE 15:01:04:18 MUST BE ACTIVE FOR PEACE. 15:01:07:00 WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:01:08:04 >> THANK YOU. 15:01:08:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:01:09:01 >> MR. MAY REMINDS ME THAT I 24 15:01:13:06 FORGOT TO HAVE US MAKE A 15:01:14:15 MOTION. 15:01:21:18 >> MOVED TO ADOPT THE ACTION 15:01:22:24 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS ENTITLED 15:01:24:00 END BLOCKADE OF GAZA AND 15:01:25:13 GROWTH OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS 15:01:27:15 ON PALESTINIAN TERRITORY AS 15:01:33:28 SET FORTH IN THE REVISED 15:01:35:18 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 15:01:36:15 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:01:38:27 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:01:41:01 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M FROM 15:01:43:21 THE FIRST UNITARIAN 15:01:44:06 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SAN 15:01:45:03 DIEGO AND I ASK THIS ASSEMBLY 15:01:47:15 TO VOTE NO ON THIS ACTION OF 15:01:50:25 IMMEDIATE WITNESS, BASED ON 15:01:52:06 OUR FIRST PRINCIPLE: 15:01:54:03 ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORTH AND 15:01:56:06 DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE. 15:01:58:15 AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE 15:01:59:15 GREAT MINISTERS HERE AT THIS 15:02:01:24 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN WELCOMING 15:02:04:25 A STRANGER, WE SHOULD NOT 15:02:06:01 DISMISS OUR FRIENDS. 15:02:08:09 WHILE I APPRECIATE THE 15:02:09:12 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ISRAEL IN 15:02:11:25 THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS 15:02:14:00 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS, I 15:02:16:06 AM CONCERNED THAT WE STILL 15:02:18:03 SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR FRIENDS 15:02:20:25 IN ISRAEL THAT WE DO NOT 15:02:22:15 REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR 15:02:25:18 VULNERABILITY. 15:02:26:18 IT IS SOMETIMES EASY TO USE 15:02:28:22 THE SOUND BITES OF OUR SOCIETY 15:02:31:06 TO JUSTIFY OUR ACTIONS. 15:02:34:03 CONSIDER THAT IN THE SAME 15:02:35:21 SPEECH REFERENCED IN THIS 15:02:37:15 ACTION, PRESIDENT BARACK 15:02:39:00 OBAMA'S WORDS ARE QUOTED THAT 15:02:42:06 THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT 15:02:44:10 ACCEPT THE LEGITIMACY OF 15:02:46:06 CONTINUED ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, 15:02:48:24 BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA FURTHER 15:02:51:09 EMPHASIZED IN THE SPEECH TO 15:02:55:09 HAMAS AND REMINDS US OF THE 15:02:57:21 GREATER ISSUES AT PLAY IN THIS 15:03:00:13 CONFLICT BETWEEN PALESTINE AND 15:03:02:12 ISRAEL. 25 15:03:03:18 OBAMA SAYS THAT HAMAS, WHAT IS 15:03:07:16 REQUIRED TO PLAY A ROLE IN 15:03:09:15 FULFILLING PALESTINIANS 15:03:12:27 ASPIRATION AND HIS TO UNIFY 15:03:14:13 THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE THAT 15:03:16:01 HAMAS MUST, MUST PUT AN END TO 15:03:18:24 VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZE PAST 15:03:22:04 AGREEMENTS, AND RECOGNIZES 15:03:23:25 ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST. 15:03:27:15 I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST NOT 15:03:29:15 PASS THIS MOTION OF IMMEDIATE 15:03:31:13 WITNESS, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT 15:03:33:00 COVER EVERYTHING. 15:03:34:18 >> THANK YOU. 15:03:35:21 I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE 15:03:37:13 PRO MICROPHONE. 15:03:38:19 >> HELLO, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:03:43:09 PEOPLE BURKMEYER FROM THE 15:03:47:25 FIRST BROOKLYN IN NEW YORK. 15:03:49:09 MY CONGREGATION SUPPORTED THE 15:03:50:21 ARAB AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHEN 15:03:52:00 MANY WERE ILLEGALLY DETAINED 15:03:53:19 FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 11TH. 15:03:54:19 I PROFESSIONALLY WORK WITH THE 15:03:56:27 MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITY IN 15:03:58:00 BROOKLYN PROVIDING SOCIAL 15:03:59:09 SERVICES. 15:04:01:04 I SUPPORT AIW2, BECAUSE IT IS 15:04:04:00 SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO 15:04:05:21 ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, 15:04:07:15 WHILE AVOIDING ANTISEMITISM. 15:04:13:15 THE BLOCKADE HAS EFFECTIVELY 15:04:15:15 CREATED A HAMAS MONOPOLY ON 15:04:17:24 THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL, 15:04:19:13 MEDICAL, HUMANITARIAN AID AND 15:04:21:15 SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE GAZA 15:04:22:03 STRIP. 15:04:24:00 SUPPLIES FOR THE HAMAS 15:04:25:09 ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDED 15:04:26:10 FROM THEIR EXTENSIVE TUNNEL 15:04:27:25 SYSTEM, WHEREAS IN HONORING 15:04:30:21 THE ISRAELI BLOCKADE, U.S. AND 15:04:32:18 U.N. SCHOOLS STAND EMPTY AND 15:04:34:13 ABANDONED. 15:04:36:21 IN SPEAKING ABOUT THE ISRAELI 15:04:40:06 SETTLEMENTS, THE CHECKPOINTS 15:04:45:21 NECESSITATED BY THE GROWTH OF 15:04:47:18 ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS 15:04:49:15 SYSTEMATICALLY DEHUMANIZE 15:04:52:12 PALESTINIANS. 26 15:04:54:12 MY FRIENDS, COWORKERS HAVE 15:04:56:03 RETURNED FROM TRIPS TO 15:04:56:28 PALESTINE, HAVING OBSERVED 15:04:58:10 INSTANCES OF NUMEROUS ABUSED. 15:05:01:12 ISRAELI ARMY OFFICIALS 15:05:02:24 SEXUALLY HARASS AND ABUSE 15:05:04:15 DAUGHTERS, WIVES, CHILDREN, 15:05:05:21 AND SISTERS. 15:05:07:06 AND WHEN MEN ARE PROVOKED FOR 15:05:08:24 THE SLIGHTEST RESPONSE OR 15:05:10:18 DEFENSE, THEY ARE TAKEN OUT 15:05:12:03 BEHIND THE CHECKPOINTS AND 15:05:13:10 BEATEN TO WITHIN AN INCH OF 15:05:15:09 THEIR LIVES. 15:05:15:27 IF WE STAND IN ACTION AGAINST 15:05:19:21 THE INJUSTICES OF THE INS AND 15:05:22:06 THE U.S. IMMIGRANTS HERE IN 15:05:23:27 OUR COUNTRY, IF WE BELIEVE 15:05:26:00 THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A 15:05:27:21 THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE, 15:05:29:13 WE AT THIS GA MUST SUPPORT 15:05:31:15 AIW2. 15:05:32:24 THANK YOU. 15:05:33:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:05:33:24 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:05:38:15 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:05:39:12 >> CAROLE LAGGET, FIRST PARISH 15:05:42:03 IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. 15:05:44:10 PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T 15:05:45:10 JUSTIFY ALL ISRAEL'S ACTIONS. 15:05:48:03 AS A MEMBER OF J STREET, I 15:05:50:15 JOINED THEM IN CRITICIZING 15:05:51:18 ISRAEL'S RIGHT WING 15:05:52:19 GOVERNMENT. 15:05:53:22 BUT J STREET POSITIONS ARE 15:05:56:21 BALANCED. 15:05:57:18 AT GA, YEAR AFTER YEAR, AIW'S 15:06:01:22 HAVE PROPOSED AGAINST ISRAEL. 15:06:03:09 WE DON'T HAVE ANNUAL 15:06:04:12 RESOLUTIONS AGAINST CHINA AND 15:06:06:15 TIBET, RUSSIA AND CHECHNYA, 15:06:09:22 TURKEY AGAINST THE CURDS. 15:06:12:09 WHERE WAS THE CONCERN FOR 15:06:13:12 PALESTINIANS WHICH JORDAN 15:06:14:24 KILLED 15,000 OF THEM? 15:06:16:21 WHERE ARE THE AIW'S THAT 15:06:18:07 ADDRESS THE HIDEOUS ACTIONS 15:06:20:15 TAKEN IN THE NAME OF SURIA? 15:06:24:04 WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE 15:06:25:01 FEELINGS OF MANY ETHNIC 27 15:06:26:06 GROUPS, BUT NOT JEWS. 15:06:29:09 ISRAEL IS THE ONLY JEWISH 15:06:30:28 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND IT'S 15:06:34:01 THE ONLY COUNTRY, OTHER THAN 15:06:35:03 OUR OWN, THAT KEEPS GETTING 15:06:37:09 CRITICIZED IN THIS ASSEMBLY. 15:06:40:10 IF WE HAD BOMBS GOING OFF IN 15:06:42:12 OUR BUSES, ROCKETS SHELLING 15:06:44:18 OUR HOMES, AND AN ENEMY SWORN 15:06:47:13 TO OUR DESTRUCTION, WHAT WOULD 15:06:50:15 OUR RESPONSE BE? 15:06:52:03 NOT EVEN UU'S PROTESTED THE 15:06:54:03 INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN AFTER 15:06:55:25 9/11. 15:06:58:16 I DON'T CONDONE ISRAEL'S 15:07:00:09 EXCESSES, BUT I OBJECT TO THIS 15:07:02:15 ASSEMBLY SING LING IT OUT OVER 15:07:04:13 AND OVER. 15:07:06:24 YES, THERE ARE JEWISH UU'S WHO 15:07:08:24 DON'T AGREE WITH ME, BUT MOST 15:07:10:09 DO. 15:07:11:04 YES, THE UNITED STATES GIVES 15:07:13:21 ISRAEL AID, BUT GETS A LOT IN 15:07:15:27 RETURN. 15:07:18:21 SEVERAL JEWS LEFT US IN SORROW 15:07:20:10 AFTER THE 2002 RESOLUTION 15:07:22:12 PASSED. 15:07:24:09 ALL TODAY'S RESOLUTION CAN 15:07:26:21 ACCOMPLISH IS TO MAKE EVEN 15:07:28:04 MORE OF OUR MEMBERS FEEL 15:07:30:12 THEY'RE NOT WELCOME IN THIS 15:07:31:21 RELIGION. 15:07:33:06 PLEASE CONSIDER OUR CONCERN 15:07:35:21 FOR RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS AND 15:07:37:04 REJECT THIS AIW. 15:07:39:18 >> THANK YOU. 15:07:40:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:07:43:19 >> RETURN TO THE DELEGATE AT 15:07:44:16 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:07:45:25 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M ROD 15:07:48:12 DEBBS, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:07:50:12 FELLOWSHIP OF THE EMERALD 15:07:52:06 COAST IN VALPARAISO, FLORIDA, 15:07:54:18 AND THE PANHANDLE. 15:07:58:15 THERE'S SUCH A DERTH OF GOOD 15:08:01:07 INFORMATION COMING TO US IN 15:08:02:04 THIS COUNTRY. 15:08:02:22 MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES OF 15:08:03:21 INFORMATION. 15:08:05:00 APEC PROVIDES A LOT. 28 15:08:06:24 BUT WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO 15:08:09:04 YOU IS MY EXPERIENCES AS A 15:08:12:21 VISITOR WITH MY DAUGHTER IN 15:08:14:12 2003 TO THE WEST BANK AND 15:08:16:13 GAZA. 15:08:17:28 THE ATROCITIES, AND I USE THE 15:08:20:15 WORD ATROCITY, OF BULLDOZING 15:08:22:18 PEOPLE'S HOMES, 15:08:23:13 SYSTEMATICALLY, FOR ALL THE 15:08:27:18 YEARS THAT WE CLAIM TO HAVE 15:08:28:15 BEEN WORKING FOR PEACE WHEN 15:08:29:21 PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE BULLDOZED, 15:08:31:07 AND SETTLEMENTS OF HUNDREDS OF 15:08:35:15 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOVED INTO 15:08:37:03 AN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. 15:08:39:06 WE DON'T MOVE OUR PEOPLE INTO 15:08:40:22 IRAQ. 15:08:41:10 WE DON'T MOVE OUR PEOPLE INTO 15:08:42:18 AFGHANISTAN AND BUILD AND 15:08:44:21 DISPLACE PEOPLE, DENY THEM THE 15:08:47:13 RIGHT TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES, 15:08:49:01 DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO BUILD 15:08:51:15 -- TO DIG FOR WATER IN THEIR 15:08:53:18 OWN LAND. 15:08:56:10 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE 15:09:01:21 CORE OF THE RAGE AND SADNESS 15:09:06:13 OF PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 15:09:08:06 OF PEOPLE OF MUSLIM 15:09:11:18 BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. 15:09:13:00 AND THIS IS KEY, THIS IS KEY 15:09:16:01 TO THE PEACE FOR THE PEOPLE OF 15:09:17:15 ISRAEL, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE 15:09:20:27 THAT HAVE, FOR HUNDREDS OF 15:09:21:25 YEARS, LIVED IN PALESTINE. 15:09:28:12 IF THE FEAR AND THE SADNESS 15:09:30:15 OUT OF THE HOLOCAUST HAS LED 15:09:32:16 TO A PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY 15:09:33:21 FRIGHTENED, THIS IS 15:09:36:03 UNDERSTANDABLE WHY PEOPLE 15:09:38:15 WOULD BE SO AFRAID OF THE 15:09:42:21 ROCKETS COMING FROM GAZA, BUT 15:09:46:09 I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THIS 15:09:48:10 RESOLUTION. 15:09:49:07 >> THANK YOU. 15:09:51:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:09:51:12 >> TURN TO OUR DELEGATE AT THE 15:09:54:21 CON MICROPHONE. 15:09:55:22 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:09:58:06 MY NAME IS ALBERT NAKEMKIN. 15:10:01:03 I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN 29 15:10:01:21 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT 15:10:03:04 FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. 15:10:04:21 I URGE THAT THIS AIW NUMBER 15:10:07:06 TWO BE REJECTED FOR THE 15:10:08:15 FOLLOWING REASONS. 15:10:09:19 WHILE IT PURPORTS TO ADVANCE 15:10:11:19 PRIMARY UU PRINCIPLES 15:10:13:15 REGARDING OUR DEDICATION TO 15:10:15:00 THE PEACEMAKING AND TO 15:10:16:27 JUSTICE, IN FACT, IT VIOLATES 15:10:18:13 THOSE PRINCIPLES BY SUPPORTING 15:10:22:24 -- EACH BY SUPPORTING 15:10:24:21 INCREASE -- SUPPORTING 15:10:27:24 MEASURES THAT WOULD BOTH 15:10:29:01 UNDERMINE ISRAEL AND ITS 15:10:31:00 ABILITY TO DEFEND ITS 15:10:32:21 CITIZENS, AS WELL AS UNDERMINE 15:10:33:28 THE PEACEMAKING PROCESS 15:10:35:04 ITSELF. 15:10:37:00 WHILE THIS STATEMENT PURPORTS 15:10:38:24 TO BE BASED ON FACTS AND 15:10:40:27 INTERNATIONAL LAW, IN REALITY, 15:10:42:18 IT MAKES HIGHLY SELECTIVE 15:10:44:12 ASSUMPTIONS AND HIGHLY 15:10:46:03 SELECTIVE USE OF TERMS. 15:10:48:06 FINALLY, ITS RECOMMENDATIONS 15:10:49:13 WOULD COMMIT THE UUA TO AN 15:10:51:10 INAPPROPRIATE PROVOCATIVE PRO 15:10:53:21 HAMAS POSITION. 15:10:56:06 FAR BETTER TO PROMOTE UU 15:10:58:01 SERVICE COMMITTEES, 15:10:59:22 HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN GAZA 15:11:01:09 AND SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THE 15:11:02:18 FUTURE. 15:11:03:12 WE SHOULD PREVENT KNEE JERK 15:11:05:00 LIBERAL ONE-SIDED STATEMENTS 15:11:07:04 FROM SUBVERTING OUR VIEW UU 15:11:09:03 PRINCIPLES. 15:11:10:00 THANK YOU. 15:11:10:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:11:10:27 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:11:14:07 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:11:15:22 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 15:11:18:06 GAIL BOMEY AND I'M FROM THE 15:11:20:18 LIVE OAK UNITARIAN 15:11:21:04 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 15:11:22:07 GALEDA, CALIFORNIA. 15:11:24:15 THESE LAST FEW DAYS WE'VE 15:11:26:18 HEARD A LOT OF DAYS ABOUT 15:11:27:27 HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE, LGBT, 30 15:11:32:06 NATIVE AMERICANS, OPPRESSION, 15:11:33:09 DIVERSITY, AND LOVE. 15:11:37:13 OBVIOUS TO ME BY ITS OMISSION 15:11:40:18 HAS BEEN ANY MENTION OF 15:11:41:12 PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS, ONE 15:11:43:00 OF THE IN YOUR FACE CONFLICTS 15:11:47:16 THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 15:11:49:18 I THINK WE SHOULD BEGIN TO BE 15:11:52:06 BRAVE ENOUGH TO BEGIN THIS 15:12:00:06 CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN OUR 15:12:01:09 ASSEMBLIES AND CONGREGATIONS. 15:12:03:00 ENDING THE BLOCKADE AND AS 15:12:09:21 PROPOSED IN THIS ACTION OF 15:12:12:04 IMMEDIATE WITNESS WILL NOT 15:12:12:28 ONLY HELP ALLEVIATE THE 15:12:15:07 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, BUT IT 15:12:17:18 WILL ALSO SEND A MESSAGE OF 15:12:20:24 HOPE TO THE PALESTINIANS AND 15:12:22:13 ISRAELIS WHO ARE SEEKING AND 15:12:23:27 WORKING FOR PEACE, AND THERE 15:12:24:24 ARE MANY ON BOTH SIDES. 15:12:26:18 AND HOPEFULLY PREPARE THE 15:12:28:24 FERTILE GROUND OF THE HOLY 15:12:30:25 LAND FOR PLACE -- FOR THE 15:12:33:12 SEEDS OF RECONCILIATION. 15:12:35:03 I URGE YOU TO VOTE THIS AIW TO 15:12:40:15 END THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA AND 15:12:41:21 THE GROWTH OF THE ISRAELI 15:12:43:09 SETTLEMENTS ON THE PALESTINIAN 15:12:45:09 TERRITORIES. 15:12:45:19 I URGE TO YOU DO IT STANDING 15:12:47:10 ON THE SIDE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 15:12:48:18 AND OF LOVE. 15:12:50:06 >> THANK YOU. 15:12:51:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:12:52:09 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:12:54:01 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:12:55:04 >> MADELYN CAMPBELL, ARLINGTON 15:12:59:09 VIRGINIA. 15:12:59:27 MADAM MODERATOR, I WOULD LIKE 15:13:01:25 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS 15:13:03:10 AIW. 15:13:05:12 THE SETTLEMENTS, THE CONTINUED 15:13:07:12 SETTLEMENTS ARE NOT THE WAY TO 15:13:08:09 PEACE. 15:13:08:28 THE BLOCKADE IS NOT THE WAY TO 15:13:11:01 PEACE. 15:13:12:12 BUT THE RIGHTS OF THE ISRAELIS 15:13:14:27 MUST BE RECOGNIZED. 15:13:17:03 THE LANGUAGE IN THIS IS 31 15:13:18:13 SUBTLE, BUT THE IMPLICATION IS 15:13:20:21 CLEAR, THAT A GROWING NUMBER 15:13:24:27 OF ISRAELIS AND U.S. JEWS, BUT 15:13:28:04 A MAJORITY OF PALESTINIANS 15:13:32:00 SUPPORT. 15:13:32:15 THE IMPLICATION IS THAT A 15:13:33:18 MAJORITY OF JEWS DO NOT 15:13:34:25 SUPPORT. 15:13:35:13 IN ORDER FOR ME TO SUPPORT 15:13:36:21 THIS, YOU MUST PROVE TO ME, 15:13:39:15 PROVE TO ME THAT IT IS A 15:13:40:12 MAJORITY OF THE PALESTINIANS 15:13:41:24 WHO SUPPORT THIS OR PROVE TO 15:13:43:19 ME THAT IT IS NOT A MAJORITY 15:13:46:21 OF JEWS AND ISRAELIS WHO 15:13:48:06 SUPPORT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE 15:13:49:06 EAST. 15:13:50:16 I CHALLENGE YOU TO SHOW ME 15:13:52:27 THAT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 15:13:54:12 LIVING IN ISRAEL WOULD PREFER 15:13:56:03 TO LIVE IN A STATE OF FEAR IN 15:13:59:10 THESE TIMES. 15:14:01:06 HELEN THOMAS HAS CALLED FOR 15:14:02:24 ISRAELI JEWS TO GO BACK HOME 15:14:05:27 TO THE GAS CHAMBERS. 15:14:08:01 SHE TOLD THEM TO GO HOME. 15:14:11:03 ISRAEL IS THEIR HOME. 15:14:12:21 THE WAY TO PEACE IS NOT BY 15:14:15:06 CONTINUING TO TELL PEOPLE 15:14:16:16 SUBTILELY, BUT CLEARLY, THAT 15:14:20:18 WE VALUE THEM LESS, WE MUST 15:14:22:25 VALUE THEM EQUALLY. 15:14:23:28 I CAN NOT SUPPORT THIS AIW AS 15:14:26:27 IT IS CURRENTLY WORDED. 15:14:29:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:14:29:09 >> THANK YOU. 15:14:34:06 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:14:35:21 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:14:36:27 >> MY NAME IS RABBI MICHAEL P. 15:14:38:28 LAVERTON OF THE FIRST 15:14:41:04 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 15:14:42:15 OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. 15:14:46:15 I START BY SAYING -- I'D 15:14:48:28 PREFER FOR TO US SAY THE STATE 15:14:50:00 OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE ISRAEL A 15:14:51:12 THEOLOGICAL TERM THAT REFERS 15:14:53:03 TO ALL OF JEWS, JUST AS 15:14:55:06 CHRISTENDOM REFERS TO ALL 15:14:57:22 CRIST DONS. 15:14:58:07 IF WE COULD DO THAT IN THE 32 15:15:00:03 FUTURE, STATE OF ISRAEL. 15:15:01:06 SECONDLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S A 15:15:02:06 JEWISH STATE THAT SO MANY 15:15:03:21 PEOPLE IN ISRAEL ARE MUSLIMS 15:15:05:16 AND LIBERAL JEWS CAN NOT 15:15:09:21 FREELY PERFORM OUR RELIGION 15:15:10:27 THERE. 15:15:14:16 BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE 15:15:15:18 SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, 15:15:16:27 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY 15:15:18:00 OF JEWS IN ISRAEL SUPPORT IT 15:15:20:19 AND BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR 15:15:22:07 FRIENDS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 15:15:25:15 CRITICIZE OUR FRIENDS AND SHOW 15:15:27:24 OUR LOVE TO OUR FRIENDS BY 15:15:29:04 BEING HONEST WITH THEM AND 15:15:31:06 CRITICIZING THEM, BECAUSE WE 15:15:34:18 LIKE THEM AND WE REALIZE THAT 15:15:36:06 THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS. 15:15:38:01 I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO 15:15:40:24 ANYTHING FOR THEM BY SAYING, 15:15:42:00 RIGHT OR WRONG, WE ARE FOR THE 15:15:44:00 STATE OF ISRAEL. 15:15:46:25 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:15:47:07 >> THANK YOU. 15:15:48:00 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:15:49:15 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:15:50:27 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:15:53:10 MY NAME IS JESSE FORD FROM THE 15:15:55:06 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:15:56:09 FELLOWSHIP OF CORVALIS, 15:15:59:15 OREGON. 15:16:00:07 WHILE THE MIDDLE EASTERN 15:16:01:15 SITUATION IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX 15:16:03:06 TO ME, IT BEARS SOME PARALLELS 15:16:07:15 TO INDIGENOUS ISSUES HERE IN 15:16:11:09 THIS COUNTRY ON THE 15:16:13:03 PALESTINIAN SIDE. 15:16:15:18 AND I'VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT 15:16:18:19 THESE MATTERS STIMULATED BY MY 15:16:21:15 UU FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, 15:16:23:18 BOTH IN MY OWN CONGREGATION 15:16:25:09 AND HERE AT GA, BOTH LAST YEAR 15:16:27:27 AND THIS YEAR. 15:16:31:12 I RISE TO SPEAK AGAINST OUR 15:16:36:24 ASSOCIATION MOVING FORWARD ON 15:16:39:21 THIS, BECAUSE WHILE WE WOULD 15:16:47:24 BE, AND WITH GREAT RESPECT TO 15:16:49:12 THE RABBI WHO JUST SPOKE, 15:16:51:09 WHILE WE WOULD BE IN 33 15:16:52:04 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS 15:16:53:22 OVERSEAS, IT MAKES IT VERY 15:16:55:21 DIFFICULT TO BE IN COMMUNITY 15:16:58:09 WITH THE TEMPLES AND OUR 15:17:01:22 JEWISH COLLEAGUES IN OUR OWN 15:17:03:27 TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES. 15:17:04:27 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK TO 15:17:06:15 THE PEOPLE IN MY TOWN, THE 15:17:08:16 PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THE TEMPLE. 15:17:09:22 IT'S A VERY DIVISIVE ISSUE, 15:17:12:09 AND THE RABBI HAS ASSURED ME 15:17:13:24 THAT BEING AN AMERICAN JEW IS 15:17:16:10 A VERY DIFFICULT AND 15:17:17:07 COMPLICATED AND NUANCED 15:17:21:06 IDENTITY. 15:17:22:24 WE'VE HEARD THAT SOME OF THE 15:17:27:15 JEWISH MEMBERS OF OUR UU FAITH 15:17:32:01 HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF THIS 15:17:35:09 ISSUE, AND I THINK WE NEEDED 15:17:36:15 TO REALLY LISTEN TO THAT AND 15:17:37:24 THINK ABOUT US BEFORE WE THINK 15:17:40:01 ABOUT OTHER THINGS. 15:17:42:06 THANK YOU. 15:17:43:03 >> THANK YOU. 15:17:46:12 I WOULD NOT NORMALLY DO THIS, 15:17:48:15 BUT WE HAVE A GUEST WHO I SAID 15:17:49:22 I WOULD ACCOMMODATE WHEN THEY 15:17:50:25 ARRIVED, AND I ACTUALLY THINK 15:17:52:12 THAT THIS CONVERSATION WOULD 15:17:54:18 DO WELL TO HAVE A SHORT BREAK. 15:17:57:13 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FREEZE 15:17:58:28 THE CLOCK WITH THE REMAINING 15:18:01:21 TIME, PLEASE. 15:18:02:15 WE MIGHT ADD A FEW SECONDS 15:18:03:24 LATER IN CASE IN CASE MY HAND 15:18:06:25 IS STILL IN THE AIR. 15:18:08:27 FREEZE THE DELEGATE LINE. 15:18:10:09 STAY WHERE YOU ARE. 15:18:11:21 MEG RILEY? 15:18:13:01 >> 15:18:19:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:18:19:18 >> 15:18:26:15 >> WELL, YOU MET SECRETARY OF 15:18:27:24 STATE MARK RITCHIE AND YOU MET 15:18:30:25 A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, KEITH 15:18:32:16 ELLISON. 15:18:33:12 I WONDER IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET 15:18:35:12 OUR SENATOR, AL FRANKEN? 15:18:37:09 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 15:18:37:24 >> THANK YOU, MEG. 34 15:18:46:00 THANK YOU ALL. 15:18:57:00 THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND 15:19:00:19 WELCOME. 15:19:00:28 HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE DECIDED 15:19:03:21 TO CHANGE WHAT I WAS GOING TO 15:19:05:21 TALK ABOUT. 15:19:12:27 YOUR CHURCH IS SO COOL THAT I 15:19:16:15 DECIDED FOR TALK ABOUT 15:19:17:13 RELIGION. 15:19:23:24 AND ABOUT GOD AND MY VIEWS 15:19:29:01 ABOUT GOD CAME FROM MY DAD. 15:19:35:13 MY DAD DIED ABOUT 17 YEARS 15:19:37:07 AGO, WHICH BRINGS ME TO A 15:19:40:12 FUNNY STORY. 15:19:45:25 HE HAD INHALED A PIPE FOR 15:19:47:07 ABOUT 50 YEARS AND HE GOT HUNG 15:19:49:27 CANCER AND HE DIED AT 85. 15:19:51:24 HE HAD LUNG CANCER. 15:19:53:19 HE DIED AT 85. 15:19:54:10 HE HAD A GREAT LIFE. 15:19:55:10 AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE BOTH 15:19:57:09 NOT LIVING HERE IN THE TWIN 15:19:58:18 CITIES AT THE TIME, SO WE BOTH 15:20:00:19 CAME HOME FOR ABOUT -- HE WAS 15:20:04:21 ABLE TO DIE AT HOME, THANKS TO 15:20:07:27 GREAT HOSPICE CARE. 15:20:09:04 AND ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE HE 15:20:13:03 DIED, RABBI BLACK FROM TEMPLE 15:20:16:12 ISRAEL CALLED THE HOUSE. 15:20:18:28 I ANSWERED THE PHONE AND RABBI 15:20:20:09 BLACK SAID, I WAS WONDERING IF 15:20:22:09 I COULD COME OVER AND TALK TO 15:20:23:18 YOUR DAD? 15:20:27:21 AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I 15:20:29:09 SAID, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WELL, 15:20:31:03 DAD KNOWS HE'S DYING. 15:20:35:01 WE KNOW HE'S DYING. 15:20:36:18 HE KNOWS THAT WE KNOW HE'S 15:20:37:24 DYING AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED 15:20:39:18 ABOUT IT. 15:20:45:03 AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IF YOU 15:20:48:18 COME OVER, HE'D HAVE TO TALK 15:20:50:15 ABOUT DYING AND I DON'T WANT 15:20:53:10 TO HAVE TO DO IT UNLESS HE 15:20:54:12 BRINGS IT UP HIMSELF, YOU 15:20:55:21 KNOW? 15:20:56:24 SO THE RABBI SAID, OKAY, FINE. 15:20:59:10 TWO DAYS LATER, RABBI CALLS 15:21:01:06 AGAIN AND SAYS, CAN I COME 15:21:04:18 OVER AND COMFORT YOUR MOTHER? 35 15:21:08:25 AND MY MOM WAS REALLY A MESS 15:21:10:18 AT THIS POINT AND I SAID, 15:21:12:15 PLEASE, COME ON OVER, YOU 15:21:13:27 KNOW? 15:21:15:16 WE COULD REALLY USE IT. 15:21:16:19 SO THE RABBI CAME OVER AND I 15:21:22:15 CAN'T REMEMBER. 15:21:22:27 HE SAT WITH MY BROTHER AND ME 15:21:24:13 AND MY MOM AND I CAN'T 15:21:26:03 REMEMBER HOW LONG HE WAS IN 15:21:27:24 THE LIVING ROOM. 15:21:29:00 I CAN'T REMEMBER A WORD HE 15:21:29:27 SAID UNTIL HE SAID, AS LONG AS 15:21:32:28 I'M HERE, IS IT OKAY IF I TALK 15:21:34:18 TO YOUR DAD? 15:21:38:09 AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT, 15:21:39:15 AH-HA. 15:21:40:07 THAT'S WHY HE WANTED TO 15:21:41:22 COMFORT MY MOM, SO HE COULD 15:21:44:09 TALK TO MY DAD. 15:21:45:09 AND THEN I IMMEDIATELY FELT 15:21:48:04 GUILTY AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH A 15:21:52:09 MESS MYSELF. 15:21:54:09 SO I WENT DOWN THE HALLWAY AND 15:21:58:15 MY DAD AT THIS POINT WAS ABOUT 15:22:01:06 FIVE DAYS FROM DYING. 15:22:02:09 HE WAS ABOUT 78 POUNDS OR 15:22:03:24 SOMETHING. 15:22:05:04 VERY WEAK. 15:22:07:09 I WENT IN THE ROOM AND I SAID, 15:22:08:27 DAD, RABBI BLACK IS HERE AND 15:22:11:00 HE'S WONDERING IF HE COULD 15:22:12:07 TALK TO YOU. 15:22:15:18 AND MY DAD KIND OF SUMMONED 15:22:18:18 ALL HIS ENERGY AND SAID, WELL, 15:22:23:06 I DON'T REALLY KNOW HIM, 15:22:26:06 BECAUSE THIS RABBI BLACK WAS A 15:22:27:18 YOUNG RABBI. 15:22:30:16 BUT IF HE FEELS IT WILL DO HIM 15:22:33:21 SOME GOOD. 15:22:35:00 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:22:35:18 >> AND I LAUGHED SO HARD AND 15:22:48:01 MY DAD SMILED, BECAUSE THAT 15:22:51:09 WAS THE BEST GUEST YOU COULD 15:22:52:18 GIVE SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY WAS 15:22:55:10 LAUGHING AT THEIR JOKE. 15:22:58:07 SO RABBI -- I WENT DOWN THE 15:23:00:09 HALL AND I SAID, TO THE LIVING 15:23:02:09 ROOM, AND I SAID, RABBI BLACK, 15:23:04:07 GO AHEAD. 36 15:23:04:28 HE TALKED TO MY DAD FOR ABOUT 15:23:06:15 HALF AN HOUR. 15:23:08:24 AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER I WAS 15:23:10:03 IN ALBUQUERQUE DOING MY RADIO 15:23:12:04 SHOW AND RABBI BLACK NOW HAS A 15:23:15:24 CONGREGATION IN ALBUQUERQUE. 15:23:17:18 SO I INVITED HIM TO THE SHOW. 15:23:21:06 AND HE WAS IN THE GREEN ROOM 15:23:22:03 AND I SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW, I 15:23:23:15 NEVER ASKED YOU, WHAT WAS THE 15:23:24:09 CONVERSATION WITH MY DAD LIKE? 15:23:26:00 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 15:23:26:22 HE SAID, WELL, YOUR DAD TRIED 15:23:28:12 TO MAKE ME FEEL AS COMFORTABLE 15:23:30:00 AS POSSIBLE. 15:23:31:03 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:23:31:15 >> AND THAT WAS MY DAD. 15:23:37:12 AND MY DAD WAS BORN IN 1908. 15:23:42:22 HE DIDN'T GRADUATE HIGH 15:23:43:25 SCHOOL. 15:23:44:12 HIS DAD DIED WHEN HE WAS 16, 15:23:46:06 SO HE WENT TO WORK. 15:23:47:12 AND HE WAS NEVER VERY 15:23:48:24 SUCCESSFUL AS A BUSINESSMAN AT 15:23:51:01 ALL ACTUALLY, BUT EVERYONE 15:23:53:21 LOVED HIM. 15:23:55:12 EVERYONE LOVED MY DAD. 15:23:58:10 AND MY DAD -- NEITHER OF MY 15:24:07:04 PARENTS WERE TERRIBLY DEVOUT, 15:24:08:25 BUT MY DAD WAS COMFORTABLE 15:24:10:15 TALKING TO ME ABOUT RELIGION 15:24:12:00 AND ABOUT GOD, AND HE LIKED TO 15:24:13:12 GO TO TEMPLE ISRAEL, MAINLY AS 15:24:16:10 A SOCIAL THING. 15:24:17:18 HE WAS AN USHER AND HE ALSO 15:24:20:00 LIKED THE MUSIC AND HE LIKED 15:24:21:15 RABBI SHAPIRO. 15:24:23:25 THAT WAS THE RABBI HE KNEW. 15:24:25:15 AND HE LIKED RABBI SHAPIRO'S 15:24:27:18 SERMONS, WHICH WERE ABOUT HOW 15:24:29:00 JEWS NOT ONLY HAVE TO BE JUST, 15:24:32:27 BUT TO DO JUSTICE. 15:24:36:00 AND THAT INFORMS A LOT OF WHAT 15:24:39:12 I'M TRYING TO DO IN THE 15:24:40:21 SENATE. 15:24:41:06 AND MY DAD, I REMEMBER WE 15:24:43:21 TALKED ABOUT HIM, MY DAD 15:24:46:04 DIDN'T SEE GOD AS SOME OLD GUY 15:24:49:00 SITTING IN HEAVEN WITH A WHITE 15:24:51:18 BEARD. 37 15:24:52:00 HE THOUGHT OF GOD AS SOMETHING 15:24:54:13 BEHIND EVERYTHING. 15:24:56:15 HE SAID, NATURE AND THE EARTH 15:24:58:06 AND EVERYTHING IS SO BEAUTIFUL 15:24:59:12 THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING 15:25:01:06 BEHIND IT ALL. 15:25:02:04 AND THAT WAS IT. 15:25:03:00 THAT WAS HIS DEFINITION OF 15:25:04:00 GOD. 15:25:06:21 AND IT WASN'T ANY SIMPLER OR 15:25:09:25 MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. 15:25:10:22 IT WASN'T ANY SIMPLER THAN 15:25:11:21 THAT. 15:25:12:03 THAT WAS IT. 15:25:12:18 AND THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT I 15:25:14:21 BELIEVE, TOO. 15:25:17:06 BUT THE REST OF WHAT HE GOT 15:25:20:22 OUT OF IT WAS THE RELIGIOUS 15:25:23:00 TEACHINGS OF ANY RELIGIONS: 15:25:25:03 JUDAISM AND ANY OTHER WESTERN 15:25:28:04 OR EASTERN THAT HE HAD 15:25:29:27 ABSORBED. 15:25:30:18 AND IT WASN'T VERY DIFFERENT 15:25:32:06 FROM OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. 15:25:37:07 NOT ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, 15:25:43:22 BUT THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES 15:25:47:27 MADISON AND JOHN ADAMS, WHO 15:25:50:21 WEREN'T REALLY CHRISTIANS. 15:25:51:25 THEY WERE DEISTS. 15:25:59:15 YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPLAUD 15:26:00:19 THAT. 15:26:00:28 LET'S APPLAUD FACTS AND 15:26:02:09 HISTORY. 15:26:03:21 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:26:05:24 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 15:26:06:06 >> AND JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS 15:26:13:06 JEFFERSON HAD THIS SORT OF 15:26:17:25 FAMOUS CORRESPONDENCE TOWARD 15:26:19:15 THE END OF THEIR LIVES AND IN 15:26:22:12 IT JEFFERSON ASKED ADAMS FOR 15:26:27:01 HIS CREDO, AND -- OR HIS 15:26:34:04 PERSONAL CREED. 15:26:34:25 AND ADAMS WROTE THAT I GUESS 15:26:42:03 IT'S BE JUST AND GOOD. 15:26:44:27 AND JEFFERSON REPLIED, THE 15:26:47:09 RESULT OF OUR 50 OR 60 YEARS 15:26:49:00 OF RELIGIOUS READING IN FOUR 15:26:52:22 WORDS, BE JUST AND GOOD, IS 15:26:55:00 THAT IN WHICH ALL INQUIRIES 15:26:56:27 MUST END. 38 15:27:00:04 SO IF YOUR DEFINITION OF 15:27:02:27 TRADITIONAL AMERICAN RELIGIOUS 15:27:05:00 VALUES STARTS WITH THE 15:27:06:16 FOUNDERS, YOU COULD SAY THAT 15:27:08:10 MY JEWISH FATHER'S VALUES WERE 15:27:12:09 AS TRADITIONAL AS THEY GET. 15:27:15:22 JEFFERSON, OF COURSE, WE 15:27:18:15 BELIEVE HAD SEX WITH A SLAVE 15:27:19:24 AND MY DAD WOULD HAVE 15:27:20:21 DISAPPROVED OF THAT, MAINLY ON 15:27:23:25 THE SLAVERY GROUNDS. 15:27:26:06 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:27:26:18 >> NOW, I CONSIDER MYSELF A 15:27:34:15 VERY FORTUNATE PERSON, MAINLY 15:27:38:21 BECAUSE I'VE JUST BEEN LUCKY. 15:27:41:06 I'VE BEEN LUCKY IN MY FAMILY 15:27:44:00 LIFE. 15:27:45:03 I HAD GREAT PARENTS, A GREAT 15:27:46:27 BROTHER. 15:27:47:12 I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 35 15:27:51:27 YEARS, MANY OF THEM HAPPY. 15:27:54:24 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:27:55:03 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HOW 15:28:01:21 HAVE YOU REMAINED MARRIED FOR 15:28:02:27 35 YEARS? 15:28:03:15 I CITE MAINLY FEAR, FEAR OF 15:28:07:10 BEING ALONE. 15:28:09:18 AND THERE IS MY WIFE'S 15:28:12:06 WILLINGNESS TO TOLERATE ME. 15:28:13:18 AND WE'RE A FAMILY. 15:28:16:16 AND I'M NOT A BIG ONE FOR 15:28:18:06 PRAYER, BUT UNLESS YOU COUNT 15:28:21:09 COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS AS 15:28:23:16 PRAYER. 15:28:23:25 THAT'S SOMETHING I DO 15:28:25:07 EVERYDAY. 15:28:27:06 I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR MY 15:28:29:21 KIDS AND I AM GOING TO ASK YOU 15:28:32:22 TO INDULGE ME IN A BIT OF 15:28:35:06 FATHER-IN-LAW PRIDE HERE. 15:28:37:21 BOTH MY KIDS ARE SMART AND 15:28:39:16 HAPPY AND KIND AND FUNNY. 15:28:45:03 MY DAUGHTER WORKS IN THE DC 15:28:49:19 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 15:28:52:03 SHE RUNS THE AFTER SCHOOL 15:28:54:12 PROGRAM AT AN ELEMENTARY 15:28:57:07 SCHOOL. 15:28:57:19 AND HER PROGRAM -- 15:28:58:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:28:59:07 >> HER PROGRAM IS SO 39 15:29:01:15 SUCCESSFUL THAT SECRETARY 15:29:02:15 DUNCAN, THE EDUCATION 15:29:04:06 SECRETARY, TOTALLY SEPARATE 15:29:06:01 FROM -- WITHOUT KNOWING ANY 15:29:07:12 CONNECTION TO ME, WENT AND 15:29:08:24 VISITED IT AND I BRAG ON HEAR 15:29:14:07 LOT. 15:29:14:21 AND I -- WHEN I DID MY RADIO 15:29:16:21 SHOW, I'D BRAG ON HER BEING A 15:29:18:03 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHEN SHE 15:29:19:00 WAS A TEACHER AND SHE WOULD 15:29:20:10 GET REALLY MAD AT ME, WHICH 15:29:23:09 MADE ME EVEN MORE PROUD. 15:29:27:15 OF HOW MODEST SHE IS. 15:29:29:19 AND SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T GET 15:29:31:03 THAT FROM ME. 15:29:32:03 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:29:32:15 >> MY SON IS NAMED JOE AFTER 15:29:39:00 MY DAD, AND HERE'S JUST 15:29:41:24 ANOTHER POINT OF PRIDE TO TELL 15:29:43:03 YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. 15:29:44:25 MY SON'S HIGH SCHOOL, THEY 15:29:47:00 DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACADEMIC 15:29:49:18 AWARDS. 15:29:50:06 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPORTS 15:29:51:18 AWARDS. 15:29:54:28 THEY HAD ONE AWARD AND IT WAS 15:29:56:09 FOR, ESSENTIALLY, THE MENSCH 15:29:58:09 OF THE YEAR, OF THE SCHOOL. 15:29:59:18 AND HE WAS NAMED AFTER, LIKE, 15:30:01:04 SO MANY OF THESE AWARDS ARE, 15:30:02:27 AFTER A PARTICULARLY BELOVED 15:30:04:09 KID WHO DIED IN A CAR 15:30:05:18 ACCIDENT. 15:30:07:09 THE BILLY FERRELL AWARD. 15:30:09:10 AND OF COURSE I'M TELLING YOU 15:30:10:07 THIS, BECAUSE JOE GOT THE 15:30:11:15 BILLY FERRELL AWARD. 15:30:14:09 AND I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS 15:30:16:04 EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I PICKED 15:30:19:06 HIM UP FROM A PLAY DATE AND I 15:30:23:09 REMEMBER PICKING HIM UP AND 15:30:25:10 THE MOTHER SAID TO ME, HE'S 15:30:29:00 SUCH A GOOD KID. 15:30:30:00 HE'S SUCH A NICE KID. 15:30:32:09 AND SHE JUST SAID TO HIM, JOE, 15:30:34:01 HOW COME YOU'RE SO NICE? 15:30:35:27 AND HE SAID, I THINK IT HAS 15:30:37:18 SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY 15:30:39:06 GRANDPA. 40 15:30:42:27 AND TO ME THAT'S WHAT GOD IS. 15:30:46:27 , YOU KNOW? 15:30:48:10 I DON'T THINK DAD IS UP IN 15:30:49:25 HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN AND 15:30:51:12 SMILING, LIKE HE SMILES AT ME 15:30:56:06 LAUGHING AT HIS JOKES. 15:30:57:16 I'M ALMOST CERTAINLY CERTAIN 15:30:59:27 THAT HE'S NOT DOING THAT RIGHT 15:31:01:00 NOW. 15:31:01:12 BUT I THINK GOD IS MY DAD IN 15:31:03:03 ME. 15:31:04:13 AND HE'S IN MY SON. 15:31:08:15 AND BE JUST AND GOOD IS WHAT I 15:31:14:16 TRY TO DO EVERYDAY IN MY WORK, 15:31:18:27 WHETHER IT BE ON IMMIGRATION, 15:31:21:13 WHETHER IT BE ON GLBT RIGHTS, 15:31:29:06 IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO, I 15:31:35:12 REMEMBER THAT. 15:31:37:18 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 15:31:39:04 BEING THE KIND OF CHURCH THAT 15:31:45:03 EMBRACES ALL DIFFERENT KINDS 15:31:47:06 OF BELIEFS AND FOR BEING A 15:31:50:07 CHURCH THAT BELIEVES IN SOCIAL 15:31:51:27 JUSTICE. 15:31:55:18 YOU'RE MY FAVORITE KIND OF 15:31:57:22 CHURCH. 15:31:59:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:32:01:06 >> THANK YOU. 15:32:29:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:32:30:03 SENATOR FRANKEN, I THINK 15:32:38:13 YOU'RE OUR FAVORITE KIND OF 15:32:44:09 SENATOR. 15:32:45:07 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 15:32:45:19 >> OKAY. 15:32:54:04 THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. 15:32:56:07 CLOCK BACK UP. 15:32:57:06 YOU ALL ARE FUNNY. 15:33:06:12 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:33:08:27 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:33:11:06 >> PAT EMERY, GOLDEN, 15:33:12:13 COLORADO. 15:33:13:01 VERY BRIEFLY, A COUPLE OF 15:33:14:06 PEOPLE HAVE REFERRED TO THE 15:33:15:18 UUA AND THE BOARD BEING BOUND 15:33:17:18 BY THIS AIW AND I WOULD LIKE 15:33:20:22 PEOPLE TO NOTICE THAT ON THE 15:33:21:27 VERY FRONT PAGE THAT IT ONLY 15:33:23:24 CARRIES THE AUTHORITY OF THE 15:33:24:21 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 15:33:26:09 >> AND ONLY FOR THIS -- AND 41 15:33:28:16 TO BE CLEAR, ONLY FOR THIS ONE 15:33:30:12 YEAR. 15:33:30:21 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS GREAT 15:33:32:00 AUTHORITY, BUT ACTIONS OF 15:33:33:19 IMMEDIATE WITNESS, AS YOU WILL 15:33:34:27 NOTICE, DON'T GO THROUGH A 15:33:36:12 SIGNIFICANT VETTING PROCESS. 15:33:38:00 YOUR CONGREGATION DIDN'T HAVE 15:33:39:03 A YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THIS LIKE 15:33:40:13 IT DID SOME OF THE OTHER 15:33:41:19 BUSINESS THAT WENT FORWARD 15:33:42:16 TODAY. 15:33:43:21 SO AIW'S HAVE A RELATIVELY 15:33:46:18 SHORT SHELF LIFE. 15:33:48:19 IT'S SUNDAY. 15:33:50:01 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:33:52:03 THAT'S SHORT. 15:33:53:12 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:33:54:24 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:33:55:24 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:33:57:19 MY NAME IS PAT MOORE-PICKET. 15:34:00:09 I COME FROM THE UNITARIAN 15:34:01:03 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN DAVIS, 15:34:02:15 CALIFORNIA. 15:34:05:04 I THINK IN OUR COMMUNITY WE 15:34:10:09 WOULD SIMILAR STRUGGLES OVER 15:34:12:03 THIS ISSUE AND IT HAS BEEN 15:34:13:04 EVEN MORE DEVICE I HAVE IN 15:34:14:13 TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO 15:34:15:06 SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF THE 15:34:16:18 PALESTINIANS COMING UP WITH 15:34:17:24 IDEAS SUCH AS BOYCOTTING ALL 15:34:21:25 PRODUCTS OF ISRAEL AS A 15:34:22:22 PRODUCTIVE WAY TO GO ABOUT 15:34:23:24 THAT. 15:34:24:03 I HAVE FOUND THAT THAT PROCESS 15:34:25:18 HAS SILENCED ME. 15:34:27:12 IT HAS BECOME SO CONFLICTED 15:34:29:10 THAT MY VOICE HAS BEEN 15:34:31:16 SILENCED. 15:34:32:15 I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS 15:34:34:21 VISION OF PEACE, AND THAT IS 15:34:37:04 THAT A BLOCKADE OF THE 15:34:39:27 PALESTINIANS AND THAT THE 15:34:42:15 WALLS PREVENTING THEIR 15:34:44:12 CROSSING IS NOT A WAY TO BUILD 15:34:48:12 PEACE. 15:34:48:24 I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE 15:34:51:18 SECURITY AND PEACE OF ISRAEL 15:34:53:06 AND OF PALESTINE AND OF THE 42 15:34:55:16 PEOPLE OF GAZA. 15:34:57:18 AND THAT IS WHY I SIGNED THIS. 15:34:59:24 IT'S NOT TO THINK THAT I CAN 15:35:04:04 SWAY ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY. 15:35:06:03 I THINK I AM SUPPORTING THOSE 15:35:07:15 JEWS IN ISRAEL WHO SUPPORT MY 15:35:09:18 VISION OF ISRAEL AND THEIR 15:35:11:01 VISION OF A SECURITY, PEACEFUL 15:35:12:27 HOMELAND THAT THEY DESERVE 15:35:15:15 AFTER CENTURIES OF 15:35:16:09 PERSECUTION. 15:35:16:27 AND IT TEARS ME APART TO SEE 15:35:20:27 ISRAEL USE ITS POLICY TO USE 15:35:23:06 SOMETHING THAT'S AKIN TO THE 15:35:24:18 WARSAW GHETTO, AND THAT IS WHY 15:35:26:28 I'M HERE AND SPEAKING FOR. 15:35:28:27 I WILL ALSO GO BACK TO MY 15:35:30:24 COMMUNITY AND SPEAK UP MORE IN 15:35:33:12 TERMS OF THOSE KINDS OF 15:35:36:10 INITIATIVES THAT DO UNDERMINE 15:35:38:21 ISRAEL, SUCH AS A BOYCOTT OF 15:35:41:12 ALL ISRAELI PRODUCTS. 15:35:42:19 I WILL NOW SPEAK UP AND THAT 15:35:44:04 IS WHY I'M HERE. 15:35:45:12 THANK YOU. 15:35:45:18 >> THANK YOU. 15:35:47:03 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:35:48:18 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:35:50:01 >> I'M JOHANNA LEOPOLD FROM 15:35:54:03 THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:35:55:00 FELLOWSHIP IN HUNTINGTON, NEW 15:35:56:12 YORK. 15:35:56:24 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK US TO ADD 15:36:01:00 TEN MORE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, 15:36:03:00 BECAUSE THERE ARE A GREAT 15:36:03:27 NUMBER OF MORE PEOPLE THAT 15:36:04:21 WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON 15:36:06:01 BOTH SIDES. 15:36:07:00 >> THE MOTION IS TO ADD TEN 15:36:08:18 MINUTES' TIME, TO ADD TEN 15:36:12:12 MINUTES' TIME TO THE CLOCK. 15:36:13:22 AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF WE DO 15:36:15:01 THAT A COUPLE TIMES, WE'RE 15:36:16:15 STILL OKAY, YOU KNOW? 15:36:17:09 LIKE HERE AND MAYBE SOMEPLACE 15:36:18:12 ELSE, AND WE'LL STILL BE 15:36:20:00 WITHIN TIME EASILY. 15:36:21:13 NOT TO SAY WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, 15:36:22:19 BUT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION. 15:36:25:18 ALL MONTHS IN FAVOR OF ADDING 43 15:36:26:24 TIME TO THE CLOCK, PLEASE 15:36:27:27 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 15:36:29:10 THANK YOU. 15:36:29:16 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:36:35:27 ALL THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD 15:36:37:03 TIME, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING 15:36:38:25 CARDS AGAIN. 15:36:39:22 IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE LAST TIME, 15:36:41:03 YOU MIGHT WANT TO THIS TIME. 15:36:49:16 THANK YOU. 15:36:50:00 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:36:52:24 MOTION PASSES. 15:36:53:18 PLEASE ADD TEN MINUTES TO THE 15:36:55:09 CLOCK. 15:36:59:24 I JUST WANT TO TELL THE FOLKS 15:37:01:00 SITTING IN THE BLEACHERS THAT 15:37:02:00 IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO 15:37:03:09 COUNT YOUR VOTES ACCURATELY, 15:37:04:16 BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SWEEP THE 15:37:06:12 FLOOR WHEN YOU'RE WAY ABOVE 15:37:07:12 THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOR. 15:37:08:18 AND IF YOU'RE A DELEGATE AND 15:37:10:21 YOU DON'T MIND, I'D RATHER 15:37:12:13 HAVE YOU ON THE FLOOR OF THE 15:37:13:07 HOUSE. 15:37:22:13 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:37:23:21 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:37:24:24 >> MY NAME IS GREG ROBINSON. 15:37:26:12 I AM FROM THE UNITARIAN 15:37:27:00 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF LITTLE 15:37:28:18 ROCK. 15:37:30:10 AND I ACTUALLY -- I WANTED TO 15:37:32:21 SAY THAT I REALLY RESPECT SOME 15:37:33:24 OF THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE 15:37:36:09 BEEN SPOKEN HERE TODAY. 15:37:38:19 IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF US ARE 15:37:40:18 VERY, VERY WELL INFORMED ON 15:37:42:03 THIS ISSUE. 15:37:43:06 HOWEVER, MANY OF US ARE NOT AS 15:37:47:01 WELL INFORMED ON THIS ISSUE 15:37:49:09 AND MANY OF US MAY THINK 15:37:53:13 YOU'RE WELL INFORMED, BUT HAVE 15:37:57:03 ACTUALLY GOTTEN SOURCES THAT 15:38:00:06 ARE A BIT BIASED ON ONE 15:38:02:13 PERSPECTIVE OR ANOTHER. 15:38:03:28 THIS IS THE DANGER OF ACTUALLY 15:38:05:06 TRYING TO COME UP WITH 15:38:06:27 SOLUTIONS FOR FOREIGN 15:38:08:27 COUNTRIES WHEN YOU LIVE IN 15:38:10:25 ANOTHER COUNTRY. 44 15:38:12:01 YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 15:38:13:12 CULTURE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY 15:38:15:03 LIVE WITH THE PEOPLE. 15:38:17:03 I ACTUALLY TEACH 15:38:18:00 MULTI-CULTURAL ISSUES AT THE 15:38:19:19 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 15:38:20:22 LITTLE ROCK, AND I ACTUALLY 15:38:22:03 OPPOSE THIS FROM A 15:38:23:09 MULTI-CULTURAL BASIS, BECAUSE 15:38:25:09 I FIND IT PRESUMPTUOUS. 15:38:27:16 PRESUMPTUOUS IN THAT WE CAN 15:38:30:24 PRESUME THAT THIS IS THE 15:38:34:00 SOLUTION TO ALL OF THE 15:38:34:18 ATROCITIES, THAT THIS IS THE 15:38:37:01 MAGIC BULLET THAT WILL STOP 15:38:40:06 THIS. 15:38:40:15 I DO OPPOSE THE ATROCITIES. 15:38:42:03 OF COURSE WE ALL OPPOSE THE 15:38:43:13 ATROCITIES. 15:38:44:10 BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS 15:38:48:21 THE WAY TO GO. 15:38:50:21 I WOULD SUPPORT A POSSIBLE, I 15:38:53:21 DON'T KNOW, STUDY-ACTION ITEM 15:38:55:21 WHERE WE EXAMINE LOTS OF 15:38:57:15 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH TO 15:38:59:06 STOP THESE ATROCITIES. 15:39:01:07 AND PERHAPS GET A BETTER 15:39:02:27 HANDLE ON THE CULTURAL 15:39:04:06 IMPLICATIONS OF BOTH THE 15:39:05:21 PALESTINIANS AND THE ISRAELIS. 15:39:09:18 BUT THAT'S IT. 15:39:10:18 AND I'D LIKE TO CLOSE IT A 15:39:12:06 LITTLE SONG WITH -- OH, WELL. 15:39:15:28 IT'S A CARTOON. 15:39:17:21 IT GOES NO ONE'S ONLY BLACK OR 15:39:19:15 WHITE. 15:39:19:24 WE'RE PINK AND YELLOW AND 15:39:21:00 GREEN. 15:39:22:03 SOMETIMES WE'RE WRONG, 15:39:22:28 SOMETIMES WE'RE RIGHT. 15:39:23:28 BUT MOSTLY WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN 15:39:25:18 BETWEEN. 15:39:27:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:39:27:09 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:39:36:06 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:39:37:15 >> REGINA LARGENT, FIRST UU, 15:39:40:25 RICHMOND. 15:39:41:13 I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS 15:39:43:12 MOTION INDEFINITELY. 15:39:46:27 >> I THINK YOU WOULD MEAN 45 15:39:48:15 POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. 15:39:50:10 RIGHT? 15:39:50:16 >> POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. 15:39:52:21 CORRECT. 15:39:53:09 >> OKAY. 15:39:54:15 HUM. 15:39:54:24 WELL, LET'S HAVE SOME 15:39:56:00 EDUCATION FROM OUR 15:39:57:04 PARLIAMENTARIAN ABOUT A MOTION 15:40:00:06 TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. 15:40:01:21 OKAY? 15:40:02:00 STOP THE CLOCK FOR US. 15:40:03:06 IT'S MIKE TIME. 15:40:04:16 >> LITTLE A MOTION THAT IS -- 15:40:06:22 IT IS A MOTION THAT IS IN 15:40:07:21 ORDER. 15:40:08:03 IT IS DEBATABLE. 15:40:09:27 IT IS A MAJORITY VOTE. 15:40:16:27 >> OKAY. 15:40:18:03 SO IT WOULD NOT COME BACK 15:40:19:18 BEFORE US AT THIS GA? 15:40:21:25 IT WOULD, IN EFFECT, END THIS 15:40:24:21 AND END THIS CONVERSATION. 15:40:25:24 WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE 15:40:27:00 MOTION TO POSTPONE 15:40:27:27 INDEFINITELY? 15:40:30:22 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:40:31:27 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:40:33:06 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M DENNY 15:40:38:06 DAVIDHOFF FROM THE UNITARIAN 15:40:41:06 CHURCH IN WESTPORT. 15:40:42:03 I WAS GOING TO SPEAK AGAINST 15:40:45:10 THE MOTION, THE AIW, BUT I'M 15:40:48:03 COMFORTABLE SPEAKING AGAINST 15:40:51:12 POSTPONING IT, BECAUSE WE NEED 15:40:54:01 TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 15:40:58:06 WHEN AL FRANKEN WAS TALKING 15:40:59:27 ABOUT HIS DAD, I WAS THINKING 15:41:01:15 ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO USED 15:41:04:15 TO GIVE ME THE BLUE JEWISH 15:41:07:09 NATIONAL FUND CAN TO COLLECT 15:41:10:16 MONEY TO GROW TREES IN WHAT 15:41:12:27 WAS THEN PALESTINE. 15:41:14:15 THIS IS BEFORE 1948 WHEN 15:41:17:18 ISRAEL WAS RECOGNIZED AS A 15:41:19:13 COUNTRY. 15:41:20:07 AND MY FAMILY AND I WERE SO 15:41:22:18 FILLED WITH HOPE FOR WHAT 15:41:26:25 ISRAEL COULD BE, AND ISRAEL 15:41:29:18 HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT OF 46 15:41:31:03 WONDERFUL THINGS, BUT ITS 15:41:33:24 GOVERNMENT NEEDS A LOT OF 15:41:34:28 WORK. 15:41:36:01 BUT WE NEED A LOT OF WORK. 15:41:40:09 I WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW WE'RE 15:41:44:28 ON THE VERGE OF WINNING IT IS 15:41:46:24 CHUTZPAH AWARD FOR HAVING THE 15:41:54:21 BLIND-SIDED TEMERITY TO THINK 15:41:57:18 THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE WHOLE 15:42:01:28 GOVERNMENTS IN THE SPACE OF A 15:42:06:03 20, EVEN 30 MINUTE DEBATE. 15:42:08:10 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:42:08:22 >> BUT THE PROBLEM, AND THAT'S 15:42:13:00 WHY I DON'T WANT TO POSTPONE 15:42:13:09 IT, THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR 15:42:17:10 CARING FOR THE PEOPLE OF 15:42:19:22 ISRAEL AND FOR PALESTINE IS 15:42:23:06 VERY REAL, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO 15:42:26:22 BE ABOUT IS WORKING OUT A WAY 15:42:31:03 TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH 15:42:33:15 ALL THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF 15:42:35:16 THE WORLD. 15:42:37:10 >> THANK YOU. 15:42:38:00 >> THIS IS NOT THE WAY. 15:42:39:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:42:39:27 >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE? 15:42:42:00 >> MADAM MODERATOR, HELENE 15:42:46:03 FAIR, ARLINGTON STREET CHURCH. 15:42:47:24 WAS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO 15:42:48:18 SECOND THAT MOTION? 15:42:49:06 AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS 15:42:49:24 SECONDED. 15:42:51:04 I YELLED SOMETHING OUT, BUT IT 15:42:52:09 WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION. 15:42:53:27 WAS IT SECONDED? 15:42:54:18 FROM THE BACK THERE. 15:42:55:15 >>YEAH. 15:42:56:03 WELL, I HEARD YOU. 15:42:57:03 >>YEAH. 15:42:57:21 AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO SECOND 15:42:58:25 IT. 15:42:59:13 THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION. 15:43:01:21 IT WAS A QUESTION AS TO 15:43:02:12 WHETHER IT HAD BEEN SECONDED. 15:43:03:18 >> AH. 15:43:08:07 IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE 15:43:09:12 MOTION? 15:43:09:24 WE'VE GOT ONE NOW. 15:43:10:27 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE? 15:43:12:00 >> HI. 47 15:43:12:28 ELIZABETH DUCEY. 15:43:13:19 MOTION, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT 15:43:18:18 THE MOTION CLOCK ISN'T 15:43:21:22 RUNNING. 15:43:22:04 >> MY FAULT. 15:43:23:00 I ASKED TO HAVE IT TURNED OFF 15:43:24:21 WHILE I CALLED FOR A LEGAL 15:43:25:24 OPINION. 15:43:26:15 WE NEED TO TAKE IT DOWN TO 15:43:28:22 5:11, AS A MATTER OF FACT, 15:43:30:22 BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAD TWO 15:43:31:24 MINUTES EX-SPIRE BEYOND THAT. 15:43:33:15 CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US, PAUL? 15:43:35:13 THANK YOU. 15:43:36:07 >> THANK YOU. 15:43:36:21 >> THANK YOU. 15:43:37:07 GOOD CATCH. 15:43:43:18 FEELS LIKE THE CELTICS/LAKERS 15:43:46:01 GAME. 15:43:46:16 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:43:46:25 >> OKAY. 15:43:49:12 WE READY TO VOTE? 15:43:51:12 WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON RIGHT 15:43:52:21 NOW IS WHETHER TO POSTPONE 15:43:55:06 THIS INDEFINITELY. 15:43:57:12 THAT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS 15:43:59:12 SIMPLE MAJORITY. 15:44:00:25 WE'LL POSTPONE IT 15:44:01:25 INDEFINITELY, END DEBATE, AND 15:44:03:12 WE'LL BE DONE. 15:44:04:09 OTHERWISE, WE WILL GO BACK TO 15:44:05:09 OUR DEBATE. 15:44:06:03 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 15:44:07:00 POSTPONING INDEFINITELY, RAISE 15:44:08:25 YOUR VOTING CARDS. 15:44:10:22 THANK YOU. 15:44:11:03 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:44:13:00 WE'RE NOT GOING TO POSTPONE 15:44:14:06 DEBATE. 15:44:14:21 I'M GOING NOW GO TO THE PRO 15:44:16:16 MICROPHONE. 15:44:18:16 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:44:20:21 MY NAME IS GUINEA PROUSE. 15:44:24:06 I'M FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN 15:44:24:28 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 15:44:26:10 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. 15:44:27:27 I WORK IN THE CITY ABOUT 15:44:29:00 30 MILES EAST OF ANN ARBOR 15:44:30:27 CALLED DEAR BORN, WHICH HAS 15:44:32:16 THE LARGEST POPULATION OF 48 15:44:33:25 ARABS IN THE UNITED STATES. 15:44:34:24 I STAND ON THE SIDE OF LOVE 15:44:36:00 WITH MY PALESTINIAN NEIGHBORS. 15:44:38:24 I HAVE A NUMBER OF JEWISH 15:44:39:28 FRIENDS WHO ARE DEEPLY HURT BY 15:44:42:24 THE STATE OF ISRAEL'S ACTIONS 15:44:44:12 IN PALESTINE AND I STAND ON 15:44:46:15 THE SIDE OF LOVE WITH MY 15:44:47:19 JEWISH NEIGHBORS AS WELL. 15:44:50:21 I BELIEVE THE UNJUST AND 15:44:51:24 ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF THE STATE 15:44:52:27 OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIED TO 15:44:56:09 PEACE OR SECURITY, BUT RATHER 15:44:58:03 SEEM DESIGNED TO SQUEEZE THE 15:44:59:09 PALE AFTERNOON PEOPLE OUT OF 15:45:00:03 PALESTINE COMPLETELY. 15:45:03:15 THESE POLICIES WILL CONTINUE 15:45:04:16 TO CREATE MILITANT 15:45:05:22 PALESTINIANS WHO RESPOND WITH 15:45:08:15 VIOLENCE, WHICH WILL CONTINUE 15:45:09:24 TO PROVIDE THE STATE OF ISRAEL 15:45:10:27 WITH SO-CALLED JUSTIFICATION 15:45:12:22 FOR THEIR UNJUST ACTIONS AND 15:45:14:27 THE CYCLE OF HATE AND VIOLENCE 15:45:17:12 WILL CONTINUE. 15:45:18:21 WE NEED TO STAND ON THE SIDE 15:45:20:09 OF LOVE IN DEMANDING HUMAN 15:45:22:24 RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR THE 15:45:24:03 PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 15:45:26:03 WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO 15:45:27:19 SPEAK THE TRUTH, EVEN WHEN 15:45:29:21 FACED WITH ACCUSATIONS OF 15:45:31:15 RACISM OR ANTISEMITISM 15:45:34:03 DESIGNED TO QUIET OUR VOICES. 15:45:36:10 IT IS THE SILENCE OF THE 15:45:38:06 AMERICAN PUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE 15:45:40:06 THAT HAS ALLOWED IT TO GET 15:45:41:12 WORSE FOR DECADES. 15:45:43:13 THEREFORE, I AM ASKING THAT 15:45:44:19 YOU SUPPORT THE ACTION OF 15:45:46:07 IMMEDIATE WITNESS TO END THE 15:45:48:18 BLOCKADE OF GAZE AND GROWTH OF 15:45:50:12 ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN 15:45:51:15 PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. 15:45:53:13 THANK YOU. 15:45:54:07 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:45:54:22 >> THANK YOU. 15:45:56:09 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:45:57:21 THE CON MICROPHONE. 15:45:58:24 >> WILLIAM TURNER, UNITARIAN 49 15:46:03:21 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 15:46:05:06 MIAMI. 15:46:07:21 I STAND EQUALLY ON THE SIDE OF 15:46:11:01 LOVE AND AGAINST OPPRESSION IN 15:46:15:09 ANY FORM. 15:46:18:04 I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME THAT 15:46:20:16 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL OR THE 15:46:22:09 PEOPLE OF PALESTINE HAVE READ 15:46:25:06 THIS, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? 15:46:27:19 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS 15:46:29:16 AND I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST 15:46:33:06 THAT BYPASSING THIS, WE WILL 15:46:38:06 DO SOMETHING OR STAND ON THE 15:46:42:15 SIDE OF THE PALESTINIANS 15:46:43:24 VERSUS THE ISRAELIS OR THE 15:46:45:16 ISRAELI GOVERNMENT FOR HAMAS 15:46:49:12 OR AGAINST HAMAS. 15:46:50:15 I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE A 15:46:55:19 STAND ON THIS ISSUE, BUT WE 15:46:58:06 CAN TAKE A STAND ON ACTIONS. 15:47:01:24 MY MOST VIVID MEMORIES ARE OF 15:47:03:28 THE LIBERATION. 15:47:05:06 I WAS NINE YEARS OLD. 15:47:07:03 THE LIBERATION OF THE DEATH 15:47:08:18 CAMPS. 15:47:18:21 ISRAEL, IN FACT, IS THE ONLY 15:47:21:28 -- EXCUSE ME. 15:47:24:15 IS VULNERABLE, WHILE AT THE 15:47:27:18 SAME TIME THEY ARE CULPABLE OF 15:47:30:04 SOME BAD MISTAKES AND SOME 15:47:34:06 VERY SAD VIOLENCE. 15:47:40:27 AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE 15:47:42:18 SURROUNDED BY VIOLENCE AND 15:47:46:00 RECEIVING VIOLENCE AND 15:47:49:00 DEDICATED GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO 15:47:50:18 WISH THEIR DESTRUCTION. 15:47:54:03 I CAN'T, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, 15:47:58:06 NOT -- I'M LOSING MY THOUGHT 15:48:04:28 BECAUSE OF THIS. 15:48:05:25 OKAY. 15:48:06:10 >> IT'S OKAY. 15:48:11:09 RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKER AT THE 15:48:12:15 PRO MICROPHONE. 15:48:13:16 >> AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING 15:48:16:00 LIKE BILL CLINTON, I WOULD 15:48:17:12 LIKE TO SAY I FEEL YOUR PAIN. 15:48:19:12 I'VE SPENT MANY HOURS READING 15:48:22:16 BOOKS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, 15:48:25:09 GOING TO PLAYS AND LECTURES 15:48:26:27 ABOUT THAT, AND I IN NO WAY 50 15:48:30:04 ADVOCATE ANYTHING THAT WOULD 15:48:31:21 BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF JEWISH 15:48:33:24 PEOPLE OR THE ISRAELI STATE. 15:48:36:00 HOWEVER, THE UNITED STATES 15:48:38:13 SENDS A GREAT DEAL OF OUR 15:48:39:24 FOREIGN AID BUDGET SUPPORTING 15:48:42:12 ISRAEL AND THEIR MILITARY 15:48:43:18 POLICIES. 15:48:44:06 WE VERY RARELY EVER REFEREE 15:48:47:07 MANNED THEM FOR VIOLATING 15:48:48:21 INTERNATIONAL LAW IN TERMS OF 15:48:50:03 THE GENEVA CONVENTION OR THE 15:48:52:21 U.N. RESOLUTIONS. 15:48:54:10 I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE HAVE 15:48:55:12 A MORE EQUITABLE -- 15:48:56:24 >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND RUN 15:48:59:18 OUT. 15:49:00:10 >> WELL, FROM FIRST UNITARIAN 15:49:03:15 CHURCH OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA. 15:49:05:03 AND AT THAT CHURCH WE 15:49:06:03 PRESENTED A PLAY CALLED MY 15:49:07:00 NAME IS RACHEL COREY. 15:49:08:22 SHE WAS A YOUNG JEWISH 15:49:10:04 AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WENT TO 15:49:11:24 PALESTINE AND STOOD IN FRONT 15:49:13:09 OF A BULLDOZER TO PREVENT THE 15:49:15:19 DEMOLITION OF A PALESTINIAN 15:49:17:19 HOUSE AND WAS RUN OVER AND 15:49:18:24 KILLED. 15:49:22:03 I'VE KNOWN A NUMBER OF 15:49:23:12 PALESTINIANS. 15:49:24:13 75,000 PALESTINIANS LIVE IN A 15:49:26:21 2.FIVE SQUARE MILE AREA IN 15:49:28:18 LEBANON AS REFUGEES, AND ONE 15:49:30:27 OF MY FRIENDS HAS BEEN A 15:49:32:04 REFUGEE ALL OF HER LIFE, IS 15:49:33:27 NOT ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO 15:49:34:24 PALESTINE. 15:49:35:09 ALL I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO 15:49:37:09 HAVE A MORE EQUITABLE 15:49:38:15 CONSIDERATION IN ALL OF OUR 15:49:39:28 POLICIES THAT CONSIDERS THE 15:49:43:12 NEEDS OF ISRAELIS AND 15:49:44:12 PALESTINIANS, AND I THINK WE 15:49:46:04 NEED TO SUPPORT THIS, BECAUSE 15:49:47:19 IT SAYS THE THINGS THAT ARE 15:49:49:27 HORRENDOUSLY UNFAIR TO THE 15:49:51:24 PALESTINIANS MIGHT BE 15:49:53:06 RECTIFIED AS A FIRST STEP 15:49:54:28 TOWARD PEACE. 51 15:49:55:16 >> THANK YOU. 15:49:58:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:49:58:15 >> 15:50:00:24 >> OKAY. 15:50:01:19 LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 15:50:03:10 TIME FOR DEBATE BEING OVER. 15:50:06:27 WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US ACTION 15:50:08:00 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS NUMBER 15:50:09:09 TWO. 15:50:11:10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE 15:50:12:27 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 15:50:33:12 THANK YOU. 15:50:33:21 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:50:34:27 WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN. 15:50:50:10 WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO-THIRDS 15:50:53:18 FOR THIS TO PASS OR ANY OTHER 15:50:55:12 AIW FOR THAT MATTER. 15:50:56:22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE AND 15:50:58:06 HOLD YOUR VOTING CARDS. 15:50:59:15 THANK YOU. 15:51:15:19 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:51:16:22 WE HAVE SOME AGREEMENT. 15:51:28:15 THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT 15:51:29:27 ACHIEVE TWO-THIRDS. 15:51:31:21 THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT PASS. 15:51:33:00 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:51:37:18 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:51:38:24 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I AM 15:51:41:15 THOMAS PETERSON FROM SECOND 15:51:42:21 UNITARIAN CHURCH OF OMAHA. 15:51:45:00 45 MINUTES FROM THE TOWN OF 15:51:46:00 FREMONT, NEBRASKA, WHICH LAST 15:51:48:24 WEEK MADE NATIONAL HEADLINE 15:51:49:18 NEWS FOR HAVING ALSO PASSED 15:51:52:01 ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION. 15:51:54:00 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS 15:51:55:03 BODY FOR PASSING AIW1 AND 15:51:58:09 ENCOURAGE ALL OF US AS WE GO 15:52:00:16 BACK TO OUR CONGREGATIONS TO 15:52:02:12 ASK THIS QUESTION: IN 15:52:04:00 ADDITION TO OPPOSING STATE 15:52:05:12 LEGISLATION, OPPOSING 15:52:07:07 IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANT 15:52:09:06 RIGHTS, WHAT ARE WE TO DO TO 15:52:11:09 OPPOSE LOCAL LEGISLATION AS 15:52:13:12 WELL? 15:52:14:09 MY QUESTION. 15:52:16:10 >> OKAY. 15:52:21:03 JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT THE 15:52:22:21 ANNOUNCEMENT MICROPHONE. 52 15:52:25:28 AND POINTS OF PERSONAL 15:52:27:18 PRIVILEGE ACTUALLY DON'T 15:52:28:12 EXTEND TO PERSONAL 15:52:29:12 ANNOUNCEMENTS. 15:52:30:09 I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSE 15:52:31:24 EDUCATION AGAIN. 15:52:32:15 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD, BECAUSE I 15:52:33:22 KNOW YOU HOLD MEETINGS AT YOUR 15:52:35:15 HOME CONGREGATIONS. 15:52:36:09 POINTS OF PRIVILEGE ARE 15:52:37:03 ACTUALLY POINTS. 15:52:37:21 PRIVILEGE OF THE DELEGATE, AND 15:52:38:24 THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE 15:52:39:15 THE ROOM IS TOO COLD, THE 15:52:40:28 PRINT IS TOO SMALL, WE DON'T 15:52:42:24 HAVE HANDOUTS IN MY SECTION. 15:52:44:03 THEY ARE NOT STATEMENTS OF 15:52:45:03 OPINION. 15:52:45:18 EVEN STATEMENTS OF GOOD 15:52:46:18 OPINION. 15:52:47:16 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 15:52:49:01 OKAY. 15:52:49:16 THANK YOU. 15:52:50:03 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:52:51:12 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:52:52:18 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I HAVE A 15:52:55:13 QUESTION. 15:52:55:25 MY NAME IS KAREN WILLS. 15:52:57:01 I'M FROM FIRST UNIVERSALIST 15:52:59:03 CHURCH IN MINNEAPOLIS. 15:52:59:21 >> YES, MA'AM. 15:53:00:06 >> AND THAT WAS A DIVISIVE 15:53:06:27 ISSUE. 15:53:07:15 >> YES, IT WAS. 15:53:08:03 >> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER 15:53:10:15 ISSUES THAT I THINK PEOPLE 15:53:11:25 FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT AND 15:53:13:15 ABOUT WHICH THERE ARE STRONG 15:53:14:21 EMOTIONAL ARGUMENTS ON BOTH 15:53:15:27 SIDES. 15:53:17:15 AND AS PEOPLE ARE PRESENTING 15:53:21:10 ALL THE WAYS THAT OUR HEARTS 15:53:22:07 ARE BLEEDING FROM BOTH SIDES, 15:53:24:09 WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS 15:53:26:12 HOW CAN WE AVOID SORT OF 15:53:29:25 MAKING THE SAME POINTS OVER 15:53:31:03 AND OVER AND TALKING ABOUT HOW 15:53:32:24 PAINFUL THINGS ARE AND HOW CAN 15:53:35:06 WE SORT OF FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE 15:53:38:16 GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? 53 15:53:39:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:53:40:12 >> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 15:53:45:16 THAT, IN PART BECAUSE I HAVE 15:53:47:00 THE SAME QUESTION. 15:53:49:15 WE'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE UP 15:53:51:15 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS 15:53:52:03 NUMBER THREE, GULF COAST 15:53:53:04 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC 15:53:55:01 JUSTICE 2010, AND I'LL BE 15:53:56:21 SMART THIS TIME AND WE'LL MOVE 15:53:57:27 IT BEFORE WE START TALKING 15:53:59:00 ABOUT IT. 15:54:02:22 >> MOVED TO ADOPT THE ACTION 15:54:04:21 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS ENTITLED 15:54:06:27 GULF COAST ENVIRONMENTAL AND 15:54:08:24 ECONOMIC JUSTICE 2010 AS SET 15:54:12:00 FORTH IN THE 2010 GENERAL 15:54:14:03 ASSEMBLY REVISED PROPOSED 15:54:16:06 ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 15:54:20:22 >> RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:54:22:15 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:54:26:04 SORRY. 15:54:26:21 SECOND IS NOT NEEDED. 15:54:28:10 IT COMES FROM A COMMITTEE. 15:54:29:18 I INVITED THE DELEGATE FROM 15:54:31:00 THE PRO MICROPHONE TO SPEAK. 15:54:32:12 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M 15:54:33:28 REVEREND DR. MARIE DE YOUNG, 15:54:36:10 THE VOLUNTEER MINISTER OF GULF 15:54:38:12 COAST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:54:39:00 FELLOWSHIP IN GULF PORT, 15:54:40:15 MISSISSIPPI. 15:54:41:24 WE'RE TINY, BUT WE'RE MIGHTY. 15:54:44:10 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE 15:54:48:09 STORY. 15:54:50:28 WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON 15:54:52:16 WITH MANY UU'S ACROSS THE 15:54:54:12 COUNTRY. 15:54:56:24 WE HAVE TO COBBLE TOGETHER OUR 15:54:58:15 JOBS. 15:54:59:10 WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING OUR 15:55:01:06 HOMES. 15:55:03:09 WE TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT PARTS 15:55:04:18 OF THE COUNTRY TO WORK. 15:55:07:25 LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE 15:55:09:04 FELLOWSHIP COULDN'T AFFORD TO 15:55:10:12 PAY ME, I HAD TO WORK IN THE 15:55:11:21 WESTERN PART OF MISSOURI IN 15:55:15:04 THE HEART OF CAJUN COUNTRY AND 15:55:17:22 CAJUN MUSIC WHERE I WOKE UP TO 54 15:55:20:21 LISTEN TO FRENCH IN THE 15:55:21:24 MORNING ON NPR RATHER THAN 15:55:23:10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS, FRENCH 15:55:25:21 CAJUN MUSIC. 15:55:27:27 OUR PEOPLE THERE HAVE BEEN OUT 15:55:29:00 OF WORK, BECAUSE THE OIL 15:55:30:09 INDUSTRY WAS THEIR MAIN SOURCE 15:55:31:25 OF INCOME. 15:55:33:07 THEIR FARMS DON'T PAW. 15:55:35:15 CRAWFISH ISN'T PAYING, 15:55:38:15 SHRIMPING AND OFFSHORE OIL 15:55:41:00 JOBS WERE WHAT WERE BASICALLY 15:55:42:03 SUSTAINING THE COMMUNITY. 15:55:43:09 I CALLED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE 15:55:44:12 SCHOOL WHERE I TAUGHT, A 15:55:47:04 SCHOOL THAT WAS BLOWN AWAY IN 15:55:50:21 KATRINA. 15:55:51:09 THANK GOD WHERE THAT SCHOOL 15:55:53:21 TOOK IN 600 FAMILIES AFTER 15:55:55:19 KATRINA, THEY WERE ALL TAKEN 15:55:59:18 INTO THE HOMES AND TRAILERS OF 15:56:01:15 FAMILIES WHO WERE EARNING A 15:56:04:19 MEDIAN INCOME OF $24,000. 15:56:06:27 THAT MEAGER INCOME OF $24,000 15:56:09:09 A YEAR PER FAMILY IS IN DANGER 15:56:13:01 BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS. 15:56:16:06 I URGE YOU, PLEASE TO SUPPORT 15:56:21:10 THIS ACTION AND I WOULD LIKE 15:56:23:24 TO CLOSE WITH THIS SONG. 15:56:26:27 IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME, BUT 15:56:30:07 INSTEAD IT WAS YOU. 15:56:32:27 BUT I'LL KEEP DOING THE THINGS 15:56:35:15 I MUST DO, AS IF I WAS TO -- 15:56:41:15 >> THANK YOU. 15:56:43:12 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 15:56:44:24 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 15:56:46:04 >> HELLO, MADAM MODERATOR. 15:56:48:03 >> HELLO. 15:56:48:24 >> MY NAME IS REBECCA KELLER 15:56:50:21 SCHOLL. 15:56:52:12 I'M THE DELEGATE FROM NEEDHAM, 15:56:54:22 MASSACHUSETTS. 15:56:55:10 I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A TYPO 15:56:57:06 IN THE RESOLUTION. 15:56:58:12 I BELIEVE THE AND ON LINE 40 15:57:00:06 SHOULD BE REMOVED, AS THERE IS 15:57:01:19 AN AND ON THE END OF LINE 39. 15:57:11:16 >> I THINK WE'LL DISH THE END 15:57:13:22 FOR PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION 15:57:15:03 PURPOSES. 55 15:57:15:15 WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY. 15:57:19:15 AND JUST TO DISAGREE WITH 15:57:20:28 LEGAL COUNSEL. 15:57:23:06 IT JUST GIVES ME A LITTLE 15:57:24:15 KICK. 15:57:24:24 OKAY? 15:57:30:10 YOU WANT TO VOTE, DON'T YOU? 15:57:34:09 YEP. 15:57:35:03 OKAY. 15:57:35:21 WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO 15:57:37:06 VOTE ON ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 15:57:38:25 WITNESS NUMBER THREE, GULF 15:57:41:18 COAST ENVIRONMENTAL AND 15:57:42:27 ECONOMIC JUSTICE 2010. 15:57:44:03 ALL MONTHS IN IN FAVOR, PLEASE 15:57:45:13 RAISE YOUR -- ALL THOSE IN 15:57:46:18 FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 15:57:47:21 VOTING CARDS. 15:57:48:12 THANK YOU. 15:57:53:25 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 15:57:55:06 I BELIEVE THAT PASSES. 15:58:03:07 THANK YOU. 15:58:03:19 YEAH, WE CAN APPLAUD WHEN WE 15:58:05:06 VOTE. 15:58:06:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:58:07:03 WE NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION OF 15:58:11:13 IMMEDIATE WITNESS NUMBER FOUR. 15:58:14:21 CLEAN UP THE CLEAN ENERGY 15:58:16:09 BILL, AND I CALL ON DAVID MAY 15:58:17:24 TO MAKE THE PROPER MOTION. 15:58:19:06 >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE ACTION OF 15:58:24:12 IMMEDIATE WITNESS ENTITLED 15:58:25:27 CLEAN UP THE CLEAN ENERGY BILL 15:58:28:04 AS SET FORTH IN THE 2010 15:58:30:12 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVISED 15:58:31:09 PROPOSED ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE 15:58:32:27 WITNESS. 15:58:35:24 >> THANK YOU. 15:58:36:13 I RECOGNIZE THE PRESENTER AT 15:58:37:25 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 15:58:39:06 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 15:58:42:09 DAVID KEPPLE AND I'M A MEMBER 15:58:44:28 OF THE GREEN SANCTUARY 15:58:46:07 TASKFORCE OF THE UNITARIAN 15:58:47:09 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 15:58:48:03 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. 15:58:49:15 >> YOU TRULY ARE A ROCK STAR 15:58:51:28 AT THE PRO MICROPHONE AT THIS 15:58:53:07 POINT. 15:58:53:24 YOU KNOW THAT. 56 15:58:54:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:58:54:24 >> GO AHEAD, MR. KEPPLE. 15:58:58:25 >> MADAM MODERATOR, WE HAVE 15:59:01:12 SEEN THIS AFTERNOON ISSUES 15:59:07:28 WHICH UNDERSTANDABLY ARE 15:59:09:01 DIFFICULT FOR US, AND WE'VE 15:59:10:06 SEEN OTHER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE 15:59:11:21 ONE YOU'VE JUST HEARD ABOUT 15:59:12:21 THE TRAGEDY IN THE GULF, THAT 15:59:14:06 WE CAN ALL UNITE ON. 15:59:16:19 I HOPE WE CAN ALL UNITE NOT 15:59:19:15 ONLY ON HELPING THE VICTIMS OF 15:59:21:21 THE BP CATASTROPHE, BUT ON 15:59:24:10 PREVENTING THE NEXT 15:59:25:28 CATASTROPHE. 15:59:27:09 AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE 15:59:29:15 HAVE TO DO WHAT WINONA LADUKE 15:59:32:10 CALLED UPON US TO DO LAST 15:59:34:22 NIGHT, AND THAT IS TO MAKE A 15:59:37:00 MAJOR SHIFT BOTH PERSONALLY 15:59:39:21 AND AS A SOCIETY FROM DIRTY 15:59:42:04 AND DANGEROUS ENERGY TO CLEAN 15:59:44:21 ENERGY. 15:59:45:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:59:45:21 >> THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE 15:59:47:18 ACTION, BECAUSE IT REFERS TO A 15:59:50:10 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 15:59:52:00 WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO 15:59:53:06 MAKE CHANGES IN OUR OWN LIVES. 15:59:55:12 WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES ON THE 15:59:57:04 LOCAL LEVEL. 15:59:58:07 IT STARTS WITH US, BUT WE ALSO 16:00:00:24 KNOW THAT IF WE ARE TO MAKE A 16:00:03:21 CHANGE AS A SOCIETY IN TIME, 16:00:05:19 WE HAVE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING 16:00:08:09 FIELD SO THAT CLEAN, RENEWABLE 16:00:10:12 ENERGY AND, YES, CONSERVATION 16:00:12:10 WILL HAVE A CHANCE. 16:00:15:06 THE BILL BEFORE THE SENATE NOW 16:00:16:18 CLAIMS TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT 16:00:18:21 IN FACT, DOES THE REVERSE. 16:00:21:19 AND WHEN THERE IS A GAP, WHEN 16:00:23:18 THERE IS HYPOCRISY, IT IS 16:00:25:21 OFTEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO 16:00:27:28 CHALLENGE THE PROPOSERS OF 16:00:29:22 THAT BILL TO LIVE UP TO THE 16:00:31:21 PRINCIPLES TO WHICH IT CLAIMS. 16:00:35:06 THAT IS WHAT THIS IMMEDIATE 16:00:38:07 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS IS 16:00:39:07 DESIGNED TO DO, AND I ASK THE 57 16:00:41:09 DELEGATES TO SUPPORT IT, 16:00:42:27 PLEASE. 16:00:44:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:00:45:04 >> NO ONE WANTS TO DEBATE 16:00:54:06 THIS. 16:00:54:19 DOES SOMEONE WANT TO AMEND IT? 16:01:01:24 SEEMS WEIRD, BUT TRUE, 16:01:03:16 NONETHELESS. 16:01:07:00 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:01:07:12 >> I RECOGNIZE THE AMAZINGLY 16:01:10:21 FAMILIAR DELEGATE AT THE 16:01:11:22 AMENDMENT MICROPHONE. 16:01:20:06 >> MADAM MODERATOR, THANK YOU. 16:01:24:21 MY NAME IS DAVID KEPPLE. 16:01:28:15 >> WE KNOW. 16:01:30:16 GO AHEAD. 16:01:31:22 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I WISH TO 16:01:35:21 UN-INCORPORATE ON LINE 43, THE 16:01:41:21 AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE DURING 16:01:42:27 THE CHIN I ASSEMBLY. 16:01:44:15 THAT AMENDMENT DELETED, QUOTE, 16:01:50:06 HALT OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING AND 16:01:52:09 SUBSTITUTED IMPOSE STRINGENT 16:01:55:22 CONTROL AND MEANINGFUL 16:01:56:19 INSPECTION OF OFFSHORE OIL 16:01:58:27 DRILLING. 16:02:03:25 MAD ON HIM MODERATOR, IF WE 16:02:05:25 HAVEN'T LEARNED FROM BP 16:02:08:00 HORIZON CATASTROPHE THAT WE 16:02:10:21 MUST HALT OFFSHORE OIL 16:02:12:22 DRILLING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE 16:02:13:22 HAVE LEARNED. 16:02:14:03 IF WE BELIEVE THAT OUR 16:02:18:12 GOVERNMENT WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE 16:02:21:01 TO OPPOSE AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE 16:02:22:16 THE POLITICAL WILL TO IMPOSE 16:02:24:27 MEANINGFUL INSPECTION, WE, I 16:02:26:24 THINK, HAVE NOT BEEN WATCHING 16:02:27:21 CLOSELY. 16:02:29:10 SO I URGE US TO RETURN TO THE 16:02:33:21 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND INSIST 16:02:36:09 ON A HALT TO OFFSHORE OIL 16:02:38:16 DRILLING. 16:02:40:21 >> THANK YOU. 16:02:41:12 DO WE WANT TO DEBATE THIS? 16:02:43:00 I HAVE RECOGNIZED THE DELEGATE 16:02:45:00 AT THE CON MICROPHONE. 16:02:46:04 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I AM RON 16:02:49:24 MASTERS FROM HENRY DAVID 16:02:53:06 THOREAU UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 58 16:02:54:28 CONGREGATION IN FORT MANN 16:02:58:03 COUNTY, TEXAS. 16:02:59:00 WE CHANGED THIS FOR A GOOD 16:03:00:27 REASON. 16:03:04:15 WHEN THERE WAS AN 16:03:05:03 ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER ON THE 16:03:06:21 NORTH SLOPE BECAUSE OF AN OIL 16:03:07:27 SPILL FROM BP'S PIPELINE, 16:03:11:28 NOBODY ADVOCATED SHUTTING DOWN 16:03:13:15 ALL OF THE PIPELINES IN 16:03:16:03 AMERICA. 16:03:18:00 WHEN THERE WERE FATALITIES AND 16:03:20:25 POLLUTION FROM THE FIRE AT 16:03:24:03 BP'S TEXAS CITY REFINERY, 16:03:27:28 NOBODY ADVOCATED SHUTTING DOWN 16:03:30:12 ALL THE REFINERIES IN AMERICA. 16:03:33:24 WHEN BP HAD A BLOWOUT IN AN 16:03:38:15 OFFSHORE OIL WELL, WE SHOULD 16:03:41:00 NOT HAVE SHUT DOWN ALL OF THE 16:03:43:19 OFFSHORE DRILLING IN AMERICA. 16:03:47:12 WE HAVE BEEN DRILLING IN DEEP 16:03:48:09 WATER FOR 25 YEARS WITH AN 16:03:52:01 EXCELLENT SAFETY RECORD AND 16:03:54:10 NOW THE GULF OF MEXICO 16:03:56:24 PROVIDES 30% OF THE OIL 16:03:59:00 PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED 16:04:00:00 STATES. 16:04:02:19 IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SECURITY 16:04:05:21 ENERGY SUPPLIES, WE WILL 16:04:07:00 EVENTUALLY NEED TO RETURN TO 16:04:09:16 OFFSHORE DRILLING. 16:04:12:06 >> THANK YOU. 16:04:12:27 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:04:14:09 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 16:04:15:12 >> MY NAME IS ROSEMARY HAGAN, 16:04:19:15 AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PORT 16:04:21:15 CHARLOTTE UNITARIAN 16:04:22:00 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN PORT 16:04:24:28 CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA. 16:04:26:22 AND I LIVE IN ENGLEWOOD, 16:04:29:00 FLORIDA, WHICH IS CALLED THE 16:04:30:06 GEM OF THE GULF COAST, BUT 16:04:32:03 THEY MEAN UNTIL THE OIL COMES. 16:04:35:22 WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF 16:04:37:12 OFFSHORE DRILLING. 16:04:39:12 IT SHOULD JUST BE OUT OF 16:04:40:28 THERE. 16:04:41:10 IT IS OBSCENE. 16:04:42:10 IT IS KILLING ALL OUR BIRDS. 16:04:44:06 IT IS KILLING OUR NATURAL 59 16:04:46:00 LIFE. 16:04:46:18 IT IS KILLING OUR INDUSTRY. 16:04:48:13 IT IS KILLING OUR PEOPLE. 16:04:50:25 AND IT IS NOT NECESSARY. 16:04:53:09 IF YOU BELIEVE IF DIFFERENT 16:04:56:06 ENERGY, GET RID OF OIL. 16:04:58:13 IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 16:05:01:27 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 16:05:02:15 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:05:07:07 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:05:08:15 >> MADAM MODERATOR, ELAINE 16:05:11:03 MacMILLAN, AND I'M FROM THE 16:05:13:00 UNITARIAN CHURCH IN WESTPORT, 16:05:14:13 CONNECTICUT. 16:05:15:24 I JUST HAVE I THINK A TYPO 16:05:18:09 THING HERE. 16:05:19:09 ON LINE 44, HALT IS 16:05:22:01 UNDERSCORED, AND I DON'T THINK 16:05:23:06 IT SHOULD BE. 16:05:24:21 >> NO. 16:05:25:06 ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE 16:05:26:00 CORRECT. 16:05:31:07 BECAUSE IF THE AMENDMENT WAS 16:05:33:06 KANSAS CITY FEET, THE LANGUAGE 16:05:34:21 THAT IS THERE ALREADY, THE 16:05:36:12 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WAS HALT 16:05:38:28 OFFSHORE DRILLING AND MOUNTAIN 16:05:42:00 TOP REMOVAL. 16:05:42:27 THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU SEE IN 16:05:43:24 FRONT OF YOU HAS TWO DIFFERENT 16:05:46:01 VERBS. 16:05:46:22 >> OKAY. 16:05:47:07 >> OKAY? 16:05:47:22 >> THANK YOU. 16:05:48:15 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:05:54:06 THE CON MICROPHONE, BUT 16:05:57:09 SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO BE 16:05:58:03 THERE. 16:05:59:06 COME ON UP. 16:06:00:15 EITHER ONE OF YOU. 16:06:01:21 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 16:06:05:03 MICHAEL SCOTT. 16:06:05:18 I'M THE DELEGATE FROM THE 16:06:07:06 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 16:06:08:12 ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. 16:06:10:13 I'M A FACULTY MEMBER IN THE 16:06:12:12 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AT THE 16:06:13:09 SCHOOL OF ROCHESTER. 16:06:14:18 I AM AN ARDENT 16:06:15:21 ENVIRONMENTALIST. 60 16:06:16:25 I AM A DEEPLY PROUD FATHER OF 16:06:19:03 TWO DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE DEVOTED 16:06:21:00 THEIR CAREERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL 16:06:22:15 CAUSES. 16:06:22:24 I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM 16:06:24:13 STANDING AT THIS MICROPHONE 16:06:25:07 OPPOSING AN AMENDMENT THAT 16:06:26:19 WOULD TALK ABOUT A MORATORIUM 16:06:29:00 ON OFFSHORE DRILLING, BUT I 16:06:31:00 AM. 16:06:35:21 30%, AS WE JUST HEARD, OF 16:06:37:18 AMERICA'S DOMESTIC OIL SUPPLY 16:06:39:00 IS COMING FROM THE GULF OF 16:06:39:27 MEXICO RIGHT NOW. 16:06:41:07 WE'VE GOT TO STOP DRAWING THAT 16:06:44:06 OIL, BUT WE CAN'T STOP 16:06:46:09 TOMORROW WITHOUT THE COUNTRY 16:06:47:24 FALLING APART. 16:06:50:01 WE'VE GOT TO STOP IT 16:06:51:06 EVENTUALLY, BUT IT WILL 16:06:54:06 REQUIRE THAT BODIES LIKE OURS 16:06:55:24 HAVE VOICES OF REASON WITH 16:06:58:16 PLANS THAT WILL WORK AND THAT 16:07:01:21 WE DO NOT SET OURSELVES UP IN 16:07:03:15 A WAY THAT MAKES IT EASY FOR 16:07:05:04 OUR OPPONENTS TO DISMISS US AS 16:07:07:06 CRANKS. 16:07:07:24 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:07:08:06 >> I BELIEVE THAT THE WORDING 16:07:14:27 THAT CAME OUT OF THE 16:07:15:22 MINI-ASSEMBLY IS REASONABLY 16:07:19:03 BALANCED AND REASONABLY STRONG 16:07:21:06 AND IT'S PREFERABLE TO THE 16:07:23:10 ORIGINAL PROPOSED WORDING AND, 16:07:26:00 THEREFORE, I SUPPORT LEAVING 16:07:28:00 IT AS IT CAME TO YOU TODAY. 16:07:30:28 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:07:31:10 >> THANK YOU. 16:07:32:07 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:07:33:21 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 16:07:35:15 >> SORRY TO COME BACK SEASON. 16:07:37:21 MY NAME IS WILLIAM TURNER, 16:07:40:18 SOCIAL JUSTICE CHAIR AT MIAMI 16:07:44:03 CONGREGATION. 16:07:46:03 THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY. 16:07:47:16 RIGHT? 16:07:50:06 UNLIKE THE FAILURE OF OIL, 16:07:55:15 CRUDE OIL TO DILUTE IN THE 16:07:58:19 OCEAN'S WATERS, I RECOGNIZE 16:08:04:18 THAT THE PRODUCT, THAT THE 61 16:08:08:24 RESULT OF CHANGING THE 16:08:09:24 LANGUAGE IN THIS ACTION OF 16:08:12:18 IMMEDIATE WITNESS IS A 16:08:15:04 DILUTION. 16:08:17:06 I SEE IT AS A DILUTION, 16:08:19:12 BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT MY 16:08:24:01 COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF 16:08:25:15 AMERICA, IS SITUATED, IT FINDS 16:08:27:24 ITSELF SOMEWHERE IN THE WATERS 16:08:29:15 OF THIS WORLD, THIS EARTH WE 16:08:32:04 LIVE ON. 16:08:33:18 AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO CALL 16:08:35:03 FOR THE END OF DEEP WATER OR 16:08:40:10 EVEN ANY WATER, LET'S SAY DEEP 16:08:43:15 WATER DRILLING, WHEN ARE WE 16:08:46:24 GOING TO DO THIS? 16:08:51:07 HOW MUCH CAN OUR EARTH SUFFER 16:08:53:00 MORE AT THE HANDS OF THE OIL 16:08:56:27 COMPANIES WHO ARE NOT 16:08:58:04 CONCERNED IN FEEDING THE NEEDS 16:09:00:00 OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE OIL SO 16:09:02:12 MUCH AS THEY ARE IN THE 16:09:04:06 PROFITS THEY'RE GAINING? 16:09:07:01 THEY DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY. 16:09:08:00 THEY DON'T HAVE AN EARTH. 16:09:09:06 THEY ONLY HAVE PROFITS, AND I 16:09:10:09 THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND. 16:09:11:12 I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. 16:09:15:00 >> THANK YOU. 16:09:17:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:09:17:21 >> I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT 16:09:19:24 THE CON MICROPHONE. 16:09:21:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM 16:09:24:03 MODERATOR. 16:09:24:27 THANK YOU. 16:09:25:09 MY NAME IS JIM TURNER. 16:09:26:24 I AM A DELEGATE FROM THE FIRST 16:09:29:16 UNITARIAN CHURCH IN SALT LAKE 16:09:31:12 CITY, UTAH. 16:09:32:18 IT'S PROBABLY EVIDENT FROM MY 16:09:33:27 ACCENT THAT I'M NOT NATIVE TO 16:09:36:10 SALT LAKE CITY. 16:09:38:07 IN FACT, I'VE HAD THE OCCASION 16:09:41:21 TO SLEEP IN THE RUMBLE OF THE 16:09:45:25 DIESEL GENERATORS ON THOSE OIL 16:09:47:24 RIGS. 16:09:50:00 I'VE WORKED, IN FACT, AWAKENED 16:09:53:13 A SNORING DES BOUJUA WHO WAS 16:10:00:21 MY FLOOR HAND A RIG THAT I 16:10:02:10 WORKED IN THE GULF 25 YEARS 62 16:10:03:15 AGO OR MORE. 16:10:04:09 I'VE LIVED IN MOBILE. 16:10:06:06 I'VE POSTED A CAJUN DINNER FOR 16:10:09:25 MY CONGREGATION FOR SEVERAL 16:10:11:09 YEARS, A FUNDRAISER THAT WE 16:10:13:18 DO. 16:10:14:03 I BRING CRAWFISH FROM 16:10:16:16 LOUISIANA. 16:10:18:01 I UNDERSTAND. 16:10:19:15 I'VE HAD CLIENTS. 16:10:20:27 I'M A CPA, BUT I'VE HAD 16:10:22:18 CLIENTS IN THE SEAFOOD 16:10:23:24 BUSINESS THAT OPENED OYSTERS 16:10:25:07 AND FISHED IN THE GULF WATERS, 16:10:27:06 BROUGHT SHRIMP HOME. 16:10:29:03 I DON'T THINK THERE ARE VERY 16:10:30:12 MANY OF US HERE THAT CAN 16:10:32:13 APPRECIATE THAT CULTURE AS 16:10:33:04 MUCH AS I CAN AND SOME OF THE 16:10:34:01 DELEGATES HERE. 16:10:35:12 AND WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE 16:10:37:03 THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO 16:10:38:12 EAT. 16:10:38:24 THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE. 16:10:39:25 AND WE'VE GOT TO WEAN 16:10:40:25 OURSELVES FROM THE OIL THAT IS 16:10:44:09 SO SIGNIFICANTLY AND ADVERSELY 16:10:49:22 IMPACTING OUR ENVIRONMENT. 16:10:52:00 WE MUST STAND TOGETHER TO 16:10:55:24 ENCOURAGE OUR SOCIETY TO MOVE 16:10:58:13 IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT IT'S 16:11:01:00 ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE TO 16:11:02:03 JERK THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER 16:11:03:21 THEM. 16:11:04:00 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 16:11:05:04 OF SPEAKING. 16:11:05:28 >> THANK YOU. 16:11:06:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:11:07:00 >> I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT 16:11:11:00 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 16:11:12:13 >> YES. 16:11:13:04 MY NAME IS WAYNE KING. 16:11:14:16 I'M FROM THE ALL SOULS 16:11:17:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 16:11:17:18 IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. 16:11:19:28 I STAND IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGE 16:11:23:22 WHICH WOULD SAY WE WILL NOT, 16:11:26:06 AS WE ARE AGAINST, ANYMORE 16:11:28:21 OFFSHORE DRILLING. 16:11:31:21 I'M FOR, IN THE FIRST PLACE, 63 16:11:34:21 JUST WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING 16:11:37:28 TO THIS PLANET, WHAT'S 16:11:39:10 HAPPENING IN THIS CURRENT 16:11:42:24 ENORMOUS BILL, WHAT IT'S DOING 16:11:45:00 TO THE PEOPLE, WHAT IT'S DOING 16:11:46:19 TO THE ECONOMIC THERE, WHAT 16:11:48:15 IT'S DOING TO THE ANIMALS AND 16:11:50:12 OTHER CREATURES WHO ARE THERE, 16:11:51:24 IT'S ALL HORRENDOUS, IN MY 16:11:54:07 VIEW, AND WHAT'S WORSE AND 16:11:56:09 WHAT REALLY MAKES IT SO 16:11:57:21 ESSENTIAL IS THAT IT'S CLEAR 16:12:01:00 THAT THESE OIL COMPANIES, NOT 16:12:03:04 JUST BP, BUT THE OTHERS AS 16:12:04:27 WELL, DO NOT KNOW HOW TO 16:12:06:18 HANDLE THESE SPILLS. 16:12:08:00 THEY HAVE NO SCIENTIFIC BASIS. 16:12:09:25 THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING -- 16:12:11:06 THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR MONEY 16:12:12:24 AND ALL OF THEIR SCIENCE INTO 16:12:14:24 FIGURING OUT HOW TO DRILL FOR 16:12:17:01 THAT OIL, AND WHAT FEW TOOLS 16:12:22:03 THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE 16:12:23:25 SPILLS WHEN THEY HAPPEN WITH 16:12:25:25 20, 30 YEARS OLD, AND 16:12:29:00 CERTAINLY AT THE VERY LEAST, 16:12:30:24 UNTIL WE HAVE SOME REAL REASON 16:12:32:01 TO BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW HOW 16:12:34:27 TO HANDLE THIS, WE NEED TO 16:12:36:24 STOP THIS DRILLING. 16:12:42:01 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:12:43:24 THE CON -- DO I HAVE A 16:12:45:06 PROCEDURAL? 16:12:46:03 AT THE CON MICROPHONE. 16:12:47:19 >> OKAY. 16:12:51:18 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:12:53:00 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:12:54:06 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 16:12:57:19 [INAUDIBLE] AND WITH SOME 16:12:59:09 TREPIDATION, I STAND HERE 16:13:01:12 BEFORE YOU AS A CANADIAN 16:13:03:00 CITIZEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 16:13:04:10 CALL THE QUESTION. 16:13:05:10 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:13:05:22 >> WE'LL SEE. 16:13:09:27 NOT DEBATABLE. 16:13:11:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ENDING 16:13:12:15 DEBATE AND IMMEDIATELY MOVING 16:13:13:25 TO A VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT, 16:13:15:12 PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING 64 16:13:16:12 CARDS. 16:13:17:06 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16:13:19:24 I THINK WE'RE DONE TALKING. 16:13:21:07 OKAY. 16:13:24:27 THANK YOU. 16:13:26:24 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE 16:13:28:03 AMENDMENT, WHICH IS ON LINE 43 16:13:33:06 TO REPLACE THE DELETED CLAUSE 16:13:38:10 HALT OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING 16:13:40:10 AND, AND THEN REMOVE THE WORDS 16:13:42:03 THAT HAD BEEN ADDED IMPOSE 16:13:44:12 CONTROL AND MEANINGFUL 16:13:45:03 INSPECTION OF OFFSHORE OIL 16:13:46:28 DRILLING, THE WORD HALT, ALL 16:13:49:00 OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT 16:13:49:24 AMENDMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 16:13:51:03 VOTING CARDS. 16:13:51:24 OKAY. 16:13:57:06 I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING WE'RE 16:13:58:24 CONFUSED. 16:13:59:12 OKAY. 16:13:59:27 WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS ON 16:14:01:24 LINE 43 IN THE MINI-ASSEMBLY. 16:14:05:06 THE MINI-ASSEMBLY DELETED 16:14:07:18 "HALT OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING" 16:14:09:15 AND ADDED OTHER WORDS. 16:14:11:19 THE AMENDMENT WAS TO REVERSE 16:14:13:18 THAT SO THAT IT WOULD GO BACK 16:14:15:24 TO A CALL TO HALT OFFSHORE OIL 16:14:18:12 DRILLING RATHER THAN TO IMPOSE 16:14:20:10 STRINGENT CONTROL AND 16:14:21:07 MEANINGFUL INSPECTION. 16:14:22:12 MAKE SENSE? 16:14:23:18 SO THIS IS A MOTION TO UNDO 16:14:25:06 THE WORK OF THE MINI-ASSEMBLY. 16:14:27:22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT 16:14:30:03 AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR VOTING 16:14:31:18 CARDS. 16:14:32:27 THANK YOU. 16:14:33:06 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16:14:34:09 CLEARLY FAILS. 16:14:36:04 THANK YOU. 16:14:41:18 YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THE WHOLE 16:14:42:24 THING NOW? 16:14:43:13 ALL RIGHT. 16:14:45:07 GOOD. 16:14:45:22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACTION 16:14:47:06 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS NUMBER 16:14:48:15 FOUR, CLEAN UP THE CLEAN 16:14:49:21 ENERGY BILL AS PRESENT OUT OF 65 16:14:51:09 THE MINI-ASSEMBLY AND IN YOUR 16:14:53:04 CSW ALERT, RAISE YOUR VOTING 16:14:56:03 CARDS. 16:14:56:21 THANK YOU. 16:14:57:03 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16:14:58:12 VERY NICE. 16:14:59:25 WE HAVE AN ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 16:15:00:25 WITNESS. 16:15:01:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:15:02:12 WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ACTION OF 16:15:09:25 -- YOU ARE AT THE PROCEDURAL 16:15:11:00 MICROPHONE, YEAH OR NO? 16:15:12:15 >> YES. 16:15:13:06 >> MAKES SENSE. 16:15:23:24 LET'S ASK NOW. 16:15:24:18 >> OKAY. 16:15:26:22 MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 16:15:28:12 RICK RHODES. 16:15:29:03 I'M FROM UNITARIAN 16:15:29:21 UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH 16:15:31:24 OF SANTA MONICA. 16:15:33:06 I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE 16:15:34:16 CAN MOST EFFICIENTLY CORRECT A 16:15:39:06 FACTUAL ERROR THAT'S IN THE 16:15:40:28 UPCOMING MOTION. 16:15:44:15 I AM THE PERSON WHO 16:15:46:18 CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THE 16:15:47:12 ERROR. 16:15:51:01 IN LINE 22 IT SAYS "WHEREAS 16:15:54:18 THE U.N. COMMISSION ON HUMAN 16:15:56:09 RIGHTS." 16:15:59:04 I RECONSULTED MY RESEARCH THIS 16:16:00:27 MORNING AND IT SHOULD HAVE 16:16:02:03 SAID "WHEREAS HUMAN RIGHTS 16:16:06:06 WATCH." 16:16:07:01 THAT'S THE SOURCE OF THAT 16:16:08:07 INFORMATION. 16:16:09:27 SO I'M WONDERING IF PERHAPS 16:16:13:00 THE COMMISSION ON THESE 16:16:16:04 ACTIONS, WHICH I KNOW IS 16:16:19:03 CAPABLE OF CORRECTING TYPOS 16:16:21:18 AND SO ON, COULD FIX THIS ONE 16:16:23:09 OR DO WE HAVE TO DO IT FROM 16:16:24:19 THE FLOOR? 16:16:35:07 >> NOW THAT YOU'VE POINTED 16:16:36:16 THIS OUT, THE COMMISSION WILL 16:16:37:18 INDEED DO THE RESEARCH ON THIS 16:16:38:24 AND MAKE SURE THAT WHICHEVER 16:16:39:00 IS CORRECT IS PLACED THERE. 16:16:41:06 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 66 16:16:42:27 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 16:16:45:00 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:16:46:06 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:16:47:27 >> YES. 16:16:48:06 I'M RICHARD KOPP FROM THE 16:16:49:28 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:16:51:06 FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON, NEW 16:16:54:06 YORK. 16:16:54:21 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION 16:16:56:00 ABOUT THE ADMISSIBILITY OF 16:16:57:01 SUGGESTING PERFECTING 16:16:58:13 AMENDMENTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS 16:17:00:09 JUST ASKED. 16:17:01:00 THERE ARE TWO OTHER PROBLEMS 16:17:01:24 THAT I THINK WERE CREATED IN 16:17:02:24 THE COURSE OF THE 16:17:05:10 MINI-ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY THAT 16:17:06:27 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO IF THAT'S 16:17:08:15 ALLOWED. 16:17:09:03 >> WHY DON'T WE MOVE IT FIRST 16:17:10:06 AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A SWING AT 16:17:11:21 IT. 16:17:12:00 OKAY? 16:17:14:16 JUST HANG IN THERE. 16:17:17:09 WELL THE CHAIR OF THE 16:17:18:21 COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS 16:17:19:15 MAKE THE APPROPRIATE MOTION? 16:17:20:28 >> ALL RIGHT. 16:17:26:15 MOVE TO ADOPT THE ACTION OF 16:17:28:00 IMMEDIATE WITNESS ENTITLED END 16:17:29:25 THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND 16:17:31:13 PAKISTAN AS SET FORTH IN THE 16:17:34:09 2010 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVISED 16:17:35:27 PROPOSED ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE 16:17:37:25 WITNESS. 16:17:39:13 >> OKAY. 16:17:40:07 NOW COME BACK AND TALK TO US 16:17:41:24 ABOUT IT, SIR. 16:17:42:15 >> YES. 16:17:45:15 THANK YOU. 16:17:46:10 ONE IS I THINK SIMPLY A MATTER 16:17:48:18 OF PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION IN 16:17:50:09 LINE 38 IN WHICH THE LINE 16:17:54:16 BEGINS, "TO SUPPORT, NOT 16:17:58:06 PARALLEL WITH THE OTHERS." 16:18:00:00 I WOULD SUGGEST THAT LINE 16:18:01:25 READS "PROMOTES THE 16:18:03:19 DETERMINATION OF 16:18:04:12 SELF-PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE 16:18:05:15 ISLAMIC WORLD." 67 16:18:07:06 IN LINE -- 16:18:11:04 >> THANK YOU. 16:18:11:15 >> 38. 16:18:12:12 >> YES. 16:18:17:03 AND WHAT'S THE OTHER POINT? 16:18:19:07 >> IN LINE 39, URGES THE 16:18:24:09 UNITED NATIONS AND 16:18:25:18 INTERNATIONAL COURTS TO 16:18:26:15 ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF 16:18:27:16 ATTACKS, ET CETERA. 16:18:31:24 THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY OR 16:18:33:18 FACTUALLY INACCURATE TO REFER 16:18:35:25 TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT. 16:18:38:24 THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE 16:18:39:15 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 16:18:40:24 AND THERE IS THE WORLD 16:18:42:21 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. 16:18:45:04 NEITHER OF THESE COURTS 16:18:46:07 RIGHTFULLY HAS JURISDICTION 16:18:47:12 OVER, I THINK, THE PROBLEMS 16:18:49:15 THAT ARE REFERRED TO. 16:18:50:28 I THINK WHAT IS INTENDED IS TO 16:18:52:25 URGE THE CREATION OF THE 16:18:54:15 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL 16:18:56:15 TRIBUNALS WHO TO DO WHAT IT 16:18:58:25 SAYS AND NOT AN INTERNATIONAL 16:19:01:27 COURT. 16:19:02:06 >> OKAY. 16:19:06:21 THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL 16:19:07:13 WITNESS WILL CHECK ON THOSE 16:19:08:19 AND WHATEVER CONSTRUCTION IS 16:19:10:24 NECESSARY FOR LINE 38 TO 16:19:13:27 CONTINUE FROM THE COLON AT THE 16:19:15:21 END OF LINE 27 WILL BE 16:19:17:13 PROVIDED IN THE FINAL DRAFT, 16:19:18:24 WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING. 16:19:20:00 OKAY? 16:19:21:18 ALL RIGHT. 16:19:24:21 OKAY. 16:19:25:04 GOOD. 16:19:26:13 I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE 16:19:28:12 PRO MICROPHONE. 16:19:29:09 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 16:19:31:06 MY NAME IS DAN MCKANNAN. 16:19:33:07 I REPRESENT THE UNITARIAN 16:19:33:22 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF MED 16:19:35:21 FORT, MASSACHUSETTS. 16:19:39:09 ON FRIDAY WE PASSED A HISTORIC 16:19:41:06 STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE ON 16:19:41:28 CREATING PEACE. 68 16:19:42:25 DURING THE PROCESS LEADING TO 16:19:44:03 THAT, WE WERE REPEATEDLY 16:19:45:18 REMINDED THAT A STATEMENT OF 16:19:47:03 CONSCIENCE ARTICULATES BROAD 16:19:49:00 PRINCIPLES THAT CAN THEN AB 16:19:50:25 EMPLOYED TO PARTICULAR 16:19:51:27 SITUATIONS. 16:19:54:24 WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE SITUATION 16:19:55:27 IN WHICH THOSE PRINCIPLES MUST 16:19:57:21 BE APPLIED. 16:19:59:04 IT IS TIME TO APPLY THEM TO 16:20:01:21 THE LONGEST RUNNING WAR IN 16:20:03:00 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 16:20:05:28 IN OUR STATEMENT OF 16:20:06:19 CONSCIENCE, WE REPUDIATE 16:20:08:15 EXTENDED MILITARY OCCUPATION. 16:20:10:12 THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND 16:20:11:27 PAKISTAN IS SUCH AN 16:20:13:07 OCCUPATION. 16:20:15:07 WHEN THIS WAR BEGAN, UNITARIAN 16:20:17:03 UNIVERSALISTS DISAGREED ABOUT 16:20:19:09 WHETHER A MILITARY RESPONSE TO 16:20:22:10 THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH 16:20:23:22 WAS JUSTIFIED. 16:20:25:00 THIS ACTION TAKES NO POSITION 16:20:26:27 ON THAT DISAGREEMENT. 16:20:29:06 INSTEAD, IT SAYS A SIMPLE NO 16:20:32:09 TO A WAR THAT HAS BECOME 16:20:33:21 INCREASINGLY DESTRUCTIVE AND 16:20:35:09 DANGEROUS. 16:20:36:19 IT CALLS US TO SUPPORT A NEW 16:20:39:00 APPROACH OF UNARMED PEACE 16:20:41:15 BUILDING AND THE PEACEMAKING 16:20:42:24 WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL 16:20:44:16 COMMUNITY. 16:20:46:01 THESE ARE BETTER WAYS TO BE IN 16:20:47:18 SOLIDARITY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS 16:20:49:00 IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. 16:20:51:28 PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ACTION OF 16:20:52:28 IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 16:20:55:00 HELP KEEP OUR VISION OF 16:20:56:15 CREATING PEACE ALIVE. 16:20:57:21 THANK YOU. 16:20:59:12 >> THANK YOU. 16:21:00:00 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:21:01:09 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:21:02:18 >> HELLO AGAIN REBECCA KELLER 16:21:06:09 SCHOLS, FIRST NEEDHAM, 16:21:09:04 MASSACHUSETTS. 16:21:09:25 IN LINE 5 OF THE ACTION OF 69 16:21:11:24 IMMEDIATE WITNESS, IT REFERS 16:21:12:27 TO OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:21:16:10 PRINCIPLES CALLING US TO SEEK, 16:21:18:00 BUT THEY ACTUALLY CALL US TO 16:21:19:18 AFFIRM AND PROMOTE. 16:21:20:15 I'M WONDERING IF IN THE FINAL 16:21:22:09 DOCUMENT IT COULD SAY PROMOTE 16:21:23:15 RATHER THAN SEEKS. 16:21:27:12 >> THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION 16:21:28:15 ON SOCIAL WITNESS IS NODDING A 16:21:29:21 LOT. 16:21:36:12 YEAH. 16:21:40:03 SO WHERE'S THE PRESENTER OF 16:21:41:06 THIS AMENDMENT? 16:21:44:21 DR. MCKANNAN? 16:21:48:18 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING 16:21:49:19 ASKED? 16:21:49:28 >> I REGRET TO SAY THAT I WAS 16:21:51:19 VISITED WITH MR. KEPPLE DURING 16:21:55:09 THIS QUESTION. 16:21:55:27 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:21:56:06 >> THE POINT THAT THE DELEGATE 16:22:03:09 AT THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE 16:22:04:21 IS MAKING, IT SAYS THE 16:22:05:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:22:06:00 PRINCIPLES CALL US TO SEEK, 16:22:08:00 AND THEN, QUOTE, THE WORLD 16:22:10:06 COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY ACTUALLY 16:22:11:21 CALL US TO AFFIRM AND PROMOTE. 16:22:13:03 >> SOUNDS GREAT TO ME. 16:22:14:01 >> THANK YOU. 16:22:15:25 >> ALL RIGHT. 16:22:17:27 >> OKAY. 16:22:20:15 I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE 16:22:22:06 CON MICROPHONE. 16:22:23:06 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 16:22:25:03 I'M STEVE KNOT, MEMBER, PAST 16:22:27:27 PRESIDENT, AND DELEGATE FROM 16:22:29:28 ACTING UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:22:32:07 CHURCH IN BURG, VIRGINIA. 16:22:33:27 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 16:22:34:27 THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT 16:22:36:03 THINGS IN THIS ACTION. 16:22:38:09 HOWEVER, I RISE TO OPPOSE IT 16:22:39:19 BASED ON ITS CALL FOR 16:22:41:06 IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF AMERICAN 16:22:42:27 TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN. 16:22:47:16 I DO THIS NOT FROM MY REAL 16:22:50:06 HOPE OF CHANGING THE ULTIMATE 16:22:52:09 VOTE, BECAUSE IT'S FROM AN ODD 70 16:22:57:01 AND INVERTED NEED TO SPEAK 16:22:58:07 TRUTH TO POWER. 16:23:00:21 IN THAT SPIRIT, I WOULD LIKE 16:23:02:06 TO REMIND THIS ASSEMBLY OF TWO 16:23:04:04 THINGS. 16:23:05:12 FIRST, THAT WE AND OUR ALLIES 16:23:09:06 CONQUERED AFGHANISTAN. 16:23:11:13 IN THAT PROCESS, WE DESTROYED 16:23:13:01 THE GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNED 16:23:15:00 THAT COUNTRY. 16:23:16:18 THIS GIVES US A DUTY, A MORAL 16:23:20:10 DUTY AND A LEGAL 16:23:21:21 RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAVE A 16:23:23:12 FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT BEHIND 16:23:24:12 US WHEN WE DEPART. 16:23:25:21 A GOVERNMENT OF ALL OF 16:23:27:07 AFGHANISTAN, NOT JUST OF 16:23:29:24 KABUL. 16:23:31:09 THAT WORK IS NOT YET DONE. 16:23:34:06 SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND 16:23:36:10 THE ASSEMBLY THAT IF WE DEPART 16:23:40:06 IMMEDIATELY, THE KILLING WILL 16:23:41:12 NOT END. 16:23:42:28 IT DOES NOT TAKE A SMART BOMB 16:23:45:22 OR A PAIR OF NIGHT VISION 16:23:47:15 GOOGLES TO BLOW UP A WEDDING 16:23:52:04 PARTY OR TO SLAUGHTER A 16:23:54:07 TEACHER IN FRONT OF HER 16:23:55:06 STUDENTS. 16:23:59:00 WE MUST JUDGE HOW LONG WE 16:24:00:28 THINK THE WAR WILL LAST IF WE 16:24:02:16 STAY OR IF WE GO. 16:24:04:15 WE MUST JUDGE HOW MANY PEOPLE 16:24:07:12 WE THINK WILL DIE IF WE STAY 16:24:09:07 OR IF WE GO. 16:24:11:09 I HAVE MADE THAT JUDGEMENT. 16:24:12:21 I AM VOTING NO. 16:24:14:24 >> THANK YOU. 16:24:16:04 I RECOGNIZE IT IS DELEGATE AT 16:24:17:10 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:24:18:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:24:19:09 >> A POINT OF PERSONAL 16:24:21:00 PRIVILEGE. 16:24:21:12 I AM ANN WOLF, DELEGATE FOR 16:24:23:03 THE CHURCH OF THE LARGER 16:24:24:04 FELLOWSHIP. 16:24:25:01 IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE 16:24:26:27 COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE 16:24:29:03 PEOPLE STOP WALKING AROUND THE 16:24:31:19 ROOM WAVING THEIR DELEGATE 71 16:24:33:01 CARDS WHEN YOU CALL FOR A 16:24:34:15 VOTE. 16:24:35:12 IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST SORT 16:24:36:18 OF STAND IN PLACE UNTIL THE 16:24:37:27 VOTE IS COUNTED ONE WAY OR THE 16:24:40:07 OTHER. 16:24:40:19 IT'S VERY DISTRACTING FOR US 16:24:42:06 AND I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE 16:24:43:06 DISTRACTING FOR THOSE OF YOU 16:24:44:09 TRYING TO COUNT THE VOTE. 16:24:45:06 >> THANK YOU. 16:24:46:04 YOU'RE RIGHT. 16:24:47:07 IT IS. 16:24:49:09 I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN. 16:24:52:24 SO STAND IN PLACE, PULL CARD, 16:24:57:06 PUT CARD DOWN, MOVE. 16:24:58:12 MAKE SENSE? 16:24:59:03 I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE 16:24:59:27 DELEGATE AT THE PRO 16:25:00:21 MICROPHONE. 16:25:01:12 >> HELLO, FELLOW DELEGATES. 16:25:03:22 MY NAME IS PEGGY RHODES. 16:25:05:27 I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN 16:25:06:18 UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH 16:25:09:21 OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. 16:25:12:15 I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 16:25:16:00 THIS ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 16:25:17:15 WITNESS. 16:25:19:22 IN FACT, I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR 16:25:22:24 OF ALL OF ITS PARTS, BUT I 16:25:24:09 WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ONE 16:25:26:21 PARTICULAR PART. 16:25:29:01 I THINK THE ASSOCIATION HAS 16:25:31:12 COME OUT VERY STRONGLY AND 16:25:34:06 POWERFULLY FOR THE RIGHTS OF 16:25:36:13 SEXUAL FREEDOM. 16:25:39:03 AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE 16:25:42:09 PARTICULAR THING. 16:25:44:25 I'M QUOTING FROM HUMAN RIGHTS 16:25:46:27 WATCH, AUGUST 13TH, 2009. 16:25:51:25 "KARZAI HAS MADE AN 16:25:53:16 UNTHINKABLE DEAL TO SELL 16:25:56:12 AFGHAN WOMEN OUT IN RETURN FOR 16:25:58:18 THE SUPPORT OF FUNDAMENTALISTS 16:26:01:07 IN THE AUGUST 20TH ELECTION. 16:26:03:21 THE LAW GIVES A HUSBAND THE 16:26:05:09 RIGHT TO WITHDRAW BASIC 16:26:06:24 MAINTENANCE FROM HIS WIFE, 16:26:08:19 INCLUDING FOOD, IF SHE REFUSES 16:26:11:12 TO OBEY HIS SEXUAL DEMANDS. 72 16:26:14:13 IT GRANTS GUARDIANSHIP OF 16:26:16:15 CHILDREN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEIR 16:26:17:27 FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS. 16:26:20:06 IT REQUIRES WOMEN TO GET 16:26:21:21 PERMISSION FROM THEIR HUSBANDS 16:26:22:22 TO WORK. 16:26:24:21 IT ALSO EFFECTIVELY ALLOWS A 16:26:27:00 RAPIST TO AVOID PROSECUTION BY 16:26:30:22 PAYING BLOOD MONEY FOR A GIRL 16:26:34:09 WHO WAS INJURED WHEN HE RAPED 16:26:35:09 HER. 16:26:36:27 SUBSEQUENTLY, KARZAI ALLOWED 16:26:40:01 THIS LAW TO BE AMENDED, BUT 16:26:43:03 MANY EGREGIOUS ARTICLES REMAIN 16:26:45:04 THAT IMPOSE DRASTIC 16:26:46:13 RESTRICTIONS UPON CHILD WOMEN, 16:26:50:24 INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT 16:26:52:24 WIVES SEEK THEIR HUSBAND'S 16:26:54:07 PERMISSION BEFORE LEAVING 16:26:56:01 HOME, EXCEPT FOR ON SPECIFIED 16:26:58:03 REASONABLE LEGAL REASONS AND 16:27:00:21 GRANTING CHILD CUSTODY RIGHTS 16:27:02:19 SOLELY TO FATHERS AND 16:27:03:22 GRANDFATHERS." 16:27:05:03 >> THANK YOU. 16:27:05:21 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:27:06:24 THE CON MICROPHONE. 16:27:08:00 >> MADELYN CAMPBELL, UNITARIAN 16:27:09:21 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 16:27:11:01 ARLINGTON VIRGINIA. 16:27:14:21 I, TOO, THINK THERE ARE MANY 16:27:16:09 GOOD THINGS IN THIS AIW, BUT 16:27:19:22 PULLING THE TROOPS OUT 16:27:20:21 IMMEDIATELY WILL CREATE 16:27:23:24 ANOTHER VACUUM. 16:27:26:19 WHEN WE REDUCE THE TROOP 16:27:28:27 LEVELS TO SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ, 16:27:31:24 WE CREATED ANOTHER OPENING FOR 16:27:33:00 THE TALIBAN TO MOVE BACK IN 16:27:36:18 AND CREATED ANOTHER 16:27:37:21 OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REGAIN 16:27:40:00 POWER IN AFGHANISTAN. 16:27:43:27 WE CAN NOT START SOMETHING AND 16:27:46:12 THEN SAY, WOW, WHAT A MESS. 16:27:48:00 THROW OUR HANDS UP, AND WALK 16:27:49:16 AWAY. 16:27:52:12 WE WENT IN. 16:27:53:12 WE STARTED SOMETHING. 16:27:55:15 WE HAVE TO SEE IT THROUGH. 16:27:57:15 WE HAVE TO THINK IT THROUGH. 73 16:28:01:12 AND FINISH WHAT WE STARTED. 16:28:02:21 THE TROOPS ARE NOT JUST THERE 16:28:03:18 TO CREATE WAR. 16:28:05:15 THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE TO 16:28:07:19 SHOOT AND TO BOMB. 16:28:09:06 THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS AS 16:28:10:27 WELL. 16:28:11:15 THEY ARE REBUILDING. 16:28:12:18 THEY ARE TEACHING. 16:28:15:04 WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM. 16:28:16:24 WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE 16:28:17:27 DIPLOMATIC THINGS AS WELL. 16:28:20:00 WE HAVE TO WORK ON PEACE. 16:28:21:00 WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE 16:28:21:22 GOVERNMENT. 16:28:22:01 WE HAVE TO DO THE DIPLOMATIC 16:28:24:09 THINGS, BUT WE CAN'T JUST PULL 16:28:25:27 THE TROOPS OUT AND WALK AWAY. 16:28:28:04 I CAN NOT VOTE YES ON THIS 16:28:29:28 AIW. 16:28:30:27 >> THANK YOU. 16:28:32:12 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:28:33:27 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 16:28:36:10 >> MADAM MODERATOR, LINDA 16:28:38:07 ALLEN VICARIAN FROM THE 16:28:40:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 16:28:41:15 IN STUDIO CITY IN LAST, 16:28:43:04 CALIFORNIA. 16:28:43:22 AND I SUPPORT THIS AIW FOR 16:28:46:18 MANY REASONS, BUT PARTICULARLY 16:28:47:27 BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL 16:28:49:00 STATEMENT ON LINES IS 11 AND 16:28:52:15 12 THAT SAYS THAT THE 16:28:54:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:28:54:09 STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE ON 16:28:55:12 CREATING PEACE IDENTIFIES 16:28:56:15 NONVIOLENT METHODS AS THE 16:28:58:06 FIRST AND BEST WAY TO DEFEND 16:28:59:19 OURSELVES AND OUR NEIGHBORS. 16:29:00:27 I COMPLETELY AGREE. 16:29:02:09 I LEARNED QUITE A BIT ABOUT 16:29:03:18 NONVIOLENCE DURING AN INTENSE 16:29:05:19 CIVIL RIGHTS SIT IN IN THE 16:29:09:03 SOUTHERLY THEY ARE YEAR. 16:29:10:03 SOMETHING THAT STEWED OUT VERY 16:29:11:18 MUCH TO ME AS BEING POIGNANT 16:29:13:12 AND VERY UU IS ONE OF 16:29:15:01 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S 16:29:16:07 PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE 16:29:17:24 READS THAT NONVIOLENCE IS A 74 16:29:19:21 WAY OF LIFE FOR COURAGEOUS 16:29:21:16 PEOPLE. 16:29:22:01 AND I BELIEVE THAT UU'S ARE 16:29:23:22 BRAVE ENOUGH TO WORK TOWARDS A 16:29:26:15 GOAL OF PEACE LIKE THIS ONE 16:29:28:27 AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THE 16:29:32:07 UNITED STATES REALLY WANTS TO 16:29:33:12 WIN ANY WAR, THE BEST WAY IS 16:29:38:00 TO WITHDRAW AND CHOOSE 16:29:41:00 NONVIOLENCE AND JUST TO 16:29:42:06 RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH A 16:29:44:06 CON STATEMENT, I FEEL THAT WE 16:29:46:03 CAN STILL FINISH WHAT WE 16:29:48:21 STARTED ON SOME LEVELS AND 16:29:50:00 STILL BE OF AID WITHOUT USING 16:29:53:06 WEAPONS. 16:29:55:13 THANK YOU. 16:29:55:25 >> THANK YOU. 16:29:56:09 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:29:57:21 THE CON MICROPHONE. 16:29:58:21 >> HELLO. 16:30:00:15 MY NAME IS ANDREW JOHNSON FROM 16:30:01:27 THE PALO ALTO UNITARIAN 16:30:03:22 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 16:30:04:19 I RISE AS A PERSON WHO 16:30:06:06 PARTICIPATED IN THE 16:30:06:24 MINI-ASSEMBLIES LAST YEAR AND 16:30:08:12 THIS YEAR ON THE PEACEMAKING 16:30:09:24 INITIATIVE. 16:30:10:28 I SUPPORTED IT. 16:30:12:07 I PARTICIPATED TO MAKE SURE IT 16:30:14:09 WAS A BALANCED INITIATIVE. 16:30:16:00 SECONDLY, I ALSO COME HERE AS 16:30:17:28 A FORMER SPECIAL FORCES 16:30:20:07 OFFICER AND A WAR RESISTER. 16:30:22:24 I CAN NOT SUPPORT THIS ACTION 16:30:24:24 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 16:30:27:04 I DIDN'T SIGN THE PETITION 16:30:28:07 WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME 16:30:29:24 AND I EXPLAINED TO THE WOMAN 16:30:30:21 WHY. 16:30:32:21 I CAN NOT SUPPORT THIS, 16:30:34:07 BECAUSE IT SAYS TO CEASE 16:30:37:00 COMBAT OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY. 16:30:39:27 AS TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKE 16:30:41:09 EVEN BEFORE ME HAVE SAID, THAT 16:30:42:19 WILL LEAVE A VACUUM THAT WILL 16:30:43:25 BE FILLED BY MURDER, RAPE, AND 16:30:46:00 PILLAGE. 16:30:47:06 WHO WILL PROTECT THE YOUNG 75 16:30:48:19 WOMEN? 16:30:48:28 WHO WILL PROTECT THE GIRLS? 16:30:50:16 WHO WILL PROTECT THE SCHOOLS? 16:30:57:19 THE ATROCITIES THAT WE WOULD 16:30:59:04 WITNESS WOULD JUST BE 16:31:00:06 ABSOLUTELY IMMORAL. 16:31:03:09 THANK YOU. 16:31:03:21 >> THANK YOU. 16:31:04:12 I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE 16:31:06:10 PRO MICROPHONE. 16:31:07:12 >> HI. 16:31:07:25 I AM STILL RICK RHODES FROM 16:31:10:09 SANTA MONICA, AND ONE OF THE 16:31:11:24 PROPOSERS OF THIS RESOLUTION. 16:31:15:13 ALTHOUGH I LOOK MUCH YOUNGER, 16:31:17:18 I WAS ACTIVE AGAINST THE 16:31:18:18 VIETNAM WAR. 16:31:20:12 AND WE WENT THROUGH A VERY 16:31:23:13 SIMILAR DISCUSSION IN MANY 16:31:24:22 WAYS WHEN WE SAID GET OUT OF 16:31:28:15 VIETNAM. 16:31:29:09 THERE WAS ALWAYS A REASON TO 16:31:31:22 STAY IN. 16:31:33:21 AND AS EACH YEAR WENT BY, 16:31:35:12 THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER SET OF 16:31:36:15 REASONS TO STAY IN, BUT THEY 16:31:38:25 WERE VERY SIMILAR IN SAYING WE 16:31:42:15 HAVE TO STAY IN THERE TO DO 16:31:44:24 SOMETHING FOR THE VIETNAMESE 16:31:46:13 PEOPLE. 16:31:47:25 AND OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY, THE 16:31:50:24 UNITED STATES HAD TO LEAVE, 16:31:53:15 ESSENTIALLY OUT OF MILITARY 16:31:56:25 DEFEAT. 16:31:58:07 AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE HAD 16:32:00:24 TO RESOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. 16:32:03:25 THE ASSUMPTION BEHIND THAT WE 16:32:06:12 IS THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS 16:32:08:06 IN THERE, IS IN AFGHANISTAN 16:32:11:15 FOR SOME OF THE SAME REASONS 16:32:12:25 THAT WE, THE UU'S, WOULD BE 16:32:16:09 THERE, TO SOMEHOW RESOLVE 16:32:19:06 PROBLEMS FOR THE PEOPLE OF 16:32:20:28 AFGHANISTAN. 16:32:23:00 NOW, WE KNOW THERE'S QUESTION 16:32:27:09 ABOUT WHETHER THE U.S. 16:32:29:13 GOVERNMENT OFTEN IS ACTING TO 16:32:31:06 RESOLVE PROBLEMS FOR THE 16:32:33:03 PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, 16:32:34:27 LET ALONE THE PEOPLE OF 76 16:32:35:24 AFGHANISTAN. 16:32:36:28 AND I THINK, AS I SAID WHEN WE 16:32:42:24 WERE DISCUSSING THIS IN OUR 16:32:44:09 CHURCH AND WE PASSED A 16:32:45:25 RESOLUTION TO WITHDRAW AFTER A 16:32:49:03 LONG PERIOD OF DISCUSSION, I 16:32:51:03 THINK THAT WE HAVE TO 16:32:51:27 RECOGNIZE THAT THE UNITED 16:32:54:04 STATES IS IN THERE AS PART OF 16:32:57:27 A STRATEGY TO CONTROL THE 16:32:58:24 MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA, 16:33:00:27 AS PART OF ITS PIPELINE 16:33:01:25 STRATEGY, AND THAT THERE'S NO 16:33:04:03 SOLUTION TO THIS, OTHER THAN 16:33:05:21 GETTING OUT, AND THE SOONER 16:33:07:12 THE BETTER. 16:33:08:06 THANK YOU. 16:33:09:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:33:09:25 >> RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:33:11:10 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:33:12:24 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 16:33:15:27 KIA HATCH. 16:33:16:28 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UU 16:33:22:21 COMMUNITY OF THE MOUNTAINS IN 16:33:23:12 GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. 16:33:24:24 A POINT OF CLARITY. 16:33:25:15 I HEAR COMING UP TO SPEAK FOR 16:33:27:15 OR AGAINST WITHDRAWING 16:33:28:18 IMMEDIATELY. 16:33:29:21 AS I READ LINES 28 AND 29, 16:33:33:19 THEY SAY CEASE COMBAT 16:33:35:01 OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY. 16:33:38:12 TO WITHDRAW AS RAPIDLY AS 16:33:41:13 LOGISTIC AT THIS POSSIBLE. 16:33:43:13 IT DOES NOT SAY TO WITHDRAW 16:33:45:03 IMMEDIATELY. 16:33:45:21 THANK YOU. 16:33:46:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:33:46:15 >> RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE 16:33:55:27 CON MICROPHONE. 16:33:56:27 >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, MODERATOR, 16:33:59:10 MY NAME IS HALL FULLER. 16:34:00:16 I'M A DELEGATE FROM UNITARIAN 16:34:02:03 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 16:34:04:18 FAIRFAX. 16:34:06:00 NOW, POTTERY BARN HAS A PRETTY 16:34:08:01 GOOD MERCHANDISING MOTTO. 16:34:11:12 IT SAYS IF YOU BREAK IT, YOU 16:34:12:18 BUY IT. 16:34:13:12 AND WE BROKE AFGHANISTAN AND 77 16:34:17:13 WE HAVE YET TO PAY THE PRICE 16:34:20:00 FOR PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER 16:34:22:00 AGAIN. 16:34:24:19 I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS 16:34:26:03 RESOLUTION IS LAUDABLE. 16:34:28:15 I THINK THAT TO CEASE COMBAT 16:34:32:16 OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY WOULD 16:34:34:16 BE A MISTAKE UNTIL WE HAVE 16:34:38:06 STARTED PUTTING THE PIECES 16:34:39:15 THAT WE BROKE BACK TOGETHER 16:34:41:13 AGAIN. 16:34:41:28 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE DO THAT, 16:34:44:00 WE NEED TO STAY THERE. 16:34:45:18 WE NEED TO CONTINUE TALKING 16:34:47:16 ABOUT OPERATIONS AS NECESSARY. 16:34:50:12 BUT I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE 16:34:51:21 MAIN PART OF THE MILITARY 16:34:55:19 OPERATIONS THERE AT THIS TIME 16:34:57:27 HAVE TO BE VIEWED AS MIXED. 16:35:00:27 THEY'RE COMBAT OPERATIONS 16:35:02:15 MIXED WITH COMMUNITY 16:35:03:22 DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING. 16:35:06:03 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SEPARATE 16:35:07:09 THOSE OUT WITHOUT LEAVING 16:35:09:12 YOURSELF, OUR TROOPS, THE 16:35:12:19 CIVILIANS THAT ARE WORKING ON 16:35:14:18 PROJECTS THERE, VULNERABLE. 16:35:16:12 AND ONE THING IS SURE. 16:35:17:15 IF WE PULL OUT TOO SOON, WE 16:35:20:22 WILL SEE A RETURN OF THE 16:35:22:24 ASSASSINATIONS ONE BY ONE OF 16:35:25:03 SCHOOL TEACHERS, OF WOMEN 16:35:27:10 LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND I 16:35:30:24 DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO 16:35:32:03 SEE THAT. 16:35:33:00 SO I WOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS 16:35:38:00 RESOLUTION. 16:35:39:00 >> THANK YOU. 16:35:39:21 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 16:35:41:00 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 16:35:42:24 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 16:35:44:19 I'M MICHAEL HALL FROM THE 16:35:45:18 FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:35:47:00 SOCIETY OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, 16:35:49:12 MASSACHUSETTS. 16:35:49:21 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE 16:35:50:18 QUESTION. 16:35:50:28 I'VE HEARD ENOUGH TO MAKE MY 16:35:52:10 OWN RESOLUTION ON THIS 16:35:55:27 PARTICULAR QUESTION. 78 16:35:57:15 >> OKAY. 16:35:58:03 IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. 16:35:59:06 LOOK AT THE CLOCK. 16:36:02:15 ALL MONTHS IN FAVOR OF 16:36:03:12 CALLING. 16:36:03:18 QUESTION, RAISE YOUR VOTING 16:36:04:18 CARDS. 16:36:04:27 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16:36:06:15 OKAY. 16:36:07:03 WE'LL IMMEDIATELY GO TO A 16:36:08:16 VOTE, THEN. 16:36:10:04 YOU READY? 16:36:12:09 OKAY. 16:36:12:21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACTION 16:36:16:03 OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS NUMBER 16:36:17:13 SIX AND END THE U.S. WAR IN 16:36:20:18 AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. 16:36:21:27 RAISE THE VOTING CARDS. 16:36:31:00 THANK YOU. 16:36:31:12 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16:36:38:22 THE MOTION FAILS. 16:36:39:24 THANK YOU. 16:36:46:28 LET'S THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS 16:36:48:15 SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THESE 16:36:50:09 ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS. 16:36:51:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:36:51:21 AND NOW LET'S SING. 16:37:04:13 LET'S SING. 16:37:08:00 >> I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE 16:37:09:03 GINI A HAND, TOO, FOR 16:37:10:18 MODERATING THAT. 16:37:11:15 THANK YOU, GINI. 16:37:13:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:37:14:04 >> ALL RIGHT. 16:37:18:27 SO THE SONG CIRCLE ROUND FOR 16:37:21:16 FREEDOM WAS WRITTEN BY LINDA 16:37:24:06 HIRSCHHORN, AND SHE BELIEVES 16:37:25:03 THAT HOLDING YOUR OWN PART 16:37:26:24 WHILE OTHER PARTS ARE BEING 16:37:28:06 SUNG IN CLOSE HARMONY IS A 16:37:30:15 MODEL FOR BEING ABLE TO 16:37:31:09 SURVIVE IN TODAY'S WORLD. 16:37:37:00 I'M JOINT BY KELLIE WALKER 16:37:38:07 FROM VALLEY UU CONGREGATION. 16:37:40:07 SHE WILL BE ME NEXT YEAR, SO 16:37:41:27 YOU GET TO KNOW KELLIE VERY 16:37:42:27 WELL. 16:37:43:12 SHE'S OUR MUSIC COORDINATOR. 16:37:45:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:37:48:00 >> AND OF COURSE SARA DAN 79 16:37:52:09 JONES, WHO NEEDS FOR 16:37:53:09 INTRODUCTION. 16:37:54:07 SING THROUGH THIS A COUPLE 16:37:55:04 TIMES, THEN WE'LL ADD SOME 16:37:56:24 HARMONY. 16:37:57:15 PLEASE RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT 16:37:58:21 AND SING WHATEVER PART YOU'RE 16:38:00:09 COMFORTABLE WITH. 16:38:01:06 OKAY? 16:38:04:27 >> 16:38:10:00 [CONGREGATION SINGING "CIRCLE 16:38:10:00 ROUND FOR FREEDOM"] 16:38:10:12 >> LET'S DO ONE MORE. 16:41:05:06 LET'S JUST SING UNTIL 6:00. 16:41:06:24 >> DON'T TELL GINI I SAID 16:41:08:09 THAT. 16:41:08:15 >> IT'S A SONG BY BRIAN TAIT, 16:41:11:13 COME SUPPOSER IN VANCOUVER. 16:41:14:03 IT'S WHERE DO WE COME FROM IF 16:41:16:15 YOUR TEAL HYMNAL. 16:41:18:04 THERE ARE THREE PARTS. 16:41:19:15 THE FIRST PART, WHERE DO WE 16:41:20:18 COME FROM, WHAT ARE WE? 16:41:24:19 WHERE ARE WE GOING? 16:41:33:24 SO IF YOU LIKE THAT PART, 16:41:35:07 PLEASE SING IT. 16:41:35:25 THE SECOND PART, WHICH WILL BE 16:41:37:03 SUNG BY KELLIE IS WHERE DO WE 16:41:42:03 COME FROM WHERE DO WE COME 16:41:53:13 FROM? 16:41:53:25 AND THEN MYSTERY, MYSTERY, 16:41:57:12 LIFE IS A RID AND A MYSTERY. 16:42:00:09 MYSTERY, LIFE IS A MIDDLE AND 16:42:07:18 A MYSTERY. 16:42:15:15 [CONGREGATION SINGING "WHERE 16:42:15:15 DO WE COME FROM?"] 16:42:15:27 >> YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. 16:44:11:03 YOU SOUND GREAT. 16:44:11:21 YOU FEEL BETTER NOW? 16:44:13:09 >> DON'T YOU FEEL BETTER? 16:44:14:18 YEAH. 16:44:15:06 >> LET'S LOVE UP OUR MUSICIANS 16:44:19:00 A BIT, COULD WE? 16:44:20:00 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I JUST 16:44:27:00 WALKED PAST -- OH, HANG ON A 16:44:28:15 SECOND. 16:44:28:21 I WANT TO DO MY STANDING ON 16:44:29:21 THE SIDE OF LOVE HERE. 16:44:37:27 AND THEN THE MODERATOR STARTED 16:44:39:06 TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF. 80 16:44:41:06 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:44:41:19 >> SO I'M WALKING PAST THE 16:44:48:09 CHAIR AND THERE'S A NAME TAG 16:44:50:04 ON IT. 16:44:50:25 IT SAYS SEN. AL FRANKEN. 16:44:58:06 I'M GOING TO AUCTION THIS OFF 16:44:59:28 ON E-BAY. 16:45:04:03 FOR OUR FAITH, OF COURSE. 16:45:05:12 YES. 16:45:07:03 IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SAVE ME 16:45:08:13 HAVING TO CREATE A POST, JUST 16:45:11:00 COME SEE ME LATER. 16:45:12:09 ALL RIGHT. 16:45:14:18 WE WOULD NOW BE AT THE POINT 16:45:16:06 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT 16:45:17:04 IS CALLED THE MODERATOR'S 16:45:18:18 REPORT. 16:45:22:24 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:45:23:06 >> WOW. 16:45:27:22 READING FROM THE FINE 16:45:33:10 VOLUME -- WHERE IS JIM TURNER? 16:45:42:21 RIGHT THERE. 16:45:44:04 I HAD NEVER BEEN ON A 16:45:45:12 MOTORCYCLE IN MY LIFE BEFORE 16:45:48:00 YESTERDAY. 16:45:51:25 WE'D HAD ONE OF MY BROTHERS' 16:45:55:27 CLOSE FRIENDS WAS INJURED IN A 16:45:57:15 MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, PARALYZED 16:45:59:15 WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND THAT 16:46:01:07 CAUSED MY PARENTS TO SELL MY 16:46:02:12 BROTHER'S MOTORCYCLE AND NONE 16:46:05:03 OF US EVER GOT ON A 16:46:06:09 MOTORCYCLE. 16:46:06:24 SO WHEN JIM ASKED ME IF I 16:46:07:25 WOULD GET ON THE MOTORCYCLE 16:46:08:25 WITH HIM, MY FIRST THOUGHT 16:46:10:09 WAS, WOW, THIS WOULD KILL MOM. 16:46:13:15 AND THEN I REALIZED, MOM DIED 16:46:15:04 11 YEARS AGO. 16:46:16:13 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:46:16:25 >> SO IF THAT WAS MY REASON, I 16:46:21:12 COULD PROBABLY DO THIS ONCE. 16:46:23:10 MAYBE TWICE. 16:46:24:13 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:46:24:25 >> READING FROM THE FINE 16:46:28:21 VOLUME, THE ARC OF THE 16:46:30:00 UNIVERSE IS LONG. 16:46:31:04 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 16:46:32:01 ANTI-RACISM AND THE JOURNEY 16:46:33:06 FROM CALGARY, BY A TRIO OF OUR 81 16:46:37:03 FINE HISTORIANS, THE REVERENDS 16:46:39:25 LESLIE TAKAHASHI MORRIS, JAMES 16:46:43:12 ROUSH, AND LEON SPENCER. 16:46:44:00 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 16:46:45:15 WHO'S GOT THIS BOOK? 16:46:52:27 THOSE OF WHO YOU COME TO 16:46:54:24 GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S DESERVE TO 16:46:55:28 BUY AND READ THIS BOOK. 16:47:00:27 THIS BOOK IS ABOUT -- THIS 16:47:03:21 BOOK WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND 16:47:06:07 MUCH MORE ABOUT OUR CULTURE 16:47:08:12 AND OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLIES AND 16:47:10:06 OUR ASSOCIATION THAN YOU COULD 16:47:12:16 POSSIBLY LEARN BY READING OUR 16:47:14:01 BYLAWS OR OUR RULES OR EVEN 16:47:17:24 SITTING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS 16:47:19:04 BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE, SO 16:47:20:07 READING FROM THIS BOOK, WE 16:47:21:16 START WITH THE HISTORY LESSON. 16:47:22:18 TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF 16:47:26:18 EFFORTS AROUND RACE IN THE 16:47:27:28 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:47:28:25 ASSOCIATION, ONE HAS TO STUDY 16:47:31:09 HOW OUR HISTORY IS ENTWINED 16:47:33:21 WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS 16:47:38:15 MOVEMENT. 16:47:39:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 16:47:39:21 SUPPORTED THE REVEREND 16:47:41:00 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IN 16:47:42:24 SELMA. 16:47:43:04 INSPIRED BY THESE ACTIONS, 16:47:44:10 MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MANY 16:47:45:15 BLACKS, JOINED UNITARIAN 16:47:46:15 UNIVERSALISM IN THE 1960'S. 16:47:49:18 A DEFINING MOMENT WAS THE 16:47:51:13 MURDER OF REVEREND JAMES 16:47:54:00 REEVE, A YOUNG WHITE UU 16:47:55:09 MINISTER WHO WORKED WITH POOR 16:47:56:27 PEOPLE IN BOSTON AND WHO DIED 16:47:58:00 ON MARCH 11TH, 1965. 16:48:01:15 AS A NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT RETOLD 16:48:03:09 IT, QUOTE, HE AND TWO OTHER 16:48:05:13 UNITARIANS, THE REVEREND CLARK 16:48:08:01 OLSON AND REVEREND ORLOCK 16:48:11:21 MILLER WERE ATTACKED IN SELMA, 16:48:14:04 ALABAMA. 16:48:15:10 THEY HAD GONE THERE TWO DAYS 16:48:16:21 AFTER STATE TROOPERS HAD 16:48:18:21 VIOLENTLY TURNED BACK 16:48:20:24 MARCHERS, AN EVENT KNOWN AS 82 16:48:22:13 BLOODY SUNDAY. 16:48:23:01 REEVES' DEATH BECAME A 16:48:25:00 RALLYING CRY AND POINT OF 16:48:26:15 PRIDE FOR UNITARIAN 16:48:26:21 UNIVERSALISTS, FOR IT WAS 16:48:28:18 CRITICAL IN GALVANIZING THE 16:48:30:16 WHITE SUPPORT THAT LED TO THE 16:48:32:24 VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1975, 16:48:35:06 THOUGH OTHER LIVES WERE ALSO 16:48:36:18 LOST, INCLUDING 16:48:37:28 AFRICAN-AMERICAN RIGHTS 16:48:39:21 ADVOCATES AND VIOLA LUIZO, A 16:48:43:06 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:48:43:15 PROTESTOR AND THE 16:48:43:15 GENERATION -- THE SENSE OF 16:49:19:00 PRIDE LEFT THEM ILL PREPARED 16:49:20:18 FOR WHAT HAPPENED ONLY A FEW 16:49:21:28 YEARS LATER. 16:49:25:15 UNCOVERED A RANGE OF STRONG 16:52:07:15 EMOTION RELATING TO THE EVENTS 16:52:10:09 OF THE 1960'S AND 70'S. 16:52:11:09 THE REPORT NOTED CONCERN OVER 16:52:13:25 THESE LEFTOVER FEELINGS FROM 16:52:15:21 THE PAST MIGHT BLOCK 16:52:16:21 RELATIONSHIPS AND HINDER 16:52:17:18 CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT IN THE 16:52:19:03 FUTURE. 16:52:20:00 IN 2003, REVEREND WILLIAM 16:52:22:21 SINKFORD, PRESIDENT OF OUR 16:52:24:00 ASSOCIATION WROTE, WHY DO WE 16:52:26:24 USE THE TERM BLACK EMPOWERMENT 16:52:28:28 CONTROVERSY? 16:52:30:16 IT SEEMS TO MAKE THE ANGUISH 16:52:32:12 OF THAT PERIOD THE QUALITY OF 16:52:33:27 THE RELATIVELY SMALL GROUP OF 16:52:36:04 AFRICAN-AMERICAN UNITARIAN 16:52:37:13 UNIVERSALISTS RATHER THAN THE 16:52:39:27 RESULT OF THE WHITE UNITARIAN 16:52:40:24 UNIVERSALIST ENCOUNTER WITH 16:52:44:00 RACE AND RACISM. 16:52:45:28 THE TERM WHITE POWER 16:52:48:03 CONTROVERSY WOULD BE MORE 16:52:49:27 ACCURATE IN MANY WAYS. 16:52:53:21 AND WOULD DIRECT ATTENTION TO 16:52:54:18 THE BROAD UNITARIAN 16:52:55:21 UNIVERSALIST MOVEMENT AND ITS 16:52:56:27 NEED FOR HEALING AND 16:52:58:03 TRANSFORMATION. 16:53:00:28 THUS ENDED THE READING. 16:53:06:03 HOW MANY OF YOU A LOT OF THAT 83 16:53:09:15 KNEW HISTORY FOR? 16:53:10:16 THANK YOU. 16:53:19:13 I BEGIN MY REPORT TODAY WITH 16:53:21:15 GRATITUDE. 16:53:25:00 I TELL PEOPLE WHEN I VISIT 16:53:26:19 THAT THIS IS THE BEST 16:53:28:04 VOLUNTEER GIG IN THE WORLD AND 16:53:30:18 MOST DAYS I SIMPLY CAN'T 16:53:31:24 BELIEVE THAT YOU LET ME DO IT, 16:53:33:16 EVEN ONCE, LET ALONE FOR 16:53:35:15 AWHILE I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE 16:53:40:03 MANY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 16:53:42:04 WHO WELCOME ME, NOT IN THE 16:53:45:12 THOUSANDS IN GA WHERE, I KNOW, 16:53:47:12 I'M A ROCK STAR. 16:53:48:18 OKAY? 16:53:49:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:53:49:16 >> BUT WHEN I VISIT WITH YOUR 16:53:55:18 CONGREGATIONS AND WE SIT IN 16:53:58:13 YOUR SOCIAL HALLS OR IN YOUR 16:53:59:28 HOMES AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S 16:54:02:21 MOST MEANINGFUL TO YOUR 16:54:03:24 CONGREGATION AND WHERE YOU ARE 16:54:05:06 STRUGGLING, THE TIMES WE SPEND 16:54:09:18 TOGETHER IN WORSHIP, SOMETIMES 16:54:12:09 I LEAD WORSHIP AND SOMETIMES I 16:54:17:07 SIMPLY GET TO SIT IN CHURCH 16:54:18:12 WITH YOU, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR 16:54:19:21 ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS. 16:54:21:09 I AM GRATEFUL BEYOND IMAGING 16:54:23:28 FOR OUR LONG CONGREGATIONAL 16:54:29:06 LEADERS. 16:54:29:21 SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY, I 16:54:30:28 DON'T KNOW. 16:54:31:06 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY 16:54:32:07 CONGREGATION, GINI. 16:54:35:09 I DON'T KNOW HOW DO YOU THAT 16:54:36:03 IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 16:54:36:21 AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS 16:54:38:03 EASIER BECAUSE HERE WE DON'T 16:54:44:03 KNOW EACH OTHER AND IT'S 16:54:45:06 RARELY CERTAIN. 16:54:45:21 I THINK OUR CONGRESSIONAL 16:54:47:00 PRESIDENTS ARE SOME OF THE 16:54:47:25 HARDEST WORKING LEADERS IN OUR 16:54:49:21 ASSOCIATION. 16:54:50:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:54:52:15 >> AND WOULD THOSE OF YOU IN 16:54:54:00 THE HALL PLEASE RISE IN BODY 16:54:55:13 OR IN SPIRIT SO WE CAN 84 16:54:56:13 APPRECIATE YOU? 16:54:57:07 HOUSE LIGHTS. 16:54:58:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:54:59:00 >> AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY 16:55:18:06 COMRADES, MY COWORKERS ON THE 16:55:20:28 UUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 16:55:23:07 AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS 16:55:24:18 AGENDA, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 16:55:27:24 HARD TO TRY TO IMAGINE A 16:55:31:01 GOVERNANCE FOR OUR FAITH THAT 16:55:32:27 WILL BE FLEXIBLE AND FACILE 16:55:35:06 AND WILL TAKE US INTO THE NEXT 16:55:37:06 50 YEARS OF OUR FAITH. 16:55:41:03 BOARD MEMBERS SIGN ON FOR FOUR 16:55:43:21 BOARD MEETINGS A YEAR AND WORK 16:55:45:16 BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS. 16:55:51:15 ARE YOU GUYS LAUGHING A BIT 16:55:52:15 OVER THERE? 16:55:53:00 OKAY. 16:55:53:03 THE WORK BETWEEN BOARD 16:55:54:07 MEETINGS THIS YEAR HAS RAMPED 16:55:55:22 UP IN A WAY THAT ONLY PROBABLY 16:55:58:18 CONGREGATIONAL BOARDS CAN 16:56:00:00 ACCURATELY IMAGINE. 16:56:02:01 OKAY? 16:56:03:19 WHERE ONE OPPORTUNITY AFTER 16:56:05:09 ANOTHER HAS PRESENTED ITSELF 16:56:07:27 AND GROUPS OF TRUSTEES WOULD 16:56:09:09 SAY, I'LL GO STRUGGLE ON 16:56:10:22 BEHALF OF THIS ISSUE ON BEHALF 16:56:12:03 OF THE WHOLE BOARD, AND NOW WE 16:56:13:15 HAVE A BOARD THAT MEETS 12 16:56:14:21 TIMES A YEAR, BECAUSE THEY 16:56:15:24 MEET VIRTUALLY BY CONFERENCE 16:56:17:22 CALL EVERY SINGLE MONTH SO 16:56:19:15 THAT WE CAN TRY TO MATCH UP 16:56:20:21 WITH THE FAST PACE OF CHANGE 16:56:22:00 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND 16:56:23:06 STAFF IN OUR MOVEMENT AND TRY 16:56:24:16 TO SERVE YOU BETTER AND BETTER 16:56:26:00 AND, IN PART, BECAUSE WE 16:56:27:09 HAVEN'T YET GOTTEN TO THE 16:56:28:18 POINT WHERE OUR WORK AROUND 16:56:30:03 POLICY GOVERNANCE IS TOTALLY 16:56:31:22 INTEGRATED IN THE WAY THAT WE 16:56:32:25 HAD HOPED WE WOULD HAVE BY 16:56:34:12 THIS POINT. 16:56:35:09 WE STRUGGLED STILL TO DO THAT 16:56:37:12 WELL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 16:56:38:21 BUT WHEN I WAS A TRUSTEE, I 85 16:56:40:13 HAD IT EASY. 16:56:41:18 WOULD YOU PLEASE THANK AND 16:56:43:21 WELCOME YOUR UUA BOARD OF 16:56:44:27 TRUSTEES AND WILL YOU PLEASE 16:56:46:25 RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT? 16:56:48:22 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:56:49:12 >> WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN THE 16:57:06:22 HALLWAYS, SHOW THEM SOME LOVE. 16:57:08:07 THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING 16:57:09:15 AGAIN TOMORROW. 16:57:11:00 THIS ISN'T THE ONLY GROUP OF 16:57:12:15 PEOPLE, OF COURSE, THAT I GET 16:57:13:19 TO WORK WITH, AND I WILL GET 16:57:15:01 TO THANK SOME OF THE OTHER 16:57:16:12 COMMITTEES TOMORROW, AND YOU 16:57:17:24 HAVE SEEN THEIR FINE WORK HERE 16:57:19:03 TODAY. 16:57:21:13 BUT I AM GRATEFUL. 16:57:24:03 I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE 16:57:25:06 GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 16:57:28:15 MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HELP BEND 16:57:30:01 OUR WORLD TOWARDS JUSTICE, TO 16:57:31:07 BE WITH YOU AND TO WORK 16:57:32:09 TOGETHER WITH YOU FOR THIS 16:57:34:09 FAITH THAT WE LOVE SO VERY, 16:57:36:09 VERY MUCH AND WHICH IS, I 16:57:38:10 BELIEVE, IN THE DEPTHS OF MY 16:57:40:03 SOUL THE BEST HOPE FOR PEACE 16:57:44:06 AND LOVE AND JUSTICE AND THE 16:57:46:13 INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE 16:57:48:03 ALL BELIEVE IN. 16:57:49:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:57:49:12 >> 16:57:57:21 >> YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE HAD 16:57:59:12 A LONG PLENARY, AND I'VE HEARD 16:58:02:19 FROM SOME FOLKS WHO WISHED 16:58:04:27 THERE HAD BEEN MORE TIME FOR 16:58:06:00 DEBATE AND LESS TIME FOR 16:58:07:09 CONVERSATION BEFORE THE 16:58:09:06 DEBATE. 16:58:10:01 AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A 16:58:11:15 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 16:58:13:00 I CHOSE TODAY'S READING WITH 16:58:14:21 GREAT CARE, BECAUSE THE LAST 16:58:16:28 TIME THIS ASSEMBLY FACED AN 16:58:18:24 ISSUE THIS POWERFUL ABOUT 16:58:20:24 RACE, WE ENDED WITH AN IMPASSE 16:58:24:25 THAT EVEN TODAY HAUNTS OUR 16:58:28:09 WORK TOGETHER. 16:58:29:12 EVEN TODAY. 86 16:58:30:09 AND SO, YES, SOME OF US 16:58:31:19 LEADERS WHO WERE WELL AWARE OF 16:58:34:01 OUR HISTORY, WELL AWARE OF OUR 16:58:36:21 LEGACY, WE WORKED HARD TO MAKE 16:58:41:07 SURE THAT THERE WAS A 16:58:43:27 COMPROMISE ACHIEVED RATHER 16:58:47:15 THAN HAVE A POSITIONAL FIGHT 16:58:48:19 TO THE DEATH IN THIS HALL. 16:58:51:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:58:51:22 >> AND BECAUSE WE KNEW -- 16:59:05:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:59:05:24 >> AND BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT 16:59:18:22 SOME OF YOU, MANY OF YOU DID 16:59:20:15 NOT SHARE THIS HISTORY, AS WE 16:59:23:03 JUST SAW, PUT YOUR HANDS UP 16:59:24:19 AGAIN IF THIS WAS NEW NEWS FOR 16:59:25:22 YOU. 16:59:26:01 LOOK AROUND THE HALL, FRIENDS. 16:59:30:09 A LOT OF US, BECAUSE WE KNEW 16:59:32:25 THIS WAS NEW. 16:59:34:06 WE CHOSE TO PUT A LOT OF 16:59:36:00 WORSHIP ELEMENTS INTO OUR 16:59:39:09 BUSINESS. 16:59:39:21 NOW, LAST YEAR AT THE END OF 16:59:40:25 GA, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 16:59:41:22 PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH 16:59:42:24 READS EVERY SINGLE EVALUATION 16:59:44:09 YOU PUT IN. 16:59:45:03 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? 16:59:46:06 THEY READ THEM ALL. 16:59:48:07 ISN'T THAT AN AMAZING GIFT 16:59:50:03 THAT IT ACTUALLY MAKES A 16:59:51:06 DIFFERENCE? 16:59:51:21 THANK THEM FOR THAT. 16:59:52:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:59:53:06 >> SO THEY SAID, GINI, YOU 17:00:01:18 KNOW, THIS YEAR YOU DID A NEW 17:00:02:27 THING AND YOU PUT SOME WORSHIP 17:00:04:13 INTO PLENARY AND PEOPLE SAID, 17:00:06:07 DON'T DO THAT, PLEASE, BECAUSE 17:00:07:24 IT CONFUSES ME. 17:00:08:27 I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER I'M 17:00:10:03 SUPPOSED TO BE VOTE BEING OR 17:00:11:04 WORSHIPING. 17:00:12:25 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:00:13:07 >> SO STOP DOING THAT, BECAUSE 17:00:15:03 IT CONFUSES PEOPLE TO BE IN A 17:00:16:24 MEETING AND HAVE CHURCH BREAK 17:00:17:21 OUT. 17:00:18:28 [ LAUGHTER ] 87 17:00:19:13 >> RESPECTFULLY, I'M NOT GOING 17:00:25:06 TO STOP. 17:00:25:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:00:26:03 >> WE ARE A RELIGIOUS 17:00:34:21 MOVEMENT. 17:00:35:12 WE ARE A FAITH COMMUNITY. 17:00:38:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:00:39:01 >> WE MUST FRAME OUR BUSINESS 17:00:42:00 AS RELIGIOUS WORK. 17:00:44:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:00:44:25 >> SO WE WILL TALK WITH YOU. 17:00:51:24 WE WILL PREACH AT YOU. 17:00:53:13 WE WILL SING, AND YES, WE WILL 17:00:55:10 PRAY WITH YOU. 17:00:56:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:00:56:18 >> SO THAT WE CAN BECOME THE 17:01:04:27 PEOPLE WE SAY WE WANT TO BE. 17:01:09:03 I DO NOT BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE 17:01:11:19 THAT IF WE HAD HAD ANOTHER 17:01:13:16 HOUR TO DEBATE YESTERDAY OUR 17:01:16:09 VOTE WOULD HAVE BEEN 17:01:17:12 DIFFERENT, BECAUSE IT WAS A 17:01:18:18 VOTE OF RESOLVE. 17:01:21:22 IT WAS A VOTE THAT SAYS, WE 17:01:23:12 WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 17:01:25:06 HOW MANY OF YOU LEFT YESTERDAY 17:01:27:10 SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR VOTE 17:01:29:07 TOGETHER AROUND THE PHOENIX 17:01:31:18 GENERAL ASSEMBLY? 17:01:32:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:01:33:03 >> AND SO WHY, THEN, DID I 17:01:36:10 FIND MYSELF LAST NIGHT PRAYING 17:01:38:12 EVEN HARDER THAN BEFORE WE'D 17:01:39:27 VOTED? 17:01:44:04 HISTORY TELLS US THAT THERE IS 17:01:46:06 A CONSIDERABLE GAP AT TIMES 17:01:50:15 BETWEEN OUR BEST INTENTIONS 17:01:52:16 AND OUR ACTUAL ACTIONS. 17:01:55:06 YESTERDAY WE AGREED TO 17:01:57:06 PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR FAITH 17:01:59:28 THAT I FEEL WE HAD LET FLAG. 17:02:03:00 WE AGREED THAT WE WILL PROCEED 17:02:05:03 TOGETHER IN LOVE. 17:02:07:19 YESTERDAY WE AGREED THAT WE 17:02:09:25 WOULD BE INCLUSIVE WITHIN OUR 17:02:11:27 FAITH IN A WAY THAT IS VERY 17:02:14:00 INTENTIONAL, AND IT USES WORDS 17:02:16:10 LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY. 17:02:18:18 AND YESTERDAY WE AGREED THEY 17:02:20:00 WOULD PARTNER WITH PEOPLE THAT 88 17:02:22:15 ONLY A FEW OF OUR 17:02:23:19 CONGREGATIONS HAVE PARTNERED 17:02:25:00 WITH BEFORE. 17:02:27:06 PUENTE, ENDELON. 17:02:31:01 HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE SPEAK 17:02:33:12 SPANISH? 17:02:33:27 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO LEARN 17:02:35:03 MORE NOW? 17:02:37:12 YOU KNOW, I WENT THIS LAST 17:02:38:19 YEAR AND TOOK A SPANISH 17:02:40:06 EMERSION CLASS FOR A WEEK, AND 17:02:44:18 IT REALLY DIDN'T QUITE STICK, 17:02:46:00 I GOT TO TELL YOU. 17:02:48:04 I WAS WORSHIPING WITH OUR 17:02:49:09 CONGREGATION IN SAN JOSE 17:02:51:27 EARLIER THIS YEAR, A COUPLE 17:02:53:10 MONTHS AGO, AND THEY HAVE A 17:02:54:13 SPANISH SERMON, A SPANISH 17:02:57:15 SERVICE. 17:02:58:00 IT'S THEIR FIRST SERVICE. 17:02:59:12 A WONDERFUL SERVICE. 17:03:00:06 AND I SHOWED UP ON THE ONE DAY 17:03:01:13 THE INTERPRETER WASN'T THERE. 17:03:03:00 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:03:03:12 >> BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO THE 17:03:05:18 CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION, 17:03:07:25 BECAUSE NOBODY HAD TOLD ME 17:03:09:06 THAT CINCO DE MAYO -- CINCO 17:03:12:24 DE MAYO WAS BEING CELEBRATED 17:03:15:25 ON CINCO DE QUATRO, BECAUSE IT 17:03:20:15 WAS SUNDAY. 17:03:21:00 I WAS LISTENING TO THIS 17:03:22:15 SERMON, AND A WORD WOULD GO BY 17:03:24:01 AND I'D GO, I KNOW THAT, AND 17:03:25:12 THEN ANOTHER ONE. 17:03:26:06 AND I REALLY FELT PROUD AT THE 17:03:27:12 END OF THE SERVICE TO WALK UP 17:03:28:12 TO THE MINISTER, TO THE 17:03:29:19 PREACHER AND SAY, YOU WERE 17:03:32:07 TALKING ABOUT PRIDE AND 17:03:35:09 PARTISANISM. 17:03:37:06 CORRECT? 17:03:37:18 AND HE SAID, YEAH. 17:03:38:13 AND I WENT, GOT IT. 17:03:39:22 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:03:40:06 >> AND I'VE BEEN WORKING MY 17:03:42:09 WAY. 17:03:42:21 HE GAVE ME THE TEXT AND SINCE 17:03:44:12 THEN I'VE BEEN HAND 17:03:45:19 TRANSLATING IT SO THAT I WILL 89 17:03:47:07 KNOW IT BETTER, BUT I'M GOING 17:03:48:24 BACK FOR A MONTH THIS COMING 17:03:50:15 YEAR SO I'LL HAVE SOME BETTER 17:03:52:28 SKILLS TO MEET WITH OUR 17:03:55:21 PARTNERS. 17:03:56:06 BUT AS WE WERE WALKING DOWN 17:03:58:12 THE STREETS OF PHOENIX 17:03:59:09 TOGETHER AND AS PRESIDENT 17:04:01:28 MORALES REPORTED TO YOU, THE 17:04:03:07 LARGEST FAITH GROUP THERE WAS 17:04:05:09 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS. 17:04:07:06 MAKE A SOUND IF YOU WERE 17:04:08:03 THERE. 17:04:08:13 WAVE YOUR ARMS. 17:04:11:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:04:11:24 >> OKAY? 17:04:12:09 I MEAN, HERE WE ARE WALKING 17:04:13:18 DOWN THE STREET. 17:04:14:03 NOW, NEXT TIME WE'RE NOT GOING 17:04:15:09 TO BE STRETCHED OVER 12 17:04:16:19 BLOCKS. 17:04:17:04 WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK LIKE A 17:04:18:12 BLOCK TOGETHER. 17:04:19:21 IT MAKES ME CRAZY, BUT HERE 17:04:23:28 GOES ANOTHER YELLOW SHIRT. 17:04:26:15 WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE BUY 17:04:28:00 THESE YELLOW SHIRTS? 17:04:30:00 BUT A PHRASE. 17:04:36:24 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:04:39:18 THAT ONE I FEW. 17:04:40:19 YES, WE CAN. 17:04:44:18 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:04:48:13 SO I PRAY THAT WE WILL BE 17:04:52:00 ATTENTIVE TO WHAT WE CHOSE 17:04:54:09 TOGETHER YESTERDAY, BECAUSE 17:04:55:06 THIS MORNING I WASN'T THE ONLY 17:04:57:16 PERSON PRAYING. 17:04:58:10 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. 17:05:00:06 FEAR, YOU KNOW, NOT FEAR LIKE 17:05:01:27 THE FEAR THAT I'LL GO HOME AND 17:05:03:12 FIND THAT MY BROTHER WAS 17:05:05:00 DEPORTED, BUT FEAR, MAYBE 17:05:07:21 CONCERN IS A BETTER WORD, WE 17:05:09:06 HAVE CONCERNED PEOPLE, FEARFUL 17:05:10:21 PEOPLE IN THIS HALL, IN OUR 17:05:14:10 FAITH TOGETHER, AND I WANT TO 17:05:15:21 SPEAK SOME OF THEIR FEARS AND 17:05:17:00 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR 17:05:18:21 TOGETHER. 17:05:19:00 BASED ON THE HISTORY THAT YOU 90 17:05:20:06 HEARD, IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE 17:05:23:03 FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF 17:05:25:06 COLORS TO TREAT THIS AS AN ACT 17:05:26:15 OF FAITH, BUT TO WONDER IF WE 17:05:28:19 WILL REALLY MAINTAIN INTEGRITY 17:05:30:18 WITH OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE 17:05:31:21 MAKE TO THEM, OUR COMMITMENT 17:05:33:27 TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE OF 17:05:35:10 COLOR INSIDE THIS FAITH AS WE 17:05:36:19 PLAN OUR JUSTICE GENERAL 17:05:38:24 ASSEMBLY IN 2012. 17:05:41:24 A REAL CONCERN THAT WE NOT LET 17:05:44:01 THEIR CONCERNS SLIDE NOW THAT 17:05:46:27 WE HAVE COMMITTED TO GO. 17:05:49:06 SO ARE WE COMMITTED TO REMAIN 17:05:50:22 ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE OF COLOR 17:05:53:18 IN OUR MOVEMENT? 17:05:54:15 TO LEARN WHAT THAT MEANS AND 17:05:55:15 WORK ON IT? 17:05:56:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:05:56:18 >> AND FEAR FROM THE FOLKS WHO 17:06:07:21 WILL HAVE TO CREATE THIS 17:06:09:07 GENERAL ASSEMBLY? 17:06:09:22 WE TOLL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:06:11:00 PLANNING COMMITTEE, WE WANT A 17:06:12:09 DIFFERENT GA. 17:06:13:03 JUST GO MAKE ONE. 17:06:15:22 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:06:16:04 >> YOU KNOW, LIKE DIFFERENT. 17:06:18:27 WE TOLD OUR BOARD, YOU KNOW, 17:06:20:06 WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 17:06:21:09 JUST GO DO IT. 17:06:22:13 OKAY? 17:06:23:10 AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE 17:06:26:24 THAT WE AGREED ON THE SAME 17:06:27:27 THINGS, BECAUSE I THINK IT 17:06:28:24 WOULD BE HELPFUL. 17:06:31:19 I THINK CLARITY HELPS LOWER 17:06:33:27 ANXIETY. 17:06:35:00 CLARITY HOPES WHEN WE'RE 17:06:36:06 TRYING TO DO HARD THINGS. 17:06:37:12 HOW MANY OF US AGREED, YOU CAN 17:06:38:22 JUST MAKE SOME NOISE OR WAVE 17:06:40:21 YOUR HANDS OR SOMETHING, THAT 17:06:41:27 WE AGREED THAT GENERAL 17:06:43:00 ASSEMBLY 2012 WILL BE A 17:06:44:21 JUSTICE GENERAL ASSEMBLY? 17:06:46:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:06:47:07 >> OKAY. 17:06:49:00 AND WHO DIDN'T HAVE THAT 91 17:06:50:00 IMPRESSION? 17:06:51:09 OKAY. 17:06:51:21 THANKS. 17:06:53:10 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:06:53:19 >> SECOND THING, WE VOTED, SO 17:06:55:12 WE AGREED THAT WE WILL DO A 17:06:56:18 MINIMUM OF BUSINESS, A MINIMUM 17:06:58:27 THAT WE CAN DO. 17:06:59:21 YES? 17:07:01:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:07:01:25 >> OKAY. 17:07:05:12 NEXT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY 17:07:07:18 AGREE THIS, SO I'M CHECKING 17:07:09:07 NOW. 17:07:09:22 HOW MANY OF YOU TOOK FROM THAT 17:07:11:24 AN ASSUMPTION THAT 17:07:13:24 PROGRAMMING, WHATEVER PROGRAM 17:07:15:03 WE DO SHOULD BE TIGHTLY 17:07:16:10 FOCUSED ON THE INITIATIVES 17:07:18:24 NOTED IN THE RESOLUTION: 17:07:20:21 IMMIGRATION, RACIAL AND 17:07:22:09 ECONOMIC JUSTICE? 17:07:23:00 THAT'S OUR PROGRAM? 17:07:24:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:07:24:19 >> HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SHOCKED 17:07:25:27 TO HEAR THAT TODAY? 17:07:28:06 A FEW. 17:07:28:27 OKAY. 17:07:29:18 ALL RIGHT. 17:07:33:01 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY 17:07:34:12 FIGURED OUT THAT THIS MAY NOT 17:07:35:18 BE A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GREAT 17:07:37:15 CREATURE COMFORT? 17:07:41:21 OKAY. 17:07:42:00 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SURPRISED 17:07:43:21 BY THAT? 17:07:44:06 OKAY. 17:07:48:16 HOW MANY OF YOU ASSUME THAT WE 17:07:50:00 WILL BE WORKING OUTSIDE WHILE 17:07:51:21 WE'RE THERE? 17:07:52:15 THINGS LIKE VOTER REGISTRATION 17:07:54:03 AND COP WATCH AND STUFF LIKE 17:07:56:01 THAT? 17:07:57:01 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:07:57:15 >> AND THAT THAT WILL BE PART 17:07:59:18 OF PROGRAMMING? 17:08:00:03 HOW MANY OF YOU -- NO, 17:08:01:15 HUH-UH. 17:08:02:21 OKAY? 17:08:03:16 THAT'S GOOD. 92 17:08:06:24 I'M ASSUMING THAT WE KNOW THAT 17:08:08:27 IT WILL BE REALLY HARD FOR 17:08:10:03 SOME OF US HERE TO BE ABLE TO 17:08:11:19 COME TO THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:08:14:06 HOT, OUTSIDE, ON THE STREETS, 17:08:17:09 THAT KIND OF THING. 17:08:18:06 HOW MANY OF US THOUGHT ABOUT 17:08:19:04 THAT WHILE WE WERE VOTING? 17:08:20:27 AND HOW MANY OF US ARE JUST 17:08:22:12 THINKING ABOUT IT NOW? 17:08:23:18 IT'S OKAY. 17:08:27:21 THIS IS ALL GOOD. 17:08:30:24 HOW MANY OF YOU ASSUME THAT WE 17:08:32:03 SAID THAT WHOEVER IS PLANNING 17:08:33:28 PROGRAMMING, BOARD, PETER IN 17:08:36:24 THE ADMINISTRATION, COMMISSION 17:08:38:00 ON SOCIAL WITNESS, PLANNING 17:08:39:09 COMMITTEE, ALL OF US ARE GOING 17:08:40:19 TO DO THAT IN RELATIONSHIP 17:08:41:28 WITH THE ARIZONA 17:08:43:18 CONGREGATIONS? 17:08:47:09 AND PUENTE AND ENDELON AND 17:08:51:12 OTHER GROUPS? 17:08:53:12 AND THE PEOPLE OF COLOR 17:08:54:09 COMMUNITIES INSIDE OUR 17:08:55:06 MOVEMENT? 17:08:55:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:08:56:01 >> AND OUR ACCESSIBILITY 17:08:58:00 COMMUNITY? 17:08:59:18 AND OUR GLTB AND TRANS 17:09:06:12 COMMUNITIES? 17:09:07:12 OKAY. 17:09:10:21 SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT IF 17:09:12:01 WE DO ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU 17:09:13:18 WON'T COME. 17:09:15:18 THAT THAT'S NOT A GA YOU WANT. 17:09:18:18 THAT YOU VOTED FOR A GA YOU 17:09:20:16 WON'T COME TO. 17:09:22:09 IN ALL HONESTY, HOW MANY OF 17:09:23:27 YOU ARE GOING TO JOIN ME IN 17:09:25:06 PHOENIX IN 2012? 17:09:27:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:09:27:22 >> HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING 17:09:35:28 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM YOUR 17:09:36:25 CONGREGATIONS TO COME TO 17:09:38:00 PHOENIX IN 2012? 17:09:39:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:09:40:03 >> HOW MANY OF YOU WILL HELP 17:09:47:00 US MAKE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 17:09:48:21 20121 OF THE BIGGEST GENERAL 93 17:09:49:27 ASSEMBLIES IN OUR HISTORY? 17:09:51:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:09:52:01 >> THANK YOU. 17:10:01:25 WHEN YOU TELL ME THESE THINGS, 17:10:03:07 YOU KNOW I TRUST YOU. 17:10:09:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:10:09:19 >> SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:25:27 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:38:06 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:41:22 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:42:03 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:42:24 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:44:03 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:45:15 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:46:15 SÍ SE PUEDE. 17:10:49:15 >> WE MUST. 17:10:52:15 WE MUST. 17:10:54:21 WE MADE THE STAKES HIGHER 17:10:57:16 YESTERDAY. 17:11:00:15 BREATHE IN AND FEEL THAT. 17:11:03:12 WE PUT OURSELVES IN A PLACE WE 17:11:05:28 HAVE NEVER, EVER GONE WELL 17:11:10:15 BEFORE. 17:11:16:10 FEEL THAT ON YOUR SHOULDERS. 17:11:21:24 AND NOW FIND SOMEBODY NEAR YOU 17:11:24:07 AND TAKE THEIR HAND. 17:11:31:06 AND WHEN YOU FEEL IT THIS 17:11:32:22 TIME, DOES IT FEEL A LITTLE 17:11:37:15 LESS HEAVY WHEN WE'RE HOLDING 17:11:39:21 HANDS? 17:11:40:19 DOES IT FEEL YET A LITTLE 17:11:45:06 EASIER WHEN WE LOOK IN EACH 17:11:46:21 OTHER'S EYES? 17:11:47:21 WE ARE THE BEST HOPE FOR 17:11:54:06 DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSION IN 17:11:55:24 THIS COUNTRY. 17:11:57:22 I WOULD SAY NOT JUST THAT WE 17:11:59:15 CAN. 17:11:59:27 I WOULD SAY, MY FRIENDS, THAT 17:12:01:18 WE MUST. 17:12:03:21 THAT WE MUST. 17:12:09:00 I HAVE SOME FRIENDS I'D LIKE 17:12:10:12 TO HAVE JOIN ME ON THE STAGE 17:12:11:09 RIGHT NOW. 17:12:13:28 IF YOU WANT TO KEEP HOLDING 17:12:14:28 HANDS, I WON'T STOP YOU. 17:12:17:21 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:12:18:03 >> YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUR 17:12:24:25 TIME TOGETHER IN A PRETTY 17:12:27:21 INTERESTING WAY. 94 17:12:32:01 WE STARTED OUR TIME TOGETHER 17:12:33:24 WITH ONE PICTURE OF INCLUSION 17:12:36:27 THAT WAS A MULTIGENERATIONAL 17:12:38:10 PICTURE OF INCLUSION, YOU 17:12:40:07 KNOW? 17:12:40:21 IN OUR OPENING CELEBRATION. 17:12:42:27 AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE KIND OF 17:12:44:06 TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND WE'VE 17:12:45:24 KICKED IT AROUND. 17:12:47:13 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 17:12:50:18 WE'RE LEARNING TOGETHER HERE 17:12:52:12 AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THAT 17:12:55:19 WHEN WE IMAGINE WHO IS A 17:12:57:21 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST, THAT 17:13:02:21 OUR ARMS JUST GROW WIDER AND 17:13:04:19 WIDER AND WIDER. 17:13:10:00 AND SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SAY? 17:13:14:06 PROCEDURAL. 17:13:15:09 >> HELLO? 17:13:17:00 >> ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I FOUND 17:13:19:00 MYSELF UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN I 17:13:21:07 SAW A GROUP OF ABLE-BODIED 17:13:24:06 WHITE APPEARING PEOPLE 17:13:25:24 DECLARING THAT THEY ARE THE 17:13:27:01 UUA. 17:13:29:01 I WAS SAD AND HURT, AS WERE 17:13:31:12 MANY OTHERS, THE PEOPLE OF 17:13:35:01 COLOR AND NOT ABLE BODIED 17:13:36:04 COMMUNITIES. 17:13:36:16 I WANT TO TAKE THIS 17:13:37:21 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MADAM 17:13:38:27 MODERATOR, GINI COURTER, FOR 17:13:40:18 GIVING US A CHANCE TO HEAL BY 17:13:42:25 GIVING CHOICE TO SOME OF THE 17:13:44:24 PEOPLE NOT REPRESENTED ON 17:13:47:06 WEDNESDAY. 17:13:48:15 IT IS IMPORTANT WE NAME WHEN 17:13:51:07 WE HURT AND WE DO OUR BEST TO 17:13:53:21 LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER. 17:13:56:04 THE REVEREND NAOMI KING SAID 17:13:58:21 RELIGION IS ABOUT BEING IN THE 17:14:01:12 DISCOMFORT AND BEING CHANGED 17:14:03:19 BY IT. 17:14:04:25 I AM ASIA HOUSER. 17:14:07:03 I WAS BORN IN EGYPT, RAISED IN 17:14:09:21 NEW JERSEY, LIVE IN NEW 17:14:10:12 HAMPSHIRE, AND I AM A 17:14:11:28 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 17:14:12:28 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:14:13:10 >> MY NAME IS AMARI KARIOTIS 95 17:14:23:03 AND I AM A UNITARIAN 17:14:24:03 UNIVERSALIST. 17:14:25:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:14:26:12 >> MY NAME IS GREGORY CHARLES 17:14:36:12 CROW BOYD. 17:14:37:04 I HAVE SERVED MY CONGREGATION 17:14:38:10 IN HARRISBURG AS DIRECTOR OF 17:14:40:12 YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY AND 17:14:41:24 SERVED FOR FIVE GA'S IN 17:14:43:06 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND I AM 17:14:44:25 A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 17:14:47:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:14:47:18 >> MY NAME IS SUNSHINE 17:14:54:19 JEREMIAH WOLF. 17:14:55:27 I AM THE SUMMER MINISTER AT 17:14:57:18 WEST SHORE UNITARIAN 17:14:58:03 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN THE 17:15:01:28 CLEVELAND AREA. 17:15:02:22 I AM GENDER QUEER. 17:15:04:03 I AM WORKING CLASS AND POOR. 17:15:05:24 I WAS RAISED IN INDIANA AND 17:15:07:28 FIRMLY A REDNECK AND I AM 17:15:11:18 DAKOTA NATIVE AMERICAN, AND I 17:15:13:27 AM A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 17:15:15:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:15:15:25 MY NAME IS MARIE HOUSE. 17:15:25:10 I AM ANASHABE AND WHITE. 17:15:28:09 I WAS RAISED IN THE DULUTH 17:15:29:24 SUPERIOR AREA. 17:15:30:18 HAVE AN A UNITARIAN 17:15:31:06 UNIVERSALIST FOR 24 YEARS, 17:15:33:01 CURRENTLY IN GREENSBORO, NORTH 17:15:34:10 CAROLINA, AND I AM A UNITARIAN 17:15:35:24 UNIVERSALIST. 17:15:36:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:15:37:03 >> MY NAME IS BARB BREEZE AND 17:15:45:18 I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE 17:15:46:15 INTERIM DIRECTOR OF LIFE SPAN 17:15:48:03 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO THE 17:15:49:10 FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY IN 17:15:50:22 NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 17:15:51:27 I AM A TRANSGENDER GUY AND I 17:15:53:27 AM A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 17:15:57:22 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:15:58:07 >> MY NAME IS GRACE APLO. 17:16:08:21 I WAS BORN IN UNDER I CAN'T. 17:16:09:15 I CURRENTLY LIVE IN ST. LOUIS, 17:16:11:00 MISSOURI, AND I AM A UNITARIAN 17:16:13:00 UNIVERSALIST. 17:16:14:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 96 17:16:14:22 >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL HAHN I 17:16:21:15 WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN 17:16:23:10 MINNESOTA AND I AM BIRACIAL. 17:16:25:03 I HAVE SERVED GA YOUTH CAUCUS 17:16:28:18 AS STAFF FOR THREE YEARS NOW, 17:16:30:06 AND I AM A UNITARIAN 17:16:31:04 UNIVERSALIST. 17:16:31:25 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:16:32:07 >> NOW EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE, 17:16:38:09 GRAB YOUR OWN VIRTUAL 17:16:39:19 MICROPHONE AND LET'S ALL YELL 17:16:41:21 TOGETHER, I AM A UNITARIAN 17:16:44:15 UNIVERSALIST. 17:16:45:12 >> LET'S DO IT AGAIN. 17:16:48:22 I AM A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 17:16:50:18 >> LOOK AT MY PEOPLE, HOW 17:16:54:13 BEAUTIFUL WE ARE. 17:17:09:24 SO AS YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY, 17:17:11:03 THE END OF MY MODERATOR'S 17:17:12:12 REPORT IS AS YOU LEAVE HERE 17:17:13:19 TODAY, KNOW THAT WORK HAS 17:17:16:06 ALREADY BEGUN ON YOUR 17:17:17:09 RESOLUTION ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:17:19:12 2012 IN PHOENIX. 17:17:20:18 WE HEARD DELEGATES CLEARLY 17:17:22:01 TELL US THAT WE WANT A JUSTICE 17:17:24:15 GA THAT IS NOT BUSINESS AS 17:17:25:24 USUAL AND ONE THAT WORKS IN 17:17:26:27 PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL 17:17:28:03 CONGREGATIONS AND PARTNERS 17:17:31:15 WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA, WORKING 17:17:33:15 FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM, AS 17:17:34:27 WELL AS HISTORICALLY 17:17:37:01 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES 17:17:37:28 WITHIN OUR FAITH AND THEIR 17:17:39:01 ALLIES. 17:17:39:21 WE EXPECT, WE EXPECT ALL OF 17:17:42:18 US, WHEN WE VOTED, THAT THE 17:17:43:18 UUA BOARD SITTING THERE WHOM 17:17:45:13 YOU TRUST, WILL WORK WITH 17:17:46:12 LEADERS IN OUR HISTORICALLY 17:17:48:09 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND 17:17:49:18 ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIP TO 17:17:51:16 INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF 17:17:52:22 SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY WHEN 17:17:54:00 WE GATHER TOGETHER IN PHOENIX 17:17:55:12 TWO YEARS FROM NOW. 17:17:57:03 THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO 17:17:58:06 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UUA 17:18:00:12 STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, THE 97 17:18:02:12 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING 17:18:03:03 COMMITTEE, ARIZONA 17:18:04:18 CONGREGATIONAL LEADERS, 17:18:06:16 PUENTE, ENDOL, AND IDENTITY 17:18:10:06 BASED UU COMMUNITIES AND 17:18:11:09 ALLIES TO DELIVER A SAFE AND 17:18:12:13 ACCESSIBLE GA2012, AS SAFE AND 17:18:15:27 ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE, WHERE 17:18:18:09 OUR BUSINESS, PROGRAMMING, AND 17:18:20:07 WORSHIP WILL ALL ALIGN TO 17:18:22:24 RESOURCE AND EQUIP UNITARIAN 17:18:25:09 UNIVERSALISTS IN 2012 TO MAKE 17:18:27:06 JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS IN 17:18:28:07 ARIZONA AND THE OTHER 49 17:18:29:12 STATES WHERE WE GATHERS AS 17:18:30:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS MORE 17:18:35:10 LOVE, MORE JOY. 17:18:36:13 FRIENDS, THE WORK IS JUST 17:18:37:15 BEGINNING ON OUR PART. 17:18:40:27 IT'S JUST BEGINNING. 17:18:41:27 PLEASE, YOU MUST TAKE HOME A 17:18:43:06 SENSE OF URGENCY TO YOUR OWN 17:18:44:25 CONGREGATION. 17:18:45:15 YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE SPIRIT 17:18:46:15 THAT WE HAVE THERE AND HELP 17:18:48:15 WORK ON HOW WE WILL STAND 17:18:50:06 TOGETHER ON THE SIDE OF LOVE 17:18:51:19 IN OPPOSITION TO SYSTEMIC 17:18:54:06 RACISM OPPRESSION. 17:18:55:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 17:19:03:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:19:08:07 OKAY. 17:19:18:19 WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME 17:19:20:06 PEOPLE. 17:19:21:09 I WOULDN'T LEAVE THE HALL, 17:19:22:03 BECAUSE I HEAR WE HAVE A SLEW 17:19:23:12 OF RESPONSIVE RESOLUTIONS AND 17:19:24:18 WE HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED TO THE 17:19:25:22 NEXT GA YET. 17:19:29:12 THAT'S ALL GOOD. 17:19:30:06 COME ON UP. 17:19:31:03 THIS IS ALL GOOD. 17:19:31:24 OH, HI, DAVID. 17:19:34:25 SO HAVE WE HAD, LIKE, A GREAT 17:19:37:18 GA OR WHAT? 17:19:38:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:19:39:06 >> PLEASE WELCOME THE MEMBERS 17:19:43:00 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:19:43:27 PLANNING COMMITTEE, YOUR 17:19:45:12 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING 98 17:19:46:18 COMMITTEE, RIGHT HERE. 17:19:48:13 OUR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS. 17:19:50:07 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:19:50:22 THE STAFF OF YOUR GENERAL 17:19:55:09 ASSEMBLY AND CONFERENCE 17:19:56:13 PLANNING OFFICES. 17:19:57:07 THESE FOLKS WHO LOOK AFRAID. 17:19:59:12 RIGHT? 17:19:59:24 BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME. 17:20:00:24 RIGHT? 17:20:01:09 WE'RE COMING TO PHOENIX. 17:20:02:18 WE'RE COMING TO CHARLOTTE. 17:20:05:13 LOVE THEM. 17:20:12:12 YEAH. 17:20:13:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:20:14:01 >> YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? 17:20:18:06 >> COMPANY BOW. 17:20:20:00 THIS IS ALL GOOD. 17:20:25:15 WE NEED TO THANK THE MEMBERS 17:20:26:15 OF THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL 17:20:27:21 WITNESS. 17:20:28:03 WHERE ARE THEY? 17:20:28:21 GET ON UP HERE. 17:20:29:22 COME ON UP. 17:20:34:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:20:35:27 OH, LET'S GET THE TELLERS AND 17:20:40:03 USHERS UP HERE, TOO. 17:20:41:21 WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THEM 17:20:43:00 IN A MINUTE. 17:20:43:15 BRING THEM UP. 17:20:44:13 NANCY LAWRENCE, WHO ORGANIZED 17:20:45:25 EVERYBODY WHO COMES UP HERE, 17:20:47:06 GET UP HERE. 17:20:48:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:20:48:15 >> SO FOLKS, DO WE STILL NEED 17:21:00:09 OTHER JOBS? 17:21:01:12 WE'RE GOING TO THANK THEM. 17:21:02:28 OUR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH 17:21:04:06 US FOR, WHAT? 17:21:05:00 12 GA'S? 17:21:06:09 HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN WITH 17:21:07:21 US? 17:21:11:19 THEIR 13TH YEAR WITH US. 17:21:12:24 OUR AUDIOVISUAL FOLKS RUNNING 17:21:17:10 THE TECH DECK? 17:21:18:04 CMI. 17:21:19:01 GREG AND THE WHOLE CREW. 17:21:20:03 THANK THEM. 17:21:21:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:21:22:06 >> THEY'RE STILL ASKING ME, 99 17:21:33:21 PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY, WE'LL 17:21:34:28 LEAVE THEM THERE. 17:21:35:28 TAKE A LOOK. 17:21:36:21 THE HOURS, THE DAYS, THE 17:21:39:00 MONTHS, THE YEARS OF LOVE TO 17:21:41:13 BRING YOU THIS GENERAL 17:21:42:13 ASSEMBLY EXPERIENCE. 17:21:45:00 ONCE MORE, PLEASE THANK THESE 17:21:47:03 FINE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS. 17:21:49:24 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:21:50:10 >> ALL RIGHT. 17:22:06:00 OKAY. 17:22:06:27 WE'RE NOW AT THE PART OF OUR 17:22:08:00 AGENDA WHERE WE WILL TAKE 17:22:09:22 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTIONS. 17:22:11:03 IT SAYS IN MY TEXT, IF ANY. 17:22:16:00 SO IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSIVE 17:22:17:10 RESOLUTION, YOU WOULD HAVE 17:22:19:03 ALREADY PROBABLY TALKED TO OUR 17:22:20:18 LEGAL COUNSEL AND YOU WILL GO 17:22:22:06 TO THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE 17:22:25:07 WHERE ALL SUCH EXCITING THINGS 17:22:26:22 HAPPEN. 17:22:32:12 YOU KNOW WHO I FORGOT TO 17:22:34:10 THANKS? 17:22:35:01 NED LEIBENSPERGER AND GORDON 17:22:42:01 MARTIN. 17:22:42:22 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:22:43:12 >> YES? 17:22:52:19 >> MY NAME IS LUKE OMAR AN. 17:22:55:03 I'M REPRESENTING THE UNITARIAN 17:22:56:03 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 17:22:57:00 BRUNSWICK IN BRUNSWICK, MAINE, 17:22:58:16 AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A 17:22:59:21 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION BASED ON 17:23:01:12 THE AIW I SUBMITTED, BUT WAS 17:23:04:03 NOT DISCUSSED, BUT I DON'T 17:23:06:10 THINK I CAN DO THAT JUST YET. 17:23:08:18 >>YEAH. 17:23:09:06 THERE'S A LITTLE PROBLEM, 17:23:10:24 BECAUSE WE HAVE RULES THAT 17:23:11:15 ACTUALLY SAY THAT IF SOMETHING 17:23:12:24 WAS SUBMITTED AS AN AIW, IT 17:23:14:25 CAN'T BE REPURPOSED AS A 17:23:16:27 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION, BUT IT 17:23:18:03 LOOKS LIKE PAUL RICKTER IS 17:23:19:18 HERE TO HELP US OUT OF THIS 17:23:21:22 MESS. 17:23:22:01 >> PAUL RICKTER, ON THE UUA 17:23:25:00 BOARD, IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 100 17:23:27:00 14 OF THE GA RULES OF 17:23:28:07 PROCEDURE, I MOVE THAT RULE 17:23:31:00 TEN OF THE GA RULES OF 17:23:33:00 PROCEDURE BE SUSPENDED FOR THE 17:23:35:00 PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING A 17:23:36:07 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION THAT WAS 17:23:38:09 EARLIER SUBMITTED TO THE 17:23:39:21 COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS 17:23:40:27 AS AN ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 17:23:42:03 WITNESS. 17:23:43:16 >> SO THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT, 17:23:46:06 REMEMBER, AIW5 THAT WENT 17:23:48:00 MISSING? 17:23:49:03 IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 17:23:50:10 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION, BUT 17:23:51:10 ONCE YOU SUBMITTED IT AS AN 17:23:52:21 AIW, YOU CAN'T MAKE A 17:23:54:15 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION, UNLESS 17:23:55:15 WE VOTE TO SUSPEND THAT RULE 17:23:57:28 SO THAT THE DELEGATE CAN DO 17:23:59:15 THAT. 17:23:59:27 IT'S UP TO YOU. 17:24:01:03 IT TAKES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. 17:24:02:15 SO FIRST WE'LL VOTED TO 17:24:03:24 SUSPEND THE RULE OR NOT. 17:24:05:19 IS EVERYBODY WITH ME? 17:24:07:21 OKAY. 17:24:08:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 17:24:09:09 SUSPENDING THE RULES SO WE CAN 17:24:10:21 HEAR THIS RESPONSIVE 17:24:11:15 RESOLUTION, RAISE YOUR VOTING 17:24:12:25 CARDS. 17:24:18:09 THANK YOU. 17:24:18:21 ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 17:24:19:27 GOOD. 17:24:20:03 LET'S HAVE THE RESPONSIVE 17:24:21:04 RESOLUTION, THEN. 17:24:21:28 >> OKAY. 17:24:24:00 SO THIS RESOLUTION IS IN 17:24:25:27 DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE BOARD'S 17:24:27:03 STATEMENT IN ITS REPORT THAT 17:24:28:22 THEY ARE EAGER TO FURTHER 17:24:29:28 EFFORTS TO EMPOWER YOUNG 17:24:31:06 GENERATIONS OF UU LEADERS: 17:24:35:00 >> WE NEED TO CRANK THE 17:24:36:28 VOLUME, LUKE'S VOLUME A LITTLE 17:24:38:18 BIT AND WE'LL GET HIM CLOSER 17:24:39:12 TO IT. 17:24:40:18 >> OKAY. 17:24:40:27 I THOUGHT IT WAS FEEDBACK. 101 17:24:43:01 ALL RIGHT. 17:24:43:07 IT'S BASED ON THE BOARD'S 17:24:44:22 REPORT, AND IT IS BASED ON THE 17:24:46:09 TIRELESS PAST WORK OF YOUTH 17:24:48:12 AND YOUNG ADULTS LEADERS AT 17:24:49:24 OUR GA WHO WORK TO EMPOWER OUR 17:24:52:07 YOUNG LEADERSHIP WITH THE 17:24:54:21 WORKING GROUP REPORT AND 17:24:56:00 RESOLUTION. 17:24:58:00 THE CURRENT WORK OF THE YOUTH 17:24:59:10 MINISTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE 17:25:01:06 AND THE OFFICE OF YOUTH AND 17:25:02:03 YOUNG MINISTRY TO FURTHER THE 17:25:03:24 GOALS SET FORTH THERE AND OUR 17:25:05:06 DENOMINATION'S VISION APPROACH 17:25:06:25 THAT IS ROOTED IN THE STRENGTH 17:25:08:03 AND COMMITMENT OF OUR YOUTH 17:25:09:27 AND YOUNG ADULTS. 17:25:10:21 SO LET US RESOLVE TO BE 17:25:12:12 REMINDED OF THE YOUTH AND 17:25:13:16 YOUNG ADULT EMPOWERMENT AND 17:25:14:22 ACCOUNTABILITY RESOLUTIONS OF 17:25:17:03 2008. 17:25:17:27 THE MOSAIC REPORT, YOUTH 17:25:20:10 MINISTRY WORKING 17:25:21:04 RECOMMENDATION AND THE 17:25:23:06 CONGREGATIONAL SURVEY ON YOUTH 17:25:24:15 AND ADULT MINISTRY, DIRECTIONS 17:25:27:04 OF YOUNG ADULT GROUPS. 17:25:28:13 THIS MEANS THAT WHEN THE 17:25:29:22 PARTICIPANTS OF THIS GENERAL 17:25:31:00 ASSEMBLY RETURN HOME AND 17:25:32:06 REPORTED TO THEIR 17:25:32:21 CONGREGATIONS THE BUSINESS OF 17:25:34:19 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEY ARE 17:25:35:07 MINDFUL TO DISCUSS AND ASSESS 17:25:37:12 THE HEALTH AND FUNCTIONALITY 17:25:39:03 OF THEIR HEALTH AND YOUNG 17:25:40:06 ADULT GROUPS AND MINISTRY AND 17:25:42:07 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER 17:25:43:15 RESOURCES, SUCH AS PERSONNEL, 17:25:45:18 BUDGET, AND MEETING SPACE ARE 17:25:46:24 BEING ALLOCATED TO THESE 17:25:48:06 GROUPS. 17:25:48:12 AND ALSO, TO ENSURE THAT 17:25:49:22 RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS AND 17:25:51:00 LAY LEADERS ARE MINISTERING TO 17:25:52:21 THE NEEDS OF THESE GROUPS. 17:25:54:00 ONLY WITH THE COMMITMENT OF 17:25:55:13 SUPPORT AT THE CONGREGATIONAL 102 17:25:56:28 LEVEL CAN OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG 17:25:58:27 ADULT GROUPS CONTINUE TO 17:26:00:06 THRIVE. 17:26:00:21 >> THANK YOU. 17:26:01:21 I HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE PRO 17:26:02:21 MICROPHONE. 17:26:03:12 IS THERE A CAUCUS STATEMENT ON 17:26:04:25 THIS? 17:26:05:06 >> NO. 17:26:05:21 THERE IS A STATEMENT ON BEHALF 17:26:06:18 OF A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. 17:26:07:24 >> OKAY. 17:26:09:19 >> MY NAME IS ELLEN ASSEMBLY 17:26:11:22 AND I'M FROM THE CHURCH OF THE 17:26:13:06 YOUNGER FELLOWSHIP. 17:26:14:12 AS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL YOUNG 17:26:15:18 ADULTS AND NOT AS A 17:26:16:25 REPRESENTATION OF ALL YOUNG 17:26:18:01 ADULTS OR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:26:19:21 YOUNG ADULT CAUCUS, WE SUPPORT 17:26:22:12 THIS RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION 17:26:23:24 WITH A RECOGNITION THAT IT IS 17:26:25:19 MERELY A BEGINNING TO THE WORK 17:26:27:12 THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN 17:26:28:27 REVITALIZING AND SUPPORTING 17:26:31:06 YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY. 17:26:32:19 WHILE THIS RESOLUTION CALLS 17:26:34:03 FOR A REMINDER TO REEVALUATE 17:26:36:24 THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT 17:26:37:28 MINISTRY IN OUR CONGREGATIONS, 17:26:39:28 WHAT WE, AS YOUNG ADULTS, FEEL 17:26:41:24 IS NEEDED IS MUCH, MUCH MORE. 17:26:45:00 WE ARE DEEPLY FRUSTRATED. 17:26:47:19 THIS MORNING PRESIDENT MORALES 17:26:50:03 SPOKE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS 17:26:51:06 TODAY'S MOST DISCONNECTED 17:26:53:04 GENERATION. 17:26:54:22 WE, AS INDIVIDUAL YOUNG 17:26:56:24 ADULTS, DO NOT CHOOSE TO BE 17:26:58:09 DISCONNECTED. 17:27:00:13 RATHER, TOO MANY OF US ARE NOT 17:27:02:19 APPROACHED. 17:27:03:27 TOO MANY OF US ARE NOT 17:27:05:06 MINISTERED TO. 17:27:06:21 AND TOO MANY OF US ARE NOT 17:27:08:09 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO 17:27:09:28 CONNECT WITH OUR 17:27:10:27 CONGREGATIONS. 17:27:12:00 WE CALL THE DELEGATES OF THIS 17:27:13:27 SYSTEM TO AFFIRM THE CONTENT 103 17:27:15:15 OF THIS RESOLUTION, BUT ALSO 17:27:17:19 TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH 17:27:19:18 THE YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR 17:27:20:27 LIVES AND CONGREGATIONS AND TO 17:27:22:18 ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN RIGHT 17:27:23:28 RELATIONSHIP WITH US. 17:27:25:27 THANK YOU. 17:27:27:18 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 17:27:28:06 >> YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST 17:27:36:06 THIS? 17:27:37:00 >> MY NAME IS CAROLINA 17:27:39:12 COUMARIC FROM VALLEY UNITARIAN 17:27:41:25 UNIVERSALIST IN CHANDLER, 17:27:43:12 ARIZONA, AND I BELIEVE THAT 17:27:44:09 THE YOUTH HAVE TWO MORE 17:27:45:06 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR CASE. 17:27:47:19 >> OKAY. 17:27:58:10 WHO DIDN'T GET IT? 17:27:59:15 RAISE YOUR HANDS. 17:28:00:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:28:01:12 >> BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOBODY 17:28:02:27 SPEAKING CON, I WON'T TAKE TWO 17:28:04:09 PRO STATEMENTS IN A ROW, SO 17:28:05:25 SHE JUST WENT TO THE CON 17:28:06:25 MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR THE 17:28:08:09 YOUTH. 17:28:08:15 WHAT A NICE GESTURE. 17:28:11:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:28:11:21 >> AND YOU KNOW, IT WORKED. 17:28:13:01 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 17:28:14:04 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 17:28:15:15 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 17:28:17:24 I'M AJ BENNETT FROM THE 17:28:19:13 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:28:20:07 CONGREGATION OF FAIRFAX IN 17:28:22:00 VIRGINIA. 17:28:22:21 AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 17:28:24:15 THIS RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION FOR 17:28:25:21 THE YOUTH CAUCUS. 17:28:28:15 WITH THE YOUTH CAUCUS, YOU CAN 17:28:29:24 SEE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM 17:28:31:03 GENERATES A STRONG YOUTH 17:28:32:03 ACTIVITY, INVOLVEMENT, AND 17:28:33:19 LEADERSHIP. 17:28:34:13 BUT HOWEVER, OUR YOUTH CAUCUS 17:28:36:09 IS ONLY SO MANY DEDICATED 17:28:38:18 YOUTH FROM SO MANY DEDICATED 17:28:40:18 CONGREGATIONS. 17:28:41:03 AND WHILE MANY CONGREGATIONS 17:28:43:07 DO HAVE STRONG YOUTH GROUPS, 104 17:28:45:27 MANY HAVE SMALL, INACTIVE, OR 17:28:47:12 EVEN NON-EXISTENT YOUTH 17:28:49:04 GROUPS. 17:28:50:19 YOUTH FROM THESE GROUPS ARE 17:28:51:21 SOMETIMES ABLE TO MIND 17:28:52:18 MINISTRY AND PROGRAMMING AT 17:28:53:24 THE DISTRICT OR NATIONAL 17:28:54:27 LEVEL. 17:28:56:25 BUT THIS IS NOT A HEALTHY 17:28:57:24 SYSTEM AND IT IS NOT GOOD 17:28:59:01 ENOUGH. 17:28:59:21 OUR SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION 17:29:01:18 IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 17:29:02:18 SATISFIED WITH THE CURRENT 17:29:03:15 STATE OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING, 17:29:05:04 MINISTRY, AND EMPOWERMENT. 17:29:07:21 WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THE 17:29:10:18 UNFORTUNATE TREND OF EVERY TWO 17:29:12:07 YEARS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT 17:29:14:06 RESOLUTION, WE ARE ALSO VERY 17:29:15:09 MUCH IN RECOGNITION OF THE 17:29:17:03 PERSISTENT LACK OF FOLLOW 17:29:18:06 THROUGH. 17:29:19:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:29:19:16 >> WE ASK YOU TO HELP US END 17:29:22:27 THIS TREND, THOUGH FRANKLY WE 17:29:25:19 HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR FOLLOW 17:29:28:27 THROUGH. 17:29:29:24 PROVE US WRONG. 17:29:31:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:29:31:24 >> 17:29:39:09 >> WE HAVE A RESPONSIVE 17:29:40:12 RESOLUTION TO VOTE ON. 17:29:43:13 WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR A 17:29:45:12 COMMITMENT. 17:29:46:12 GETTING TO BE A FAMILIAR KIND 17:29:47:15 OF FEELING, ISN'T IT? 17:29:50:03 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS 17:29:51:28 RESOLUTION, RAISE YOUR VOTING 17:29:53:10 CARDS. 17:29:55:12 WHICH CAN THEN BE TURNED OVER 17:29:56:18 AND YOU CAN PUT NOTES AROUND 17:29:58:00 THE MARGIN ABOUT HOW YOU'RE 17:29:59:19 GOING TO DO THIS BACK IN YOUR 17:30:00:28 CONGREGATION. 17:30:01:15 THANK YOU. 17:30:01:27 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:30:02:24 THANK YOU. 17:30:03:06 I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:30:04:06 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 105 17:30:05:18 THANK YOU, LUKE, BY THE WAY. 17:30:07:22 THANK YOU. 17:30:08:04 >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS 17:30:10:12 JODY MEMALY AND I AM A 17:30:14:00 DELEGATE FROM THE UNITARIAN 17:30:14:16 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 17:30:15:25 DELAWARE COUNTY IN MEDIA, 17:30:17:06 PENNSYLVANIA. 17:30:17:18 THIS IS A RESPONSIVE 17:30:18:09 RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE 17:30:19:09 MODERATOR'S REPORT. 17:30:20:21 YESTERDAY WE HAD A RELATIVELY 17:30:22:16 PAINLESS DEBATE IN PLENARY 17:30:24:12 ABOUT GA2012 IN ARIZONA. 17:30:26:27 WHY? 17:30:27:24 BECAUSE OUR FELLOW UU'S, WHO 17:30:29:13 HAD OPPOSING VIEWS, CAME 17:30:30:27 TOGETHER IN MINI-ASSEMBLIES, 17:30:34:21 LISTENED TOGETHER, AND FORGED 17:30:36:16 A NEW RESOLUTION THEY COULD 17:30:37:16 ALL SUPPORT. 17:30:38:21 APPLAUD AND THANK ALL THOSE 17:30:40:00 INVOLVED. 17:30:40:12 BUT YESTERDAY'S PAINLESS 17:30:41:24 PLENARY CAME ON THE BACK OF 17:30:43:01 MUCH PAIN. 17:30:43:22 IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO GA, 17:30:45:24 THERE WAS HEATED DISCUSSION 17:30:46:21 ABOUT GA2012 IN ARIZONA ON 17:30:49:13 MANY FORUMS. 17:30:50:13 MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION WAS 17:30:51:07 DONE VIA TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS 17:30:53:00 LISTSERVS AND FACEBOOKS. 17:30:55:00 I AM A MEMBER OF THE GA 17:30:56:13 LISTSERV. 17:30:57:04 THE DEBATE ON THAT LIST WAS 17:30:58:22 NOT KIND. 17:31:00:18 AS I READ THE POSTS IS 17:31:01:27 RECKLESSLY DEFENDING ONE SIDE 17:31:03:09 OR ANOTHER, I CRIED TEARS OF 17:31:06:12 GRIEF, MOURNING THE LOSS OF MY 17:31:09:09 BELOVED COMMUNITY. 17:31:10:06 IF I HAD BEEN SOMEONE COMING 17:31:12:01 TO GA FOR THE FIRST TIME AND 17:31:13:03 HAD SUBSCRIBED TO THE LIST, I 17:31:14:09 WOULD NOT HAVE COME. 17:31:17:03 JUST AS WE ARE CALLED TO BE IN 17:31:18:16 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE 17:31:19:16 ANOTHER WITHIN THESE WALLS, WE 17:31:21:00 ARE CALLED TO BE IN RIGHT 106 17:31:22:00 RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER 17:31:23:06 BEYOND PLENARY HALL. 17:31:25:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:31:29:09 >> WE SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE 17:31:31:00 MODERATOR AND THE RIGHT 17:31:32:00 RELATIONSHIP TEAM TO CALL US 17:31:33:10 TO CREATE COMMUNITY WE WANT TO 17:31:35:00 BE. 17:31:35:27 WE ARE A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY 17:31:37:12 WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF SHARED 17:31:39:03 MINISTRY. 17:31:40:21 WE SHOULD AND CAN PROMISE TO 17:31:42:13 EACH OTHER THAT WE WILL BE IN 17:31:44:00 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP HERE AT GA 17:31:46:12 AND WITH ALL OF OUR 17:31:47:12 INTERACTION TOGETHER. 17:31:48:28 WE NEED A COVENANT. 17:31:51:12 I MOVE THAT OUR UUA BOARD OF 17:31:53:03 TRUSTEES INVESTIGATE HOW WE 17:31:54:24 MIGHT DEVELOP A COVENANT OF 17:31:56:10 RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS FOR ALL OF 17:31:57:16 OUR WORK TOGETHER AND REPORT 17:31:59:00 BACK TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEXT 17:32:00:15 YEAR. 17:32:02:06 I ALSO MOVE THAT THE BOARD 17:32:03:19 AND/OR UUA STAFF PROVIDE 17:32:05:15 OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN THE 17:32:06:09 SKILL OF COMPASSIONATE WITNESS 17:32:08:06 SO THAT WHEN ONE OF US 17:32:09:12 FOREGOES THAT COVENANT, WE 17:32:10:21 HAVE THE SKILL TO LOVINGLY 17:32:12:15 CALL THE PERSON TO ACCOUNT AND 17:32:14:09 INVITED THEM BACK INTO 17:32:15:15 COVENANT SO THAT WE MAY ALL 17:32:17:13 SHARE IN THE MINISTRY OF 17:32:18:28 CREATING OUR BELOVED 17:32:20:15 COMMUNITY. 17:32:21:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:32:21:27 >> IS THERE A SECOND? 17:32:24:21 >> SECOND! 17:32:25:22 >> SEEING NO DEBATE, ALL THOSE 17:32:29:15 IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR VOTING 17:32:31:00 CARDS. 17:32:35:16 THANK YOU. 17:32:35:25 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:32:41:03 I THINK I MIGHT SAY THE U 17:32:42:10 WORD. 17:32:43:22 NO? 17:32:45:06 TWO THAT DIDN'T? 17:32:45:27 OKAY. 107 17:32:46:18 I WON'T HAVE TO SAY IT, THEN. 17:32:48:15 I'LL JUST SAY THE UU WORD. 17:32:50:10 OKAY. 17:32:50:25 WILL HAVE LAUGHTER OVER -- 17:32:53:12 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:32:53:21 >> THANK YOU. 17:32:54:18 OVERWHELMINGLY PASSES. 17:32:56:00 RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:32:57:00 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:32:58:19 >> SUSAN TASK, DELEGATE FROM 17:33:00:07 THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:33:01:00 CHURCH OF FORT MEYERS, 17:33:02:27 FLORIDA. 17:33:05:10 WHEREAS THE PROCESS FOR 17:33:06:22 SELECTING BOTH THE 17:33:08:00 CONGREGATIONAL STUDY-ACTION 17:33:09:21 ISSUE AND THE ACTIONS OF 17:33:12:04 IMMEDIATE WITNESS BY THE 17:33:13:01 GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS AT TIMES 17:33:15:27 LED TO CONFUSION AND 17:33:18:09 DISSATISFACTION OF THE 17:33:19:10 DELEGATES AND WHEREAS SYSTEMS 17:33:21:24 WHERE DELEGATES RANK THEIR 17:33:23:21 CHOICES MAY BE MORE SUITABLE 17:33:26:06 FOR SOME PHASES OF THE 17:33:28:16 SELECTION PROCESS, THEREFORE, 17:33:31:18 BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE UUA 17:33:33:21 BOARD APPOINT A TASKFORCE 17:33:36:16 REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF 17:33:38:24 INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE TO 17:33:41:09 INVESTIGATE BETTER METHODS OF 17:33:43:19 SELECTION, ESPECIALLY RANKING 17:33:44:25 METHODS, FOR THE CSAI AND THE 17:33:47:27 AIW'S BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:33:50:28 THIS TASKFORCE SHOULD CONSIDER 17:33:53:00 RULE OR BYLAW CHANGES FOR ALL 17:33:55:12 PHASES OF THE SELECTION 17:33:56:15 PROCESS THAT IMMEDIATE 17:33:58:06 IMPROVEMENT AND INCLUDED A 17:34:01:21 PUBLIC PROCESS FOR BOTH 17:34:02:27 PROPOSALS AND REVISIONS. 17:34:08:13 >> I'M SORRY. 17:34:09:18 DO WE HAVE LANGUAGE FOR THE 17:34:13:03 SCREEN THAT? 17:34:13:21 WE'RE STILL TYPING IT. 17:34:15:22 WHO WERE YOU CHARGING TO DO 17:34:17:03 THAT, PLEASE, AGAIN? 17:34:19:21 >> YOU, THE BOARD. 17:34:21:13 >> THE BOARD? 17:34:22:06 OKAY. 108 17:34:22:25 >> THE TASKFORCE OF THE BOARD. 17:34:24:06 >> TASKFORCE CREATED BY THE 17:34:26:18 BOARD? 17:34:27:03 OKAY. 17:34:27:27 GOT IT. 17:34:28:06 THANK YOU. 17:34:30:04 I HAVE SOMEONE WALKING TO THE 17:34:31:16 CON MICROPHONE. 17:34:32:15 LET ME FIND OUT IF THERE'S A 17:34:33:27 SECOND FIRST. 17:34:34:12 IS THERE A SECOND? 17:34:35:06 >> SECOND. 17:34:35:24 >> SECOND. 17:34:36:16 I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE 17:34:38:06 CON MICROPHONE. 17:34:39:03 >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M DENNY 17:34:43:09 DAVIDHOFF OF THE UNITARIAN 17:34:46:18 CHURCH IN WESTPORT, 17:34:47:18 CONNECTICUT. 17:34:48:21 AND A FORMER CHAIR OF THE FIST 17:34:51:01 PRINCIPLE TASKFORCE, THE TASK 17:34:53:06 FORCE OF THE BOARD OF 17:34:53:27 TRUSTEES. 17:34:58:00 I AM TOTALLY IN SYNC WITH AND 17:35:00:13 IN SYMPATHY WITH THIS 17:35:02:18 PROPOSAL, BUT I WONDER IF, AS 17:35:06:18 THE BOARD, IN ITS OWN REPORT, 17:35:09:10 IS MOVING TOWARD DEALING WITH 17:35:11:27 THE REFORMATION OF GENERAL 17:35:16:01 ASSEMBLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 17:35:22:12 OF YEARS IF THESE PROCESSES 17:35:24:16 COULD NOT BE INTEGRATED INTO 17:35:29:03 THIS WORK, RATHER THAN ASKING 17:35:31:28 THE BOARD TO NOW APPOINT AND 17:35:35:03 FUND YET ANOTHER TASKFORCE, 17:35:38:15 BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO 17:35:40:04 THE WORK RECOMMENDED BY THE 17:35:42:24 FIFTH PRINCIPLE TASKFORCE 17:35:44:24 WITHOUT AT LEAST BEGINNING THE 17:35:47:06 WORK IN THIS PROPOSAL. 17:35:49:04 >> COULD I HAVE THE PROPOSER 17:35:50:27 AGAIN? 17:35:55:19 COULD WE CHECK THAT OUT? 17:35:56:25 YEAH, SHE'S OVER BY THE PRO 17:35:58:12 MIKE. 17:35:58:27 THANKS, JERRY. 17:35:59:21 JERRY GAINER WILL MEET YOU, 17:36:01:21 OUR HEAD TELLER. 17:36:02:28 WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE RATHER 17:36:05:24 THAN STRIKING A SEPARATE 109 17:36:07:00 TASKFORCE, THE QUESTION IS 17:36:08:06 WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO HOLD 17:36:10:04 THIS WORK INTO THE GOVERNANCE 17:36:12:07 REFORM WORK ALREADY BEING 17:36:14:00 DONE? 17:36:14:06 >> YES. 17:36:16:06 >> THANK YOU. 17:36:20:01 THAT WORKS. 17:36:22:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:36:22:27 >> OKAY. 17:36:24:24 GO AHEAD. 17:36:25:15 >> ROGER DAY, WHITE BEAR UU IN 17:36:29:25 MINNESOTA. 17:36:30:07 I'M NOT SURE THAT IT DOES 17:36:31:18 WORK. 17:36:34:15 ONE TASK IS CHANGING THE WAY 17:36:36:10 WE DO BUSINESS OVER THE LONG 17:36:37:25 RUN. 17:36:38:06 THE OTHER TASK IS PLANNING AN 17:36:40:21 ASSEMBLY FOR A SPECIAL 17:36:47:07 MISSION. 17:36:47:22 AND I THINK THE CHANGING OF 17:36:49:09 THE BYLAWS IS SOMETHING THAT I 17:36:50:18 WAS ALREADY TRYING TO PUT 17:36:52:00 TOGETHER A TASKFORCE MYSELF 17:36:53:22 THIS MORNING AND I WOULD NEED 17:36:59:09 TO BE PAID TO DO IT. 17:37:00:21 I THINK A SEPARATE TASKFORCE 17:37:02:10 TO DO THOSE BYLAW CHANGES 17:37:03:22 WOULD BE A GREAT THING AND 17:37:04:27 DOESN'T NEED TO ACTUALLY 17:37:05:21 OCCUPY A BUNCH OF THE BOARD'S 17:37:07:18 TIME, AND I THINK FROM A 17:37:09:00 THEOLOGY OF ABUNDANCE, WE CAN 17:37:10:10 DO BOTH THINGS. 17:37:11:16 >> OKAY. 17:37:14:15 THANK YOU. 17:37:14:27 I TURN TO THE DELEGATES AT THE 17:37:16:09 CON MICROPHONE. 17:37:17:10 >> YES. 17:37:18:28 MADAM MODERATOR, DAVID KEPPLE 17:37:22:00 FROM THE UNITARIAN 17:37:22:06 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 17:37:23:06 BLOOMINGTON. 17:37:25:19 I HAVE TO SAY WITH HUMILITY 17:37:27:15 THAT I'VE HEARD THIS 17:37:30:12 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION FOR THE 17:37:31:06 FIRST TIME AND I AM NOT 17:37:32:13 CERTAIN I HAVE UNDERSTOOD 17:37:35:03 CORRECTLY, SO IF I'M IN ERROR, 110 17:37:36:24 MY APOLOGIES. 17:37:38:09 BUT MY CONCERN IS THIS. 17:37:41:13 EVEN IF THERE IS A GENUINE 17:37:43:12 PROBLEM IN THE SELECTION OF 17:37:45:00 ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS 17:37:46:12 AND CSAI'S, IT SEEMS TO ME 17:37:49:21 THAT THESE FALL YOU SHOULD THE 17:37:51:18 CHARGE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON 17:37:53:03 SOCIAL WITNESS, WHICH I'VE 17:37:54:28 BEEN PRIVILEGED TO INTERACT 17:37:56:07 WITH NOW OVER A PERIOD OF 17:37:58:15 YEARS. 17:37:58:27 AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT 17:38:01:28 COMMISSION IS DEEPLY DEDICATED 17:38:04:07 TO IMPROVING ITS OWN 17:38:05:27 PROCEDURES, AND I THINK THAT 17:38:08:03 THE CORRECT THING IS TO 17:38:13:01 COMMUNICATE WITH THE 17:38:14:00 COMMISSION ABOUT WHICH I'M 17:38:15:00 SURE WILL BE VERY OPEN TO 17:38:17:03 DISCUSSING ITS PROCEDURES AND 17:38:20:22 IMPROVEMENTS FOR TEACHERS. 17:38:22:06 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE WERE 17:38:24:15 TO APPOINT A SEPARATE BODY TO 17:38:26:03 DO THIS, WE WOULD REALLY BE 17:38:27:07 SUPERSEDING ONE OF OUR HARDEST 17:38:30:12 WORKING COMMISSIONS. 17:38:32:03 THANKS. 17:38:32:24 >> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 17:38:34:07 DELEGATE AT THE PROCEDURAL 17:38:35:10 MICROPHONE. 17:38:36:27 >> I'M REVEREND DAWN MILLS, 17:38:39:09 SERVING AS CO-MINISTER OF 17:38:40:21 WINCHESTER UNITARIAN SOCIETY. 17:38:42:22 I AM ALSO CHAIR OF THE 17:38:44:24 CONGREGATIONAL STUDY-ACTION 17:38:45:27 ISSUE CORE TEAM FOR ETHICAL 17:38:48:22 EATING, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL 17:38:50:07 JUSTICE. 17:38:50:24 AND HAVING ONLY HEARD THIS 17:38:51:24 PROPOSED MOTION NOW AND 17:38:54:00 VERBALLY, I'M UNCLEAR AS TO 17:38:56:10 WHETHER THE INTENT IS TO 17:38:57:25 INCLUDE VOTING PROCEDURES FOR 17:39:01:21 CSI'S THAT ARE ALREADY IN 17:39:03:13 PROCESS. 17:39:05:01 >> OKAY. 17:39:10:03 IT'S FEELING TO ME LIKE -- 17:39:12:25 HOW MANY OF US WERE SORT OF 17:39:14:01 DISCONTENT WITH THE CSAI 111 17:39:17:09 VOTING PIECE THIS TIME? 17:39:20:25 OKAY. 17:39:26:27 BACK TO THE PRO MICROPHONE, 17:39:28:09 THEN. 17:39:29:01 >> I'M DICK BURKHART FROM 17:39:31:15 CHURCH OF THE LARGER 17:39:34:21 FELLOWSHIP, AND CO-AUTHORS OF 17:39:38:27 THIS RESOLUTION. 17:39:39:21 IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME TOO 17:39:41:00 MUCH WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING, 17:39:42:12 IF IT'S A SEPARATE TASKFORCE 17:39:44:10 OR A SUB-TASKFORCE OR A 17:39:47:21 GENERAL THING FROM THE BOARD. 17:39:50:03 BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE 17:39:52:16 BEYOND JUST WHAT THE 17:39:53:10 COMMISSION OF SOCIAL WITNESS 17:39:55:06 IS. 17:39:56:00 I THINK WE NEED A VARIETY OF 17:40:00:04 INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE TO DO 17:40:03:03 A VERY KIND OF THOROUGH GOING 17:40:05:06 INVESTIGATION, AND THIS HELPS 17:40:06:09 A LOT IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM 17:40:07:04 THE OUTSIDE WHO ARE NOT TOO 17:40:08:16 EMBEDDED IN THE PROCESS. 17:40:10:21 AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IN 17:40:12:09 PARTICULAR THERE WERE SOME 17:40:14:15 ISSUES THIS TIME, I VOTED FOR 17:40:16:25 THE AIW, WE HAD A MAN WHO 17:40:19:00 PROPOSED A QUALIFIED AIW THAT 17:40:20:18 WAS EXCLUDED, AND WHEN ONE OF 17:40:23:07 INCLUDED ONES WAS INVALIDATED, 17:40:24:21 HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO 17:40:27:06 SUBSTITUTE THAT. 17:40:28:00 THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 17:40:29:00 WE'VE HAD MANY AIW'S WHICH 17:40:31:28 WERE ELIMINATED BY THE 17:40:33:21 COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS 17:40:34:24 WITHOUT PUBLIC EXPLANATION. 17:40:39:19 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN 17:40:40:16 ABOUT THAT, IF THEY'RE ACTING 17:40:41:27 AS A GATEKEEPER, AND MAYBE WE 17:40:43:15 NEED A GROUP THAT'S OUTSIDE 17:40:44:24 THEM TO HANDLED THIS PROCESS 17:40:46:03 AND TO PROVE IT. 17:40:49:00 IN PARTICULAR, BEING A VOTE 17:40:50:06 BEING EXPERT AND 17:40:50:21 MATHEMATICIAN, I KNOW VOTING 17:40:55:00 PROCESS CAN MAKE IT HAPPIER 17:40:57:10 FOR PEOPLE, MORE OF A 17:40:58:15 CONSENSUS KIND OF RESULT. 112 17:40:59:27 THANK YOU. 17:41:00:12 >> OKAY. 17:41:00:24 THANK YOU. 17:41:01:00 IN FAIRNESS, THE BYLAWS AND 17:41:02:19 RULES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED 17:41:04:22 REQUIRE THE CSW TO BE A 17:41:06:12 GATEKEEPER FOR THE PROCESS, 17:41:12:21 LEST WE HAVE, LIKE, 580AIW'S. 17:41:16:24 >> PAT EMERY, JEFFERSON 17:41:18:13 UNITARIAN CHURCH. 17:41:19:13 A QUESTION. 17:41:19:25 ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS 17:41:20:24 IMPLIED THAT THIS IS AN 17:41:23:12 INSTRUCTION FOR 2012. 17:41:25:15 I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WHOLE 17:41:26:22 THING ABOUT GOVERNANCES 17:41:28:12 DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE 17:41:29:15 PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR 2012 17:41:31:03 AND THAT THIS IDEA OF FOLDING 17:41:33:06 IT IN -- CLEAR UP MY 17:41:37:18 CONFUSION, PLEASE. 17:41:38:21 WHO IS THIS BEING ASKED TO BE 17:41:40:03 FOLDED INTO? 17:41:41:00 >> THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING 17:41:42:13 DIRECTED TO THE BOARD, AND I 17:41:43:22 JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK I 17:41:44:18 HAVE A PREFERENCE RIGHT NOW 17:41:45:27 THAT I MIGHT STATE. 17:41:47:18 EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE I HAVE A 17:41:48:28 SENSE. 17:41:51:07 I THINK THAT WE HAVE A MOTION 17:41:54:09 THAT FIRST IS TRYING TO SOLVE 17:41:55:12 A PROBLEM THAT THE HALL 17:41:56:12 DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OR 17:41:57:04 ACKNOWLEDGE IN THE SAME WAY. 17:41:58:19 SO OUR JOB, THEN, WOULD BE TO 17:42:00:06 EDUCATE PEOPLE TO PERCEIVE 17:42:01:24 PLAUSIBLE PROCESS IN ORDER TO 17:42:03:00 GET A VOTE ON THIS TO GIVE IT 17:42:04:13 TO THE BOARD, BUT IT REALLY 17:42:05:22 BELONGS TO THE COMMISSION ON 17:42:06:25 SOCIAL WITNESS PERHAPS, BUT 17:42:07:24 THERE'S ALSO -- YOU SEE WHERE 17:42:09:06 I'M GOING? 17:42:12:28 IF SOMEONE WERE TO CALL THE 17:42:14:04 QUESTION RIGHT NOW, I PROBABLY 17:42:15:07 WOULDN'T GET IN YOUR WAY. 17:42:18:18 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:42:18:27 >> PAD ON HIM MODERATE I ARE, 17:42:26:06 PAT EMERY, JEFFERSON UNITARIAN 113 17:42:28:06 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 17:42:29:09 I CALL THE QUESTION. 17:42:30:03 >> THANK YOU. 17:42:30:10 I JUST THINK WE DON'T WANT TO 17:42:31:18 DO THIS THIS LATE ON THE DAY 17:42:33:03 ON STUFF WE DON'T HAVE TEXT 17:42:34:00 ON. 17:42:34:09 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 17:42:35:00 IF WE HAVE TO DEBATE IT, OKAY. 17:42:37:07 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 17:42:38:16 IMMEDIATELY GOING A VOTE, 17:42:39:18 PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING 17:42:40:18 CARDS. 17:42:41:12 THANK YOU. 17:42:41:27 PUT THEM DOWN, ALL THOSE 17:42:43:03 OPPOSED? 17:42:43:21 SO NOW LET'S VOTE ON THIS ITEM 17:42:46:00 IN FRONT OF US, WHICHEVER WAY 17:42:47:09 WE VOTE. 17:42:47:24 SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. 17:42:48:21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE 17:42:50:21 PROPOSED RESPONSIVE 17:42:51:25 RESOLUTION, RAISE YOUR VOTING 17:42:53:09 CARDS. 17:42:56:03 >> AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:42:57:18 AND WERE THE BOARD AND CSW 17:42:59:25 BOTH LISTENING TO THAT 17:43:01:00 DIALOGUE? 17:43:01:24 BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT 17:43:02:24 PREVENTS ENGAGEMENT IN A 17:43:05:12 PROCESS OF -- GOOD. 17:43:06:13 THANK YOU. 17:43:06:22 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. THE 17:43:12:15 MOTION FAILED. 17:43:13:03 THANK YOU. 17:43:14:13 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:43:16:10 MY NAME IS ALISON WOLFBURG, 17:43:20:12 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:43:22:06 CONGREGATION OF PRINCETON, NEW 17:43:23:10 JERSEY. 17:43:23:25 SINCE 1983, I HAVE PROUDLY 17:43:25:21 WRITTEN HUNDREDS OF SOFTWARE 17:43:27:03 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE INCLUDED 17:43:27:15 MONITORING INTERNATIONAL, 17:43:29:06 MARINE OIL TERMINAL PUMPING 17:43:31:01 STATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 17:43:32:16 RISK, SOLELY AUTHORED A 17:43:34:21 PROGRAM THAT REDISTRIBUTED THE 17:43:36:12 ENTIRE SALES FORCE OF NABISCO 17:43:38:04 AND SOLELY DESIGNED AND 114 17:43:39:15 IMPLEMENTED THE COMPONENTS AND 17:43:41:12 CREDENTIALS BILLIONS OF 17:43:42:27 DOLLARS FOR FINANCIAL PLANS 17:43:44:03 WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE 17:43:45:10 PURCHASED OVER THE LAST TEN 17:43:46:19 YEARS. 17:43:48:15 MY EXPERTISE HAS BEEN SOUGHT 17:43:50:06 AFTER FOR 15 YEARS BY TOP 17:43:52:00 FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES 17:43:53:28 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 17:43:56:06 AFTER AFFIRMING MY TRUE 17:43:57:15 GENDER, I FOUND MYSELF WITHOUT 17:43:59:03 WORK AND LIVING OUT OF MY 17:44:00:15 TRUCK. 17:44:01:13 ASKING FOR FOOD AT THE LOCAL 17:44:02:22 FOOD BANK AND IN FINANCIAL 17:44:05:18 RUIN. 17:44:06:03 I WAS UNABLE TO FINANCIALLY 17:44:08:24 SUPPORT MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD 17:44:09:28 DAUGHTER AND MY 11-YEAR-OLD 17:44:11:19 VISUALLY IMPAIRED SON. 17:44:12:24 I HAD LOST MY CREDIBILITY AND 17:44:14:18 ULTIMATELY MYSELF RESPECT AS A 17:44:16:21 PARENT AND PROVIDER, NOT 17:44:17:22 BECAUSE OF MY SKILLS, BUT 17:44:18:25 INSTEAD BECAUSE OF HOW 17:44:20:12 EMPLOYERS RESPONDED TO MY 17:44:21:18 GENDER IDENTITY. 17:44:23:09 I AM NOT ALONE, NOR AM I 17:44:25:13 UNIQUE. 17:44:26:22 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, 17:44:28:15 TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS HAVE 17:44:29:27 THIS OPPRESSION HAPPENING 17:44:31:12 DAILY. 17:44:32:06 THE REALITY IS PEOPLE DON'T 17:44:34:16 GET FIRED FOR BEING STRAIGHT. 17:44:38:06 EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTION 17:44:39:00 SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON WHO WE 17:44:40:21 LOVE, NOR SHOULD IT BE BASED 17:44:41:27 ON WHAT GENDER IDENTITY YOU 17:44:43:15 ARE. 17:44:44:15 EMPLOYMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON 17:44:45:18 AN INDIVIDUAL'S SKILLS AND 17:44:47:27 PERFORMANCE. 17:44:48:15 THIS RESOLUTION RESOLVES AND 17:44:50:01 ENCOURAGES CONGREGATIONS TO 17:44:51:18 PUBLICLY PROMOTE AND EDUCATE 17:44:53:24 AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF 17:44:55:12 EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY FOR ALL. 17:44:57:19 WE ARE ABOUT FIVE VOTES SHORT 115 17:45:00:06 IN THE SENATE TO PASS THE 17:45:01:24 FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT 17:45:02:27 NONDISCRIMINATION ACT. 17:45:04:03 YOUR ACTIONS TODAY AND FOR THE 17:45:05:10 NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS WILL GET 17:45:07:00 THIS IMPORTANT HUMAN RIGHTS 17:45:08:15 LEGISLATION PASSED AND PROVIDE 17:45:11:28 FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL. 17:45:12:25 PLEASE JOIN WITH ME AND VOTE 17:45:14:01 FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS 17:45:15:12 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION FOR 17:45:17:09 EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION. 17:45:20:10 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:45:21:22 >> THANK YOU. 17:45:24:15 YOU WANT TO SPEAK PRO? 17:45:25:21 GO AHEAD. 17:45:26:09 >> I'M HOLLY BUFFY, VICE 17:45:28:22 PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF 17:45:29:21 TRUSTEES AND THE UNITARIAN 17:45:31:12 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH AT 17:45:32:00 WASHINGTON CROSSING. 17:45:34:00 >> AND I'M TED FETTER FROM THE 17:45:36:07 UU CONGREGATION OF PRINCETON, 17:45:38:00 NEW JERSEY. 17:45:39:03 WE RISE AS STRAIGHT ALLIES TO 17:45:41:24 SUPPORT THE RESPONSIVE 17:45:43:04 RESOLUTION ON THE EMPLOYMENT 17:45:44:19 NONDISCRIMINATION KNOWN AS 17:45:46:18 ENDA. 17:45:47:27 IF ENACTED, ENDA WOULD CREATE 17:45:50:19 A FEDERAL LEVEL PROTECTION FOR 17:45:52:10 WORKERS TO BE AGAINST 17:45:54:06 DISCRIMINATION IN HIRING, 17:45:56:03 PROMOTION, JOB ASSIGNMENTS, OR 17:45:58:07 FIRING. 17:45:59:01 WORKPLACE NONDISCRIMINATION IS 17:46:01:12 BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL. 17:46:03:00 IT'S BEEN IN PLACE WITH 17:46:04:03 RESPECT TO RAPE, ETHNICITY, 17:46:07:07 RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, AND SEX 17:46:09:12 FOR MANY YEARS. 17:46:10:12 NOW IT MUST BE ENACTED TO 17:46:11:24 PROTECT THE WORK RIGHTS OF 17:46:14:07 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND 17:46:16:06 TRANSGENDERED PERSONS. 17:46:18:15 PRIOR GENERAL ASSEMBLIES HAVE 17:46:20:04 GONE ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF 17:46:21:16 TRANSGENDER RIGHTS. 17:46:23:15 THIS RESOLUTION, THOUGH, IS 17:46:25:15 IMPORTANT FOR TWO REASONS. 116 17:46:27:15 FIRST, IT CALLS ON MEMBER 17:46:28:22 CONGREGATIONS TO BE ACTIVE FOR 17:46:31:15 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOR LGBT 17:46:34:06 PERSONS. 17:46:34:24 SECOND, ENDA HAS A GOOD CHANCE 17:46:39:00 FOR PASSAGE AT THIS TIME. 17:46:41:03 MORE THAN 700 OF YOU SIGNED 17:46:43:06 PETITIONS THIS WEEK TO POST 17:46:45:15 THE BILL IN THE HOUSE. 17:46:47:09 AND WE ARE JUST A FEW VOTES 17:46:51:10 SHORT OF HAVING THE NECESSARY 17:46:53:06 VOTE IN THE SENATE. 17:46:53:27 THIS IS THE TIME. 17:46:55:15 OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, TO 17:46:57:09 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:46:59:00 TO DEMONSTRATE OUR SUPPORT FOR 17:47:01:21 THIS IMPORTANT ACT. 17:47:03:03 THANK YOU. 17:47:03:24 >> THANK YOU. 17:47:04:12 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:47:04:24 >> PLEASE DON'T DO IT AGAIN. 17:47:14:06 BECAUSE WE'RE READY TO VOTE, 17:47:15:18 AREN'T WE? 17:47:15:27 >> YES. 17:47:16:13 >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE 17:47:18:10 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 17:47:24:12 THANK YOU. 17:47:24:19 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:47:26:19 THE MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES. 17:47:28:06 THANK YOU. 17:47:29:12 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:47:29:24 >> I NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE 17:47:34:28 NEXT DELEGATE AT THE 17:47:36:00 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:47:37:00 >> MADAM MODERATOR, REVEREND 17:47:43:19 JOHN CULLAN, UNITARIAN CHURCH 17:47:46:06 OF LOS ALAMOS. 17:47:47:06 WITH RESPECT WE SAW NO TEXT 17:47:48:27 AND NO TEXT WAS READ INTO THE 17:47:50:00 RECORD OF THE RESOLUTION THAT 17:47:51:04 WE JUST PASSED. 17:47:56:09 YES? 17:47:57:27 >> WE NERVE GOT THE TEXT UP ON 17:47:59:04 THE SCREEN? 17:47:59:19 >> NO. 17:48:01:12 >> NEVER, EVER, EVER? 17:48:03:18 >> NO. 17:48:04:24 >> THAT WOULD BE WRONG, 17:48:07:25 WOULDN'T IT? 17:48:09:16 OKAY. 117 17:48:12:27 LISTEN CAREFULLY. 17:48:14:06 AND I'M SORRY FOR WHATEVER 17:48:15:28 FLAW WE'RE HAVING ABOUT HAVING 17:48:17:04 TEXT. 17:48:18:10 WHEREAS THE MODERATOR OF THE 17:48:19:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:48:20:15 ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS 17:48:22:03 ENDORSED AND ADVOCATED 17:48:23:13 SUPPORTING FULL EQUALITY OF 17:48:25:01 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND 17:48:27:18 TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS, 17:48:29:03 WHICH HAS CONSTITUTED A 17:48:30:00 SUBSTANTIVE REPORT IN HER 17:48:31:13 SOCIAL WITNESS ACTION OF 17:48:33:03 REQUESTING AND ENDORSING IT IS 17:48:34:03 FULL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 17:48:35:00 DELEGATES TO ATTEND AND 17:48:36:03 WITNESS AT MINNEAPOLIS PRIDE 17:48:38:09 ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, IN 17:48:40:19 PLENARY SESSION 46789 SO 17:48:42:00 THAT'S THE FOOTING FOR IT. 17:48:43:12 OKAY? 17:48:43:27 WHEREAS THE COMMITTEE ON RIGHT 17:48:45:18 RELATIONS SPECIFICALLY INVOKED 17:48:47:04 THE INHERENT WORTH AND DIGNITY 17:48:49:12 OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS IN 17:48:51:12 A SUBSTANTIVE REPORT DURING 17:48:53:19 THE BUSINESS MEETING TO THE 17:48:54:28 PLENARY FOR. 17:48:55:22 WHEREAS THE EMPLOYMENT 17:48:56:24 NONDISCRIMINATION ACT IS 17:48:58:15 BEFORE THE HOUSE OF 17:48:59:00 REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE AND 17:49:00:15 THE PASSAGE OF SEXUAL 17:49:02:10 ORIENTATION AND GENDER 17:49:03:24 IDENTITY EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY 17:49:05:00 IS IN JEOPARDY. 17:49:06:24 BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE 2010 17:49:09:25 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFFIRMS ITS 17:49:11:15 COMMITMENT TO THE INHERENT 17:49:13:12 WORTH AND DIGNITY OF EVERY 17:49:15:00 HUMAN BEING, INCLUDING 17:49:16:00 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND 17:49:18:01 TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS AND WE 17:49:20:12 FURTHER RESOLVE TO EXPRESS 17:49:21:27 THIS SPIRITUAL VALUE THROUGH 17:49:23:09 OUR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, 17:49:24:28 EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, 17:49:25:25 CONGREGATIONAL LIFE, PUBLIC 17:49:27:15 WITNESS, AND IMMEDIATE 118 17:49:29:21 ADVOCACY OF PASSAGE OF THE 17:49:32:03 INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT 17:49:33:19 NONDISCRIMINATION ACT AND 17:49:35:18 ENCOURAGE MEMBER CONGREGATIONS 17:49:37:12 AND SOCIETIES TO ACT WITHIN 17:49:39:06 THEIR CONGREGATIONS AND 17:49:40:16 COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE AND 17:49:41:19 EDUCATION THE IMPORTANCE OF 17:49:43:24 EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY FOR LBGT 17:49:48:10 INDIVIDUALS. 17:49:48:25 OKAY? 17:49:52:09 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO 17:49:53:21 RECONSIDER THEIR VOTE? 17:49:56:10 OKAY. 17:49:59:18 I'M SORRY. 17:50:00:12 I THOUGHT WE HAD GONE UP ON 17:50:01:15 SCREEN AT ONE POINT AFTER WE'D 17:50:02:27 GOTTEN, BUT ALL WE GOT WAS 17:50:04:19 PAPER TEXT. 17:50:05:15 I'M SORRY. 17:50:06:06 MY MISTAKE. 17:50:07:03 OKAY. 17:50:07:18 GOOD? 17:50:09:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:50:09:27 >> SO DO WE HAVE YOUR TEXT YET 17:50:17:15 OR NO? 17:50:18:12 >> YES. 17:50:19:04 >> YES? 17:50:19:28 >> YES. 17:50:20:16 OKAY. 17:50:21:01 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 17:50:22:15 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:50:23:18 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 17:50:26:13 MY NAME IS DANA LINEBACH AND I 17:50:28:13 AM FROM UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:50:32:12 CHURCH OF ARLINGTON VIRGINIA. 17:50:34:00 I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE 17:50:35:04 YOUTH CAUCUS. 17:50:36:01 I MOVE THE PHOENIX GENERAL 17:50:37:04 ASSEMBLY 2012 RESPONSIVE 17:50:40:15 RESOLUTION. 17:50:41:06 THE RESOLUTION READS: WHEREAS 17:50:43:21 THE UUA BOARD REPORTED ON THE 17:50:46:18 BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON PHOENIX 17:50:48:21 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012 CALLS 17:50:51:06 FOR A GATHERING OF UNITARIAN 17:50:53:00 UNIVERSALISTS FOR THE PURPOSES 17:50:55:09 OF WITNESSING ON IMMIGRATION, 17:50:57:15 RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, 17:50:59:16 A JUSTICE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 119 17:51:01:21 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT 17:51:03:12 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 17:51:04:24 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:51:06:19 ASSOCIATION STRONGLY URGES THE 17:51:09:22 UUA STAFF, THE BOARD OF 17:51:11:18 TRUSTEES, AND THE GENERAL 17:51:13:21 ASSEMBLY PLANNING COMMITTEE TO 17:51:16:01 CONSIDER A NUMBER OF 17:51:17:00 CONDITIONS WHILE PLANNING FOR 17:51:18:18 THIS JUSTICE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:51:21:03 IN ARIZONA 2012. 17:51:22:15 THE YOUTH CAUCUS ENVISIONS A 17:51:24:16 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN WHICH, 17:51:26:09 ONE, WE GATHER IN NONVIOLENT 17:51:28:15 PROTEST WITH A FOCUS ON PUBLIC 17:51:31:07 WITNESS AND SOCIAL ACTION. 17:51:32:24 TWO, APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION 17:51:34:06 IS GIVEN TO MAKE THIS GENERAL 17:51:36:15 ASSEMBLY ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL 17:51:38:13 PARTICIPANTS. 17:51:39:19 THREE, EFFORTS ARE MADE TO 17:51:41:12 RECOGNIZE THE VOICES OF 17:51:42:18 DELEGATES WHO CHOOSE NOT TO 17:51:44:12 ATTEND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012 17:51:46:19 FOR REASONS OF SAFETY OR 17:51:48:09 PERSONAL ETHICS. 17:51:50:06 FOUR, WORSHIP SERVICES, 17:51:52:24 SPECIFICALLY A BRIDGING 17:51:53:25 CELEBRATION AND 17:51:55:27 MULTIGENERATIONAL WORSHIP, ARE 17:51:58:00 PRESERVED. 17:51:59:00 FIVE, PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING 17:52:01:07 YOUTH AND MULTIGENERATIONAL 17:52:04:06 PROGRAMMING, IS EDUCATIONAL, 17:52:06:12 INFORMATIVE, AND REFLECTIVE OF 17:52:08:04 THE SPIRIT OF A JUSTICE 17:52:10:01 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:52:10:21 AND 6. 17:52:13:03 YOUTH ARE INVOLVED AS BOTH 17:52:16:22 PARTICIPANTS AND LEADERS 17:52:17:09 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 17:52:18:10 THANK YOU. 17:52:18:22 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:52:19:06 >> IS THERE A SECOND? 17:52:22:24 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 17:52:24:04 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 17:52:25:16 YOU'VE EVEN GOT THE ADULTS 17:52:27:03 COMING UP IN CLUMPS NOW. 17:52:28:15 >> WENDY VON [INAUDIBLE] IN 17:52:36:12 MASSACHUSETTS. 120 17:52:36:27 MICHAEL TINO JOINS ME IN 17:52:39:00 ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF THIS 17:52:40:19 RESOLUTION. 17:52:41:15 WE SPEAK NOT AS REPRESENTATIVE 17:52:44:00 OF A GROUP THAT CRAFTED THE 17:52:45:06 RESOLUTION, BUT OFFER OUR 17:52:47:10 PERSONAL TESTIMONY THAT IT 17:52:48:22 AFFIRMS MUCH OF THE SPIRIT WE 17:52:50:24 EXPERIENCE AS PART OF THAT 17:52:51:27 PROCESS. 17:52:53:06 GA2012 MUST BE A DIFFERENT GA. 17:52:57:03 THE WORD JUSTICE WAS NOT 17:52:58:15 CHOSEN LIGHTLY. 17:52:59:27 AS WE RAISED OUR CARDS IN 17:53:01:09 FAVOR OF THIS JUSTICE GA, WE 17:53:03:16 MADE PROMISES. 17:53:05:00 OUR VOTE MAY CLEAR OUR 17:53:06:21 PROMISE. 17:53:08:00 OUR ACTIONS WILL MAKE CLEAR 17:53:09:03 OUR FAITH. 17:53:09:28 HARD CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE 17:53:11:04 LEADING UP TO AND DURING THIS 17:53:12:15 ASSEMBLY AND DIFFICULT 17:53:14:12 CONVERSATIONS LIE AHEAD. 17:53:15:27 WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR 17:53:18:01 JUSTICE GA ALREADY HAS PRICES 17:53:20:24 AND MAY INCUR MORE. 17:53:22:03 TO DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE, WE 17:53:23:15 MUST PAY PRICES IN AREAS OF 17:53:25:16 ACCESSIBILITY, REDUCED 17:53:27:15 PROGRAMMING IN SOME AREAS TO 17:53:30:28 POSTPONEMENT OF SOME AWARDS 17:53:32:25 AND TO DISAPPOINTMENT TO SOME 17:53:34:12 OF OUR FAITHFUL. 17:53:35:12 IN FULFILLING OUR PROMISES, WE 17:53:37:00 WILL NEED TO LISTEN DEEPLY. 17:53:40:04 THINK CREATIVELY, DISCERN 17:53:42:06 PRAYERFULLY AND ACT 17:53:43:12 INTENTIONAL AND I 17:53:44:06 ACCOUNTABILITY. 17:53:45:03 WE REMIND THIS GATHERED BODY 17:53:46:22 THAT THE RESOLUTION NAMED 17:53:48:12 STAKEHOLDERS WITH WHOM THE 17:53:49:15 BOARD SHALL WORK TO ADDRESS 17:53:50:24 ISSUES OF ACCESSIBILITY AND 17:53:52:15 SAFETY, WE REMIND THE BOARD, 17:53:54:10 PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THIS 17:53:56:06 BODY THAT THOSE SAME 17:53:57:18 STAKEHOLDERS ARE WELL 17:53:58:27 POSITIONED TO PARTICIPATE IN 121 17:54:00:15 THE DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF 17:54:01:22 THIS JUSTICE GA AS ARE MEMBERS 17:54:04:24 OF OUR FABULOUS COMMUNITY OF 17:54:07:15 JUSTICE SEEKING FAITH 17:54:10:00 AFFIRMING AWE INSPIRING 17:54:12:00 ACCOUNTABILITY DEMANDING MOST 17:54:14:21 EXCELLENT YOUTH. 17:54:15:21 PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS 17:54:17:01 RESOLUTION. 17:54:18:00 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 17:54:18:12 >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE? 17:54:25:07 >> MY NAME IS AMY MANNING. 17:54:27:07 I'M A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UU 17:54:28:21 CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS. 17:54:29:12 AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A 17:54:30:06 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD 17:54:32:06 YOUNG ADULT IN TWO PLACES 17:54:33:28 WHERE IT SAYS YOUTH. 17:54:35:06 FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER FIVE, 17:54:36:24 INCLUDING YOUTH, YOUNG ADULT, 17:54:38:09 AND MULTIGENERATIONAL 17:54:39:15 PROGRAMMING, AND ALSO IN 17:54:40:13 NUMBER SIX WHERE IT SAYS YOUTH 17:54:42:00 AND YOUNG ADULT ARE INVOLVED. 17:54:43:24 >> PUT THOSE TWO AREAS UP ON 17:54:46:28 THE SCREEN. 17:54:47:16 IS THAT FRIENDLY? 17:54:48:10 >> YES. 17:54:49:16 >> BOTH CAUCUSES AGREE? 17:54:52:00 >> YES. 17:54:53:18 >> OKAY. 17:54:59:06 AND NOW IT SAYS YOUTH AND 17:55:04:06 YOUNG ADULTS ARE INVOLVED. 17:55:06:04 YES? 17:55:06:22 IS THAT WHAT WE WANT? 17:55:07:21 >> YEP. 17:55:09:24 >> ONE TOO MANY AND'S. 17:55:11:09 AND NUMBER FIVE, JUST YOUTH, 17:55:12:25 YOUNG ADULT, AND 17:55:13:15 MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING 17:55:15:03 FOR GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION. 17:55:16:12 >> JUST TAKE OUT THE AND. 17:55:19:22 THERE YOU GO. 17:55:21:27 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 17:55:26:03 THANK YOU. 17:55:27:13 >> YOU LOOK READY TO VOTE. 17:55:33:15 ALL THE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE 17:55:36:06 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 17:55:40:00 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:55:41:03 MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES. 122 17:55:43:18 THANK YOU. 17:55:44:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:55:45:04 >> I BET THERE ARE OTHER 17:55:50:21 PEOPLE BACK THERE. 17:55:58:00 DO WE HAVE YOUR TEXT, SIR? 17:56:03:09 >> I DON'T HAVE A TEXT TO 17:56:05:10 PROPOSE. 17:56:06:01 I DO HAVE A PERSONAL COMMENT 17:56:07:21 ON THE RESOLUTION JUST PASSED, 17:56:10:21 FOR WHICH I WAS PLEASE TODAY 17:56:12:04 VOTE. 17:56:12:16 MAY I PROCEED WITH THAT? 17:56:13:21 >> CERTAINLY. 17:56:14:06 >> MY NAME IS ROGER BRUIN. 17:56:17:06 I'M THE MINISTER OF THE HOBART 17:56:19:16 UNITARIAN CHURCH. 17:56:20:15 AND I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 17:56:23:12 PROPOSERS OF THE IDEA THAT WE 17:56:24:27 SHOULD BOYCOTT PHOENIX. 17:56:28:07 I STILL BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE 17:56:29:04 CASE, AND UP UNTIL JUST NOW I 17:56:30:24 VOTED AGAINST EVERY PROPOSAL 17:56:32:15 AND RESOLUTION PUT BEFORE THIS 17:56:35:00 ASSEMBLY THAT SAID ANYTHING 17:56:38:12 OTHER THAN BOYCOTT PHOENIX. 17:56:40:21 BECAUSE OF WHAT THE YOUTH 17:56:42:09 SAID, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 17:56:43:10 ITEM NUMBER THREE OF THIS 17:56:46:09 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 17:56:48:24 VOICES OF THOSE OF US WHO WILL 17:56:50:06 NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO ARIZONA 17:56:53:01 BECAUSE OF REASON OF SAFETY OR 17:56:55:18 PERSONAL ETHICS, FOR THE FIRST 17:56:58:09 TIME IN TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS OR 17:57:00:16 YESTERDAY'S, I FELT INCLUDED 17:57:02:03 IN THIS DISCUSSION. 17:57:03:18 I THANK THE YOUTH FOR THAT AND 17:57:05:12 I THANK THEM FOR THE 17:57:06:19 OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WITH THE 17:57:08:00 MAJORITY. 17:57:09:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:57:09:09 >> THANK YOU. 17:57:20:12 >> MATTED AM MODERATOR, MY 17:57:22:15 NAME IS JIM GRAHAM. 17:57:23:06 I AM FROM VALLEY UNITARIAN 17:57:24:10 UNIVERSALIST IN CHANDLER, 17:57:26:12 ARIZONA. 17:57:28:21 MADAM MODERATOR AND FELLOW 17:57:30:03 DELEGATES, I STAND HERE TODAY 17:57:31:10 SURROUNDED BY LOVE. 123 17:57:32:12 THE SAME LOVE I FELT WHEN I 17:57:33:22 WALKED INTO A UNITARIAN 17:57:34:09 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION FOR 17:57:36:12 THE FIRST TIME. 17:57:38:06 THE SAME LOVE THAT YESTERDAY 17:57:40:04 LED TO SEVERAL VERY DIVERSE 17:57:41:15 GROUPS WITH VERY DIFFERENT AND 17:57:42:24 DIVERGENT OPINIONS TO COME 17:57:44:06 TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF 17:57:45:06 DIALOGUE AND DEEP LISTENING TO 17:57:47:16 CRAFT A RESOLUTION THAT I 17:57:48:24 BELIEVE WILL TRANSFORM OUR 17:57:49:27 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOT ONLY IN 17:57:51:00 2012, BUT MOVING FORWARD. 17:57:53:10 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM CALLS 17:57:54:22 US TOWARD A LOVE ENCOMPASSING 17:57:57:12 ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF 17:57:58:15 THEIR SEXUAL OR GENDER 17:57:59:12 ORIENTATION OR IDENTITY. 17:58:01:10 THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, 17:58:03:03 THEIR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, OR 17:58:04:27 THEIR POLITICAL PERSUASION. 17:58:07:00 HERE AND IN OUR CONGREGATIONS, 17:58:08:28 WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE 17:58:10:18 OF OUR COMMON FAITH AND SHARED 17:58:11:27 VALUES. 17:58:12:12 WE RECOGNIZE THAT LOVE COMES 17:58:14:00 IN EVERY SIZE, IN EVERY SHAPE, 17:58:16:01 AND IN EVERY COLOR, AND WE 17:58:17:10 JOIN OUR HEARTS AND ACTIONS IN 17:58:19:03 WORKING TOWARD A DAY WHEN 17:58:20:12 EVERY TYPE OF LOVE IN ALL ITS 17:58:22:15 MANY FORMS CAN SHARE IN OPEN 17:58:24:27 EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION BY 17:58:26:09 OUR GOVERNMENT AND IN EVERY 17:58:27:24 ASPECT OF SOCIETY OUTSIDE THE 17:58:29:09 WALLS OF OUR HOUSES OF 17:58:30:25 WORSHIP. 17:58:32:06 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM HAS 17:58:34:00 BROUGHT ME THE WONDERFUL LOVE 17:58:36:00 OF BELOVED COMMUNITY, THE LOVE 17:58:37:19 OF LASTING FRIEND SHIP, AND 17:58:39:19 MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE LOVE OF 17:58:40:24 A WOMAN WITH WHOM I HOPE TO 17:58:42:06 SHARE THE REST OF MY LIFE. 17:58:44:00 I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND 17:58:45:19 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS I ASK 17:58:48:03 HER TO JOIN WITH ME IN A 17:58:50:21 LIFELONG JOURNEY TOGETHER. 17:58:56:07 CATALINA PREVARIS, WILL YOU BE 124 17:58:59:24 MY WIFE AND PARTNER? 17:59:11:13 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 17:59:12:01 >> WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? 17:59:41:00 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:59:43:25 >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE 17:59:45:00 YOUR VOTING CARDS. 17:59:46:09 >> 17:59:59:03 >> YES. 18:00:00:22 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 18:00:01:07 >> YES, WE CAN. 18:00:03:24 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:00:04:03 >> 18:00:16:00 >> SOMETIMES YOU GET TO HELP 18:00:17:06 WITH SOMETHING COOL, YOU KNOW? 18:00:20:21 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 18:00:22:03 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:00:24:24 >> WELL, I CAN'T TOP THAT. 18:00:26:16 >> NO, YOU REALLY CAN'T. 18:00:28:21 YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TRY ON 18:00:31:03 MUCH SORT NOTICE. 18:00:35:04 >> NATHAN STANLEY WITH 18:00:37:09 JEFFERSON UNITARIAN YOU KNOW 18:00:40:15 WHICH. 18:00:40:27 I HAVE A QUESTION. 18:00:41:21 I OBSERVED THAT THERE IS AN 18:00:43:10 ISSUE, THE ISSUE OF CORPORATE 18:00:45:24 PERSONHOOD AND CITIZENS UNITED 18:00:48:18 DECISION, WHICH WAS REFERENCED 18:00:49:25 IN TWO OF THE PROPOSED CSAI'S. 18:00:55:24 IT GOT MANY VOTES, BUT DIDN'T 18:00:57:19 PASS, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE 18:00:58:16 WORK THAT WENT INTO THOSE, IT 18:01:00:27 WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN ANY OF 18:01:02:09 OUR ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE 18:01:03:21 WITNESS, AND MY UNDERSTANDING 18:01:04:28 IS IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A 18:01:07:07 RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION. 18:01:09:06 THE ACTUAL ACTION OF THE 18:01:11:21 CITIZENS UNITED OCCURRED THIS 18:01:13:10 YEAR, UNDER THE IMMEDIACY 18:01:15:15 RULES. 18:01:15:27 WILL THIS ISSUE BE ELIGIBLE 18:01:17:15 FOR AN ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 18:01:19:13 WITNESS NEXT YEAR AT 18:01:21:10 CHARLOTTE? 18:01:24:15 >> COULD I HAVE -- 18:01:28:03 >> AND IF SO, UNDER WHAT 18:01:29:22 FINANCE AND HOW WOULD WE 18:01:30:13 ADDRESS THIS? 18:01:31:07 >> IT WILL BE, BECAUSE IT'S 125 18:01:32:21 ONGOING LEGISLATION. 18:01:33:21 >> BECAUSE IT'S ONGOING 18:01:34:21 LEGISLATION? 18:01:35:12 >> SO THIS COULD COME BACK IN 18:01:36:28 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 18:01:37:10 >> IN THE MEANTIME, OUR STAFF 18:01:38:21 IS ACTUALLY UNABLE TO ADDRESS 18:01:40:03 THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE WE HAVE 18:01:41:00 NOT SPOKEN TO IT AS A BODY. 18:01:42:12 >> THIS IS TRUE. 18:01:45:06 >> I HOPE YOU WILL ADDRESS IT 18:01:46:09 NEXT YEAR. 18:01:46:21 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME 18:01:48:03 ABOUT THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO 18:01:49:15 DISCUSS IT WITH THEM. 18:01:50:07 >> OKAY. 18:01:50:22 THANK YOU. 18:01:51:25 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 18:01:53:18 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:01:55:03 >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'M DAVID 18:01:58:07 RENO, THE FIRST CHURCH OF 18:01:59:22 BOSTON. 18:02:01:06 I WOULD JUST WANT TO HAVE A 18:02:02:12 POINT OF INFORMATION. 18:02:03:18 PERHAPS I MISSED IT. 18:02:06:13 WHEN THE EDA PROPOSITION WAS 18:02:08:24 VOTED ON, WAS IT SECONDED? 18:02:11:03 I DO NOT THINK IT WAS 18:02:12:04 SECONDED. 18:02:13:07 WAS IT SECONDED? 18:02:14:07 PERHAPS I MISSED IT. 18:02:15:12 >> WHICH PROPOSITION, DAVID? 18:02:17:00 >> THE EDA, THE EMPLOYMENT 18:02:19:28 DISCRIMINATION ACT. 18:02:21:01 WAS IT SECONDED? 18:02:21:25 >> YEP. 18:02:22:09 >> IT WAS SECONDED? 18:02:23:03 >> IT WAS SECONDED. 18:02:24:00 >> I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. 18:02:25:24 THANK YOU. 18:02:25:27 >> WOW. 18:02:28:25 WOW. 18:02:29:21 OKAY. 18:02:31:18 SO DO WE HAVE AN INVITATION TO 18:02:35:28 -- WE, LIKE, SURVIVED THAT 18:02:39:00 THIS TIME, DIDN'T WE? 18:02:40:12 OKAY. 18:02:40:27 WE'RE ALL DONE WITH RESPONSIVE 18:02:42:06 RESOLUTIONS, BUT WE HAD SOME 18:02:43:16 GOOD ONES THIS YEAR. 126 18:02:44:13 OKAY. 18:02:44:25 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR 18:02:45:16 INVITATION TO CHARLOTTE. 18:02:49:15 HI, HARRY. 18:02:52:10 THEN WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR 18:02:54:27 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM. 18:02:56:24 YOU'LL BE HERE WHEN IT GETS 18:02:58:03 DONE EARLY, BECAUSE IT'S 18:02:59:04 UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT EVER DID. 18:03:02:27 PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO MARY. 18:03:07:07 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 18:03:07:19 >> I AM SO THRILLED TO STAND 18:03:14:09 HERE THIS EVENING AND INVITE 18:03:18:12 ALL OF YOU, AS WELL AS YOUR UU 18:03:22:12 FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT HERE, TO 18:03:25:15 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 18:03:27:06 NEXT JUNE FOR THE 50TH 18:03:29:18 ANNIVERSARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 18:03:30:25 OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 18:03:32:16 ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS! 18:03:35:00 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 18:03:39:03 MY NAME IS MARY ALM AND I AM 18:03:42:00 HUMBLED TO SERVE AS THE 18:03:43:24 DISTRICT COORDINATOR FOR NEXT 18:03:46:00 YEAR'S GA. 18:03:47:28 THE THOMAS JEFFERSON DISTRICT 18:03:49:07 ENCOMPASSES FIVE STATES IN THE 18:03:51:00 SOUTHEAST. 18:03:53:03 WE ARE 11,000UU'S STRONG IN 62 18:03:58:12 AFFILIATED AND TEN EMERGING 18:04:00:09 CONGREGATIONS, NORTH CAROLINA 18:04:02:28 CONGREGATIONS HAVE GROWN 16% 18:04:06:00 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MAKING 18:04:08:15 US ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING 18:04:10:25 STATES FOR UU'S IN THIS 18:04:12:25 COUNTRY. 18:04:13:07 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:04:13:21 >> AND EVERY ONE OF US IS 18:04:20:28 EAGER TO HOST EVERY ONE OF YOU 18:04:25:03 IN 2011. 18:04:27:06 FROM THE COASTAL WATERS WHERE 18:04:30:22 UNITARIAN LAURA TOWN FOUNDED A 18:04:33:12 SCHOOL IN 1863 ON SAINT 18:04:37:01 HELENA'S ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA 18:04:39:03 FOR THOSE WHO HITHER TO HAD 18:04:42:09 BEEN HELD IN CHATTELED SLAVERY 18:04:45:16 TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 18:04:48:03 WHERE UNIVERSALIST MINISTER 18:04:50:12 JAMES INMAN BUILT A CHURCH 18:04:53:16 NEAR COLD MOUNTAIN IN NORTH 127 18:04:54:27 CAROLINA TO SPREAD THE GOOD 18:04:57:12 NEWS OF NO HELL AMONG HIS 18:05:02:00 RURAL NEIGHBORS. 18:05:02:27 WE HAVE A LONG ACQUAINTANCE 18:05:05:09 WITH LIBERAL RELIGION. 18:05:08:19 SURPRISED? 18:05:10:01 COME TO CHARLOTTE AND LEARN 18:05:11:18 MORE. 18:05:13:03 OUR DISTRICT SPONSORS THE 18:05:14:21 LONGEST RUNNING ANNUAL 18:05:16:25 ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE OVER 20 18:05:19:12 YEARS. 18:05:20:27 THIS YEAR WE'VE FUNDED A 18:05:22:28 SOCIAL JUSTICE STAFF POSITION 18:05:25:15 TO ASSURE THAT WE LIVE OUR 18:05:27:06 COMMITMENT TOWARD 18:05:28:00 MULTI-CULTURAL GROWTH. 18:05:30:06 AND OUR CHALICE LIGHTERS 18:05:32:12 PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 18:05:33:21 IN THE UUA SINCE 1987. 18:05:38:10 WE'VE GIVEN OVER $700,000 TO 18:05:41:18 ASSURE THE CONTINUED AND 18:05:43:15 LIVELY PRESENCE OF UNITARIAN 18:05:45:28 UNIVERSALISTS IN THE 18:05:46:25 SOUTHEAST. 18:05:49:03 IF YOU ATTENDED THE 1993GA IN 18:05:52:21 CHARLOTTE, YOU WILL BE AMAZED 18:05:55:19 BY THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS 18:05:58:03 18TH LARGEST CITY IN THE 18:05:59:27 UNITED STATES AND EXPECTED TO 18:06:02:28 GROW BY ANOTHER 30% IN THE 18:06:05:27 NEXT DECADE. 18:06:07:27 56% WHITE, 34% 18:06:10:07 AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 11% HISPANIC 18:06:13:27 AND LATINO. 18:06:15:00 CHARLOTTE IS A WONDERFULLY 18:06:16:21 RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY 18:06:18:19 DIVERSE CITY. 18:06:20:27 WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE 18:06:23:03 NEW CONVENTION CENTER ARE THE 18:06:25:25 HARDY B. GANT CENTER FOR 18:06:27:27 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS AND 18:06:28:27 CULTURE, NAMED FOR THE FIRST 18:06:30:06 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR OF 18:06:31:27 CHARLOTTE, AS WELL AS THE 18:06:34:10 LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTH, I 18:06:37:09 WANT ACTIVE HISTORY MUSEUM, 18:06:39:00 INTERPRETING POST CIVIL WAR 18:06:40:28 SOUTHERN SOCIETY. 18:06:42:13 EXPECT A VIBRANT CITY WITH 128 18:06:45:09 MUSEUMS, THEATERS, CLUBS, 18:06:48:19 GREAT DINING, AND A NEW LIGHT 18:06:51:27 RAIL. 18:06:53:24 PLAN SOME EXTRA DAYS TO 18:06:55:21 EXPLORE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 18:06:57:10 SITES, HIKE THE BLUE RIDGE, OR 18:07:00:18 DO SOME WHITE WATER RAFTING OR 18:07:03:09 SEA KAYAKING. 18:07:04:28 OH, WHAT THE HECK. 18:07:06:10 WHILE IN CHARLOTTE, VISIT 18:07:07:10 CAROWINDS THEME PARK. 18:07:12:00 13 ROLLERCOASTERS. 18:07:13:16 OR THE NEWLY OPENED NASCAR 18:07:16:03 HALL OF FAME. 18:07:19:06 AS UU'S, WE WELCOME A 18:07:22:01 DIVERSITY OF INTERESTS. 18:07:26:06 UNITARIAN AND UNIVERSALIST 18:07:28:24 ROOTS ARE BURIED DEEP IN OUR 18:07:30:25 SOUTHERN SOILS. 18:07:33:27 ON THE OCCASION OF THE 18:07:35:12 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 18:07:36:21 MERGING OF THESE TWO FAITH 18:07:39:01 TRADITIONS INTO ONE LIBERAL 18:07:42:06 RELIGION, COME TO CHARLOTTE 18:07:46:04 NEXT JUNE SO THAT WE MAY 18:07:47:22 AFFIRM TOGETHER THAT OURS IS, 18:07:51:12 INDEED, A RELIGIOUS FOR OUR 18:07:54:22 TIME. 18:07:56:06 CHARLOTTE 2011. 18:07:58:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:08:05:00 >> WHO'S GOING TO COME TO 18:08:06:18 CHARLOTTE? 18:08:07:09 LOOKING GOOD. 18:08:08:09 PLEASE GIVE, LIKE, ALL OF THE 18:08:11:01 LOVE IN YOUR HEART TO OUR 18:08:14:00 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM HERE 18:08:15:15 FOR THEIR FINAL REPORT. 18:08:25:12 >> MY NAME IS GARNER TAKAHASHI 18:08:39:25 MORRIS AND I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF 18:08:42:00 THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM. 18:08:43:24 WITH ME ARE SCOTT MCNEILL, 18:08:46:28 CO-CHAIR OF THE TEAM, TIM 18:08:48:16 MURPHY, BARBARA MEYERS, NICK 18:08:51:03 ALLEN, ELLEN ZEMLIN, HOPE 18:08:55:01 JOHNSON, CHUCK WOLDRIDGE, 18:08:57:06 ESTHER OSOTTO, WENDY, AND 18:08:59:12 CALEB GRABLE CLARK, THE PEOPLE 18:09:01:06 WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 18:09:03:15 AS YOUR TEAM -- 18:09:04:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 129 18:09:04:24 >> AS YOUR TEAM, WE WANT TO 18:09:11:22 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, 18:09:14:06 CONFIDENCE, AND ALL YOU HAVE 18:09:15:09 SHARED WITH US. 18:09:17:04 IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE 18:09:18:13 PART OF SO MANY STRUGGLES AND 18:09:20:09 CONVERSATIONS AND TO WITNESS 18:09:22:24 INNUMERABLE ACTS OF LOVE AND 18:09:24:25 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP. 18:09:25:19 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HEAR US 18:09:27:27 AND EACH OTHER GIVES ME SO 18:09:29:24 MUCH HOPE FOR OUR FAITH. 18:09:32:06 IN OUR FIRST REPORT TO YOU, I 18:09:34:19 ASKED THAT WE ALL ASK 18:09:35:27 OURSELVES, WHAT DO I ASSUME I 18:09:38:24 KNOW ABOUT OTHERS? 18:09:40:21 WHAT DID THEY ASSUME THEY KNOW 18:09:42:16 ABOUT ME? 18:09:44:03 ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE 18:09:47:03 ARE COMING FROM? 18:09:49:19 I WANT TO USE THE POWER I HAVE 18:09:51:18 BEEN GIVEN TO BE AT THIS 18:09:53:00 PODIUM TO RAISE UP SOME VOICES 18:09:54:24 OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT FELT 18:09:56:10 WANTED OR HEARD AS PART OF 18:09:58:21 THAT PLEA. 18:10:00:12 PEOPLE WITH DIFFERING 18:10:01:21 ABILITIES HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY 18:10:03:06 ASK TO JUSTIFY THEIR USE OF 18:10:04:22 EQUIPMENT AND EXPLAIN THEIR 18:10:06:18 NEED TO BE IN DESIGNATED 18:10:08:06 ACCESSIBLE SEATS. 18:10:10:18 TO HONOR THAT DISABILITIES ARE 18:10:12:25 BOTH VISIBLE AND HIDDEN, IT'S 18:10:15:09 VITAL TO STAY IN CONVERSATION 18:10:16:03 WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT ACT 18:10:18:00 BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS. 18:10:20:13 THE USE OF INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE 18:10:24:03 HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US FROM 18:10:25:03 MANY PLACES AND WE'RE WORKING 18:10:26:03 ON PUTTING TOGETHER A WORKSHOP 18:10:27:16 FOR NEXT YOUR'S GA TO ENGAGE 18:10:29:03 IN CONVERSATION AROUND THAT. 18:10:31:21 I ASK THAT WE BE CONSCIOUS 18:10:33:24 THAT SAYING JUST BROTHERS AND 18:10:35:10 SISTERS OR GAYS AND LESBIANS 18:10:37:21 EXCLUDES OUR QUEER, TRANS, AND 18:10:40:12 GENDERED QUEER SIBLINGS WHOSE 18:10:42:28 STORIES ARE ALREADY OFTEN 18:10:44:07 MARGINALIZED. 130 18:10:45:15 ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF THIS 18:10:47:12 COMMUNITY IS ITS 18:10:47:27 MULTIGENERATIONAL NATURE, AND 18:10:50:03 YET SOME OF OUR YOUTH FEEL 18:10:51:10 THAT ADULTS STILL SEE THEM 18:10:52:19 MORE AS THE FUTURE THAN THE 18:10:54:18 PRESENT, AND SOME OF OUR 18:10:55:18 ADULTS FEEL THAT YOUTH AREN'T 18:10:58:24 WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM 18:10:59:22 BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE. 18:11:01:16 ANOTHER BLESSING IS OUR 18:11:02:21 THEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BUT AT 18:11:05:06 THE SAME TIME, SOME FELT THAT 18:11:06:18 IT WAS NOT FULLY REPRESENTED 18:11:07:25 IN YESTERDAY'S PRAYERS. 18:11:10:18 OTHERS ASKED THAT THOSE WITH 18:11:11:24 THE POWER TO CONTROL PLENARY 18:11:13:15 MICROPHONES ENSURE THAT IT 18:11:17:27 PRESENTS A BALANCED VIEW OF 18:11:18:24 PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS. 18:11:20:12 STILL OTHERS RAISED TO US THAT 18:11:22:00 SOMETIMES SWEPT UP IN ALL 18:11:24:22 THIS, IT'S CHALLENGING TO LIVE 18:11:27:06 OUR VALUES AROUND HOW WE TREAT 18:11:28:24 OTHERS, BOTH INSIDE AND 18:11:30:00 OUTSIDE THIS HALL. 18:11:32:22 IN OUT INTERACTIONS WITH ALL 18:11:33:21 OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE OUR 18:11:35:03 CONFERENCES POSSIBLE, WITH 18:11:37:03 PEOPLE WE MEET ON THE STREET 18:11:38:27 IN OUR HOST CITIES, AND WITH 18:11:40:18 THE WAY WE HANDLE CONFLICT 18:11:42:06 WITH EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY 18:11:44:00 WITH THE G A PLANNING 18:11:44:27 COMMITTEE, WE ARE ALL, ALL 18:11:47:25 WORKING VERY HARD AND IT'S 18:11:50:27 VITAL THAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER 18:11:52:06 WITH RESPECT IF WE WANT TO DO 18:11:54:00 THE WORK OF THIS BELOVED 18:11:55:13 COMMUNITY. 18:11:57:19 WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED WITH 18:11:58:24 JOYOUS STORIES OF RIGHT 18:12:00:00 RELATIONSHIP IN ACTION. 18:12:02:03 I WANT TO RAISE UP THE 18:12:03:15 COLLABORATION OF DRUM, ARE, 18:12:06:07 AND THE ARIZONA CONGREGATIONS, 18:12:07:18 AND MANY OTHERS TO CREATE A 18:12:09:03 COMPROMISE RESOLUTION TO BRING 18:12:10:15 BEFORE THIS ASSEMBLY, GIVING 18:12:12:13 US A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO 131 18:12:14:09 BE IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS NOT 18:12:16:06 JUST WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WITH 18:12:18:06 THE WORLD. 18:12:20:10 I WANT TO RAISE UP THE 18:12:22:01 NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS I AND 18:12:23:18 THE MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM HAD 18:12:26:15 WITH YOU WHERE YOU CAME WITH 18:12:27:15 AN OPEN HEART AND WERE ABLE TO 18:12:29:10 HEAR EACH OTHER. 18:12:31:15 I WANT TO RAISE UP THE 18:12:32:15 MODERATORS' REPORT, WHICH 18:12:34:09 PROACTIVELY ADDRESSED AN ISSUE 18:12:36:01 THIS TEAM BROUGHT BEFORE THE 18:12:37:16 ASSEMBLY AND HELPED PRESENT A 18:12:40:00 FULLER PICTURE OF WHO WE ARE. 18:12:43:09 SO WHO ARE WE? 18:12:47:00 OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO DO WE 18:12:50:00 WANT TO BE? 18:12:51:15 I CALL ON EVERYONE HERE, 18:12:54:13 MYSELF, THE MEMBERS OF THIS 18:12:58:03 TEAM, THE DELEGATES AND 18:12:59:15 ATTENDEES, THE MINISTERS, LAY 18:13:02:13 LEADERS, RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS, 18:13:04:15 MUSICIANS, COMMITTEES, BOARD, 18:13:07:12 PRESIDENTS, AND ANYONE I HAVE 18:13:09:04 NOT NAMED. 18:13:11:04 LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO 18:13:12:12 REFLECT ON OUR OWN PRIVILEGES 18:13:14:21 AND DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING 18:13:16:09 OF HOW THOSE MAY MAKE IT HARD 18:13:18:10 TO SEE EACH OTHER. 18:13:20:21 IT IS HARD WORK BEING IN RIGHT 18:13:23:06 RELATIONSHIP AS A COMMUNITY OF 18:13:25:10 4,000. 18:13:26:19 BUT WE CAN. 18:13:28:21 I AND THE TEAM HAVE SEEN IT. 18:13:30:21 YOU HAVE SEEN IT. 18:13:32:18 WE CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE TO EACH 18:13:34:07 OTHER. 18:13:36:06 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE 18:13:37:24 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT 18:13:38:21 BEAUTY. 18:13:41:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:13:41:21 >> 18:14:04:10 >> THIS WAS JUST HANDED TO ME, 18:14:06:00 AND IT SAYS A SUGGESTION THAT 18:14:10:15 IT WOULD ONLY TAKE US A MOMENT 18:14:12:10 TO EXTEND OUR DEEP GRATITUDE 18:14:14:21 TO THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THIS 18:14:16:21 CONFERENCE CENTER WHO HELPING 132 18:14:18:06 US HAVE A FABULOUS GENERAL 18:14:19:22 ASSEMBLY. 18:14:21:00 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 18:14:21:21 >> THEY HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL 18:14:28:25 WITH US. 18:14:30:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:14:31:15 >> THANK YOU FOR THE USHER 18:14:33:03 TEAM AND THE SECURITY 18:14:33:27 PERSONNEL AND THE FOOD 18:14:35:13 SERVICES, FOR THE FOLKS WHO 18:14:38:00 HAVE CLEANED AND PREPARED 18:14:39:18 ROOMS FOR US. 18:14:47:10 I NOW CALL ON TOM LOUGHREY FOR 18:14:49:18 A FINAL CREDENTIALS REPORT AND 18:14:52:15 ANY FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS HE 18:14:53:13 NEEDS TO MAKE. 18:14:54:13 GIVE IT UP FOR YOUR SECRETARY 18:14:55:24 OF THE ASSOCIATION. 18:15:00:12 >> I'M CALLED WITH A LIST OF 18:15:02:13 ITEMS IN THE LOST AND FOUND 18:15:04:07 CONTINUES TO GROW. 18:15:05:12 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GRAND 18:15:07:06 GARAGE SALE SOMEWHERE. 18:15:10:13 THE FINAL REPORT ON 18:15:12:07 CREDENTIALING. 18:15:14:03 WE HAD, FROM MEMBER 18:15:15:21 CONGREGATIONS, 1,549 MEMBERS. 18:15:20:12 THIS INCLUDED 367 MINISTERS, 18:15:23:24 11 MINISTERS EMERITAE. 18:15:28:21 378 MINISTERS, TWO MASTERS 18:15:31:27 LEVEL CREDENTIALED DIRECTORS 18:15:35:22 OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, FIVE 18:15:39:03 DELEGATES FROM OUR ASSOCIATE 18:15:41:00 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, 23 18:15:43:01 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF 18:15:44:00 TRUSTEES, TOTAL DELEGATES IN 18:15:46:18 ATTENDANCE, 1,957. 18:15:52:15 THEY CAME FROM 581 18:15:54:15 CONGREGATIONS, REPRESENTING 18:15:55:21 ALL 50 U.S. STATES. 18:15:57:13 THREE CANADIAN PROVINCES, THE 18:16:01:06 DA, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND 18:16:02:18 PUERTO RICO. 18:16:03:09 TOTAL REGISTRATION INCLUDING 18:16:06:01 148 YOUTH, 3,880. 18:16:11:00 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:16:11:18 >> WE HAVE DONE THE WORK OF 18:16:12:21 THE ASSOCIATION, MADAM 18:16:13:25 MODERATOR. 18:16:14:15 >> THANK YOU, TOM. 133 18:16:16:21 >> WELL, ONE MORE MOTION. 18:16:23:19 IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE 18:16:24:15 PLANNING COMMITTEE? 18:16:25:27 >> GEE, WHIZZ. 18:16:27:00 WHAT MIGHT IT BE? 18:16:29:12 I MOVE -- 18:16:30:15 >> WHY DON'T YOU SING IT. 18:16:31:28 >> OH, BOY. 18:16:34:21 MOVE THAT THIS GENERAL 18:16:35:21 ASSEMBLY NOW ADJOURN. 18:16:43:00 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 18:16:43:15 >> IS THERE A SECOND? 18:16:47:18 >> SECOND! 18:16:48:13 >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 18:16:49:19 ADJOURNING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 18:16:51:15 VOTING CARDS. 18:16:53:12 THANK YOU. 18:16:53:21 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 18:16:57:16 YOU'RE CRAZY. 18:16:58:15 THE MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES. 18:17:00:00 I DECLARE THAT THE 2010 18:17:02:03 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 18:17:02:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 18:17:03:21 ASSOCIATION NOW STANDS, 18:17:06:07 FINALLY, ADJOURNED. 18:17:07:12 HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER. 18:17:09:03 I'LL HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU 18:17:10:24 IN PHOENIX IN JULY AND I WILL 18:17:13:04 SEE YOU IN CHARLOTTE NEXT 18:17:15:03 YEAR. 18:17:15:18 GO LOVED, GO WELL, BE LOVE. 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