Section 9.14. Transition Provision.

1. The amendments to Sections 6.3, 6.4(a) 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 8.3, 8.7, 9.1, 9.3, and 9.6(a) shall become effective at the close of the regular General Assembly in 2013.
    
2. (b) The amendments to section 6.4(b), 9.4, 9.6(b), 9.11, 9.12, and Rule G-9.13.2 shall become effective at the close of the regular General Assembly in 2012.
    
3. The terms of all trustees shall expire at the close of the regular General Assembly in 2013.
    
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.4., for elections at the regular General Assembly in 2013:
    
   1. The Board of Trustees shall appoint, not later than October 31, 2012, from among its current members, four members, for specified numbered seats, to each serve a two-year term beginning immediately after the close of the regular General Assembly in 2013. No member whose service on the Board of Trustees began prior to June 2009 shall be eligible for selection for such a term.
       
   2. The Nominating Committee shall nominate one or more candidates to run for election to each of seven additional positions: four positions with a one-year term and three positions with a three-year term. These candidates may or may not be current members of the Board of Trustees. 
       
   3. The Nominating Committee shall nominate one or more candidates for election to a three-year term as Financial Advisor.
       
   4. Candidates may be nominated by petition for the Board of Trustees or the Financial Advisor, as specified in Section 9.6.
       
   5. A report of the Nominating Committee shall be filed with the Secretary of the Association and be mailed to all certified member congregations, associate member organizations, and trustees on or before December 10, 2012.
       
5. For elections at any regular General Assembly before 2019, no trustee shall be eligible for nomination for a term that would result in more than six years of continuous service.
    
6. This transition provision shall automatically be deleted from the bylaws following the regular General Assembly in 2018.

Note

The 2011 General Assembly adopted changes to Sections 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 8.3, 8.7, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12, and 9.13 of the Bylaws and to Rule G-9.13.2 that will reduce the size of the UUA Board from 26 persons to 14 and change the process of election of trustees. Some of those changes became effective at the close of the 2012 General Assembly, and others will become effective at the close of the 2013 General Assembly. Those changes for 2012 and 2013 are set out here (PDF).