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The Moderator Nominating Committee has begun its search for candidates for the position of Moderator of the UUA. According to the Bylaws revision approved last year, the UUA Board of Trustees will nominate a candidate or candidates for Moderator beginning in 2013, and the Board has appointed a Moderator Nominating Committee to receive and evaluate the nominations. Here's the Call for Nominations (PDF), and the application for UUA Moderator.
2011 Elections
2011 was an election year. Fifteen committees and boards (below) had open positions.
The installation of newly elected servants of the Association occurred at the end of General Assembly 2011 Plenary VII.
Elected in 2011
- Board of Review—2 elected, 8-year term
- Denise Rimes—First Unitarian Congregation of Richmond, VA
- Rev. Jann Halloran—Prairie Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Parker, CO
- Board of Trustees (at large positions)—1 elected, 4-year term
- Rev. Clyde Grubbs—Arlington Street Church, MA
- Rev. Clyde Grubbs—Arlington Street Church, MA
- Board of Trustees—Youth Position – 1 elected, 2-year term
- Joe Gayeski—Unitarian Society of New Haven, CT
- Joe Gayeski—Unitarian Society of New Haven, CT
- Commission on Appraisal—3 elected, 6-year term
- Rev. John Cullinan—Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM
- Rev. Lynne Garner—Third Unitarian Church of Chicago, IL
- Rev. Mitra Rahnema—Gross Pointe Unitarian Church, MI
- Commission on Social Witness—1 elected, 4-year term
- Susan Goekler—UU Church of Kent, OH
- Susan Goekler—UU Church of Kent, OH
- General Assembly Planning Committee—4 elected, 4-year term
- Greg Boyd—UU Church of Harrisburg, PA
- Kathy Charles—Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, TX
- Nan White—Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort, SC and CLF
- Tim Murphy—UU Church of Indianapolis, IN
- Nominating Committee—3 elected—6-year term
- Chris Sims—The UU Church of Rockford, IL
- Rev. Danielle Di Bona—Arlington Street Church, MA
- Elnora Williams—Tennessee Valley UU Church, TN
Additional Information
- Information on Elections from the UUA Secretary
- Discussion of election topics can be found on the UUA Election-L email list.
For questions or information, contact the UUA Secretary, secretary @ uua.org.
2009 Elections
Presidential Candidates Covenant, April 2009
- Closing Ceremonies and Installation (Flash) of UUA President Peter Morales, Sunday, June 28, 2009
- Celebration of Candidates and Election (Flash), Saturday, June 27, 2009
- Candidates Forum (Flash) with Laurel Hallman and Peter Morales, Thursday, June 25, 2009
- Audio: Candidates' Forum (MP3) at UUA headquarters, April 17, 2009—read a transcript of this forum (Word) (PDF)
- Presidential Candidates Forum (Flash) at Mountain Desert District Annual Meeting, March 14, 2009
- Presidential Candidates (Windows Media) at the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women, Houston, TX, February 2009
- Audio: Presidential Candidates Forum (MP3 and transcript) with the UUA Board of Trustees, January 15, 2009
- Presidential Candidates Forum (Flash and transcript) at the New England Conference of UUs, Worcester, MA, October 18, 2008
- UUA Candidates Forum (print report, transcript, and video available), General Assembly, June 28, 2008
For more information contact elections @ uua.org.
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Last updated on Friday, July 29, 2011.
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