Business Calendar

Summer 2015

• Forms for submitting Business Resolutions and Amendments to Bylaws for GA 2016 Tentative Agenda are made available to congregations and districts (Rule G-4.18.1)

October 1, 2015

• Deadline for submission of Proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues to the Commission on Social Witness

November 15, 2015

• Annual Certification & Directory Update Process begins

February 1, 2016

• Deadline for receipt of proposed Business Resolutions and Amendments to Bylaws and Rules for GA 2016
• Deadline for congregations to complete online the Annual Certification and Directory Update in order to be certified for GA and to be eligible to send voting delegates
• Deadline for congregations to participate in the Congregational Poll on the proposed the Congregational Study/Action Issues for 2016-2020

March, 2016

• UUA notifies congregations of coming Assembly via Notice of Meeting (Rule 4.6.1).
• The Tentative Agenda is made available.

April, 2016

• Delegate credentials for General Assembly, election information, and absentee ballots are available for download by certified member congregations.

May 20, 2016

• Final Agenda made available to congregations

June 22-26, 2016

• General Assembly in Columbus, OH

Summer 2016

• Forms for submitting Business Resolutions and Amendments to Bylaws for GA 2015 Tentative Agenda are made available to congregations and districts (Rule G-4.18.1)

November 1, 2016

• Deadline for Multicultural Growth and Witness staff to prepare a Study/Action Resource Guide for the Congregational Study/Action Issue selected at GA in 2016.

November 15, 2016

• Annual Certification & Directory Update Process begins

February 1, 2017

• Deadline for congregations to complete online the Annual Certification and Directory Update in order to be certified for GA and to be eligible to send voting delegates
• Deadline for receipt of proposed Business Resolutions and Amendments to Bylaws and Rules for GA 2017

March 1, 2017

• Deadline for congregations and districts to submit comments regarding the Congregational Study/Action Issue selected in 2016 and the related resource guide to the Commission on Social Witness.

March, 2017

• UUA notifies congregations of coming Assembly via Notice of Meeting (Rule 4.6.1).
• The Tentative Agenda is made available.

April, 2017

• Delegate credentials for General Assembly, election information, and absentee ballots are available for download by certified member congregations.

May 22, 2017

• Final Agenda available to congregations

June 21-25, 2017

• General Assembly in New Orleans, LA