Business & Social Witness
General Assembly (GA) 2018 occurred in Kansas City, MO, and on live-streaming video from June 20-24.
The General Assembly is the annual business meeting of the denomination. General Assemblies make overall policy for carrying out the purposes of the Association and direct and control its affairs. Voting at each regular and special General Assembly shall be by accredited delegates from certified member congregations, certified associate member organizations, and trustees.
The business to be transacted is set forth in the official business agenda and daily alerts from the Commission on Social Witness.
- Annual reports to the General Assembly
- Final Minutes (PDF, as approved by UUA Board November 2018)
Wednesday, June 20
- General Session I
Video and Script- Review and Adopt Rules
- Honoring our Ancestors
- Introduction: Chaplains
- Introduction: Right Relationship Team
- Introduction: Safety Team
- GA Accessibility
Thursday, June 21
- General Session II
Video and Script- Preliminary Credentials Report
- Covenant and Beloved Community
- Right Relationship Team Report
- Introduction: GA Planning Committee
- Introduction: Youth Caucus
- Introduction: Young Adult Caucus
- Recognition of Emerging Congregations and Covenants
- Commission on Social Witness Report
- Public Witness with Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
- Co-Moderators’ Report
- Promise and the Practice of Our Faith Report
- Financial Advisor’s Report
- Presentation of UUA Budget
- Commission on Institutional Change Report
- Board of Trustees Report
- Business Mini-Assembly 1
Video- Congregational Linkage
- District/region updates
- Social witness process
- Business Mini-Assembly 2
Video- Voting for religious educators
- Change to principles and purposes
- Youth Trustee
- Proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues Mini-Assembly
Video
Friday, June 22
- General Session III
Video and Script- Preliminary Credentials Report
- Covenant and Beloved Community
- Right Relationship Team Report
- President’s Report
- Beacon Press Report
- Introduction: International Guests
- Presentation: Distinguished Service Award I
- Presidential Search Committee Report
- Commission on Appraisal Report
- UU Women’s Federation Report
- Presentation: Angus MacLean Award
- Rules and Process Review
- Business Mini-Assembly 3
Video- Committee terms
- Co-Moderator roles
- Gender-neutral pronouns
- General Session IV
Video and Script- Consider Congregational Study Action Issues
- Annual Program Fund Report
- Legacy Society Memoriam
- Consider Bylaw Amendment Article II, Section C-2.1. Principles, Line 26, changing women and men to people
Result: this amendment passed. - Consider Bylaw Amendment creating Section 6.16 Congregational Linkage
Result: this amendment did not pass.
Saturday, June 23
- General Session V
Video and Script- Right Relationship Team Report
- Rules and Procedures Review
- Consider Bylaw Amendment Section 4.8 addressing Voting for Religious Educators
Result: this amendment passed. - Consider Bylaw Amendments establishing Youth Trustees
Result: this amendment passed. - Discussion and Vote on Actions of Immediate Witness
- Presentation: Distinguished Service Award II
- UU Service Committee Report
- UU College of Social Justice Report
- Panel Discussion: Religious Professionals of Color
- Special Collection for UUA Equity, Inclusion and Transformation
- Consider Bylaw Amendment regarding Gender Neutral Pronouns
Result: this amendment passed. - Consider Bylaw Amendment regarding Committee Terms (Section 7.2)
Result: this amendment passed. - Consider Bylaw Amendment regarding Co-Moderator Roles (Sections 8.8 and 9.11)
Result: this amendment passed. - Consider Bylaw Amendment regarding District/Region Updates (Section 4.4)
Result: this amendment passed. - Motion to admit Actions of Immediate Witness to Final Agenda
- Instructions for General Session VI small group conversations
- Candidates Forum
Video - General Session VI
Discussion Prompts- Discussion: Together We Are Called
Sunday, June 24
- General Session VII
Video and Script- Consider Bylaw Amendments regarding Social Witness Process Timeline (Sections 4.12 and 4.16)
Result: this amendment passed. - Election for Board of Trustees, Nominating Committee, and Moderator
- Discussions Report: “Together We Are Called”
- Consider Bylaw Amendments regarding Social Witness Process Timeline (Sections 4.12 and 4.16)
- General Session VIII
Video and Script- Installation of Elected Trustees and Nominating Committee
- Installation of Co-Moderators
- Presentation: President’s Award for Volunteer Service
- Consideration of Actions of Immediate Witness
- Responsive Resolutions (if any)
- Right Relationship Team Report
- GA Spokane 2019
- Final Credentials Report
- Recognition of all who made GA possible