Delegates must register for GA  and have these options for participation:

• Multiplatform In-person: access to in-person and online GA programming, including workshops, worship services, the Ware Lecture, featured speakers, opening and closing celebrations, exhibits, entertainment, and networking
• Single-day In-person (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday): participate in that day’s General Sessions in person, and any or all General Sessions online
• Multiplatform Online: access to online GA programming, including workshops, worship services, the Ware Lecture, featured speakers, opening and closing celebrations, exhibits, entertainment, and networking
• Business-only Online: Business-only registrants will have access to delegate discussion spaces but will not have access to GA programming or the GA app

Obtain a delegate credential from your congregation. Member Credentials are issued to certified congregations electronically and can be distributed to member delegates by email. Professional credentials (i.e., REs and Ministers) are non-transferrable and sent directly to individuals. If you are missing a credential, use the self-service portal to request help or replacement.

Contact your congregation and request that your credential information be re-sent to you, or use the self-service portal to request help or replacement.

Delegates are not required to register for General Assembly in order to vote in UUA Elections. Election balloting is conducted online and is available to both GA-registered delegates and to delegates who are only casting election ballots, and not otherwise participating in General Assembly. Delegate credentials will provide access to online balloting.

Most (not all) Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations are certified. Check to see if your congregation is certified.

All certified congregations have one member delegate for every 50 members (or fraction thereof), with a minimum of two member delegates.

The following religious professionals serving, affiliated with, or employed by certified congregations may also be delegates:

• Ministers (including called, contract, interim, extension, or developmental minister) who are in fellowship (preliminary or full) with the UUA, and employed at least half-time by a certified congregation.

• Community ministers who maintain active involvement and affiliation with a certified congregation and work at least half time in any ministry setting.

• Emeritus/a ministers designated as such by a vote at least six months prior to General Assembly, at a meeting of the certified member congregation they were settled/employed by.

• Religious educators who are Active members of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) and employed by a certified congregation.

• Emeritus/a religious educators designated as such by a vote at least six months prior to General Assembly, at a meeting of the certified member congregation they were settled/employed by.

More about how delegates are determined.

An alternate is a member of the congregation designated to replace a member delegate at GA, if necessary or desired. If a member delegate must withdraw before or during GA, contact delegatesupport@uua.org to remove the resigning delegate from the credential. You may re-assign previously distributed member delegate credentials to an alternate delegate in the Credential Manager.

Every congregation decides how to select member delegates. All delegates must be voting members of the congregation.

There is no special category for “youth” delegates, but youth may be delegates so long as they are members of the congregation.

The relationship between a congregation and its delegates is determined by the congregation, not the UUA. There are no guidelines in the UUA Bylaws governing individual congregations. So, if a congregation wants to instruct its delegates, it can.

Use the GA Delegate Credentials Form to get help.