Minutes of the Meetings -- July 27, 2006

Members Present:

                                Rev. David Ridge                   (DR)

                                Kay Johnsen                         (KJ)

                                Clarence Johnsen                  (CJ)

                                Patrick Sanders                    (PS)

                                Pam Denny                           (PD)

                                Jeff Graef                              (JG)

Checking in.

The meeting was called to order by at   6:02 p.m. by Pam Denny

Opening prayer by PD. 

Review of minutes of the last Board Meeting by JG.  Motion to approve as amended by KJ, second by DR.  Motion passed.  JG agreed to make the revisions and additions.   PS had two corrections to the May minutes.  A motion to approve was made by PD and seconded by PS and approved by all.  There was some discussion on what level of detail is appropriate in the minutes and if they should be published on the Internet. A motion was made by DR to continue to publish the minutes on the Web site.  The motion passed with one dissenting vote.  DR made a motion that he will review the minutes before final publication on the Web, seconded by PS and approved. 

Operating Statement & AUC Financial Report presented by DR.   Motion to approve by PS, second by KJ.  Motion passed.

Old Business

Promotion Committee brochure development this is on hold for a while until the message is developed and decided. 

Credit Card acceptance is ready to go today.  1.64% per transaction with no monthly fee and equipment bought used for $78. 

Jeff reported on attending a Raising More Money workshop recently and gave a report. 

PS discussed the church directory and will forward a format again to DR.

Outreach opportunities – Yellow Ribbon.  Walk for life Sept 17^th.  They will pay for the supplies for 100 breakfast burritos.  There would probably be a split of the profits.  This could be a good chance to connect with our potential constituency. 

Making a Difference Team projects house painting (Aug 12^th) and school supplies.  Next meeting Aug. 6^th.

Anne Polich is working on setting up for eBay sales.

The possibility of a live auction and dinner was discussed.

The possibility of another event at the Adams County Fairgrounds was discussed.  It was noted that the returns vary with the turnout. 

Outreach

DR said he had an offer of a tithe from a person in another state to help with the church.  He discussed with her the possibility of a study group.  There was some discussion about providing access to people to our classes via phone hookup and PowerPoint slides on the Web site. 

Newsletter

Newsletter was published and went out.

New Business

Spiritual Cinema projector.  A new projector would cost around $1,200. The current projector can no longer accept NTSC.  A DLT rather than an LCD would give us a better image.  JG made a motion that we seek a donor for a new projector. Seconded by KJ.  All were in favor. 

Facilities lease, DR said we need to decide by August.  The likely lease rate is $10.00 per square foot (an increase).  PS made a motion to ask the landlord to keep the rent at $9.50 per square foot.  DR seconded it.  All approved. 

Ad campaign and budget.  About 50% of the U.S. population has a belief in a spiritual presence but does not attend a church.  How do we get the message out to this population.  DR made a motion to spend $50 on 2 letters “un” in script (with a carat beneath) to create “un-church” on our sign. Second by PS. Passed.

PM made a motion that the Board set a goal to create a brochure by Sept.1. DR seconded it. It passed.

Tithes

New Tithe and seed churches.  The letter was distributed and discussed. 

DR passed out a list of tithe recipients for LWU.  There was some discussion on tithe distribution. 

PD made a motion to tithe 10% of our net income with 50% to Unity organizations and 50% to community organizations with half of the Unity organization tithe to one new church that meets specific criteria.  KJ seconded the motions.  All were in favor. 

Tithe recipients and amounts are Unity Village $482.50 and Alternative to Family Violence $482.50 for a total of $965.   

Other

PR Committee.  Amy Hendrickson has been picking up events from our calendar and transferring to Craigs list and spiritualeventscalendar.com.  In the week following, 13% of our Web contacts were from these sources. 

A tentative date for the PR Committee was discussed for the 20^th of August. 

DR made a motion to adjourn at   9:18 p.m.  All approved.  A prayer concluded the meeting.