President’s Letter — June 2006

Fellow UU’ers,

This is it, the last letter that I will write for the newsletter as the President of your Board of Trustees. After 2 years I have reached my limit, my term limit that is. I will be stepping down as President and on June 4th after our Annual Meeting the new Board of Trustees will meet and elect new officers for the coming fiscal year. I will have another year left on my term as a Trustee and will serve if that is the wish of the new President.

It has been an incredible experience for me to be able to work with the members of the Board of Trustees over the last 2 years. The dynamic, respectful and invigorating discussions that we have had at our meetings always left me energized and excited. The support that I have received from the membership over my presidency has been humbling and overwhelming. When I was first elected President I told Jim that I wasn’t sure that I could do the job. As I am finishing this second year I know now that I couldn’t have without the support and hard work of the Board of Trustees and the membership.

In the past year we have accomplished quite a bit. We have written the Name Use Policy, Policy on Policies, refined the Fundraising Policy, and the Newsletter Policy. We were able to finally get the Committee on Ministry up and running, as well as take steps toward our financial health as a congregation by making sure the Stewardship Committee has the resources it needs to accomplish their task. There have been several other accomplishments and developments over the year and I will try to cover them at the Annual Meeting on June 4th. But I want everyone to know, and I have said this repeatedly, that we couldn’t have done any of this without the support, dedication and contributions of all of you in the congregation. I thank you all for the opportunity to be your President and for the incredible experience of the past two years. It has been an honor and a privilege to be able to stand up in front of the congregation and say that I was the President of the Board of Trustees.

Thank you all for what you do.

Be Safe,
David Morkal
President Board of Trustees