At our Annual Meeting held on Sunday, May 22, 2022 the members present voted to adopt the 8th Principle, which reads:

The members of the UU Congregation of Cleveland covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.

Congratulations to UUCC! Many thanks to Nancy King Smith, the Racial Justice Leadership Team, and the many other members of the congregation who led and participated in studying this issue.

Other news from the Annual Meeting
– Our quorum for a congregation meeting is set at 20% of the membership, so we needed 60 members present for the meeting. The actual number of members in attendance was 98

– Dawn Arrington, Barbie Jones and Mark Weber were elected to the board of trustees for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2022, ending June 30, 2025.

– Laurie Albright and Caryl Yoo were elected to seats on the Leadership Development Committee for two year terms beginning July 1, 2022, ending June 20, 2024.

– The 2022-2023 Budget was passed as submitted by Finance and the Board.

– The minutes of the 2021 meeting were accepted as submitted.

– Outgoing Board Members Laurie Albright, Lou Salza, David Kantor and Tadd Pinkston were recognized and thanked for their work.

– Shane Millette, who is stepping down from his role as chair of the Finance Committee, was recognized.

All of the documents from the meeting can be found attached to this agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqSNg78KMCc9GYEhCRLpd_JzYyeHH_wdJYFiWvVBy2o/edit?usp=sharing

Minutes from the meeting will be posted within the next month.