Minutes
Board of Trustees
First Unitarian Society
Madison, Wisconsin
September 20, 2006
7:00
p.m.
Lower
Meeting House
Present:
Officers:
Laurie Joiner, President-Elect
Pat Anderson, President
Tom Detmer, Secretary
Sue Radtke, Treasurer
Alan Knox, Past President
Council Trustees:
Kathy Luker
John Mathis
Nancy Kosseff
Jim Christensen
Ministers:
Michael Schuler, Minister
Kelly Crocker, Associate Minister
Staff:
Leslie Ross, RE Administrator
Wendy Cooper
Susan Koenig, Church Administrator
Visitors:
Craig McComb, Capital Campaign Co-Chair
Brian Hellmer, Treasurer of FUS Foundation
Paul Stephan, Facilities Planning Committee
Doug Mitchell, Facilities Planning Committee
Janet Stonecipher, Music Committee
Ann Smiley, Friends of the Meeting House
Kurt Stege, Facilities Planning Committee
March Schweitzer, Facilities Planning Committee
Jim Jaeger
CALL TO ORDER
After an
opening and chalice lighting, Nancy Kosseff, Pat
Anderson called the meeting to order at time 7:05 p.m. and reviewed the agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A MOTION to approve the August 16, 2006 by . Nancy Kosseff was present so amend the minutes. Motion CARRIED.
DISCUSSION OF JOURNEY TOWARDS WHOLENESS
Wendy Cooper summarized the purpose of the committee to work towards fighting racism. There should be minimal budget impact at the present. We will wait until next month when Minton Brooks is present to discuss this item further.
Jim Jaeger has asked for pulpit announcers from the Board for the year.
UPDATE ON NEW FACILITY PLAN CHANGES
Susan Koenig introduced the latest version of the facilities design. Susan reviewed the basic areas of the plan e.g. contemplative versus classroom. There is a new future addition area that more directly allows for future expansion when needed and allows for the possibility of adding space now if fund raising is better than initially projected.
Kelly provided more details on how to expand classroom space, particularly as need arises if we grow rapidly in the near future. John Mathis is going to teach a course on astronomy for middle school kids. This will take advantage of our outdoor open spaces. The education hall is for parents and children to mingle in an area that is near the auditorium but avoids the direct conflict of space.
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
Craig McComb provided an update on the progress of the capital campaign. We are making good progress and we are now revising the capital campaign goal up to $5 million.
The cost was increased after the plan was more specifically priced out in detail. The financing has been extended to make it more feasible and to help meet the increased cost.
The tradeoffs in cost versus fund raising were discussed. There was some discussion of what features could be cut back if it is necessary to save costs. It was the consensus of the board that the green features of the building are critical to keep. The geothermal well is much more expensive than anticipated and it may not be feasible based on cost and its payback economically.
PARISH MEETING RESOLUTION
The resolution was presented for use with the stipulation that Pat Anderson and Laurie Joiner have the authority to slightly adjust the dollar amounts used in it to reflect accuracy of the costs and the budget. A MOTION was made to approve the resolution with the stipulation. The motion CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by
to adjourn. CARRIED
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes by, Tom Detmer, First Unitarian Society Board Secretary
EXHIBITS
- August 16, 2006 minutes
- Building plans as of September 20, 2006
- Financial balance sheet and income statement for August, 2006
- Financial projections for the capital campaign
- Parish meeting resolution
EXHIBITS
- Operating statement August 2006 (Excel file)
- Short Balance Sheet August 2006 (Excel file)
