Fetch the Sacred Text!!! Roberts Rules of Order
There are two sacred text in UU and Sugarloaf in particular.
1st is the Ministerial Settlement Handbook which throws off sacred heat as I imagine the Ark of the Covenant would. The whole purpose of the book is to prevent you from having to say in front of a crowd: "Put down that tar, put away those feathers, put the pitch forks back in the barn and stop waving your torches near the parsonage!!!". It is most definitely in support of our UU Principle:
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations...
Our 2nd sacred text is Robert's Rules of Order. I was surprised to learn it was not written by a Unitarian Universalist but by an Officer of the US Army as a result of presiding over a church meeting during the Civil War -- close enough... At the very least U.S. Army Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert is yet another adopted Unitarian Universalist. Robert's Rules of Order is most definitely in support of our UU Principle:
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large...
And as anyone should have figured out by now: Democracy is Not Pretty!! But Consensus is Beautiful!!
Hence Rules have been adopted for conducting our meetings so there will be less chaos and more order: a cat herder's handbook...
The rules are both simple and complicated. Simple in the sense that there is a Motion made by a member to do something and after some discussion there is a Vote. Complicated in the sense that there are a fair amount of rules. An analogy can be drawn to football but I will save that digression for another time.
Here are two useful links regarding Robert's Rules of Orders.
Robert's Rules of Orders for Dummies Cheat Sheet
official Robert's Rules of Order Summary Version.
Yet another Robert's Rules of Order Cheat Sheet from Society of Civil Engineers -- Makes sense since General Robert was an engineer.
To decipher the For Dummies cheat sheet you can use the official Robert's Rules of Order Summary "The Rules" section.
Robert's Rules of Orders are cited in our By-laws. If you ever want to change our by laws to not use Robert's Rules of Orders you will have to follow Robert's Rules of Order and you will not have the votes...
Per our by-laws, for Congregational meetings the Board Chair of SCUU runs the meeting -- wields the gavel. A Parliamentarian acts as the referee interpreting Robert's Rules of Order -- without a whistle unlike in football. The Parlimentarian is not per our by-laws; it's just our custom.
A talking stick is our custom too; which enforces the Robert's rule:
No member can speak twice to the same issue until everyone else wishing to speak has spoken to it once!
Fun facts: General Robert developed the harbors of Green Bay... The church meeting General Robert presided over was at a Baptist church in New Bedford Massachusetts. It would have been better if it was a Unitarian Church in Massachusetts but what can you do...
1st is the Ministerial Settlement Handbook which throws off sacred heat as I imagine the Ark of the Covenant would. The whole purpose of the book is to prevent you from having to say in front of a crowd: "Put down that tar, put away those feathers, put the pitch forks back in the barn and stop waving your torches near the parsonage!!!". It is most definitely in support of our UU Principle:
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations...
Our 2nd sacred text is Robert's Rules of Order. I was surprised to learn it was not written by a Unitarian Universalist but by an Officer of the US Army as a result of presiding over a church meeting during the Civil War -- close enough... At the very least U.S. Army Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert is yet another adopted Unitarian Universalist. Robert's Rules of Order is most definitely in support of our UU Principle:
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large...
And as anyone should have figured out by now: Democracy is Not Pretty!! But Consensus is Beautiful!!
Hence Rules have been adopted for conducting our meetings so there will be less chaos and more order: a cat herder's handbook...
The rules are both simple and complicated. Simple in the sense that there is a Motion made by a member to do something and after some discussion there is a Vote. Complicated in the sense that there are a fair amount of rules. An analogy can be drawn to football but I will save that digression for another time.
Here are two useful links regarding Robert's Rules of Orders.
Robert's Rules of Orders for Dummies Cheat Sheet
official Robert's Rules of Order Summary Version.
Yet another Robert's Rules of Order Cheat Sheet from Society of Civil Engineers -- Makes sense since General Robert was an engineer.
To decipher the For Dummies cheat sheet you can use the official Robert's Rules of Order Summary "The Rules" section.
Robert's Rules of Orders are cited in our By-laws. If you ever want to change our by laws to not use Robert's Rules of Orders you will have to follow Robert's Rules of Order and you will not have the votes...
Per our by-laws, for Congregational meetings the Board Chair of SCUU runs the meeting -- wields the gavel. A Parliamentarian acts as the referee interpreting Robert's Rules of Order -- without a whistle unlike in football. The Parlimentarian is not per our by-laws; it's just our custom.
A talking stick is our custom too; which enforces the Robert's rule:
No member can speak twice to the same issue until everyone else wishing to speak has spoken to it once!
Fun facts: General Robert developed the harbors of Green Bay... The church meeting General Robert presided over was at a Baptist church in New Bedford Massachusetts. It would have been better if it was a Unitarian Church in Massachusetts but what can you do...
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