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Board Meetings
Dates and locations of future PSD Board meetings are below, and dates are included on the PSD Calendar.
PSD congregation members are welcome to observe meetings and/or to contact Board members to express an opinion on a topic to be discussed by the Board. To listen in on a Board conference call, registration is required.
Agendas
for meetings will be posted (see links below) about a week before the meeting.
Minutes
Minutes of board meetings will be posted on this page when available (approximately a month after the meeting).
Registration to listen to a Board conference call
Conference calls will include an online visual component. You must be reigistered to receive the call in phone number and web address.- To register send an email with your name, congregation, and the date of the meeting you want to observe to the PSD President, Kathy Burek, kpburek [at] comcast [dot] net.
- To see the documents being discussed as well as hear the conversation, you will need a phone line and a computer with high speed Internet access.
- The phone number and access codes for the call will be sent in a confirmation email to those registered.
- The web address for the call will be sent by email before the call begins.
- Only one computer can be connected to the meeting per registration. Several people may participate from that one connection by gathering in one place and watching on the one computer that is connected.
- There is no charge to register, but there may be long distance charges on your phone bill.
- Registration will close at 4:00 PM on the Thursday before a Saturday meeting.
Hosting a Board Meeting
If your congregation is invited to host a Board meeting, here are the Board’s expectations.
Board Meetings
2012
- Saturday, December 8, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, November 10, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, October 13, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, September 8, 2012 by conference call
- Friday through Sunday, August 24-26, 2012 in person, location to be determined
- Saturday, August 11, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, July 14, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, June 9, 2012 by conference call
- Saturday, May 12, 2012 by conference call
- The Board Reading Packet including the agenda. It is a PDF containing 23 pages.
- Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13, 2012 in Bloomington, Minnesota
- The Board Reading Packet including the agenda. It is a PDF which contains 39 pages.
- Draft Minutes 4-13-2012
- Saturday, March 10, 2012 by conference call
- The agenda for March 10 is:
- Appointment of Vicki Pratt to complete the vacant Board Secretary term ending on June 30, 2012
- Decide if the PSD Board will endorse the UUA Trustees’ proposed Responsive Resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery
- Minutes 3-10-2012
- Saturday, February 25, 2012 conference call
- Register to observe (Registration is closed)
- Board Reading Packet with agenda
- Board Reading Packet Part 2
- Minutes 2-25-2012
2011
- November 12, 2011 Conference Call
- Register to observe Registration is closed.
- Board Reading Packet which includes the agenda
- Minutes November 12, 2011
- August 19–21, 2011 in person meeting in Dubuque, Iowa - Agenda
- June 4, 2011 Conference Call - Agenda
- April 7–8, 2011 at First Unitarian Church, Des Moines, Iowa - Agenda
- February 26, 2011, Conference Call 10:00 AM (Topics: UUA Proposal on District Financing and PSD Budget)
- January 25, 2011, Conference Call 7:00 to 9:00 PM (Topic: Policies on Monitoring Reports) Meeting canceled.
2010
- December 12, 2010, Conference Call, 7:00 to 9:00 PM (Topic: Review Ends Policies)
- November 13, 2010, Conference Call, 10:40 AM to 2:15 PM with break for lunch (Topic: Policies on Executive Limitations plus other Board business)
- October 15, 2010, Conference Call, 7:00 to 9:00 PM (Topic: Policies on Board Governance)
- September 22, 2010, Conference Call, 7:00 to 9:00 PM (Topic: Policies on Board-Staff Relations)
- August 20–22, 2010 at Shalom Hill Farm near Windom, MN - Agenda
- April 22–23, 2010 at Unitarian Church, Davenport, IA - Agenda
2009
- Agenda for November 13–14, 2009 at Dakota UU Church, Burnsville, MN
- Agenda for August 21–23, 2009 at Shalom Hill Farm near Windom, MN
- Agenda for April 2–3, 2009 at UU Congregation, Duluth, MN
2008
2007
2006
Executive Committee Meetings
With the move to policy governance, the Board no longer has an Executive Committee.
2011
- June 4, 2011
2010
- July TBD, 2010 Conference Call
- Agenda June 9, 2010 Conference Call
- Agenda June 2, 2010 Conference Call
2006