board meeting minutes - 02/15/04

The Spindletop Unitarian Church board of directors met February 15, 2004 at 9:00am.

The following members were present:

Corky Cullins

Cathy Allen

Tom Harlan

Jeff Pittman

Ria Lhis

Karen Corwin

Tom Capo (ex-officio)

The following members were absent:

Sharon Colbert

Oscar Murphy

Mike Conn

Jo Woody

The meeting was called to order by Corky Cullins.

The chalice lighting was conducted by Tom Capo.

Previous minutes from December were approved by unanimous vote.

Previous minutes from January were approved by unamimous vote.

The minister's report was next received by the board, to include the following:

An activity summary.

Proposed minister's plans/schedule.

New budget letter from the minister.

The treasurer's report was next received by the board.

Remaining committee reports were waived with exception of the grounds committee, which presented a status report on the lawnmower and proposed the need for weed-eater/brush trimmer purchase.

New business was next considered by the board to include the following:

The proposed budget was discussed at length and approved by unanimous vote.

Jeff Pitman's resignation from the board was accepted.

The need to ammend the church by-laws to make provision for a smaller board of directors was discussed at length. The consensus of the board was that a special congregational meeting should be held according to the by-laws for this purpose and plans toward that end were put into effect.

The use of the church's 501(c)3 status for obtaining parade permits for the upcoming STOP protest march was discussed. The consensus of the board was that it would be inappropriate for the church's name to appear on such a parade permit.

No further new business presenting, the board next addressed old business to include the following:

The status of planning for the upcoming skills auction was discussed.

The church rental contract form was approved by unanimous vote.

Ongoing church rental to former CKS personnell for Sunday night services was approved by unanimous vote. The board further approved modification of the terms of the rental contract to reflect the ongoing nature of the rental and a rate of $35.00/night rental for a period of three months.

PAST rental of church on April 3rd tenatively approved pending execution of written rental contract.

No further old business presenting, the chalice was extinguished and the meeting adjourned.