Hello and welcome from your 2023-2024 Nominating Committee

The current Nominating Committee

Front row: Julie Grice, Barbara Fields, Ingrid Gjestvang (co-chair), Alison Richter
Back row: Eloise Eccles, Jo Ann Foor, Alison Jakel, Laura Jones (co-chair), Mark Turpel

The Nominating Committee annually identifies candidates for the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee by inviting referrals, conducting interviews, and supporting leadership development, so that the church will maintain leadership to provide diverse, relevant talents and capacities in support of our church mission and ends. Nominating Committee candidate recommendations, as well as self-nomination petitions are voted on by Church members as part of the annual congregational vote in the spring of each year.

Are you interested in a leadership position (on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Committee) at First Unitarian Church?

We’d like to talk with you!

Transparency, diversity

First Church strives to create a community which is welcoming to all and transparent in its selection process. Further, it recognizes that to achieve this, Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee representatives should be as diverse as possible and that the process for selecting candidates must work diligently to seek out candidates which reflect a diverse composition of age, ability, gender, sexual orientation and gender expression, race and ethnicity.  For a detailed statement of our reasons for seeking diversity in church leadership, click Here.

Your help in this endeavor is most welcome!  The Nominating Committee is always seeking names of potential leaders to serve on the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee. If you, or anyone you know might be interested in being considered for service, please send your/her/his name and contact information using the form below.

Want to Learn More?

• About the Board of Trustees – click Here
• Board of Trustees Job Description – click Here
• Nominating Committee Q&A –  click Here
• Nominating Committee Timeline – click Here
• Bylaws pertaining to Nominating Committee  – click Here  (See Article V, Nominations)
• Nominating Committee Policies – click Here

Self-Nomination Petition Process

A First Church member also may be directly placed on the annual church ballot for a Nominating Committee or Board of Trustees position by petition.  Individuals who wish to self-nominate may submit a petition with their name and the signatures of 5 percent of the voting members of the church.  For the spring 2022 ballot, this means 45 signatures (five percent of the the January 2022 member census of 900) of church voting members.  Petitions with all signatures must be received in the church office no later than April 29, 2022  Below are the petition forms

Questions?

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