Updates

Results of Mini-Assembly 

Below are the results of the June 3, 2024 Mini-Assembly.  Approximately 240 people participated and voted on two amendments to the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

One amendment passed that allows the sponsor of a proposition the “last word” after the close of the Pro/Con discussion. This amendment will now be voted upon at General Assembly and must achieve support from 80% of voting delegates to become an adopted rule.

Amendment to Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure – Submitted by Mac Goekler: Gives the proposer 90 seconds at the end of the discussions to respond to any comments made from the Pro/Con lines.

• In Favor of Amendment: 272 (54.6%)
• Against Amendment: 228 (45.4)

The second amendment would allow more time for sponsors to present their proposal and significantly increase overall debate time for Article II amendments and Article II was defeated.

Amendment to Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure – Submitted by Katherine Hyde: Increases speaker time to 150 second; gives amendment sponsors 5 minutes to present their amendment; increases overall discussion time for each Article II amendment to 60 minutes; and increases the discussion time for the Final Article II Proposal to 90 minutes.

• In Favor of Amendment: 139 (27.2%)
• Against Amendment: 363 (72.3%)

Update on Jacksonville Statement

In a previous Discussion Post, we published a letter from the UU Church of Jacksonville, Florida in which they provided their well-considered rationale for not supporting the proposed Article II language. We then heard from several congregations that shared their congregation’s decision on Article II. Since the UUA controls all avenues of communications, we have no way to fully understand the sentiment within the denomination.

The data below shows there is some active participation in preparing for the Article II vote. We have relied upon “reporting of others” and can not independently confirm the accuracy of the data below.

• All Souls UU, Sioux Falls, SD 29 against, 0 in favor
• Blue Hills UU Fellowship, WI, against
• Boca Raton, voted against
• Clemson, SC, voted against
• Hartford, CT, 64 against, 1 in favor
• Park Forest, IL, 25 against, 0 in favor, 3 abstain
• Sandy Springs, GA, split vote 19 opposed, 21 in favor; four delegates will split their vote.
• Tampa, FL, 47 opposed, 10 in favor
• UU Church of Akron, against
• UU Gainesville, FL, 24 against, 40 in favor, 5 abstain

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