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Congregational Meeting

2007-06-24 12:30
2007-06-24 14:30

The Board and Trustees (the committee that looks after the major decisions about church assets) feel that it's important to have the meeting before the summer holidays start in earnest, because depending on what the congregation decides, there may be important work that needs to get done over the summer. This is a “general meeting" with legal status, like the Annual General Meeting held in February. It is regrettable that it takes place on Pride Day, when many want to get away and join the celebrations, and when others have already left for vacations. The Board acknowledges that there is never an ideal time for Congregational meetings. For background information on the motion, please >>see here<<.

The meeting will take place right after the regular Sunday worship service, in the sanctuary itself.

Motion

Whereas the Board of Trustees and Lancer Metropolitan Corporation (Lancer) have agreed on a series of amendments to the existing lease agreement under which Lancer will develop the northern portion of the property of Metropolitan United Church (MUC), said amendments being as outlined in the document tabled at this June 24 Congregational Meeting titled “Proposed Amendments to the Existing Lease Agreement between Metropolitan United Church and Lancer Metropolitan Corporation", we the members of Metropolitan United Church assembled at this properly constituted Congregational Meeting hereby

  1. approve the said amendments,
  2. direct the Board of Trustees and the Official Board to obtain the approval of Presbytery for the said amendments, and
  3. direct the Board of Trustees to proceed with the negotiation and finalization of an agreement incorporating the said amendments with such appropriate modifications thereto as are deemed necessary and advisable by the Board of Trustees and our legal counsel.

Vote

Unlike some corporate entities, the United Church doesn't allow voting by proxy (i.e. giving a letter to someone to vote in your place, usually with an indication of how your vote as a member should be cast. >>click here<< for a link to the United Church 2007 Administration Manual, and consult appendix III, on page 254.). In order to have your vote count, you need to show up. Because Met also allows adherents to vote, you could send a representative, who would come in person to cast your vote, but that person would probably be an outsider rather than a person involved in the church (because, logically, if they are involved in the church, they will be casting their own vote and not yours).

 

 

 

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