Our church, like all UU churches, is autonomous and is self-governed by democratic process. Our Board includes four officers – President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Clerk – and three Directors-at-Large. Elections for the two-year terms are held annually.
Members of the Board:
- Gretchen L., President – president@melroseuu.org
- Mary H.,Vice President – vicepresident@melroseuu.org
- Randall G., Clerk – clerk@melroseuu.org
- John P., Treasurer – treasurer@melroseuu.org
- Lisa W. W., Director-at-Large
- Anne E., Director-at-Large
- Lee D., Director-at-Large
Committees of the Board & Committee Council
Our church has a Committee Council, which meets monthly to foster cross-collaboration of ideas and programs for some of the Committees in our community.
Committees of the Board attend board meetings and provide reports but do not have voting authority.
- Vincent R., Finance
- Dan F., IT
- Open, Property
- Brian J., Website
The Council consists of the chairs of the following Committees & two ministry teams:
- Mary H., Chair
- Jennifer F., Religious Education
- Ginger G., Susan D., Mary H., Pro-Democracy Team
- Eric L., Fellowship
- Paula M, Beth Y., Karen G., Racial Justice Team
- Karen G., Worship
Other Committees & Positions
There are several other active groups and several appointed positions that are not part of the council:
- Jim D., and Michael O. – Audit Committee
- Wendy M., Collector
- Erin H-A., Jim D., Barbara L. – Committee on Ministry
- Doug D., Don D., Mary D.- Nominating Committee
- Nancy N., Registrar
- Erin H. A., Cathy S., Patricia F., – Trustees of the Endowment
