*Dear Fellow Travelers,*
*The Golden Gate Circle Society (the nickname of the San Francisco Bay Area
Urantia Society) is part of the international organization called The
Urantia Book Fellowship. Every three years representatives of the various
societies get together to problem solve ways to improve our mission and
make decisions about leadership. See this page for general information:
http://www.urantiabook.org/Community/general-council
<http://www.urantiabook.org/Community/general-council>*
*Next Thursday theTriennial Delegate Assembly (TDA) will convene just
before the Summer Study sessions at a conference center in the Chicago
suburbs. Dolores Nice and I will represent GGC's interests and elect new
members to the General Council.*
*There will be at least 3 resolutions to be considered; none (as yet)
promulgated by our society. We will be considering these however:*
*Resolution #1 GC Report to Membership : New York Society
(USGNY)WHEREAS; it is necessary to improve communication, engagement of
members and awareness of potential service opportunities, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the General Council email a draft of their meeting minutes to the
Fellowship's membership, no later than 4 weeks following each
meeting.Resolution #2 Jointly Sponsored UB Center : New England
(UBSCNE)Whereas in October, 2016, the Urantia Book Fellowship, and the
Urantia Association International jointly agreed in the Transition to Unity
Proposal to foster greater collaboration between both groups by "working
together on numerous projects,"andWhereas it would build spiritual unity
and help to achieve common goals to jointly develop a Urantia-based
center(s) which could potentially serve as a conference site,
an educational center for the teachings, a leadership training center, and
perhaps a prototype community of spiritual living,and Whereas such a
project would provide a wonderful opportunity to serve our spiritual
family,therefore,Be It Resolved, that the Fellowship explore with the UAI
the option of supporting such a center(s) to build spiritual unity in the
movement, further common objectives, and actively serve our spiritual
family.Resolution #3 Society IT Support : Grand Canyon Society
(GCS) WHEREAS; there appears to be a need for a number of societies to have
an in-house mentor with website designer experience who could be available
from the Fellowship to make a one day visit to the societies who request
it.andWhereas such a POC (Point of Contact) from the Fellowship enhances
the success of societies to have updated and/or new websites.Be it
Resolved, that the Fellowship explore the feasibility of creating such a
position for on call as requested by societies who meet the requirements to
be set by the Fellowship. Airfare expense to be addressed by Fellowship.*
*Please feel free to reflect, comment or debate the merits with us here
(and soon) as we will be discussing these items late next week. I see merit
in all three of these resolutions and look forward to the discussion.*
*emails to me directly can be made to: claudia.ayers@xxxxxxxxx
<claudia.ayers@xxxxxxxxx>*
*sincerely,*
*claudia ayers*
*delegate to the TDA*
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claudia ayers
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Soquel, CA 95073
831.462.4823 Home (leave messages here)
831.227.0049 Cell (not accessible at home)
