This online format is difficult to navigate. Hang in there!
Tim has offered an excellent explanation. This online forum is quite difficult to navigate. I appreciate everyoneās efforts to engage with these important topics - both around the by laws and around other calls to action such as this one.
Soā¦I watched the video on how to do, more or less, GA on the official site. Itās too bad something like this isnāt explained. Lots of people end up being delegates that have no experience, let alone all the non-delegates attending for the first time. I am going to suggest you bring this to the attention of future GA content creators. Iām not going to because Iām not sure I understand this anyway.
(Posted in wrong place I think)
So, going by that metric - would the amendment you proposed be better suited/stronger as an AIW? Because, it calls - understandably - for action on a congregation/community level towards other congregations/communities? It would be self-directed at that level, not officially involving the UUA?
(Thank you, again, for continuing this conversation in good faith.)
My amendment is a call for the UUA and fellow UUA congregations to support other UUA congregations/orgs in oppressive parts of the country. To me thatās telling the UUA what action to take, not telling the wider country what to do.
In terms of the overall business resolution: Weāve done a lot of AIWs on gender identity in the past. But itās time we had one aimed within UUism, which a business resolution does.
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Can we indicate states and communities that engage in oppression or oppressive activities instead?
To state āoppressive statesā appears too undefined. and I find problematic its use as an adjective.
(just as to advocate for, for example, " they are a person/patient experiencing cancer rather than identifying āthey are a cancer patientā with cancer as a descriptor)
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Frankly I donāt know why the UUA board isnāt answering these questions and instead relying on a former board member just trying to make an amendment to explain the process for everyone. But Iām leaving denominational leadership for a reason!
Thank you for all of your work, Tim. JoAnn
Hi JoAnn. So itās too late to edit the amendment. However this is one I would have accepted as a friendly amendment. It gets to the same idea and principle as mine.
This is a rephrasing I would have supported, had it been a friendly amendmentā¦I think that was the main crux of my concern (and the further discussion for me has been trying to process/reconcile that while also adjusting to the format).
I want to thank everyone for voting! Both amendments passed this first hurdle with around 90percent in favor. Even if you didnāt vote in favor of the amendment I still thank you for engaging in our Democratic process.
But nothing has actually changed yet! I believe this means that we can now present the amendments during the business session later in GA when we are talking about the business resolution.
Iād appreciate your support then too! And Iād appreciate you helping make sure we have time to talk about the amendments during the general session discussion. Thanks again everyone and Iāll be back as we get closer to GA in late June!
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6/7/2024 Update: This Amendment did receive enough support during the Mini-Assembly to be considered during General Assembly.
In Favor of Amendment: 439 (89.8%)
Against Amendment: 50 (10.2%)Detailed results can be viewed on: https://uua.simplyvoting.com/
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6/12/2024 Update: This Amendment was incorporated by the Board of Trustees. The Business Resolution has been updated to reflect this.
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