MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT The Board of Trustees held its second meeting for FY 2011 in August. We were pleased to approve a fundraiser proposed by Bobbi Penniman to provide self-sustaining micro-mini grants to be used for projects that “do good in the greater community”. Look out for more from Bobbi on this great initiative. We were fortunate also to approve a generous offer of a grant transfer from the Endowment Fund to start the drive to securing necessary funds for replacing our treasured piano that is on its very last legs, literally. The Board Task Force leaders on BuxMont’s Election Process, Marketing Plan and 50th Anniversary celebrations presented updates. We are on the path for real contributions to improving the way BuxMont functions internally and with the larger community. The newly formed Management Team has become fully operational in short order and has tackled and solved some important issues that would otherwise have waited a long time to be adequately addressed without the team’s effort. We reviewed our membership statistics and attendance history with a view to improving the way we attract and retain members. We routinely attract many new visitors and as a fellowship we have a lot to offer. We all need to actively seek out visitors during social hour and make them as welcome as we possibly can. Finally, we reviewed a preliminary Board Vision that embraces the tenets of the Fellowship Vision and is represented as Enriching Spirituality, Spreading UU Values, Building Resources, and Growing our Fellowship. We plan to ensure that our Vision is always clearly in front of us. We are a vibrant community in BuxMont so let’s make a special effort to participate fully, especially in our spiritually healing Sunday services. In unity, Aubrey McWatt President, Board of Trustees