Ohio Meadville District Board
The district's business is managed by an elected Board of Trustees. Below you will find the names and contact information for the board executives and trustees and the congregations and committees each board member is a liaison to. You can read summaries of past board meetings, or download the summaries as a pdf file, which requires Adobe Acrobat to view. In addition, the Annual Reports are available as a pdf file for downloading. Other information, such as the board covenant is provided so congregants in the district can see how the board chooses to work together. The board operates using a set of by-laws approved by the district's congregations and a set of policies and procedures. You can find copies of these documents by visiting the policies page. To email any of the board members, click on their name.
Please note, we are in the process of transitioning from a pastoral style board to a program style board. As part of that transition, most committee liaisons are now either a staff member or an officer of the board, which are listed below. Trustees serve as liaisons to congregations.
Under policy 2.8.1, the OMD may join groups to allow us to network and create alliances. We are currently members of the following groups:
- Ohio Council of Churches - affiliate status
- West Virginia Council of Churches - informal cooperative relationship through our Charleston Congregation clergy.
- Pennsylvania Council of Churches - information cooperative relationship with their Social Justice office.
- Equality Ohio - cooperative relationship through the District Executive
Executive Committee
Please note that liaison assignments will be made at the Board Retreat in July.
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Phil Reed, President (4/12)
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Debra Boyd - Vice-President (4/12)
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Melinda McDowell - Secretary (4/11) |
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Ward Kelsey - Treasurer (4/11)
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Trustee Liaisons
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Rev. Matt Alspaugh (4/13) |
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Charles Applebaum (4/12)
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Sharon Eckert (4/13) |
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Rev. Rose Edington (4/12)
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| David Petras (4/13) |
YAC Liaisons to the Board, they are liaisons to the Youth Adult Committee.
UUA Trustee
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Rev. Susan Ritchie (6/13) |
Board Meetings
Board meetings for the 2010-2011 year have been scheduled for:
- May 1, 2010 - conference call
- July 9-11, 2010 - Board Retreat at Kenyon College
- remaining dates will be set at the board retreat
Summaries
Summaries of past year's board meetings are available here. You can download the summary as a pdf file, which requires Adobe Acrobat to view, or you can read the html version. If you want to view older meeting summaries, please click here to visit the board archive page.
June 2009 Board Retreat ~ pdf ~ html
Annual Meeting 2009 ~ pdf ~ html
2008-09 Annual Report pdf only
Board Covenant
We, the Ohio-Meadville District Board, come together in faith to envision possibilities, enable action for our communities, and respect and empower our professional and lay leaders. We pledge to be good stewards of District resources and engage our membership to foster spiritual and congregational growth.
In accepting these responsibilities, we covenant to:
- Listen deeply and speak honestly
- Be prepared, thorough and candid in our commitments
- Respect and allow space for diverse points of view and working styles
- Encourage risk-taking and innovation by the board within the District
- Be forgiving
- Practice self-care
- Work toward consensus
- Have hard conversations
- Speak with one voice
Finally, we pledge to take our roles, and not ourselves, seriously and leave time for fun and fellowship.
Approved June 14, 2009
