Minutes According to Everyone Else

Nominating Committee recommended that Monthly Meeting withdraw the appointment of (RantWoman) to Worship & Ministry Committee. They have given prayerful attention to this matter and respectfully requested not to divulge details. They labored with Worship and Ministry and Oversight Committees during the process and have been in dialogue with RantWoman regarding their discernment.

RantWoman spoke to the painful issue of being asked to resign. Her concerns included mentoring and orientation of new members to W&M, accessibility issues such as the need to receive documents by email for reading ahead of meetings, and conflict resolution skill development. The ideal committee has members who feel heard by each other, work together as a team, and give specific feedback to each other when things are not working well. (RantWoman) feels that she has heard of problems from others on the Committee only recently. She asked that the matter be held over for further resolution within W&M.
Discussion: the issue of accommodations for people with disabilities needs to be more central at UFM. The clerk of Oversight made a commitment to see that conversation and work around this issue begins soon. There was affirmation of (RantWoman) as a valued member of the Meeting with valid concerns and needs. More information and education could be given to Committee members about the process of working on and clerking committees. After education is provided, then the clerks and committees have to be free to do their jobs as they best discern. In discussion centered on W&M it was felt that the other members of the Committee had no more energy left to work out the problems presented by the current membership of the committee. One friend commented that the situation sounded like a family with broken hearts.
The withdrawal of (RantWoman) from Worship and Ministry was



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