Comments on: ChaliceChick’s fixing UUA campaign and my thoughts http://boyinthebands.com/archives/chalicechicks-fixing-uua-campaign-and-my-thoughts/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: StevenR http://boyinthebands.com/archives/chalicechicks-fixing-uua-campaign-and-my-thoughts/#comment-18000 StevenR Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:02:39 +0000 http://www.universalistchurch.net/boyinthebands/archives/chalicechicks-fixing-uua-campaign-and-my-thoughts/#comment-18000 I thought it was pretty much what I expected - brainstorming. It didnt go far enough or deep enough, of course, probably because most of us do some other things during the week. I was surprised to see some folks thinking it was a attempt at revolution and the start of CC storming the baracades - or that it was an attempt by disgrunted folks to shut down UU (although one poster might just fit that description). Certainly if CC was a serious revoutionary, she would have her own revoluution website, right? (im sticking the extra U to help her come up with a cute name for it). One of the things that struck me that was said without being said, was that one of the concerns is indeed about spending money (that the association doesnt have) and the priorities for that money. Unless Im mistaken, its been almost 40 years since the UUA had big money (part of the problem in the early 70s was thinking there was still money when it was all spent). I saw on an UUA affliated group's website the belief that if we were serious about solving one problem, we would give away half the UUA money to another charity - which I thought would be a nice effective way to kill the UUA for good. It wouldnt have funds to even send email.....I note none of the ideas on Fixing UU were that drastic.... Of course, looking at the money then comes back to what role do we want the UUA to be, what is its function. And that's a big question. I thought it was pretty much what I expected - brainstorming. It didnt go far enough or deep enough, of course, probably because most of us do some other things during the week. I was surprised to see some folks thinking it was a attempt at revolution and the start of CC storming the baracades - or that it was an attempt by disgrunted folks to shut down UU (although one poster might just fit that description). Certainly if CC was a serious revoutionary, she would have her own revoluution website, right? (im sticking the extra U to help her come up with a cute name for it).

One of the things that struck me that was said without being said, was that one of the concerns is indeed about spending money (that the association doesnt have) and the priorities for that money. Unless Im mistaken, its been almost 40 years since the UUA had big money (part of the problem in the early 70s was thinking there was still money when it was all spent).
I saw on an UUA affliated group’s website the belief that if we were serious about solving one problem, we would give away half the UUA money to another charity - which I thought would be a nice effective way to kill the UUA for good. It wouldnt have funds to even send email…..I note none of the ideas on Fixing UU were that drastic….

Of course, looking at the money then comes back to what role do we want the UUA to be, what is its function.

And that’s a big question.

]]>