Expanding the Board - Dedicated Tea Time

Expanding the Board: Dedicated Tea Time February 6

We'll dedicate a brief portion of our Tea Time on Feb 6 to a congregational vote about incoming board members. At a V&M congregational meeting last Fall, the community embraced a new board structure that would expand the size of V&M’s board and create two new subcomittees - Programming Team and Operations Team. In addition to the 5 currently serving board members (Chad-Henry Goller-Sojourner, Brian Park, Dr DeAnza Spaulding, Kelle Rose, Yasmin Ravard-Andresen) and 1 temporarily paused board member (Tiffani Jones), the conveners and board have vetted and nominated 3 new additional board member candidates: Adrienne Papermaster, Matt Smith, and Tim Hanstad.

Traditionally, we have a vote of the congregation on these board members at a short congregational meeting after service. These aren’t meant to be competitive elections, more of a chance for the congregation to meet/see/hear these individuals and for an up/down vote to occur, and for these folks to receive the affirmation and welcome of the community. If anyone has concerns about a candidate, feel free to reach out to one of the Conveners (Rev Sekou and Rev John) in advance of the meeting.