UUAHP Steering Committee
Minutes,
First Unitarian Society
NEXT MEETING:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,
Attending: Bob
Adherhold (FUS),
Presiding: Bob Aderhold
The minutes of the previous meeting were distributed and approved.
The treasurer reported a balance of $22,710.17 (unchanged from last month).
Direct Service
Habitat for
Humanity (
The October project with Congregations Building Communities (CBC) has been completed. Bob A. will contact Carol Koepp to get particulars on the extent of UUAHP participation. More workdays are scheduled, as follows: 11/11, 1/19, 1/21, 2/16, 2/18, 3/16 and 4/13. Please note that these dates do not correspond to any dates posted on the UUAHP web site. Check with your local coordinator.
The dollhouse raffle is coming up on December 15. In the meanwhile, the dollhouse is on display at some UU churches.
Hands-on opportunities for working with Person to Person were discussed, in light of Leila Erlandson’s presentation last month. Those who have dealt with PTP have had very positive experiences.
Public Policy
Jim Scheibel has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the UUAHP Annual Meeting, but the date has not been set yet.
The Jewish Community Action interfaith series on the affordable housing crisis, “Building Bold Solutions for Affordable Housing” were discussed. The next two programs will be on January 9 and January 30. FFI contact Mary Jane Mitchell at 612-824-8296.
Jo Haberman distributed the agenda from the
We are still in need of a representative to the Minnesota
Housing Partnership. The housing summit
“Homes for All” will be held on November 15 from
Councilwoman Lisa Goodman has agreed to champion the Minneapolis Housing Trust Fund in the Minneapolis City Council. It was reported that the Fund may not get the requested $10 MM immediately, but there will be some funding soon.
The Metropolitan Council is attempting to have the LUPA
lawsuit dismissed. There will be a
hearing on November 13 in
The bus tour of supportive housing sites will be rescheduled for Spring, 2003 when CSH staff will be available on a weekend day.
Funding No report
Publicity
Please visit the web site at www.Unitarian.org/UUAHP. A number of possible items to be publicized were discussed. Bob A. and Ron D. will collaborate on a monthly news release to be sent to each UU congregation in time to be included in monthly newsletters (we hope). A link to the Minnesota Housing Partnership Bullet-in will be published bi-weekly on the listserv and on the web site.
Along with having a UUAHP contact in each congregation, a suggestion was made that each congregation have an affordable housing bulletin board where relevant articles, pictures, H4H work dates, etc., can be posted. Jo H. will send copies of the UUAHP contact list to Bob and Ron.
Strategy
The relationship between the UUAHP and the Twin Cities UU
Social Justice Network (UUSJN) was discussed at some length. Issues such as identity and autonomy,
publicity, communications, and governance were thoroughly aired. In due course, Mary Ewald moved that the
UUAHP go forward with affiliation with the interim UUSJN. Seconded by Lois Hamilton. Passed unanimously. The interim UUSJN will hold an organizing
meeting on
Email listservs on Yahoogroups were also discussed. It was agreed that the general UUSJN would have a distribution list separate from the UUAHP list, as would each of the current UUSJN subgroups. People can voluntarily join as many groups as they want, but no one will be included on a list involuntarily.
Respectfully submitted,
Ron Dueltgen
Brevet Secretary