{"id":2782,"date":"2009-03-24T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T02:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2009-03-24T21:22:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T02:22:19","slug":"conversation-on-uua-election-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=2782","title":{"rendered":"Conversation on UUA election continues…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a post a week or so ago on the upcoming election for the new president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), and in the past couple of days there have been three or four new comments that I think are worth reading. Start here, and keep reading down<\/a>. Feel free to continue that conversation over there….<\/p>\n

What’s going to be really interesting to watch between now and the election at the end of June is this — will the candidates have anything to say about the dire financial realities of the UUA? The financial crisis has hit the UUA hard, and from what I hear, UUA staff are slashing the budget right now, before the fiscal year has even ended — yes, things are that bad. I’m sure there will be little room for the new UUA president to start any new initiatives; instead, the new president will have to cut budgets, tighten belts, and lay off staff. Given where the economy is going, it will continue to get worse for at least a year.<\/p>\n

So here some questions I want the UUA presidential candidates to answer: (1) Contemporary non-profit management requires increased efficiency because expenses for staff are rising faster than revenue; so what will you do to increase efficiency at the UUA? (2) A true fiscal conservative looks at both revenue and expenses; so in addition to cutting costs, how will you work to increase revenue? (3) One of the things many non-profits are doing these days is using more volunteers, and using them more effectively, especially considering how many Baby Boomers are retiring right now; so how will you work to extend the work of the UUA through volunteers?<\/p>\n

That’s what I want to ask the UUA presidential candidates right now. What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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