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Members: please mark your calendar and plan to attend our multi-platform (in-person and online) Annual Meeting of the Membership, scheduled for Sunday, June 11, 2023, from noon to 1:30 p.m., following our 10 a.m. worship service. This is an important meeting that requires 10% of our voting members to attend to reach quorum. Please make time to join us and be a part of this important congregational process.

Lunch will be served outside under the tent between worship and the annual meeting and all are welcome.

Friends and non-members are welcome to join us for the annual meeting as observers.

LOCATION

The Annual Meeting will be held in person in the Sanctuary and the meeting will also be live-streamed in meeting mode on Zoom for verified members and on YouTube for non-member observers. 

AGENDA

This year’s business includes: presentation of and vote to approve the proposed 2023-2024 Budget, election of members to the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board, and Nominating Committee, a review of the 2022–23 church year, and a look ahead.

• View the Meeting Agenda
• View the Slate of Candidates

REGISTRATION

Advance registration is requested/strongly recommended for members joining us in person and required for members joining us on Zoom. All members, regardless of plans to attend in-person or online, should register here.

Friends/non-members are welcome to join us to observe the meeting in person or view the livestream on YouTube and do not need to register.

CHECK-IN AND VOTING

Those joining us in person will need to check in and verify their active membership status in order to vote. Advance registration allows membership to be verified ahead of time and avoid the membership verification line at the meeting. Everyone who registers will receive a personalized meeting link after registration (pending verification of membership status) that will allow them to join the Zoom meeting and vote, and you’ll automatically have the option to attend either in person or on Zoom. 

A reminder that per our bylaws, only voting members (members in good standing) can vote at the annual meeting. There are two requirements to be a voting member: 1) you need to have officially joined the church,  and 2) you have made a pledge or gift in any amount to the current or upcoming annual operating fund or have a ministerial waiver. Please contact Rev. Arif Mamdani at 612-825-1701 ext. 124 or arif@firstuniv.org to inquire about a waiver. 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE ATTENDEES

Online Zoom attendees will vote using the Poll feature in Zoom. Therefore, each member needs to have their own device for voting – you can use a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. If you live in a household with multiple members, please have each member register separately, and attend the meeting from their own device so that every member can vote individually.

After registering and once your membership has been verified by staff, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing information about joining the Zoom meeting. Please save this, as you’ll need your personalized credentials to access the Zoom meeting on June 11. 

MEETING MATERIALS

• View the Meeting Agenda
• View the Slate of Candidates
• Annual Report 2023

This is a time when we celebrate a year of growth and challenges and conduct the business of this church that only church members can do. We need a quorum to conduct the meeting – please give us the gift of your time so that we may complete this work!

Thank you,

Daryn and Matt

Daryn Woodson, President, Board of Trustees
Matt Keller, Secretary, Board of Trustees

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