<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif">Being a Universalist, I can assure you that there is (or will be) a special place in heaven for any UU who was able to prevent the birth of yet another committee. After all, most of are committed to reproductive freedom and the right of congregations to birth or not to birth a committee (which leads me to the serious request that you remember Proposition 5), and here was the perfect opportunity and you rose to the occasion.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D.</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:finnerstephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">finnerstephen@gmail.com</a><br><div>(802) 598-4317 (cell) (802) 461-2528 (home-wifi)</div><div>27 Highland Avenue, Apartment 3</div><div>Barre, Vermont 05641</div><div><br></div><div>Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury Vermont UU Congregation</div><div>(he, him, his)</div><div>"There must always remain in everyone's life some room for the singing of angels" Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman</div><div>"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through" </div><div>Steve Finner (1998)</div><div>"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within" Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B.</div><div>And just in case you were wondering <font color="#1c1e21" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">"Faith without works is dead" James 2:26<br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 9:59 AM Lani Seifert via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">Hello all,</span><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Thursday evening we had a zoom meeting for anyone interested in offering input on the music committee. </div><div style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Discussion included:</div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><ul dir="auto"><li style="font-size:1rem">The need for better communication to the congregation at large about the choir, to include recruiting more (and younger) members. This would also include regular newsletter blurbs, maybe biweekly or monthly. </li><li style="font-size:1rem">Making the choir and music program in general much more visible (and findable) on the UCM website. Right now you really have to be determined enough to search through several layers to find choir info! Not Good! We need to toot our own horn!</li><li style="font-size:1rem">Help with keeping the music organized and filed.</li><li style="font-size:1rem">Someone (or ones) to organize the Zoom alternative choir rehearsal. This may need to be initially set up by one of the IT volunteers, and then "turned on" each week by a choir member. The purpose of this is to allow choir members to rehearse from home <i style="font-size:1rem">with the choir rehearsing in person</i> in the event of bad weather/driving or illness. Donia did this on a smaller scale in December when some choir members were ill. We'd like to improve on this.</li><li style="font-size:1rem">Someone to help choir members with Zoom logistics</li><li style="font-size:1rem">Create ways to celebrate, social events and special projects, etc.</li><li style="font-size:1rem">invite folks not in the choir to join the committee<br></li></ul>The general consensus last night was that an official "standing committee" was not required or desired, but perhaps a list of folks willing to volunteer for specific tasks would be better.</div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">If anyone has comments or additions to this list, we should have time to discuss it after rehearsal today.</div></div><div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Lani</div>
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