Annual Meeting 2025

USSB Annual Meeting of the Membership
Sunday, June 8 at 11:30 AM in Person & Online

Annual Meeting Agenda

The Annual Meeting is a business meeting for members to vote on important ballot measures including our annual budget for the coming fiscal year and nominees for the Nominating Committee and Board of Trustees. It is also a time to celebrate our shared accomplishments over the past year, look ahead to next year, and be together in community.

Please join us for this business meeting and celebration on Sunday, June 8th, at 11:30 in Parish Hall, as well as live-streamed on the same link as Sunday service. 

To join online, click: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/96003638223 
Meeting ID: 960 0363 8223

Voting Information:

  • Members who have signed the membership book on or before May 8, 2025 and committed to an annual financial contribution are eligible to vote. (Members may also receive ministerial exemption from financial commitment.)
  • We will be emailing all members an electronic ballot. The ballot will be anonymous and secure. Should you not be able to vote via electronic ballot, there will be an opportunity to vote at the meeting. If you prefer to vote by mail and/or did not receive the electronic ballot, please call the office at 965-4583 or email Office Manager, Roberta Weighill
  • Members may vote by proxy. Each member attending the meeting may hold one proxy. Proxies should be dated, signed and state the name of the member to carry the proxy. Please contact the office for a proxy form.
  • The quorum for an annual meeting is one-tenth of the membership counted as present, voting by proxy or absentee ballot.

Official Voting Membership at Meeting Notice: 337
Quorum to conduct business: 10% of Total Membership: 34
The quorum to make additions or deletions from Agenda: 20% of Total Membership: 68

Ballot Items:

Adopt the 2025-2026 Fiscal Plan

Fiscal Plan – Click Here

Each year the congregation votes to adopt the following fiscal year’s plan. Below you will find a recording of our Town Hall meeting held on Sunday, May 25th at 11:30AM in Jefferson Hall, where we reviewed budgeted revenues and expenses for the coming fiscal year.

The Director of Administration is available to answer any budgetary questions you may have at any time. Please feel free to direct your questions to Erin Wilson.

2025-2026 Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee Slate of Candidates

The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following slate of candidates for the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee for the following terms. 


Nominees for the Nominating Committee:

Nominee for the Board of Trustees:

Questions

Should you have any questions regarding the Annual Meeting, Ballot Measures, virtual meeting information, membership status, or financial plan, please feel free to contact our Director of Administration, Erin Wilson.