Minutes compiled by Dean Fisher. The meeting was held by conference call.
Action items are identified for each agenda item. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are items added after the meeting by the writer.

1. The first order of business was to elect the officers of the organization per the by-laws. (Note: the 5 member board was elected at the CFUU annual meeting held at the UUA General Assembly in Cleveland in June, 2001.)

The results of the election of officers are as follows:
Dean Fisher - President
Jim Rice - Vice President
Dean Drake - Treasurer

*As the new President, I'd like to take a moment and thank Dean Drake for all of his hard work over the many years that the CFUU has been in existence. Dean founded the CFUU back in 1986 and has been its president from its inception until now. He has edited 39 issues of Sigma and written the bulk of its articles, has organized numerous successful events at the UUA General Assembly and manned CFUU booths at GA for hours on end, in other words, Dean has been the guiding light that has kept the CFUU going all these 16 years. I hope all the members of the CFUU will join me in offering Dean a hearty thanks for all he has done.

2. The Treasurers report was given by Dean Drake. The CFUU account currently has ???? Publication of Sigma costs about $300 per issue.

3. A discussion on other roles within the CFUU was conducted with the following results:

Dean Drake - Continue as Editor of the CFUU Journal, Sigma
Jim Rice and Cecil Bohanon - Communications/Advertising
Dean Drake - Fundraising

The communications and fundraising issues spurred some discussion and action items. It was determined that we need to increase our advertising within the UUA and conduct a membership renewal drive. Action items below.

A brief discussion about the website ensued. Dean Fisher suggested that the website needs redesigning and fresher content. Cecil Bohanon offered to help. Dean Drake suggested a higher profile "bookstore" for fundraising might help, adding book reviews from CFUU members. Further discussion will be needed off line.

The CFUU communications venues were noted as the CFUU Journal Sigma, the website, and our e-mail list. It was noted that the CFUU Journal, Sigma, is now a biannual publication rather than quarterly due to time constraints and lack of article submissions from others. Jim Rice offered to submit an article on Stem Cell Research, each member of the board was requested to submit a brief biography and photo for Sigma and the website.

Action:
Jim and Cecil - develop an ad for the UU World to draw new members, seek board approval for the ad and costs, place the ad.
Dean Drake - Membership renewal drive - create two letters, one for members that are paid up but coming due for dues, and one for those whose dues have lapsed for more than two years. This renewal drive may result in a trimming of our mailing list, we have 216 on the list, including 90 that have paid dues within the past two years.
Dean Fisher - Provide latest membership list to Dean D. for mailing, proposal for increasing membership levels for those that wish to increase their support of the CFUU.
Dean Fisher - Report to the board on the website traffic
Jim Rice - Submit Sigma article on Stem Cell Research
All board members - Submit Bio's and pictures for Sigma and website

4. Decisions were made regarding the upcoming General Assembly in Quebec (June 2002).
Volunteers to represent the CFUU were sought, Larry Landrum will host two CFUU sponsored events at GA, and Jim Rice is contemplating attending and supporting the CFUU events as well. The CFUU will not have a booth in the exhibit hall this year due to the heavy manpower demands.

One CFUU event will be an open discussion on the "Globalization" Statement of Conscience being targeted for adoption in 2003. This topic was selected in lieu of the "War on Drugs" SoC being adopted at GA in 2002 because the CFUU might be able to have more impact on the Globalization SoC.

The second CFUU event will be on the concept of Co-housing, a market oriented approach to building community that has involved lots of UUs. Larry Landrum, who is a leader in developing such a project in his home town, will organize the event.

It was suggested that Larry plan one of the events early enough in GA so that he can gather the CFUU members and supporters present for help in making the CFUU voice heard at the mini-assemblies on the various Statements of Conscience and Actions of Immediate Witness that will be amended in these mini- assemblies.

It was suggested that for GA 2003 the CFUU hire a "big name" speaker for an event. GA 2003 will be in Boston and the attendance is likely to be huge by GA standards, possibly as high as 10,000. A designated leader for this effort needs to be identified. A CFUU Booth will likely be of value for the 2003 GA.

Action:
Larry - Submission of description on GA events to Dean D. for event applications
Dean D. - Submit GA event applications prior to due date
Larry & Jim - Plan and host events (*with report back to the membership following)
TBD - plan the 2003 GA event, select and hire speaker

5. A discussion on the role and message of the CFUU within the UUA was held.

Suggestions for the UUA role were:
- offer a better way to achieve the common goals on social action, recognizing that the goals are the same but that the methods differ between UU's of different political views
- offer the view that UUism is a religion, not a political organization
- articulate a vision of UUism as Classical Liberalism instead of modern day Political Liberalism
- articulate that the Left-Wing has twisted Liberalism into an agenda that defies classical liberalism principles, that the current direction of Political Liberalism is a dead end and that the CFUU can help bring them back
- not to use the term "Marxist" due to the negative reaction from Political Liberals that don't like their ideology being accurately identified

Since this discussion is likely to be a long one, the board decided to take it to the CFUU board e-mail list.

Action:
Dean F. - initiate the discussion with the board by e-mail

6. A set time for quarterly board meetings was decided to be the first Tuesday of the month on the first month of the quarter.

*The schedule for the coming year is therefor:
Tuesday, April 2
Tuesday, July 2 (may need to move due to the holiday???)
Tuesday, October 1
(all at 9 PM Eastern, 8 Central)

Other meetings can be conducted on an as needed basis, and by e-mail.

The meeting concluded at 10:00 PM Eastern time, ON TIME!

Much thanks to the CFUU board for a productive and enjoyable meeting.