Bylaws Renewal Team

Key Responsibilities

• Whole-System Review - Review the bylaws for coherence, clarity, and alignment with UU theology, governance practices, and current realities
• Identify outdated assumptions and areas of unnecessary complexity or constraint
• Support integrated, system-wide renewal rather than incremental fixes

Skills Needed

• Systems thinking and strategic perspective
• Understanding of UU values and governance, with a specific focus on the UUA’s bylaws
• Experience in nonprofit governance, policy, or organizational design
• Ability to engage across difference with an equity lens
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Comfort with iterative, discernment-based work

Terms and Term Limits

• Term Length - 3 years
• Term Limit - 2 terms of 3 years, each

Time Commitment

• Meetings - 2 meetings per month, 1 hour each
• Stakeholder sessions - multiple per year, determined by the task at hand in any given year
• Writing - writing of new bylaws as well as other writing tasks - 1-2 hours per month
• General Assembly - 5 hours to prepare for it and attendance at each GA is required

Additional Information

The Bylaws Renewal Team is accountable to the Board of Trustees, which determines final proposals to General Assembly and guides the Team’s work. This is a time-limited, focused effort grounded in UU values and aimed at creating adaptive, mission-aligned governance for the future.