Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Charge to the Healthy Congregation Committee

Charge:

The responsibilities of the Healthy Congregation Committee (HCC) are to:

• Help to improve the culture surrounding conflict so that ERUUF approaches conflict in a healthy way that encourages openness, respect, communication, healthy debate and collaboration. This effort may include but will not be limited to providing conflict mediation and to providing healthy communities training to the Board of Trustees (BOT), staff, committees and ERUUF as a whole including children.
• Be a resource for ERUUF members and friends to manage ERUUF related conflicts and complaints in a healthy manner.
• In the rare event that disruptive behavior must be addressed, work expeditiously to evaluate, address and manage the disruptive behavior according to the Conflict Mediation and Disruptive Behavior Policies and recommend, to the BOT, any Board actions that need to be taken.
• Recommend policies on conflict mediation, complaints, and disruptive behavior to the BOT Governance Committee. Any policy changes are subject to approval by the BOT.
• Summarize all written complaints and HCC activities in a report to the Congregation, providing an abstract of events while following privacy considerations.

HCC Members:

Members of the HCC will include a minimum of three members of the congregation. In addition,, and a Minister will serve on the committee as a voting ex-officio member. Training for the HCC team shall be identified as an expense in the budget.

Conflict of interest

As defined in CM2 of the Conflict Mediation Policy, the HCC members may find that they cannot be impartial concerning an issue brought to the HCC. If this is the case the member will excuse him/herself from participating in the issue.

Consensus Process

The HCC will strive to make decisions by consensus. If two thirds of the HCC decide that an immediate decision must be made, they may revert to voting. A two-thirds majority is then necessary for any action.

Election:

The nominating committee, in consultation with a Minister, will nominate candidates for the HCC. The nominations must be approved by the BOT and the candidates elected by a vote of the congregation. To be nominated for the HCC, a candidate must be a member of the congregation in good standing. The ex-officio minister will be appointed by the lead minister who may appoint her/himself.

Term:

Each member will serve for three years. Terms will begin on July 1 and end on June 30.

Members may return to the team after one year off. The terms for the ex-officio members are one year with no limit for the number of consecutive terms.

The BOT may appoint interim members to the committee as needed if the workload becomes too great, if an HCC member must recuse him/herself from an issue or if an HCC member resigns. Interim members will serve for a term not exceeding one year which expires on June 30. If the HCC team is actively resolving a conflict that extends past June 30 in a given year, to ensure continuity, HCC team members who are engaged in the resolution of the conflict, may remain on the HCC team, with approval of the BOT, until the issue is resolved.

Change history:

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 3/16/2010

Amended on 12/21/10, 9/19/11, 11/16/21