As was announced at the Congregational Meeting in December, ESUC is moving from a Staff Leadership Team (SLT) model of leadership to a Minister-led model of leadership. In the new model, all Executive Staff (director level) report to the Senior Minister (Reverend Maria Cristina) and the Senior Minister becomes the sole direct report to the Board.
Policy and Governance was tasked with updating the Church Bylaws and Board Policy document to reflect this change and to clarify the lines of accountability, boundaries of authority and provide structures for decision making. P&G is also taking this opportunity to reorganize the policy document into four key policy areas:
- How the Board will operate
- Authority given to Staff
- How the Board wants the Staff to use their authority and how not to use it; include subsections on personnel decisions, care of staff, care of members and guests, and care of resources
- How the Board and Staff will stay in communication, so the Board knows all is well.
The latest Board-approved draft of the Policy document will be provided to the congregation in the April timeframe. P&G is planning online meetings to provide congregants an opportunity to give input and to ask questions; this will be announced in the weekly blast from Nicole Duff. The Bylaw updates will be available in May, in advance of the June Congregational meeting. If you would like to contact P&G on these topics outside of the review meetings, please e-mail Karin Elofson, P&G Chair, at [email protected].