CUUPs is disaffiliated from the UUA

[kallistii]

It seems that The Covenant of Unitarian-Universalist Pagans has had it's Independent Affiliate Status renewal rejected by the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Read more here:

http://thelivelytradition.blogspot.com/2007/05/independent-affiliate-mystery.html

Comments

[qorinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be curious to see if this is just this guy's opinion or if it really does happen.... *goes to look on the national CUUPS site*

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

'At its most recent meeting, the UUA Board rejected the applications of 15 of the 17 organizations who were re-applying for Independent Affiliate Status. I have read elsewhere that the board voted as follows. I have not been able to find the minutes online -- I suppose that they are still in process."

This is the person reporting this, not stating an opinion....

[qorinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. The UUA site still has them listed as an affiliate.

A friend of mine, last I heard, was the president of the National CUUPS organization, and he is a UU minister, so this will really be upsetting the apple cart, I would imagine.... I am thinking of writing to him to see what else I can find out.

[qorinda.livejournal.com]

My friend got back to me on all of this. This is from his email:

"It's not a rumor: the UUA board did not grant CUUPS independent affiliate status in the coming year. It didn't grant IA status to *any* theological group (Christians, Buddhists, Humanists, etc) nor to other groups either. They've changed the criteria for IA status -- they're looking for groups to build coalitions of common interest so that the UUA can be in more effective relationship with the various groups. For example, all the theological interest groups could form an organization that promotes theological study and support for congregational theological work. All the groups that deal with issues of gender and sexuality could group together. The UU camp and conference centers have already done this, creating one organization that works with the UUA, rather than the whole mess of them trying to do it independently.

The process for this change hasn't been communicated well, and has left a lot of people feeling like they were the only group "kicked out." In reality, that's not the case. It's just a major institutional change that was done less than clearly. CUUPS, in fact, has been in close conversation with people at the UUA, and we've been repeatedly and sincerely assurred that this is not a strategy to remove us or any other theological group. It's just change done imperfectly."


So, there you have it. Sounds more like they are just calling it something different.

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a real f*ckup of communication.

If they are going to change the structure of the church, I would *think* that it would be something you communication with all the member of the church, first to get feedback, and second for the ramifications to be explained!

ttyl