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URANTIA BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors
18 January 2003

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Resolution adopting the provisional charter, provisional operating procedures and proposed bylaws, and empowering an editorial committee to finalise all documents

RESOLVED, That the Provisional Charter for Urantia Brotherhood Association d/b/a International Urantia Association (the ³Provisional Charter²) is hereby accepted as presented, and that an editorial committee consisting of Mo Siegel, Tonia Baney, Seppo Kanerva, Kathleen Swadling and Mindy Williams is authorised to finalise, with appropriate editorial changes, the Provisional Charter document, a Provisional Operating Procedures document which shall govern the implementation and ratification process, and proposed Bylaws.

Resolution adopting, endorsing, and recommending the provisional charter and provisional operation procedures

RESOLVED, That we hereby adopt, endorse, and support the Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures, and we hereby recommend to the membership of the International Urantia Association that they endorse and support the Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures.

RESOLVED, That the Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures shall take effect 1 March 2003, and shall remain in effect either until new Bylaws are ratified by IUA and the new Charter and Bylaws are adopted by the Board of Directors of Urantia Brotherhood Association or until 31 December 2004, whichever shall first occur. Ratification of IUA Bylaws occurs by the two-thirds majority vote of the members within a national association and the two-thirds majority of all national associations. Thereafter, the Charter and Bylaws must be adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of Urantia Brotherhood Association.

RESOLVED, That until new IUA Bylaws are ratified, the IUA membership organisation shall govern itself using the Provisional Charter, Provisional Oper-ating Procedures and the 1993 IUA Bylaws, provided that in the event of any conflict between the Provisional Charter, Provisional Operating Procedures, and the 1993 IUA Bylaws, the Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures shall supersede the 1993 IUA Bylaws.

Resolution empowering the Central Administration of Urantia Brotherhood Association D/B/A International Urantia Association

RESOLVED, That effective 1 March 2003, we do hereby fully legally em-power the IUA Central Administration, consisting of the officers and members of the International Service Board, the Representative Council, and the Judicial Commission, to act for and on behalf of the Urantia Brotherhood Association d/b/a International Urantia Association (hereinafter ³IUA²) according to the 2003 Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures. Any acts of the Central Administration undertaken in accordance with the Provisional Charter and Provisional Operating Procedures shall constitute the act of the IUA as fully as if undertaken by the Board of Directors of Urantia Brotherhood Association, except that any power to adopt, alter, or amend the Articles of Incorporation, the Charter or Bylaws is expressly reserved to the Board of Directors of Urantia Brotherhood Association. These powers granted to the Central Administration shall take effect 1 March 2003, and shall remain in effect through 31 December 2004 or until new Bylaws are ratified by IUA and a new Charter and Bylaws are formally adopted by the Board of Directors of Urantia Brotherhood Association, whichever shall first occur.

RESOLVED, That commencing 1 March 2003, the following individuals are appointed to serve these positions and terms according to the Provisional Char-ter and Provisional Operating Procedures. Thereafter, any vacancies on the In-ternational Service Board or Judicial Commission shall be filled in accordance with the Provisional Operating Procedures.

Officers of the International Service Board:
President:	Gaétan Charland (two years)
Vice-president:	Mike Wood (four years)
Chief Financial Officer:	Seppo Niskanen (two years)
Secretary:	Shirley Pelland (four years)
Communications Committee Chair:	Will Sherwood (four years)
Education Committee Chair:	Jeffrey Wattles (two years)
Membership Committee Chair:	Catherine Jones (two years)

Members of the International Service Board:
Charter Committee Chair:	Jerry Prentice (four years)
Conference Committee Chair:	Eddie King (two years)
Dissemination Committee Chair:	Rick Warren (four years)
Translation Committee Chair:	Travis Binion (two years)

Judicial Commission:
Chief Judicial Commissioner:	Nancy Shaffer (four years)
Judicial Commissioner:	Ralph Zehr (six years)
Judicial Commissioner:	Trevor Swadling (six years)

Representative Council:

The President and Vice-president of each constituent National Association of International Urantia Association shall, by virtue of their office, automatically be a member of the Representative Council, with their term of service on the Representative Council coinciding with their term of office within their National Association. The President and Vice-president of a local association in a geographic region where no national association exists may participate in the Representative Council as nonvoting members.

Resolution to transfer funds of Urantia Brotherhood Association D/B/A International Urantia Association to the Central Administration

RESOLVED, That effective 1 March 2003, all funds held on behalf of Urantia Brotherhood Association d/b/a International Urantia Association shall be transferred to the Chief Financial Officer of the International Service Board of Urantia Brotherhood Association d/b/a International Urantia Association.


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