Week 10 (board Meeting) Michael

Michael Berens
Week 10 replacing Week 3 (Board Meeting)
03/24/04
Board meeting

I attended Exit 59 Church on Sunday, the meeting Lasted for 2.5 hours
The decision making process for Exit 59 utilizes Roberts rules of order. It. looks like this;
Suggested item, someone seconds it, then discusses. Finally there is a vote on the subject by hand.

There are dozens people on the board at different times. All the church staff is included in that circulating group of board members. There are main people that attend every month. Jeremy Dillard who creates the agenda and Lisa Crandall who keeps the minutes.

Because Exit 59 looks a little different the board runs a little different. Only really big issues ever make it to the board. The big things usually deal with large sums of money or large program start-ups. This week there happen to be a large program start up.

A new missions department is opening up at out church and a new missionary was to be approved by the board to join the program. Everyone was in accord for her to be approved and for the new missions department to pass. Chris Demarse told me that this is usually the case, but people can disagree depending on the subject matter. Chris also told me that at these meetings feelings could be shared because it is definitely like being in a family rather than a business. After a motion, second, discussion, and a vote, the person was accepted to the missions department. After that the group discussed how to accept more people into the program. They were also trying to figure out how to make the process easier in the future.


I learned that if a church runs like a family it makes everything seem friendlier. I can see that passions can run high if everyone is a brother or sister, so that could lead to over zealous fights. I did not see that here, but I could see that since feelings are shared, feelings can be hurt. It works for this church, but I cannot imagine it working in a different setting. Robert’s Rule of Order help the process of feeling sharing and opinions more faster.