editor note: Being an Alternative Youth Board Rep did not sit well with Anna Brewer, so she lead and got passed the amendment below to create the current system of TWO co-youth reps:   This is the only time a youth rep has put through a bi-law amendment.

Notice of Proposed Bylaw Changes to be voted upon at the Annual

Meeting of Unirondack, Inc. October 12, 2013 at 10am

Changes/Additions are bold and in red type.

Notice of Proposed Bylaw Changes to be voted upon at the Annual

Meeting of Unirondack, Inc. October 12, 2013 at 10am (P. 2)

Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

Devin Hollands

VICE PRESIDENT

Phil Lewin

TREASURER

Mark Evans

SECRETARY

Renee Panetta

MEMBER AT LARGE

Michael Bikales

MEMBER AT LARGE

Lauren Hunt

YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE

Ben Havey

ALTERNATIVE YOUTH REP

Anna Brewer

Executive Director

Daniel Gottfried

Summer Camp Director

Kris Fiore

Winter Address: Unirondack, P.O. Box 795, Nyack, NY 10960 Phone: 845-675-9001 Tax ID: 16-0917160

Summer Address: Unirondack, 8722 Unirondack Road, Lowville, NY 13367 Website: Unirondack.org

ARTICLE IV Board of Director

Section 3:

Current

. In addition, a Youth Representative or alternate, chosen in a free vote of Ballou 2, becomes a voting member of the Unirondack Board

of Directors, in accordance with limitations of New York State law, for a term of one year. In the

event of the death, incapacity to serve, or resignation of any Director, a successor shall be

elected by a majority of the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the

term.

Proposed

The Board of Directors (except the Youth Representative) shall be elected by the voting

members of the Corporation at the annual meeting. There shall be elected nine (9) Directors of

the Corporation (not including the Youth Representative), three of whom will be elected each

year, each for a term of three (3) years. At the expiration of any term of three (3) years, any

Director may be reelected for one additional term only.  In addition, two (2) co-Youth

Representatives, chosen in a free vote of Ballou 2, become voting members of the Unirondack

Board of Directors, in accordance with limitations of New York State law, for a term of one (1)

year. The co-Youth Representatives will share one (1) vote; in the event that only one (1) co-

Youth Representative is in attendance at any meeting, said co-Youth Representative will vote

on behalf of both co-Youth Representatives. In the event of the death, incapacity to serve, or

resignation of any Director, a successor shall be elected by a majority of the Board of Directors

to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the term.

Joyce Gilbert <jtGilbert@frontiernet.net>

Feb 5, 2013, 4:21 PM

to Richard, Mark, me

Lucille Smith was the RE director in Little Falls (not Utica) and then worked at Syracuse University.  From SU she invited international graduate students to be on staff at Unirondack for the World Citizenship Camp(s), usually one person each year.  The international student sent recipes from his/her country to the camp cook, who did her best to create and serve several of the dishes during camp.  Note that "camps" were 2 weeks long - as were kid camps at Ferry Beach.  They were really RE extensions. 

Joyce

On Feb 5, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Richard Gilbert wrote:

Mark, I do know about the World Citizenship Camp at Unirondack - as does Joyce.  It was developed by Lucille Smith, who was the DRE at Utica until she became the educational consultant for the NYS Convention of Universalists.  Howard Gilman, NYSCU Superintendent, was also involved.  There was a deliberate effort to create a camp that was inclusive re. race, ethnicity, religion, nation, etc.  The staff recruited reflected that variety.  The age-range was 13-15.  There were UU kids, plus kids from the Onondaga Reservation south of Syracuse, from NYC, from the Dominican Republic, from upstate, among other places, and, I think, some international exchange students.  A good many scholarships made that possible.  I was personally involved in 1954-55?? as a staff member and in 1959 and 1960 as Program Director.  It was a rich experience.  I'll cc Joyce in on this and she can further elaborate. Both of us have served as Chair of the Unirondack Board and she can put you in touch with Devin Hollands, who has some information on history.

David Cole, as you probably know, is dead.  His widow Iska, is alive, and you can reach her at iskacole@gwi.net.

We are well, though I am going in for hip replacement surgery February 20 and will be semi-laid up for a couple of months.  I have a new book of meditations out and another one soon to follow - collecting material from my days on Winton Road.  I am working on two RE books, one, an historical anthology, is about to go to the publisher.  The other, my RE philosophy, will follow in a few months.  Meanwhile, President of Interfaith Impact of NYS and of the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association (when do we welcome you and Donna?) - and grandparenting keeps me busy.  Joyce is the uber-volunteer with NYSCU, FISH, Universalist Church Choir and chair of the music committee.  We attend there now.  I am doing a UU Poetry Slam of UU poets on whom I have preached as an auction fund-raiser.  We are two seventy-something hyperactives, but generally enjoying life!

Have I sent you my poem and sermon on Selma? I think I've sent you most of my civil rights, etc, sermons.   I'm sure you have been in touch with Dick Leonard and Gordon Gibson on this.

Best to Donna.

Dick

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Mark Morrison-Reed <markmr@hotmail.com> wrote:

  Dear Dick,

I hope you and Joyce are well and your family, too.

I am sitting a M/L reading old Universalist Leader in the May 1954 there is a picture of a camp at Unirondack. "World Citizenship Camp of Junior High Youth" Aug 1 -14. There is a picture with 15 kids and 3 look African-American.  It also says it has members forom South American, england, Holland... Japan.  You would have been out of junior high by then, since I also came across a report on the 1955 Biennial that said you were a monitor, but do you know anythig about the camp.