Unitarian Church of Atlanta – Meeting Minutes, Feb 12, 1907 (Finance, Attendance, Collection AUA)

Atlanta, Ga., February 12, 1907

Regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees held this evening at the residence of Mr. J.C. Peck.

Present: Chairman Peck and Messrs. Moore, St. Amand, Francis and Harding.

Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.

Treasurer submitted his report which was read, approved and ordered spread on the minutes as follows:

Receipts
In hands of Treas. Jan, 1, 1907 (cash ) $15.33
Receipts from Jan. 1, 1907 to Feb. 12, 1907 $190.37
Disbursements
Receipts from Jan. 1, 1907 to Feb. 12, 1907 $184.71
Amount in Hands of Treasurer (cash) $20.99

Assets in hand of Treasurer:

 Notes $62.50
Check (to be used later) $46.25
Total $108.75

The Clerk reported attendance for the past 3 Sundays as follows:

Jan 27th – 57
Feb 3rd – 61
Feb 10th – 65
Total – 183
Average – 61

On motion of Mr. Francis, Easter Sunday was designated as the Sunday that a special collection be taken up for the church’s contribution to the American Unitarian Association and it is the desire of the Board in answer to the appeal of the A.U.A. that $50.00 be raised and should the collection fall short of the fifty dollars, the difference be made up.

On motion Mr. St. Amand was requested to notify President Samuel A. Eliot of the intention of the church of the contribution the church proposes making under the recent appeal issued.

On motion of Mr. Francis, the Board of Trustees recommended to the church that in future in selecting delegates to Conferences or other Conventions that said delegates be recommended for appointment by a nominating committee appointed by the church previous to their election as delegates.

There being no further business, meeting adjourned.

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J.E. Harding, Clerk

Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26   Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 233 – 234
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA