Articles about policy based governance

Articles

Many of the articles listed below are in Acrobat, and require the (free) Acrobat reader. It is available from www.Adobe.com.

Census of congregational governance by Rev. Margaret Keip updated Oct '06

Basic Principles of Policy Governance ® A summary article by Rev. Margaret Keip

Basic Resources List updated Oct '06

Policy Governance and Unitarian Universalist Congregational Polity by Eric Kaminetzky April 2006

Indicators of congregaton readiness for Policy Governance by Rev. Margaret Keip updated Oct '06

Power paradigm shift to PG by Rev. Margaret Keip updated Oct '06

10 Policy Governance Rules John Carver's ten rules that limit what is actually Policy Governance® (Acrobat .pdf file)

Policy Governance Schematic

General Assembly 2004 notes Notes from the workshop Policy Governance for Congregations taken by Gary Lerude (Acrobat .pdf file)

The Policy Governance Model: A critical examination A new paper by Alan Hough. Permission to copy this paper has been granted by the Queensland University of Technology Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies. (Acrobat .pdf file)

Policy Governance: ‘Yes, but does it work’? A paper by Alan Hough. Permission to copy this paper has been granted by Company Secretaries Australia. (Acrobat .pdf file)

What is Policy Governance? A newsletter article from First Unitarian Church, Oakland, CA

Policy Governance in Small Sizes by Rev. Margaret Keip (Acrobat .pdf file)

Board Agenda example by Rev. Margaret Keip (Acrobat .pdf file)

Ends and Means Nurturing the relationship between a congregation and its governing body by John Carver. An article originally published February, 1995 (used with permission).

Distinguishing Ends from Means from All Souls of Deluge Falls

Basic Governance Policies: a sample set from All Souls of Deluge Falls (Acrobat .pdf file) revised June 2005

Redesign of a board’s job by Debbie Sheets and Ellen Green for Unity Church-Unitarian (Acrobat .pdf file)

Value of the PG Model by Debbie Sheets and Ellen Green for Unity Church-Unitarian (Acrobat .pdf file)

Principles of PG adapted and abridged by Ellen Green and Debbie Sheets (Acrobat .pdf file)

PG Ministry Chart for Unity Church - Unitarian (Acrobat .pdf file)

Nested Set Principle (graphic) (Acrobat .pdf file 96 kb)

Second-level Policy sample (Acrobat .pdf file)

Governance model chart, UU Church of Berkeley, CA

Coordinating Team Covenant, UU Church of Berkeley, CA (MS Word file)

Frequently Asked Questions, UU Congregation of Fairfax, VA Word processor version This is a document used for informing the congregation about PG.