The Board of Directors is the primary decision-making body for BUUF and represents the congregation. The Board consists of a president, vice-president, past president, secretary, treasurer, and four at-large directors.

The Board is responsible for ensuring BUUF is operating in line with its Mission, Vision, and Ends Statements. The Board establishes policies, makes choices about goals and strategies, and decides who will be responsible for implementing them –  and is ultimately responsible for seeing that the congregation’s money, property, and people are kept safe and that the congregation lives in harmony with its own values.

The Board meets at least once per month, per BUUF bylaws. Board meetings are open to members and friends (with the exception of executive sessions).

Members and friends are welcome to send messages to the Board via the Board secretary and/or President.The 2024 – 2025 BUUF Board

President – Rob Ham – president@boiseuu.org

Vice President – Bob Smith – vice.president@boiseuu.org

Treasurer – Steve Aycock – treasurer@boiseuu.org

Secretary – Debra Smith – secretary@boiseuu.org

Past President – Jan Salisbury

Directors – Francis Kilkenny, Susie Hardy, Julia Pope, Jonathan Dover

Board Covenant

We place Love at the center of all our mission, vision and ends.  As a governing board, we covenant to embrace these enduring values, identified by the UUA as transformative in all of the actions we undertake.  

• Interdependence
• Equity
• Pluralism
• Generosity
• Justice
• Transformation

To demonstrate our commitment to Interdependence, we will 

• joyfully celebrate the strengths and contributions of each individual
• welcome wild ideas
• respectfully debate ideas, not people
• evaluate ideas based on how well they are consonant with our values and principles, 

with the goal of crafting consensus, and culminating in the decision to speak publicly with one voice.

To demonstrate our commitment to Equity, we will

• gracefully encourage the practice we name “Give Space, Make Space.” If we are one who shares easily we will notice that and give space allowing others time to share. Conversely, if we are one who is more introverted and shy, we notice that about ourselves and push ourselves to make space for our own sharing.
• invite each other to own joyfully our individual authority as being equal to any other member
• encourage speaking bravely

with the goal of creating joyful camaraderie.

To demonstrate our commitment to Pluralism, we will

• recognize that tensions naturally arise within groups and seek to pause at such times and offer a way forward
• invite our egos to remain outside the room and listen for the soul of a comment made by others
• refrain from developing a quick response and instead keep an open mind; allow space to process and reflect rather than judge

with the goal of avoiding “group-think” and instead promoting diversity and innovation.

To demonstrate our commitment to Generosity, we will 

• willingly offer grace for our shortcomings
• Assume good intentions
• offer invitations; accept the word “no”
• acknowledge the complexity of peoples’ lives and extend grace when it is needed

with the goal of creating a big-hearted, compassionate community.

To demonstrate our commitment to Justice, we will

• graciously share the happy burden of this work by being prepared and willing to engage so far as our individual capacities permit

with the goal of fairness to all.

These behaviors, intentionally embraced, promise to bring about a Transformation in our selves, our governing body, our church, and our world.