OK, it is has been a long 4 days and lot has happened. Democracy in action, a couple of close votes, which actually had to be counted and a group of over 1200 was split by only 13 votes. YIKES.
We had two candidates for presidency of our Denomination, and there are 1/2 of the participants very happy, and the other 1/2 sad and disappointed END OF TRYING TO LIVE BLOG
So, I tried to live blog but instead had to do my REAL job of reporting on the Plenary session.
We had many more responsive resolutions this year, than I ever remember. The pot was stirred around our by-laws and being able to change certain sections of them. UUs love to weigh in when they don't feel heard and that certainly happened.
I was commenting last night that this year General Assembly was different because 1) there was an election with 2 strong candidates 2) the Statement of Conscience on Peacemaking did not pass, and was sent back to be re-written 3) there was a very close vote, split by 13 or 17 votes, but a very small number, on the by-law amendment.
This left many people sad and disappointed, and other happy and elated, but all in all, that is what democracy is all about.
Tired and happy to have gone to GA
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