Job Description
Updated and approved by the UURMaPA Board on January 27, 2026
Rationale: As a member of UURMaPA’s Board of Directors, the Connections Coordinator creates structures and facilitates affiliations through which UURMaPAns create, deepen and sustain personal relationships with one another.
Expectations: The Connections Coordinator’s duties include:
1. Upon notification of newly retired ministers/partners, deceased ministers/partners, and the relocation of ministers/partners do the following:
a. Send newly retired ministers an email with an overview of opportunities to connect with other UURMaPAn(s) and connect the new UURMaPAn(s) with their Area Connector, if area has an identified Area Connector.
b. When there is a death of a UURMaPA member with a surviving partner, notify the Area Connector of the death and the survivor’s contact information.
c. When a retired minister and/or partner moves from one Area to another, notify both the prior and the current Connectors of the address change.
2. Upon notice of an UURMaPAn’s interest in joining or forming a General-Interest- Zoom Group, either:
a. Introduce interested UURMaPAns to ongoing Groups, or
b. Facilitate interested UURMaPAns to form and launch new Groups.
3. Annually, beginning in May & completing in August:
a. Determine the willingness of current Area Connectors to continue service for the upcoming year.
b. For Areas with continuing Connector(s), send an All-Area-UURMaPAN email announcing the Connector(‘s’) continuing service.
c. For Areas with no continuing Connector, send an All-Area-UURMaPAn email soliciting interest in serving as a Connector.
d. For Areas in which a new Connector is identified, send an All-Area-UURMaPAn email announcing the beginning of their service.
e. Email all Connectors a roster of current Area UURMaPANs, with street addresses, phone numbers, email addresses updated as of August 1.
f. Contact Open Focused-Interest-Zoom-Group Facilitators to ascertain the Group’s plans for continuation and facilitation in the coming program year.
g. Send an All-UURMaPAn email soliciting interest in forming/facilitating new Focused-Interest Groups for the coming year.
4. Semi-Annually, in September & March, contact General-Interest-Zoom-Group Facilitators to determine:
a. The number of Group Members wanting to continue in the Group for the next six months
b. The identity of the Facilitator of each Continuing Group for the following six months
c. The openness of each Continuing Group to welcome new group members and partners.
5. In alignment with UURMaPA’s purpose to be an inclusive, multicultural community that serves the interests and enhances the well-being of retired Unitarian Universalist ministers and their life partners, recruit conveners for Focused-Interest Groups to address the needs and challenges of all UURMaPAn(s), e.g., LGBTQIA+, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), and people with disabilities.
6. Semi-Annually in September & April convene a Zoom-Conclave of General-Interest-Zoom-Group Facilitators to discuss best practices and plans/desires.
7. At each All-UURMaPA Conference:
a. Publicize opportunities to form or join General-Interest-Zoom-Groups
b. Publicize all Open Focused-Interest Zoom Groups
c. Solicit proposals to form new Focused-Interest Zoom Groups
8. Following each All-UURMaPA Conference, send an All-UURMaPA-Announce notice:
a. Soliciting interest in entering or forming a General-Interest-Zoom Group
b. Soliciting interest in forming any proposed Focused-Interest-Zoom Groups and publicizing all on-going Open Focused-Interest-Zoom-Groups
9. Annually, in January/February:
a. Ask all Area Connectors to make personal contact (by email if available, by phone or mail if necessary) with All-Area UURMaPAns to confirm or update Membership Database with current street addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
b. For Areas with no Connector, send an All-Area-UURMaPAn email encouraging members to update their profiles on Church Center if any changes have occurred in the last year.
c. Convene a Connectors “Zoom Swap Shop” to provide mutual support and share success/challenges in facilitating local connections.
Drafted by Fritz Hudson, May 9, 2024
Updated by the UURMaPA Board, January 27, 2026