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AGREEMENT BETWEEN CONGREGATION AND ASSOCIATION
FOR INVESTMENT OF CONGREGATION FUNDS
IN ASSOCIATION GENERAL INVESTMENT FUND





___________________________________________________a corporation organized under
                             (Name of Congregation)
the laws of ____________________________________( the "Congregation") hereby assigns, transfers, sets over, and delivers to Unitarian Universalist Association, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Association"), the securities and funds listed and described on Schedule A hereto (together with any additions thereto, the "Account) which shall be held by the Association under the terms of the following Agreement:

1. The Association will set up upon its books forthwith a fund entitled
 "__________________________________Fund"

2. The Account will be invested as of the last day of September, December, March or June  which shall next follow the date of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the  "Plan Governing Participation in the Association's General Investment Fund" dated  October 1962, as amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and the Association's  Investment Guidelines and Policy Statement, as amended from time to time (the  "Guidelines").  A copy of each of the Plan and the Guidelines is attached to and made a  part of this Agreement.

3. The Congregation may from time to time add to the Account money and securities to be  held by the Association under the terms of this Agreement.  Any such new money and  securities will be invested as of the last day of September, December, March or June  which shall next follow its date of delivery to the Association.

4. After the Account has been invested for one fiscal quarter, the Association shall  commence paying the designated return on the Account to the Congregation quarterly, as  of September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30, as provided by the Plan and  Guidelines and any rules adopted from time to time thereunder, unless the Congregation  provides notice to the Association at least thirty days prior to the pertinent quarterly date  that the Congregation elects to have such return reinvested.

5. The Congregation reserves the right on the last day of September, December, March or  June to withdraw principal in any amount by the "sale" of shares as provided in the Plan  if notice is given of the intent of "sale" at least thirty days prior to the pertinent quarterly  date.

6. The Association shall have full discretionary authority to manage, acquire, dispose of,  invest in or reinvest in any or all securities or other assets in or for the Account in a  manner consistent with the Plan and the Guidelines and the objectives of a total return  investment pool.  The Association may place assets comprising all or a portion of the  Account in short-term investments or may hold such assets uninvested as cash on a  temporary basis pending investment in accordance with any such investment objectives.   The Congregation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Association from and against
 any and all claims, liabilities (or allegations thereof), costs and expenses (including legal  fees) to which it may be subjected solely by reason of investing the Account in  compliance with the provisions of this Section, except in the case of claims, liabilities,  costs and expenses resulting from the Association's negligence, misconduct,  violation of applicable law or  breach of its fiduciary obligations to the Congregation.   The Association is hereby authorized to appoint one or more investment managers (each  a "Manager") to manage the Account to the same extent to which the Association is  authorized to manage the Account under Section 6.

7. The Association or the Manager shall have full and complete discretion to place orders  with brokers or dealers or others for the purchase, sale, exchange or liquidation of any  property in the Account and to establish accounts with one or more securities brokers or  dealers as the Association or the Manager may select.  The Manager shall not be  responsible for any acts or omissions by any such brokers or dealers, or any third party not owned by the Manager, provided that the Manager is not negligent in the selection of   such broker or brokers or dealer or dealers, or third parties.  The Association shall not be  responsible for any acts or omissions by any such brokers or dealers, provided that the  Association is not negligent in the selection of such broker or brokers or dealer or dealers,  or third parties.  The Association and the Manager are each authorized to combine orders  on behalf of the Account with orders on behalf of other congregations, the Association or  any affiliates.

8. The Association shall not be subject to any liability for any act, omission or mistake of  judgment in the course of, or connected with the performance of its responsibilities under  this Agreement, other than gross negligence, bad faith, willful or reckless misconduct,  violation of applicable law or breach of its fiduciary obligations to the Congregation on the  part of the Association hereunder.  Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to waive  any liability that the Association has under applicable federal or state securities laws.
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9. If the Congregation shall cease to function as an active Congregation with property still  held by the Association under this Agreement, thereafter such remaining property shall forever become the property of the Association to be held by the Association for its  general purposes.

10. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Congregation shall be deemed to have ceased to  function as an active Congregation upon the happening of any of the following events:

 (1) If the Congregation at a duly called meeting of its members shall formally vote to discontinue religious services and at the same time vote to authorize the dissolution of the Congregation corporation and copies of said votes are recorded in the appropriate  Registry of Deeds, or

 (2) If the Board of Trustees of the Association, in its sole judgment and discretion, by  resolution shall find and determine that any one of the following events has happened, (a)  that the Congregation has ceased to use its property for Unitarian Universalist purposes,  or (b) that the Congregation has failed to hold religious services with reasonable  frequency; and shall cause a copy of said resolution to be recorded in said appropriate  Registry of Deeds.

11. This Agreement shall be construed, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder  shall be enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  without regard to its laws concerning conflicts of laws.
 
 
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Congregation has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf and in its name and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this ____________day of ____________, 20__.
 
 
 

                                                                                  (Name of Congregation)

                                                                 by________________________________
 
 





CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF VOTE

 


At a meeting of the members of the ___________________________of the Congregation duly called and held on___________________, at which a quorum was present and voting, the foregoing Agreement was duly presented to the meeting, and after consideration of the same, on motion duly seconded, it was
 
 

VOTED: That any appropriate officer of the Congregation be and hereby is authorized in the name and behalf of the Congregation to sign, seal, execute and deliver the Agreement between Congregation and Association for Investment of Congregation Funds in Association General Investment Fund.

 

Attest:

_________________________________
 (Clerk)
__________________________, 20_______
 
 




Schedule "A"

Securities




No. of shares of                                                                                          Name of Company
Face Value
 
 



CASH

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[ Attachment to letter from Jerry Gabert, Treasurer
Unitarian Universalist Association dated May 3, 1999]

On behalf of _____________________________________ ( Congregation or Affiliate) presently having an account with the Unitarian Universalist Association ("UUA") whereby the UUA holds monies for the UUA General Investment Fund , the undersigned Congregation or Affiliate hereby elects the following quarterly distribution rate to be effective through the quarter ending _________________ ( date, i.e. Sept. 1999, Mar. 2000).

(Select one)

4.5%_________
5.0%_________
5.5% ________
6.0%________

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Congregation or affiliate has caused this document to be executed on its behalf and in its name by its officers thereunto duly authorized this

_________________________ day of _______________________ (year)__________

_________________________________ Name of Congregation or Affiliate

By:

___________________________________ Name and Title of Officer

Attest:

________________________________ Clerk of Congregation or Affiliate

( This document must be postmarked 30 days prior to a quarter-end. Send to: Nancy Gladyszak, Endowment Funds Manager, Unitarian Universalist Association, 25 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108)