Directory Updates Information

How to Request Changes to Your Record in the UUA Directory

Changes in the Directory process:

In the past, as the UUA changed to a new database, a form was mailed out each year detailing the information on record in the Professional Religious Leaders section of the UUA Directory and asking each person to review it and make any necessary corrections. Now that the database is fully established, we rely on our constituents to provide us with information about changes as they occur, and Directory information forms will no longer be mailed.

This means that we depend on you to inform us of address or other changes. Since special Directory information forms are no longer used, whatever information we have in the database is what will be printed in the next Directory unless we are notified of a change, and there will be no opportunity set aside for you to review your information before printing.

Please be aware that due to typesetting and formatting time requirements, information is pulled from the database several months before the actual print date of the Directory. This means that many changes sent after the information is pulled but before the Directory is printed will not make it into that year's edition of the Directory, even though they are correctly registered with us. To limit incidents of this nature, please inform us of changes as soon as you can to ensure that they will make it into the next edition, especially near the beginning of summer when information is pulled for that fall's Directory.

What information to submit to us:

You do not need to submit (unless you have reason to believe they are incorrectly listed):

Settlement changes and updates—the Settlement office will update this information automatically.

Ministerial Fellowship changes—the MFC Assistant records changes in fellowship status as they occur.

You do need to submit:

Address, telephone, e-mail and degree changes—we have no other reliable way of learning about these.

Ordination, retirement and emeritus/emerita designation notification—we otherwise may not learn of these changes in status in a timely fashion.

How to request Directory changes:

You may notify us of changes and corrections by calling, e-mailing or writing to Ministry and Professional Leadership. (See contact information below.)

For your convenience, listed below are the categories of information printed in the Professional Religious Leaders section of the UUA Directory. If you wish, you may print out this form and mail it in with any changes marked. The appropriate changes will then be made to the database.

Please note that it is not necessary to use this form, which is provided as a convenience to clarify what information is used in the Directory and how it will be presented. You are welcome to disregard the form and contact us directly with any changes.

Please list only changes, corrections and additions when mailing in the form. You do not need to copy information that is already correct in the directory.

Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Address:
This will be the primary address we have listed for you, and should be the address at which you would prefer to receive UUA mailings. It may be either a work or church address or a home address, as long as you may reliably expect to receive mail there.

___________________________________________________________________________

Telephone, e-mail, fax:
Each directory entry is given up to three lines for telephone, e-mail and fax information. Please indicate the nature of the listing, i.e. 'home,' 'work,' 'cell,' etc.

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

Unlisted telephone, e-mail, fax:
Please use this space if you have phone, e-mail or fax information that you do not want printed in the directory, but would like to have available to Ministry and Professional Leadership staff.

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

Current position:
This entry lists your current employment, whether with a congregation or otherwise, or states that you are retired. Minister emerita/us status will also be listed here.

Date position began: _____________

Title of position: ________________

Name of congregation or other institution: _________________________________

Town and state or province: ____________________________________________

Previous positions:
This section lists ministries qualified as settlements according to MFC rules and definitions. Ordinarily it will show prior settlements listed in reverse chronological order, with a maximum of five entries.

Include beginning and ending dates for any settlements you are correcting or adding:

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

Preparation/degree:
(Please send documentation of any new degree for your file.)
This will list degree(s), school name(s), and year(s) of graduation, i.e. 'BA, Univ. of Mont., 1980.'

____________________________________________

Category of Fellowship (Parish or Community Ministry or Ministry of Religious Education), Date of Fellowship (listed by year only), Date of Ordination (listed by year only):

_______________________________________________________________________

Any questions or comments regarding the form or your directory listing, or any additional information you would like MPL to have on record:

Please mail or fax this form to:

Attn: A'Llyn Ettien
Ministry and Professional Leadership, UUA
25 Beacon St.
Boston MA 02108

Fax: 617-742-2875

You may also e-mail your corrections directly to aettien@uua.org or call A'Llyn Ettien at 617-948-6406

Unitarian Universalist Association
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