Golden Gate Circle Resolution

WHEREAS we are taught in The Urantia Book that all human
institutions evolve and none are sacrosanct,
AND WHEREAS over the last fifty years, both the
world and the Urantia Movement have undergone considerable evolution,
experiencing rapid change,
AND WHEREAS there has been no substantive update or reform in the
Brotherhood/Fellowship constitution within the five decades of its life,
though The Fellowship made a significant effort to foster direct
representation initiatives more recently,
AND WHEREAS a full accounting of General Council/Executive Committee
actions on the matter was requested by the 1997 TDA, to preserve the spirit
and intent of the TDA resolution process, and to provide a basis of
understanding for future action on this issue,

BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Judicial Committee of The Urantia Book Fellowship be tasked
with development and dissemination of proposals and plans for re-writing
relevant portions of The Fellowship Constitution, to become more
representative of and responsive to the planetary membership of the
organization, so that such a constitutional change might be debated and
eventually ratified. We need, at this time, a new vision for a re-engineered
and relevant structure that is reflective of the principles of governance
and administration included in the revelation of the Urantia Book,
especially as it pertains to direct Society representation in the political
process of the Fellowship.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the move toward greater representation begin with the
appointment of a Standing Committee for Constitutional Reform which will
specifically solicit input from other bona fide Urantia Book organizations
that will contribute to the articulation of this vision.