The Urantia Book Fellowship
Annual Report of the Secretary General
July 2003

During this last year of my three-year term, I was given additional responsibilities:

1. member of site location team for the Summer Study Session (SSS 2003)

2. co-chair with Lila Dogim of the next International Conference (IC05).

We chose Villanova University as the site for IC05 after many months of site visits and research with Lila and Avi Dogim, Dale Sztejnberg, Bob and Linda Buselli, Bill Rocap, and Karen Larsen. We made a commitment to Villanova after a final site visit with the site search committee and Gary Deinstadt and Bobbie and Steve Dreier who agreed that Villanova had all the elements needed for a successful international conference. We are continuing our efforts to bring together the right mix of skills to further the progress.

I made social contacts and did lots of networking in the reader community:

1. “Florida Students of The Urantia Book” Conference
2. Connecticut Retreat
3. I.U.A. Conference in France
4. Local area events
5. Four Executive Committee meetings.

As coordinator of the mail forwarding, office re-organization process that was implemented last year, I have the responsibility to direct requests or changes to the appropriate person or committee. So far this process has been working well.

I’m not under any illusion that any one person can turn the organization around. Some things we do well and some decisions we made did not materialize as expected. The risk of challenge and change requires emotional maturity to experiment with new approaches and learn from the results; to be steadfast in the face of pressure.

Working within an established group with a shared purpose, moral integrity, focused on high ethical standards without self-importance is the mark of the leadership of this organization. The enduring values of integrity that have been forged over many years have given us the guidance and the initiative to pursue an even greater vision for the future.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Doreen Heyne

Secretary-General