The main information page for What Do We Call Ourselves (WDWCO) is here.
After years of discussion, 10 days of voting, and 165 ballots cast, representing 57% of UCV’s membership, UCV members have chosen an alternate name by ranked ballot. It is:
Vancouver Unitarians
During the AGM on 19 November, members will be able to choose between changing to Vancouver Unitarians, or keeping the Unitarian Church of Vancouver as the legal name. It would require 75% of the vote of those in-person or online to make the change.
The following provides the round by round detailed results of the ranked poll.
| QUESTION: IF we voted to eliminate “Church” from our legal name,what name would you choose? | |
| Round 1 | |
| Vancouver Unitarians | 63 votes 38.18% |
| Unitarian Spiritual Centre of Vancouver | 7 votes 4.24% |
| Unitarian Community of Vancouver | 28 votes 16.97% |
| Unitarian Congregation of Vancouver | 44 votes 26.67% |
| Unitarian Centre of Vancouver | 23 votes 13.94% |
| After round 1, Unitarian Spiritual Centre of Vancouver was eliminated. | |
| 165 ballots tallied | |
| Round 2 | |
| Vancouver Unitarians | 64 votes 39.02% |
| Unitarian Congregation of Vancouver | 46 votes 28.05% |
| Unitarian Community of Vancouver | 28 votes 17.07% |
| Unitarian Centre of Vancouver | 26 votes 15.85% |
| After round 2, Unitarian Centre of Vancouver was eliminated. | |
| 165 ballots tallied | |
| Round 3 | |
| Vancouver Unitarians | 73 votes 44.79% |
| Unitarian Congregation of Vancouver | 50 votes 30.67% |
| Unitarian Community of Vancouver | 40 votes 24.54% |
| After round 3, Unitarian Community of Vancouver was eliminated. | |
| 165 ballots tallied | |
| Round 4 | |
| Vancouver Unitarians | 95 votes 59.38% |
| Unitarian Congregation of Vancouver | 65 votes 40.63% |
| After round 4, Vancouver Unitarians won with 59.4% of the vote. | |
| 165 ballots tallied | |
Next steps:
For more information on how the process will proceed, please check out the WDWCO information page.