Synod Assembly Voting Members:
Floor Nominations are Now Open!
Floor nominations for the upcoming Synod Assembly are now open and will be taken from Voting Members only until October 4, 2021. Floor nominations may be for any of the 34 open positions as identified in the Nominations Book, click here for the floor nomination form. Voting Members, your help is especially needed to identify Layperson Male nominees from the Southeast Mission District to serve on Synod Council for a three year term.
Floor nominations are also being accepted for Female Laypersons and Female Rostered Ministers to fill one-year At-large Synod Council positions. The actual number needed and Layperson to Rostered Minister breakdown of At-large positions will be determined once the current Synod Council open positions have been decided. It will not exceed four positions. Nominees for these positions will be announced and biographical information shared after the first ballot for Synod Council has been completed.
The At-large position is used to maintain the Constitutional balance (†S6.04) of Synod Council members:
· At least 60 percent of the members of the synod assemblies, councils, committees, boards, and other organizational units shall be laypersons
· 45 percent of the lay members of assemblies, councils, committees, boards, or other organizational units shall be female and 45 percent shall be male
· Where possible, the representation of Rostered Ministers shall be both male and female.
Floor Nominations may only be made by a registered Voting Member for the upcoming Synod Assembly. Voting Members may make Floor Nominations using the link received via email from the Synod Office on Monday September 20th.
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