Second Diocesan Convention
Convention Business
Budget
“Budgets are moral documents.” That phrase, often attributed to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encapsulates the ways in which our community values for the work we want to do in our communities are on full display in our budget. Passing the next fiscal year (January – December) budget is a primary and canonically-required business task of our diocesan convention each year. At the heart of our budget, we can see the decisions we’re making to help each other and parishes across our diocese not just survive, but thrive in the work of embodying the love of Christ in our times and spaces.
Because our budget is not a stagnant spreadsheet but a living document, it is vital that our entire diocese participates in the work of understanding and contributing to our fiscal planning. Everyone – not just clergy and not just delegates! – can exercise agency to help in this process. To that end, new this year are two budget town hall meetings in August. These meetings, separate and in addition to our pre-convention meetings, are open to everyone in our diocese.
More information – including a big picture overview of the budget creation and approval timeline and the draft of a document from our Finance Committee which will be shared with Diocesan Council in advance of their August budgeting meeting – will be shared out widely in the coming weeks. But, for now, mark your calendars for our two budget town hall meetings, each of which will take place on Zoom.
Nominations
At our second convention, we expect to elect:
A Secretary of Convention (either clergy or lay)
A Treasurer of the Diocese (either clergy or lay)
Three members of Standing Committee – one clergy, one lay, and one clergy-or-lay
Four members of Diocesan Council – two clergy and two lay
Eight Deputies to General Convention – four clergy and four lay
Eight Alternate Deputies to General Convention – four clergy and four lay
Three Deputies to Provincial Synod – one clergy and two lay
All nominees are required to complete Safe Church and Dismantling Racism training, or have a plan to complete this training, prior to beginning their term of service.
For information about Safe Church, Safe Communities Training, contact Mary Simpson.
To register for the next diocesan Zoom Dismantling Racism training, Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. from August 28 through October 2, click here.
For the procedure you can follow to hold a locally led in-person Dismantling Racism training, click here.
The deadline to receive nominations which will be listed in the official Convention Booklet is August 18. There will be no nominations from the floor. The Chair of the Nominations Committee is Mary Simpson.
Resolutions
A [resolution is a] proposed action or decision that is to be considered by a legislative body such as… a diocesan convention... The legislative vote is taken only on the substance of the resolution, which follows the word ‘Resolved’ in the working of the resolution. Reasons, intentions, and justifications for resolutions may be included in a statement of explanation that follows the resolution. This information provides legislative history for future interpretation, but it is not included in the formal resolution.
Resolutions may be proposed by four clergy and four laypeople using the form linked below. All resolutions will be reviewed by the Resolutions Review Committee.
The deadline for resolutions to be considered at our second convention is August 26.
The Co-Chairs of the Resolutions Committee are the Revs. Kay Houck and Nancy Mayhew.