Membership

Summary of Work

The Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements mandate is to arrange for the meeting of the next General Convention and to propose an agenda which the Convention may accept or reject, with or without amendments. The Committee also investigates sites for future meetings of the General Convention and makes recommendations to the General Convention.

The full committee held its first meeting in Columbus, Ohio on January 22, 2004. At the meeting, the 74^th General Convention was reviewed and suggestions were made for improving the 75^th General Convention. A tentative schedule for the 75^th General Convention was developed. Three members of the Committee, Bonnie Anderson, Lori Ionnitiu, and Ken Price, were chosen to serve on the General Convention Joint Task Force (2003–A145).

The second meeting of the Committee was convened via conference call on November 18, 2004. Lori Ionnitiu outlined the report on the potential sites chosen for consideration for the 76^th General Convention (2003–A155). The sites were Reno, NV; Anaheim, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; and Portland, OR. It was determined that Anaheim and Salt Lake City would be further considered and visited by the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee traveled to Anaheim and Salt Lake City in January 2005 and met with the bishops of each diocese. The Executive Committee chose Anaheim as the final site recommendation because it had the best travel accessibility, hotel package, and a better overall set-up of its Convention Center. The whole committee approved the decision. This recommendation was forwarded and approved by the Provincial Presidents and the Executive Council.

During the conference call of January 4, 2006 the Committee reviewed the schedule for the 75^th General Convention and recommended the sites to be considered for the 77^th General Convention: Charlotte, NC; New Orleans, LA; Indianapolis, IN; and Kansas City, MO.

Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the following sites be considered for the 77^th General Convention: Charlotte, NC; New Orleans, LA; Indianapolis, IN; and Kansas City, MO.

Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the 75^th General Convention function through the following activities:

Resolved, That the schedule and the daily timetable of the 75^th General Convention held in Columbus, Ohio in 2006, be: