Proposals to Nominating Committee Running High
Episcopal News Service. May 14, 1987 [87109]
ST. LOUIS (DPS, May 14) -- A proposal for screening recommendations was reviewed when the Joint Standing Committee on Nominations met at the Thompson Retreat Center here in early spring.
The committee, convened by its chairman, the Rt. Rev. Richard M. Trelease, Jr., discussed the topic after deciding that the process should be considered before potential nominees are screened. The pro-active stance of the Committee in soliciting recommendations for nomination resulted in an unusually large number of names being received before the initial screening date of Feb. 1, 1987. The final deadline for the submission of names to the Committee is Sept. 1, 1987.
Among the requirements discussed for each position was time commitment. The Committee felt it was essential for proposed nominees to be aware of the number of days necessary annually to fulfill the responsibilities of the office. These include: 25 days for the Executive Council, 15 for the Church Pension Fund and ten each for the General Board of Examining Chaplains and the board of General Theological Seminary.
Offices for which nominations will be made to General Convention by the committees are: 12 persons for six-year terms on the Church Pension Fund, to be elected in the House of Deputies and confirmed by the House of Bishops; ten members of the Executive Council -- two bishops, two clerics and six lay persons for six-year terms -- and one cleric for a three-year term to fill the unexpired term of the Rev. George Bates, who was elected bishop of Utah. Also to be elected are 11 members of the General Board of Examining Chaplains -- two bishops, three presbyters with pastoral cures, three theological seminary faculty or members of other educational institutions and three lay persons; and six members of the board of General Theological Seminary -- two bishops, two clerics and two lay persons.
Any member of the Church may propose nominees to the committee, but proposers are asked to remember that in submitting names they are making recommendations and not nominations. Forms for making proposals may be obtained from either the diocesan bishop or from the Rt. Rev. Richard.
The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Oct. 13-14.