Information for Nominations and Elections – 2019December 31, 2018 • CFE Staff  • DIOCESAN FAMILY • EVENTS • REACHING OUT

STANDING COMMITTEE

The Standing Committee is a Council of Advice to the Bishop. When there is no Bishop, the Standing Committee is the Ecclesiastical Authority for all proper purposes. The Standing Committee consists of four clerical members (who shall be elected for 4-year terms) and three lay members (who shall be elected for 3-year terms). The Standing Committee generally meets monthly or at the special call of the President of the Standing Committee or the Bishop. The Standing Committee serves as the Resolutions Committee for all Regular and Special Meetings of the Convention.

To be elected:

  • One clergy person to be elected to a 4-year term
  • One lay person to be elected to a 3-year term

The terms of The Reverend Gary Jackson and Mr. Orman Kimbrough will expire at the conclusion of this Convention. Mr. Kimbrough is not eligible for re-election at this Convention. The one-year term of The Reverend Gary Jackson will expire at the conclusion of this Convention; he is eligible for election at this Convention.

NOTE: The President of the Standing committee serves ex officio as a member of the Diocesan Board. No other person may serve on the Standing Committee and the Diocesan Board at the same time (Canon VI.2).

 

DIOCESAN BOARD

The Diocesan Board is the Board of Directors of the corporation known as the Diocese of Central Florida, Incorporated. The affairs of the Diocese not falling within the exclusive province of the Bishop shall be managed by the Diocesan Board. Members of the Board shall be elected for 3-year terms. The Diocesan Board generally meets monthly or at the call of the Ecclesiastical Authority.

To be elected:

  • One clergy person to be elected to a 3-year term
  • Two lay persons to be elected to a 3-year term

(Deans (clergy) and Presidents (lay) are elected by their respective deaneries at a Deanery Convocation and serve a 3-year term on the Diocesan Board). The terms of the following members expire at the conclusion of this Convention and they are not eligible for re-election at this Convention or at Deanery Convocation: • The Very Reverend Orlando Addison (Dean, Southeast Deanery) • The Very Reverend George Conger (Dean, Northwest Deanery) • Mrs. Susan Burley (President, Central Deanery) • Mrs. Heather Rodriguez, Lay member at-large • Mrs. Sonya Shannon, Lay member at-large. The one-year term of The Reverend Jason Murbarger, Clergy member at-large, will expire at the conclusion of the Convention; he is eligible for re-election at this Convention.

 

TRUSTEE, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH

(Sewanee, Tennessee)

Trustees of the University of the South elect and appoint the Board of Regents, a Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and a Chaplain. Trustees hold the land in trust for the University, promote church support and student enrollment, and approve or reject plans for growth and development. They meet annually and ratify the work of the Board of Regents.

To be elected:

  • One lay person to be elected (3-year term)

The term of Mr. Frank Gummey expires at the conclusion of this Convention. He is eligible for re-election at this Convention.

 

FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

(The Standing Committee)

  • All resolutions must be submitted to the Diocesan Office, in electronic format. Send to the attention of Sarah Caprani at scaprani@cfdiocese.org on or before Wednesday, December 19, 2018. This will allow their review by the Resolutions Committee and their distribution to all clergy and lay delegates prior to the pre-convention deanery meetings and is in accordance with Canon IV, Section 5(b).
  • Resolutions may be submitted after Wednesday, December 19, 2018, only if the Bishop is satisfied that the delay in submission was for good cause. Deviation from these requirements may be waived only by a majority vote of the delegates to the Convention.
  • Rules of the Convention normally call for at least two written copies of any resolution presented on the floor of the Convention, one for the chair and one for the secretary and in an electronic format (preferably MS WORD) on a jump drive or some other standard device. If it is desirable that delegates have copies of the printed resolution, it is the responsibility of the presenter to provide those copies. A total of 500 copies are needed.

– Compiled by Marilyn Lang