Episcopal Press and News
Committee Seeking Nomination, for General Convention
Episcopal News Service. September 15, 1989 [89153]
In its first meeting of the 1988-1991 triennium, the Joint Standing Committee on Nominations elected officers, evaluated its work during the previous triennium, and planned strategies for nominees for all positions to be filled by the 1991 General Convention, particularly from under-represented groups.
The Rt. Rev. William Frey, bishop of Colorado, was elected to chair the committee. Marlene Evans, Diocese of the Virgin Islands, was elected vice-chair, and the Rev. Canon Roswell O. Moore, Diocese of California, was elected secretary-treasurer.
The committee gave considerable attention to the suggestion form for submitting names that had been extensively revised and improved by the 1988 committee. There was unanimous agreement that the committee must provide clear and realistic descriptions of the expectations in time commitments, abilities, and qualifications for the various positions. The form for making suggestions to the committee will be made available throughout the church and, it is hoped, will serve as a vehicle for providing the committee with the broadest, most varied, and well qualified pool from which to draw nominations.
Any member of the church may propose nominees to the committee, but names submitted are recommendations and not actually nominations. Systematic attempts will also be made to solicit names from diocesan administrative officers, all church-related organizations, and all ethnic groups within the church.
Forms for making proposals may be obtained from a diocesan bishop or from the chair of the committee, Bishop William Frey, Box 18M, Capitol Hill Station, Denver, Colorado 80218. Deadline for the first screening of suggestions will be February 1, 1990. No names received after August 1, 1990, will be considered.
The committee is expected to submit nominations to the 1991 General Convention for the following positions: Executive Council -- 2 bishops, 2 clerics, and 6 lay persons; Church Pension Fund -- 12 trustees; General Board of Examining Chaplains -- 2 bishops, 3 presbyters with pastoral care, 3 faculty members of theological seminaries or other educational institutions, and 3 lay persons; General Theological Seminary Board of Trustees -- 2 bishops, 2 clerics, 2 lay persons.
Other members of the committee, in addition to the officers, are the Rt. Rev. Francis C. Gray, Diocese of Northern Indiana; the Rev. Dillard Robinson III; Diocese of Newark; the Rev. Barnum McCarty, Diocese of Florida; John K. Cannon, Diocese of Michigan; Pamela Chinnis, Diocese of Washington; John Farquharson, Diocese of Western Massachusetts; Dixie Hutchinson, Diocese of Dallas; and Catherine Saucedo, Diocese of Western Mexico. A third bishop is to be appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the Rt. Rev. Frank Vest.
The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for March 25-27, 1990, in Orlando, Florida.