The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 68th General Convention authorize amendment of Article III and Article VI of the Constitution of the General Theological Seminary to permit a change in the manner of election to the Board of Trustees to allow for a Board constituted as follows:

III. The Board of Trustees shall be constituted as follows: The Presiding Bishop of the Church; the Bishop of the Diocese in which the Seminary is located; the Dean of the Seminary; six two Bishops chosen by the House of Bishops; six two Presbyters or Deacons chosen by the House of Deputies of the General Convention; six two Lay Persons chosen by the House of Deputies; six twenty-four persons elected by the Board of Trustees; and three Bishops, three Presbyters or Deacons, and three lay nine persons chosen by the Alumni of the Seminary. The Presiding Bishop, the Bishop of the Diocese, and the Dean of the Seminary shall be members ex-officii. The six Bishops, six Presbyters or Deacons, and six Lay Persons representing the General Convention shall be so chosen that three of each order shall be elected at each Convention for a term of six three years; the twelve twenty-four persons elected by the Board of Trustees shall be so chosen that six shall be elected at the meeting of the Board following each General Convention for a term of six three years. The three Bishops, three presbyters or deacons, and three lay nine persons representing the Alumni shall be so chosen that one of each order three shall be elected annually to serve for three years. The Alumni elections, in which all the Alumni of the Seminary in good standing shall be the Electors, shall be in charge of the Alumni Association, whose Secretary shall report the results of the election to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. All vacancies in the Board of Trustees may be filled by the remaining members of the Board for the unexpired terms. These forty-two Trustees shall constitute the regular members of the Board, and hereinafter are described as the members of the Board. The Board shall elect its Chairman for such time and with such powers as it sees fit. Fifteen members shall be necessary for a quorum for the transaction of ordinary business, but a majority of the Board shall be necessary for the election of a Dean or a member of the Faculty. Every Bishop of this Church, not a member of the Board of Trustees shall be entitled to a seat and voice, but without vote, at any meeting of the Board.

VI. This Constitution, as altered by the concurrent vote of the General Convention and of the Board of Trustees, shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the General Convention of 1985; on the first day of October, A.D. 1884 and the first Trustees, other than Bishops those persons elected to six-year terms in 1982 by the General Convention or the Board of Trustees, under the amended Constitution, shall be chosen before that time by the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies and the Diocesan Conventions respectively at the General Convention of 1985; and a certificate of their election shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees following the General Convention of 1985, nine persons shall be elected by the Board, but thereafter all elections shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article III.