To Amend Bylaw 4.4.6 (c) to Require Reporting All Complaints to Subjects

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To Amend Bylaw 4.4.6 (c) to Require  
Reporting All Complaints to Subjects 
WHEREAS, District presidents, when they receive complaints 
about rostered staff, sometimes do not report the complaint to the 
individual, yet may keep them in secret files; and 
W
HEREAS, The individual is unaware of the complaint and 
unable to seek resolution with the offended party; therefore be it 
Resolved, That all complaints, even if anonymous, must be 
reported to the individual the day they are received with all known 
information; and be it further 
Resolved, That no record may be made of anonymous 
complaints; and be it finally 
Resolved, That Bylaw 4.4.6 be amended as follows: 
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING 
4.4 District President 
4.4.6 The district president, even without formal request 
therefor, may through the proper channels arrange for an official 
visit or investigation when a controversy arises in a congregation or 
between two or more congregations of the district or when there is 
evidence of a continuing unresolved problem in doctrine or practice. 
(a) He shall ask for a full report on the case in order that he may 
have a clear understanding of the situation. 
(b) If he authorizes anyone to represent him in such matters, his 
representative shall be accorded the same rights as the district 
president. 
(c) All complaints, even if anonymous, must be reported to the 
individual the day they are received with all known information. 
No record may be made of anonymous complaints. 
Circuit 3 (Baltimore East) 
Southeastern District 
Ov.