Resolution 10-06

To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c)

Current verified published text from Today's Business, Issue 1. Proposed business, not final Synod action unless adopted.

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Resolution 10-06

Today's Business, Issue 1
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Proposed business unless official action indicates otherwise

Original floor committee resolution. No earlier published version exists.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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Today's Business, Issue 1. p. 184. Original floor committee resolution.

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Official Resolution Source Text

Resolution: 10-06

Canonical number: 10-06

Committee: Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution

Source: Today's Business, Issue 1

Printed pages: p. 184

PDF pages: 184

Version: original, current-published-proposal

Source reference: Issue 1, p. 184

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  1. To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c)
  2. RESOLUTION 10-06
  3. Overtures 10-38–39 (CW, 520–21)
  4. WHEREAS, The 2023 Synod convention adopted Resolution 10-06, “To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 regarding Candidate
  5. Status,” that moved the filing deadline for the required candidate annual report from January 31 to July 31; and
  6. WHEREAS, Annual reports for emeriti remain due on January 31; and
  7. WHEREAS, Many district offices find it more efficient to request and process both candidate and emeriti annual reports
  8. simultaneously; and
  9. WHEREAS, The preparation and conduct of both district and Synod conventions coincide with this annual reporting
  10. time period two out of every three years; therefore be it
  11. Resolved, That Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) be amended as follows:
  12. PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
  13. Candidate
  14. 2.11.2.2 A “candidate” member is one who is eligible to perform the duties of any of the offices of ministry specified
  15. in Bylaw section 2.11 but who is not currently an active member or an emeritus member.
  16. (c) The candidate shall, by JulyJanuary 31, make an annual report to the district president who shall
  17. determine the member’s eligibility to remain on candidate status. The candidate’s report shall include
  18. current contact information and address the criteria for remaining on candidate status.

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