EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF EASTERN OREGON
CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR
GENERAL CONVENTION DEPUTIES
DIOCESAN COUNCIL AND STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 

The following positions will be filled at the 2007 Diocesan Convention, to be held October 12-14 in Prineville, Oregon:

To be elected as 2009 GENERAL CONVENTION DEPUTIES (July 8-17, 2009, Anaheim, CA)

4 Lay Deputies and their alternates

4 Clergy Deputies (Priest or Deacon) and their alternates

To be elected to STANDING COMMITTEE: [regular rotation]
 

Class of 2010

1 Presbyter

(3-year term)

Class of 2010

1 Lay Member

(3-year term)

To be elected to DIOCESAN COUNCIL: [regular rotation]
 

Class of 2010

1 Cleric (priest or deacon)

(3-year term)

Class of 2010

2 Lay Members

(3-year term)


Those elected at the 2007 Convention will be expected to attend these meetings: November 16-18, 2008: Planning Retreat at Ascension School; and

TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR THESE POSITIONS:

  1. Read the DUTIES (for Diocesan Council or Standing Committee).

  2. Complete a Candidate Information Form, which may be downloaded or obtained from the person in charge of your congregation or from the Diocesan Office. Submit completed and copy ready candidate forms to the Diocesan Office by August 28, 2007, for reproduction in the Pre-Convention Journal. Nominations will be accepted following that date, but information about the candidate will not be published.  Announcement of those nominations will be made from the floor of Convention prior to elections.

    PLEASE NOTE:  Qualification for candidacy for lay positions is "confirmed adult communicants in good standing of some congregation in canonical union with the Diocese."  An "adult" is defined as 16 years of age and older.  Nominations of persons who have not served at the Diocesan level are highly encouraged.  Anyone interested in these positions is encouraged to submit a Candidate Form.   Attendance at the 2007 Diocesan Convention is not required of candidates but can be conducive to election.

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