Number of Clerical and Lay Members of General Synod
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- Date
- 2013 July 3-7
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 23
- Seconder
- The Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod amend Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution as follows: 1. Section 8 f) of the Constitution is amended to read as follows: Dioceses shall be entitled to elect clerical and lay members of the General Synod as follows: i) for dioceses having an average attendance of 2,499 persons or less, one member of each Order; ii) for dioceses having an average attendance between 2,500 and 4,999 persons, two members of each Order; iii) for dioceses having an average attendance between 5,000 and 9,999 persons, three members of each Order; iv) for dioceses having an average attendance between 10,000 and 14,999 persons, four members of each Order; v) for dioceses having an average attendance of 15,000 or more persons, five members of each Order plus one additional member of each Order for each 5,000 of additional average attendance in excess of 15,000. vi) the words “average attendance”, as used in this section and elsewhere in the Constitution, shall mean the average attendance for liturgical celebrations for Easter, Pentecost, the second Sunday in September and Christmas in the second and third calendar years prior to the year in which General Synod will take place, as reported by the Diocese to Church House. 2. Paragraph 9 b) of the Constitution is deleted, paragraph 9 a) is renumbered as 9 b), and the following is enacted as new paragraph 9 a): 9 a) As soon as practicable in the year prior to the year in which General Synod will take place, the General Secretary shall publish the number of clerical and lay members which each diocese is entitled to pursuant to paragraph 8 f). 3. This resolution shall come into effect upon General Synod having given second reading to Resolution A019 R1 passed by General Synod 2010. Friendly amendment The mover and seconder accepted a friendly amendment moved by the Rt. Rev. David Irving and seconded by The Most Rev. David Ashdown: That Section 8 f) i) be removed and renumbered. Section i) will read: for dioceses having an average attendance of 4,999 persons or less, two members of each Order; Committee of the Whole Moved by: Chancellor David P. Jones Seconded by: The Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins That this General Synod move into an informal session for the consideration of this motion. CARRIED Moved by: Chancellor David P. Jones Seconded by: The Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins That this General Synod move out of informal session. CARRIED The amended resolution which reads: 1. Section 8 f) of the Constitution is amended to read as follows: Dioceses shall be entitled to elect clerical and lay members of the General Synod as follows: i) for dioceses having an average attendance of 4,999 persons or less, two members of each Order; ii) for diocese having an average attendance between 5,000 and 9,999 persons, three members of each order iii) for dioceses having an average attendance between 10,000 and 14,999 persons, four members of each Order; iv) for dioceses having an average attendance of 15,000 or more persons, five members of each Order plus one additional member of each Order for each 5,000 of additional average attendance in excess of 15,000. v) the words “average attendance”, as used in this section and elsewhere in the Constitution, shall mean the average attendance for liturgical celebrations for Easter, Pentecost, the second Sunday in September and Christmas in the second and third calendar years prior to the year in which General Synod will take place, as reported by the Diocese to Church House. 2. Paragraph 9 b) of the Constitution is deleted, paragraph 9 a) is renumbered as 9 b), and the following is enacted as new paragraph 9 a): 9 a) As soon as practicable in the year prior to the year in which General Synod will take place, the General Secretary shall publish the number of clerical and lay members which each diocese is entitled to pursuant to paragraph 8 f). 3. This resolution shall come into effect upon General Synod having given second reading to Resolution A019 R1 passed by General Synod 2010. was put and CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 23
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Membership