Repeal and Replace Canon V - Archives
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- Date
- 1995 June 1-9
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 41
- Mover
- Hon R. Stevenson
- Seconder
- Archdeacon J. Boyles
- Text of motion
- That Canon V - Archives be repealed and the following substituted therefore:
- 1. That Archives shall be administered by the Archivist.
- 2. The Archives Advisory Board shall consist of:
- i) three members appointed by the Council of the General Synod
- ii) one member of the Information Resources Committee, from among the members of the committee
- iii) one member appointed by the Primate.
- 3. The Advisory Board shall:
- a) elect its own chairperson;
- b) develop and propose policy for the Archives to the Information Resources Committee;
- c) establish, maintain and develop relationships among the archival agencies of The Anglican Church of Canada;
- d) encourage, co-ordinate and assist archival programs in the dioceses, ecclesiastical provinces and other church agencies;
- e) develop an increased awareness of the need to preserve the heritage of architecture and artifacts significant to the Anglican Church of Canada;
- f) promote historical research and writing in cooperation with the Canadian Church Historical Society and other agencies;
- g) report regularly to the Information Resources Committee.
- 4. The Archivist shall be appointed by the Council of the General Synod on the recommendation of the Primate.
- 5. Under the direction of the Information Resources Committee and in consultation with the Archives Advisory Board, the Archives shall:
- a) establish and maintain a records management program for the active records and related papers of the General Synod and its committees, councils, boards and commissions;
- b) collect, arrange, describe and preserve the permanent records and related papers of the General Synod and its committees, councils, boards and commissions;
- c) collect, arrange and preserve the official papers of the Primate, the General Secretary and all other officers and employees of the General Synod;
- d) receive, additional to the archives of the several ecclesiastical provinces, the records of the election, consecration, translation and installation of bishops of The Anglican Church of Canada, and the records of the election and installation of metropolitans;
- e) encourage, co-ordinate and assist, in co-operation with their respective archivists, archival programs in the dioceses, ecclesiastical provinces and related agencies, including religious orders, ecumenical coalitions and theological colleges;
- f) collect, arrange, describe and preserve any other documents, manuscripts, photographs, films and tapes pertaining to the history and activities of The Anglican Church of Canada.
- Amendment
- Moved by Mrs. P. Creighton, seconded by Rev. R. Leggett,
- That in section 3b) the words "develop and propose" be deleted and the word "formulate" be substituted; and that the words "to the Information Resources Committee" be deleted. DEFEATED
- The original motion was then put and CARRIED. Act 41
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution. Canon V - Archives
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Archives
- Anglican Church of Canada - Archives