PASSED: First Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
Amendment of Article V. Section 3 of the Constitution.
Text of the Proposed Amendment
Article V
Sec. 3 When required, the Convention shall elect clerical and lay deputies and provisional deputies to the General Convention, clerical and lay delegates to the Provincial Synod, a clerical and a lay member to the Cathedral Chapter, a lay delegate to the Ohio Council of Churches, and clerical and lay members of the Diocesan Judicial Panel.
Proposer
The Rev. Alan James
Rationale of the Proposer
The Ohio Council of Churches changed its by-laws in October, 2005, from having lay delegations represent participating judicatories to having the bishops, or in their absence an appointed member of their staff, represent the judicatory. This amendment brings the Diocesan Constitution into alignment with the Ohio Council of Churches’ by-laws.
