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Nominations, Joint Standing Committee on


JOINT RULES VII

Sec. 18. There shall be a Joint Standing Committee on Nominations, which shall submit nominations for the election of:

(a) Trustees of The Church Pension Fund, serving as the Joint Committee referred to in Canon I.8.2. (b) Members of the Executive Council under Canon I.4.1(c). (c) The Secretary of the House of Deputies and the Treasurer of the General Convention under Canon I.1.1(j). (d) Trustees of the General Theological Seminary. (e) General Board of Examining Chaplains.

19. The Joint Standing Committee on Nominations shall be composed of three Bishops, three Presbyters, and six Lay Persons.

20. The said Committee is instructed to solicit recommendations from interested organizations and individuals, to be considered by them for inclusion among their nominees.

21. Except for the Secretary and the Treasurer of the General Convention, the said Committee is instructed to nominate a number, equal to at least twice the number of vacancies, which shall be broadly representative of the constituency of this Church; to prepare biographical sketches of all nominees; and to include such nominations and sketches in the Blue Book, or otherwise to circulate them among Bishops and Deputies well in advance of the meeting of the next succeeding General Convention…