2007 Southeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly
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Resolution 2007-06:

Conference Meeting

Failed

1 WHEREAS, the annual conference
2 assemblies rarely have an agenda
3 which includes matters which
4 could not be easily dealt with in
5 conference caucus at the Synod
6 Assembly; and

7 WHEREAS, the travel and time of
8 pastors and members of
9 congregations required for the
10 annual conference assemblies is
11 excessive compared with the
12 agenda presented; and

13 WHEREAS, pastors are already well-
14 served by monthly conference
15 gatherings; and

16 WHEREAS, lay persons are already
17 well-served by the connections
18 they make at the annual Synod
19 Assembly; and

20 WHEREAS, conference deans could
21 call for a special meeting of the
22 conference in a year when there is
23 an election of a bishop or other
24 such unusual matters; and

25 WHEREAS, the only regular business
26 of the conference assemblies is to
27 elect voting members to the bi-
28 annual Churchwide Assembly of
29 the ELCA;

30 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
31 that conference meetings no longer
32 be held annually, but only in such
33 years that there is an election of
34 voting members to the
35 Churchwide Assembly of the
36 ELCA; and

37 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
38 in the event of an unusual matter
39 which requires a special meeting of
40 the conference, that the conference

41 dean OR OTHER APPOINTED
42 LEADERSHIP* be given the
43 authority to call such a meeting;
44 and

45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
46 the Constitution, Bylaws, and
47 Continuing Resolutions of the
48 Southeast Minnesota Synod,
49 ELCA, 12.01.04 which now reads
50 “Each conference will normally
51 meet at least once a year,” be
52 amended to read, “Each conference
53 will normally meet at least once
54 every other year.”

Submitted by the Zumbro River Conference, author Rev. Glenn Monson

* capitalized phrase above is an amendment to original resolution, as we have a vacancy in our dean position

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