1409. Elected Staff--1. Board Staff--a) The board, through a personnel and nominations committee, shall make nominations to the General Council on Ministries for the office of general secretary. As chief staff officer of the board, the general secretary shall have direct involvement in staff selections.
b) The board shall elect an associate general secretary for administration, a board treasurer, a board planner, and an ombudsperson.
c) The board shall elect additional staff as needed.
2. Division and Department Staff--a) The board personnel and nominations committee, in consultation with the general secretary of the board, the divisions, and departments, shall recommend candidates for the positions of deputy and associate general secretaries for election by the board. The Women's Division shall nominate its deputy general secretary for election by the division and the board after consultation with the president and general secretary of the board.
The deputy general secretaries shall have administrative responsibility for the divisions and shall be responsible to the divisions and to the general secretary. The associate general secretaries shall have administrative responsibility for the departments and shall be responsible to the departments and to the general secretary.
b) The divisions and departments shall nominate for election by the board such other staff persons as are deemed necessary to carry out the work assigned.
3. The president, general secretary, and treasurer of the board are ex-officio members of the divisions and departments and their executive committees, without vote.
The board shall elect, on nomination of each division and department and in consultation with the general secretary, an associate treasurer of the General Board of Global Ministries, who shall have fiscal responsibility for the division or department. He or she will be responsible to the treasurer of the General Board of Global Ministries for board fiscal procedures and to the deputy or associate general secretary for all division or department administrative and fiscal procedures (803.7e).
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 1409
1996 United Methodist General Conference