1804. Membership of the General Commission--1. The commission shall be constituted quadrennially, and its members and all officers elected by it shall hold office until their successors have been chosen. The commission may fill interim vacancies during a quadrennium where not otherwise provided by the Discipline.
2. The commission shall be composed of thirty members in the following manner: thirteen members elected by the General Conference on nomination of the Council of Bishops, in which number it is recommended that there be at least two women, one young adult, one youth, two persons from racial and ethnic groups and one from the central conferences; two bishops (one of whom shall come from the central conferences); five presidents of the jurisdictional commissions on archives and history, or where no commission exists or any disciplinary conflict arises, a person designated by the jurisdictional College of Bishops; and ten additional members elected by the general commission. It is recommended that not fewer than ten of the total be women, and not fewer than two be persons over sixty-five years of age; not less than four of the members should be from racial and ethnic groups, including one each of the following: Pacific and Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 1804
1996 United Methodist General Conference