Calendar Item Text: 1762-2103

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The Committee recommends concurrence by substitution as follows:

Amend Paragraph 2103 as follows:

¶ 2103. Membership.--1. The total membership of the commission shall be forty-three (43), - eight, composed of

a) T two bishops appointed by the Council of Bishops,

b) six Twenty-seven (27) persons elected by the each jurisdictions from the annual conference nominations, based on the following formula: North Central- 5, Northeastern- 6, South Central- 6, Southeastern- 6 and Western- 4. and

(1) It is recommended that at least four of the six persons elected by each jurisdiction be include persons from each ethnic groups --(Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American and Pacific Islanders). At least two of the six shall be women, and at least one under the age of thirty.

c) sixteen Thirteen (13) additional members to be elected by the commission.

d) One member elected by Iglesia Metodista Autónoma Afiliada de Puerto Rico.

Further, it is recommended that of the additional members at large, at least two four members shall be elected from each of the five four racial and ethnic groups (Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American and Pacific Islanders). Of the sixteen thirteen additional members there shall be two young adults between the ages of nineteen and thirty and two youth under nineteen.59

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Calendar Item Text: 1762-21031996 United Methodist General Conference