Petition Text: 20646-GJ-2103-D

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Amend ¶ 2103:

Membership.--The total membership of the commission shall be forty-eight twenty-two, composed of two bishops appointed by the Council of Bishops, and six twenty persons elected by each the jurisdictions from the Annual Conference nominations on a ratio providing for an equitable distribution among the various jurisdictions, based on the combined clergy and laity memberships thereof as determined by the secretary of the General Conference, provided that no jurisdiction shall be represented by fewer than two members, and sixteen additional members to be elected by the commission. It is recommended that at least four half of the six persons elected by each jurisdiction be from ethnic groups (Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American). At least two of the six shall be women, and at least one under the age of thirty. Further, it is recommended that of the members at large, four members shall be elected from each of the four racial and ethnic groups (Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American). Of the sixteen additional members there shall be two young adults between the ages of nineteen and thirty and two youth under nineteen.

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Petition Text: 20646-GJ-2103-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference