3. ...based on the factors specified above,; as
follows provided that:
a) The number of lay delegates shall be equal to the number of clergy delegates authorized for each Annual Conference.
b) Every Annual Conference shall be entitled to at least one clergy and one lay delegate.
c) The secretary of the General Conference meets the constitutional provision of ¶ 12 that prescribes the minimum and maximum number of delegates to a General Conference as not less than 600 nor more than 1,000 delegates.
d) Should the computations provided in the paragraph result in a figure below the prescribed minimum (600) or above the maximum (1,000) for delegates, the secretary of the General Conference shall be authorized to remedy the situation as follows: The number 10,000 in factor two, prescribed in ¶ 14 and ¶ 602.2, shall be adjusted up or down as necessary to entitle an Annual Conference to elect delegates; any such adjustment shall insure the entitlement to delegates is based on the sum total of the Annual Conference's membership as prescribed in factor one of ¶ 14.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20963-CO-602.3-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference