Elected Staff.----1. Board Cabinet.----a) The board, through a personnel 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 a deputy general secretary for administration, a maximum of five other deputy general secretaries, and a board treasurer. In addition, the Women's Division shall nominate its deputy general secretary for election by the division and the board after consultation with the president and the general secretary of the board.
c) The board personnel committee, in consultation with the general secretary of the board, shall recommend candidates for the positions of deputy general secretaries and board treasurer for election by the board. The deputy general secretaries shall have administrative responsibility as assigned by the general secretary and shall be responsible to the general secretary.
d) The general secretary may add positions to the Cabinet.
2. Unit Staff.----a) The Women's Division shall nominate for election by the board such other staff persons of the Women's Division as are deemed necessary to carry out the work assigned.
b) The board shall elect additional staff as needed.
3. The board shall elect, on nomination of the board personnel committee and in consultation with the general secretary, one or more associate treasurers of the General Board of Global Ministries, one of whom shall be the treasurer of the Women's Division and nominated by the Women's Division. The associate treasurer(s) will be responsible to the treasurer of the General Board of Global Ministries for board fiscal procedures and to the assigned deputy general secretary for administrative procedures (¶ 803.7e).
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21319-GM-1409-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference