Petition Text: 21336-GJ-1429-D

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Delete ¶ 1429 and replace with new text:

Membership.----The Women's Division shall be composed of fifty members as follows: forty shall be laywomen elected by the jurisdiction organizations of United Methodist Women at quadrennial meetings (¶ 634.4); five shall be the jurisdiction presidents of United Methodist Women; and five shall be elected by the Women's Division. The president, general secretary and treasurer of the board(¶ 1409.3); and the deputy general secretary, treasurer and assistant general secretaries of the Women's Division shall be members ex officio. The Women's Division shall elect from its membership to board membership a number equivalent to one-third of total board membership but not less than thirty. It shall also elect members to units and committees of the board as defined in board bylaws.

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Petition Text: 21336-GJ-1429-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference