Petition Text: 22769-GJ-805.2-D

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Amend ¶ 805.2:

2. a) Basic Membership.--Each jurisdiction shall elect one six persons from each of its Annual and Missionary Conferences to each program board....computation of the clergy membership.8 Each central conference shall elect one member to each of the program boards. Provided, however, that effective immediately, when a new Annual Conference or conferences are created by a Jurisdictional Conference and come into being following the Jurisdictional Conference, each such new Annual Conference or conferences shall be authorized to elect one person directly to General Council on Ministries and each general program board on which no person from the new Annual Conference already has been elected by the Jurisdictional Conference under the provisions of this paragraph.9

b) Episcopal Membership.--The episcopal membership of eight not less than five nor more than ten members...shall be a Central Conference bishop. In the case that the General Conference does not act on its elections of persons to membership on any program board in any category, the Council of Bishops is empowered to elect persons to serve there for that quadrennium only.

c) Additional Membership.--(1) United Methodist.--Eight aAdditional members shall be elected...geographic area. There shall be not less than five nor more than nine additional members of each general program board. It is recommended...In addition, each board shall elect six persons from the Central Conferences, and one alternate for each who may attend if the elected member cannot attend. In the election of the Central Conference members, it is recommended that two be clergy, two be laymen, and two be laywomen....

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Petition Text: 22769-GJ-805.2-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference