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Diocesan Regional Assemblies Clergy, wardens and convention delegates are entitled to vote and should plan to come. Other members of the vestry are encouraged to come as well to participate in discussions. Anyone wishing to hear both speakers is welcome to sit in on another Assembly. 2008 Schedule (All dates are Saturdays) : Region 1: Oct. 18, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm at St. Patrick's, DC Guest speakers: Regions 1-4: TBA Regions 5 and 6: Carol Howard Merritt, a young presybterian minister who has done work with Alban Institute on strategies of how to reach out to the younger, typically missing generation of young adults. She has written Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation For additional information, please contact Ann V. Talty, Governance Officer at atalty@edow.org or (202)537-6548 Documents for Regional Assemblies:
About regional assemblies (top) A Regional Assembly is an annual meeting of the Bishop and clergy and delegates from the congregations of the six geographic regions of the Diocese. There may be a separate Regional Assembly for each region, or two or more regions may be combined for one Assembly. This takes place in October or early November. (See Diocesan Canon 10 for full explanation.) Regional elections are held to fill one of three offices - Regional Convener, Lay Regional Representative to Diocesan Council, Clergy Regional Representative to Diocesan Council. Each term is for three years, and the election schedule is set up on a rotation so that only one office has a vacancy each year. Nominations for various Diocesan offices will be pared down and sent on from the Region for final voting at the Diocesan Convention (Lay and Clerical Members of the Standing Committee, and depending on the year, Lay and Clergy Deputies [and alternates] to General Convention, Lay and Clergy Deputies to Provincial Synod, Lay and Clergy At-Large Members of Diocesan Council, and Lay and Clergy Members of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court.) There may be resolutions sponsored by a delegate on either regional business or to be forwarded to the Diocesan Convention. There is normally a presentation on the current draft of the Diocesan Budget, which will later be finalized and sent back to Diocesan Council for recommendations, and then to the Diocesan Convention for final approval. There may be other business as determined by the Region or by the Bishop. Last Update: 8/06/08
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