A028: GWG-3 Section 6 of the Constitution—chairing the different Orders (carried)
Governance Working Group -3
Subject: Section 6 of the Constitution—chairing the different Orders
Moved by Mr. David Jones, Diocese of Edmonton
Seconded by The Rt. Rev. Susan Moxley, Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Be it resolved that this General Synod amend section 6 of the Constitution to read as follows:
6. Separate meetings of Orders
a) The agenda of the General Synod may provide for separate meetings of the three Orders.
b) When the three Orders meet separately
i) the Primate shall be the chairperson of the Order of Bishops, or in the absence of the Primate, the archbishop senior by appointment or election, or if no archbishop be present, the bishop senior by appointment or election;
ii) the Prolocutor or the Deputy Prolocutor, whichever is a member of the Order of Clergy, shall be the chairperson of the Order of Clergy, or in the absence of the said officer, the Order of Clergy shall elect a chairperson;
iii) the Prolocutor or the Deputy Prolocutor, whichever is a member of the Order of Laity, shall be the chairperson of the Order of Laity, or in the absence of the said officer, the Order of Laity shall elect a chairperson.
EXPLANATORY NOTE/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Constitution does not currently specify who is to chair when the Orders meet separately.
PROCEDURE REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION
In accordance with section 11(b) of the Declaration of Principles, this resolution must be approved by two-thirds majority in each Order voting at one session of General Synod.