Conference Rules

The following changes were approved at Annual Conference:

• Dates have been changed to make the rules current.
• Revisions were made with the rules for General Conference/Jurisdictional Conference delegation meetings, especially as relates to the nomination of an NC delegation nominee for the episcopacy and episcopal elections. These revisions are necessary because of the possibility of another disruption in jurisdictional meetings scheduled because of some event, such as the COVID pandemic. Attempts were made to ensure that the rules are applicable in a variety of possible future contexts.
• Language concerning “The Assistant to the Bishop” was removed as that position is being ended by prior plan.
• The bar of the annual conference shall be the floor of the Greenville Convention Center, except those spaces designated for guests and visitors within the marked partitions. Guests, annual conference staff, and convention center staff necessary for the work of the annual conference shall have access to the bar as do conference members.
• Individuals can freely make their own printed versions of The Journal.

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Robert’s Rules & Parliamentary Procedure

We use Robert’s Rules of Order to guide our business sessions and help us facilitate healthy and respectful debate and conversation. Watch the video above for a quick explanation of Robert’s Rules and parliamentary procedure. View page five of the Conference Workbook for a chart on understanding parliamentary procedure.