Report: Diocese of San Joaquin 47th Annual Convention

MooseDung - Lay Delegate to Convention | 12/03/2006 | Convention Notes

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DISCLAIMER: Following is an early and unofficial account of the resolutions and vote totals as they occurred at the annual convention of the Diocese of San Joaquin.  For the official results please consult the Diocese of San Joaquin.  Note also that much business was conducted at this convention, however, only the resolutions regarding our constitution and affiliations with the global Anglican community are listed here.  Any differences between this record and the official record are my inaccuracies.

PROCEDURAL NOTE:  In the case of changes to the Constitution, there must be two votes (or readings) of the amendments by the convention.  While a special convention can be called, 90 days advance notice are required.  The earliest we could confirm this vote would be March 3, 2007.  However, no convention is currently scheduled prior to the next annual convention.

Diocese of San Joaquin
47^th Diocesan Convention
St. James Cathedral, Fresno, California
December 1-2, 2006

Resolutions proposing changes to the Constitution require a vote by orders,
and a three-fourths majority to pass.
Voting delegates present: 84 Clergy, 120 Lay
Votes required to pass: 63 Clergy, AND 90 Lay

FIRST RESOLUTION

Amend Article II of the Constitution by striking the present language and substituting:

Article II
Anglican Identity

The Diocese of San Joaquin is constituted by the Faith, Order, and Practice of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church as received by the Anglican Communion.  The Diocese shall be a constituent member of the Anglican Communion and in full communion with the See of Canterbury.

	Yea	Nay	Total
Clergy	68	16	84
Lay	108	12	120
Total:	176	28	204

Status: Passed without amendment.

SECOND RESOLUTION

Amend Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution by striking the words “as defined by the National Canons” so as to read:

Article III

Sec. 2  The Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese is the Bishop.  In the Bishop’s absence or inability to act, the Bishop Coadjutor shall be the Ecclesiastical Authority.  If there is no Bishop Coadjutor or if the Bishop and the Bishop Coadjutor are absent or unable to act, or if the Episcopate becomes vacant, the Standing Committee shall be the Ecclesiastical Authority.

	Yea	Nay	Total
Clergy	64	17	81
Lay	100	19	119
Total:	164	36	200

Status: Passed without amendment.

THIRD RESOLUTION

Amend Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution by striking the words “Protestant Episcopal Bishop of San Joaquin” and add “of which the Bishop of the Diocese is the incumbent”, so as to read:

Article XII

Sec. 1  All Diocesan trust funds now or hereafter created shall be vested in the Corporation Sole of which the Bishop of the Diocese is the incumbent.  The terms of any trust shall be the sole measure of he extent and use to which it may be put.

	Yea	Nay	Total
Clergy	71	13	84
Lay	103	17	120
Total:	174	30	204

Status: Passed without amendment.

FOURTH RESOLUTION

Amend Article I of the Constitution by adding the words “but not limited to”, so as to read:

Article I
Title and Territory

This Diocese shall be known as the Dioceses of San Joaquin.  Its territory shall embrace but not be limited to all that portion of the State of California included in the counties of San Joaquin, Alpine, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Mono, Merced, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, and Inyo. 

	Yea	Nay	Total
Clergy	70	13	83
Lay	103	17	120
Total:	173	30	203

Status: Passed without amendment.

FIFTH RESOLUTION

Affiliation in the Anglican Communion

Whereas, the 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal Church did not adequately respond to the requests of the Windsor Report, thereby placing the relationship of the Episcopal Church to the Anglican Communion in jeopardy; and

Whereas, the Primates of the Global South have declared “the time has come to take initial steps towards the formation of what will be recognized as a separate ecclesiastical structure of the Anglican Communion in the USA”; and

Whereas, our worldwide identity as Anglicans in this diocese is contingent on affiliation with a recognized Province of the Anglican Communion; therefore

Be it resolved, this 47^th Convention of the Diocese of San Joaquin direct the Bishop, Council, and Standing Committee to assess the means of our affiliation with a recognized Ecclesiastical structure of the Anglican Communion, and bring to the 48^th Convention of this diocese a detailed plan for the preservation of our relationship with the Anglican Communion.

THIS RESOLUTION REQUIRED ONLY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE NOT TAKEN BY ORDERS.  No official count was taken, but this observer could count only 4 (four) dissenting votes. 

Status: Passed without amendment.

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