The Committee of Nominations was brought together in January. The committee continues to struggle getting two representatives from each deanery to serve. We had lay and clergy representatives from the deaneries of Alameda and San Francisco, lay representatives from Marin, clergy representatives from Southern Alameda and Contra Costa, and two vacant positions in the Peninsula deanery. I continued serving as chair of the committee. We met monthly Feb through April, bi-monthly May, July, and August.
Positions open for nominations were sent out to the diocese in early May and the deadline for nominations from July 31st to August 13th. By the deadline we had 2 lay and 3 clergy nominees for Standing Committee, 1 clergy and 1 lay nominee for Executive Council, 1 nominee for Secretary of the Convention, and 1 nominee for Treasurer of the Diocese. For General Convention Delegation we had 10 lay and 11 clergy nominees. We are excited about the diversity of the slate of nominees for the General Convention deputation.
This year we made an extra effort to ensure that all nominees who are on the Convention roster and any nominations made from the floor will have completed all required Whole & Healthy Church training and the anti-racism training through Next Church. In September, our committee became aware that neither the online Whole & Healthy Church training nor our anti-racism training through Next Church had closed captioning which created issues around accessibility. The committee will work with the Faith Formation working group to ensure the two trainings we ask for are accessible in the years to come.
Thank you to our members of the Committee on Nominations: Patrick Anderson, Rev. Jim Dahlin, Don Miller, Rev. Walter Ramsey, Sr. Dana Augustine Kramer-Rolls, Rev. Jeff Dodge, and to our representative(s) from the Standing Committee: Rev. Mauricio Wilson, Rev. Dr. Deb White, and Warren Wong, and our advisor, Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer.
The nominees for 2022:
Standing Committee (2 lay (1 partial term), 1 clergy):
Lay: Gretchen Lintner, Warren Wong
Clergy: Rev. Jane Stratford
Executive Committee (1 lay, 1 clergy):
Lay: Carolyn George
Clergy: Kirsten Spalding
Secretary of the Convention:
Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer
Treasurer of the Diocese:
Lane Ringlee
General Convention Deputation (4 lay deputies, 4 lay alternates, 4 clergydeputies, 4 clergy alternates):
Lay: Laura Curlin, Emily Hopkins, Warren Wong, Christopher Hayes, Sarah Lawton, Karma Quick-Panwala, Elizabeth Lennon, Ron Hermanson, Joseph Dashiell
Clergy: Rev. Ruth Meyers, Rev. Eric Metoyer, Rev. Cameron Partridge, Rev. Jon Owens, Rev. Deborah White, The Ven. Hailey McKeefry Delmas, Rev. Jennifer Nelson, Rev. Debra Low-Skinner, Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, Rev. Mauricio Wilson, Rev. AnnaMarie Hoos.
On behalf of the Committee on Nominations, I now place into nomination the names listed on page 40 in the Day of Convention Booklet.
Rev. Hannah Elyse Cornthwaite, Chair Committee on Nominations
The Committee of Nominations was brought together in January. The committee continues to struggle getting two representatives from each deanery to serve. We had lay and clergy representatives from the deaneries of Alameda and San Francisco, lay representatives from Marin, clergy representatives from Southern Alameda and Contra Costa, and two vacant positions in the Peninsula deanery. I continued serving as chair of the committee. We met monthly Feb through April, bi-monthly May, July, and August.
Positions open for nominations were sent out to the diocese in early May and the deadline for nominations from July 31st to August 13th. By the deadline we had 2 lay and 3 clergy nominees for Standing Committee, 1 clergy and 1 lay nominee for Executive Council, 1 nominee for Secretary of the Convention, and 1 nominee for Treasurer of the Diocese. For General Convention Delegation we had 10 lay and 11 clergy nominees. We are excited about the diversity of the slate of nominees for the General Convention deputation.
This year we made an extra effort to ensure that all nominees who are on the Convention roster and any nominations made from the floor will have completed all required Whole & Healthy Church training and the anti-racism training through Next Church. In September, our committee became aware that neither the online Whole & Healthy Church training nor our anti-racism training through Next Church had closed captioning which created issues around accessibility. The committee will work with the Faith Formation working group to ensure the two trainings we ask for are accessible in the years to come.
Thank you to our members of the Committee on Nominations: Patrick Anderson, Rev. Jim Dahlin, Don Miller, Rev. Walter Ramsey, Sr. Dana Augustine Kramer-Rolls, Rev. Jeff Dodge, and to our representative(s) from the Standing Committee: Rev. Mauricio Wilson, Rev. Dr. Deb White, and Warren Wong, and our advisor, Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer.
The nominees for 2022:
Standing Committee (2 lay (1 partial term), 1 clergy):
Lay: Gretchen Lintner, Warren Wong
Clergy: Rev. Jane Stratford
Executive Committee (1 lay, 1 clergy):
Lay: Carolyn George
Clergy: Kirsten Spalding
Secretary of the Convention:
Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer
Treasurer of the Diocese:
Lane Ringlee
General Convention Deputation (4 lay deputies, 4 lay alternates, 4 clergydeputies, 4 clergy alternates):
Lay: Laura Curlin, Emily Hopkins, Warren Wong, Christopher Hayes, Sarah Lawton, Karma Quick-Panwala, Elizabeth Lennon, Ron Hermanson, Joseph Dashiell
Clergy: Rev. Ruth Meyers, Rev. Eric Metoyer, Rev. Cameron Partridge, Rev. Jon Owens, Rev. Deborah White, The Ven. Hailey McKeefry Delmas, Rev. Jennifer Nelson, Rev. Debra Low-Skinner, Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, Rev. Mauricio Wilson, Rev. AnnaMarie Hoos.
On behalf of the Committee on Nominations, I now place into nomination the names listed on page 40 in the Day of Convention Booklet.
Rev. Hannah Elyse Cornthwaite, Chair Committee on Nominations
