 Official Committee

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall consist of seven members, among whom shall be the President, both Vice Presidents, the Recording Secretary, the Financial Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Youth Usher advisor. The tenure of the committee is annually. The membership changes according to new officer elections.

Duties of this Committee

The Executive Committee shall direct the policy and activities of the usher board including the general supervision of all business. It considers all matters delegated to it by the President. The committee shall meet at the discretion of the President and the Vice Presidents.

Meetings

General Usher Board meetings and Executive Committee meetings shall be at 1:00pm on the second Sunday of each month.

Training sessions and special meetings may be called by the President, upon due notice to the membership by the Team Leader

The place of meetings shall be at the church unless otherwise specified.

Procedure

The President or Vice President or in their absence the ranking elected officer shall convene the regular business meeting at 1:00 p.m.

Robert’s Rules of Order shall control the conduct of the meeting.

Quorum

The President or Vice President, two other elected officers and twelve members shall constitute a quorum.

Installation

Newly elected officers shall be installed by the Pastor of the church during regular service— date to be announced by Pastor.

Special Committees and Groups

In addition to all committees herein named, the President may appoint such other committees as from time to time may seem appropriate.

Membership Committee

The membership shall consist of a chairperson appointed annually by the President and at least three additional volunteer members, charged with the duty of recruiting new members, presenting new members to the general usher board, and disseminating initial training and orientation materials to the new members.

Procedures / Training Committee

The committee shall consist of a chairperson, appointed by the President and three [3] other members, representing each team. Members shall be responsible for organizing and implement two training sessions per year.

Annual Usher Day Committee

The committee consist of a chairperson appointed by the President annually, and three [3] members charged with planning and coordinating the activities for Annual Usher Day.

Committee Chairpersons—2021

Executive Committee

Training Procedures Annual Usher Day Committee New Membership Ernestine Harris

Ramona Long Paul Woodburn

James Brown

Dues and Fees

Yearly dues shall be uniform to all adult members except emeritus members who are exempt. Special assessments can be requested, by majority vote.

Nomination, Election and Installation of Officers

The President shall appoint a Nominating committee at the October meeting each year, who shall receive application for nomination to each officer from or in behalf of members in good standing with the usher board. This will render a report to the usher board at the November General Meeting, at which time further nominations may be received from the floor.

Election

The election shall be held at the regular December meeting and shall be by balloting or standing vote.

A majority of votes cast shall elect to office where a nominee is absent at election, in which case a two-thirds majority of votes cast shall be required.

The election shall be conducted by the Secretary, and two members appointed on the day of the election by the President.