2016 Upper New York Conference IV. DAILY PROCEEDINGS
Actions taken at Seventh Annual Conference June 2-4, 2016 including all Resolutions & Petitions (in order of passage) Organizational Motion 1. This is the seventh session of the Upper New York Conference held on June 2-4, 2016 at the Syracuse Oncenter in Syracuse, New York. 2. The session shall be governed by the rules of General Conference of The United Methodist Church. Roberts Rules of Order 11th edition shall govern all procedural questions where the rules of General Conference cannot be applied. 3. Holy Conferencing affirms our covenant with God and one another. At any time during the proceedings the bishop may call for a moment of discernment and prayer before a vote is taken. 4. The published agenda available on the website shall be the official agenda for the Annual Conference. Questions about the agenda shall be the official agenda and may be directed to the executive assistant to the bishop. 5. All reports without recommendations shall be placed on the consent calendar. The Bishop’s Address to the Conference, the Report of the Conference Lay Leader and the Superintendents’ Report are automatically exempt from this rule. Further, upon proper motion from the floor, any report may be lifted from the consent calendar and placed on the agenda by a one-third vote of the Conference body. 6. The roll call of attendance shall be taken from credential cards presented at the time of registration. 7. Lay members are those specified by the “2012 Book of Discipline,” ¶32, Article I. Selection of Lay Equalization Members, as required in ¶32, Article I. was determined according to the Rules for Determining and Selecting Lay members to the Annual Conference, adopted by the Committee on Sessions on February 14, 2011. 8. Clergy entitled to vote are those specified by the “2012 Book of Discipline,”¶602, subject to the limitations contained in the same paragraph. 9. The voting area of the Conference [“bar of the Conference”] shall be the floor area of the convention center. Guest and non-members may be seated in the designated visitor seating area. Persons standing or seated outside the bar of the Conference shall have no voice on legislative matters or balloting. 10. Securing the Floor: Conference members wishing to speak to the Conference shall raise their colored placard at their seat and wait to be recognized by the Bishop. When recognized they shall move to the nearest microphone. Please state your name, and your church (laity) or appointment (clergy).
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