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2009 Central Diocesan Fund Budget Guidelines
Procedures for requesting Diocesan Grants for 2009
For Your Information - Current IRS maximum allowed mileage reimbursement rate is $0.585 per mile. Beginning January 1, 2009 the mileage rate will be $0.55 per mile.
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Diocesan Council
Diocesan Council Membership 2008
ELECTED BY AREAS to serve through Convention 2009
#1 Ms. Carol Reeves
#2 Mr. Larry Johnston
#3 Dr. Harold H. Brown
#4 Ms. Melanie Lee
#5 Mr. George Coleman
#6 The Rev. Kent Tarpley
#7 Ms. Gunhild Gross
#8 Ms. Anne Homme
ELECTED BY AREAS to serve through Convention 2008
#1 Mr. David Drysdale
#2 Mr. Ken Cochrane
#3 Ms. Maribeth Barney
#4 Mr. Christopher Pottle
#5 The Rev. Thomas Duplessie
#6 Ms. Elizabeth Parlett
#7 Ms. Barbara Hall
#8 Ms. Kate Bishop
COMMISSION CHAIRS
Congregational Life
The Rev. Leslie Nesin
Mr. James Smith
Diocesan Operations
Mr. Jack Swanton
The Rev. Cn. Richard Hall
Ministry
The Rev. Elizabeth Miller
Outreach & Services
The Rev. Margaret Day
The Rev. Tom Gilbert
Chair of Finance Committee
Mr. Robert Taylor
APPOINTED to serve through Convention 2008
Ms. Joyce Maker
Ms. Daryl Nelsen
The Rev. Alicia Kellogg
Diocesan Canons related to Diocesan Council
CANON 15
Of the Diocesan Council
(1) The congregations and the clergy of the Diocese shall be grouped in Areas in such number and manner as the Bishop and Diocesan Council, in consultation with the clergy and congregations, shall from time to time determine.
(2) There shall be a Diocesan Council composed of the following members:
The Bishop(s);
Two members representing each of the Areas of the Diocese;
One Commission Chairperson from each Commission of Diocesan Council, or his/her designee;
The Chairperson of the Finance Committee;
and no more than four members appointed by the Bishop.
(3) Selection of members shall be as follows:
a. In addition to the Bishop Diocesan of Maine, if there be any Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop(s) Suffragan, whose duties include service on the Council, each such bishop shall likewise be a member.
b. Each Area shall elect two members to serve staggered terms of two years. Each member shall be elected in accordance with procedures established or approved by the Council, either from the clergy of the Area, as eligible under Article III.3.1 of the Constitution of the Diocese of Maine, or from the lay members, who are communicants in good standing of their respective congregations within the Area. The names of those elected shall be communicated to the Bishop for review, and presented at Convention.
c. The Bishop may appoint not more than four members to the Diocesan Council at any time the Bishop may deem convenient, to serve until the final adjournment of the second Diocesan Convention held after their appointment. If there be no Bishop, the Standing Committee shall have the power of appointment.
(4) No person having served as a member of the Diocesan Council for six consecutive years shall be elected or appointed to the Diocesan Council until after the expiration of one year following the sixth year of service. For the purpose of this Canon, the period between annual Diocesan Conventions shall be deemed one year.
(5) Vacancies in the number of members of the Diocesan Council elected by an Area may be filled by the Area. The appointing authority may fill vacancies in the number of appointed members of the Diocesan Council. In all cases such elections or appointments shall be for unexpired terms only.
(6) The Bishop or the Convener appointed by the Bishop shall preside at all meetings of the Diocesan Council. In the absence of both, the Council shall have the power to choose its own presiding officer.
(7) The Diocesan Council shall administer and carry out the work of the Episcopal Church within the Diocese of Maine, subject to such directions as the Diocesan Convention may give. Within 30 days of adjournment of the annual Diocesan Convention, Diocesan Council shall schedule and publish the dates of Council meetings for the ensuing twelve months; Diocesan Council shall, in advance of such scheduled meetings, make the proposed agenda available to the members of the Diocesan Council and to the Areas.
(8) At least six weeks before the date set for the Annual Diocesan Convention, the Council shall prepare an estimate of the amount of money required for the work of the Diocese during the next ensuing year -- that is, from January 1 to December 31. The Council shall determine and recommend to Convention the assessments required to carry out the ministry of the Diocese.
(9) The Diocesan Council shall establish a Finance Committee.
(10) In addition to establishing a Finance Committee, the Diocesan Council may establish such other commissions, committees, and task forces as it may deem advisable.
