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Subject: Re: [SCVLP] Nominations for Synod Council & Churchwide Voting

Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:43:48 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

From: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>


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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:43:48 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: [SCVLP] Nominations for Synod Council & Churchwide Voting
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Hi -

FINAL REMINDER!!!!!
Deadline for registering to vote is
7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015.
That's TONIGHT!

A total of 8 people from 3 congregations have
registered so far.  For EVERYONE who wishes to
vote I need:
   * name
   * congregation
   * lay / clergy / retired clergy
   * email address

Don't put it off any longer!

Randy

-----Original Message-----
>From: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
>Sent: Jan 15, 2015 1:44 PM
>To: SCVLP@googlegroups.com
>Subject: [SCVLP] Nominations for Synod Council & Churchwide Voting Members
>
>Hi -
>
>Sorry this message is a bit long, but it's important and
>we wanted it to be really clear.
>
>When we met at the district gathering, we failed to vote
>on the names we are supposed to offer as nominees for various
>positions at the upcoming synod assembly.  After discussion
>at our "First Thursday" gatherings, we have decided that
>our best path forward is to re-run the entire process
>electronically.
>
>The process will have three steps, each to be given
>one week to complete:
>   1) registration of voters
>   2) surfacing of names of nominees
>   3) voting
>
>We will use freely-available online tools to ensure that
>the voting is anonymous and secure, that that the results
>can be inspected.
>
>FOUR positions need to be filled, and for each
>respectively we are to choose ONE person willing
>to stand for election.  The positions are:
>
>        - District D Lay Female Synod Council Member
>
>        - Lay Female Voting Member of Churchwide Assembly
>          (to be held August 8-13 2016 in New Orleans, LA)
>
>        - Lay Male Voting Member of Churchwide Assembly
>          (to be held August 8-13 2016 in New Orleans, LA)
>
>        - Lay Female Voting Member of Churchwide Assembly
>          (to be held August 8-13 2016 in New Orleans, LA)
>
>If you and your congregation's voting members (i.e. the members
>your congregation would send to a conference or synod meeting
>if it were held now) intend to participate in this process,
>you MUST provide the following bits of information to conference
>secretary Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>  This is
>mecessary for EVERYONE who is to vote:
>   * name
>   * congregation
>   * lay / clergy / retired clergy
>   * email address
>
>Note well that each voter MUST have their own email address.
>The tools we will use to conduct the voting require distinct
>email addresses for each voter.  This information MUST be
>supplied no later than 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015.
>
>Randy


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