2006 Diocesan Committee/Board Members Elected at Convention
Brookhaven
Trustees (three-year terms)
Dr. Brewster Martin, James Kennedy, Sharon Ross
The Board
has full jurisdiction and authority over the management and operation
of the Brookhaven Home and School, including the program, discipline
and regulation, and the engagement or dismissal of faculty and staff.
Diocesan
Council (two-year terms)
Donna Abramov, Don Crofut, the Rev. Victor Horvath, Roy Morgan
Two Youth Representatives
to be appointed
The Bishop
and the Council exercise the executive powers of the Diocese between
conventions and are responsible for the promotion of the
mission of the church. The Council, in consultation with
the Treasurer of the Diocese, prepares a comprehensive
budget each year for submission to the annual Convention.
Of the 26 elected members, 16 are elected by deaneries,
8 are at-large members and 2 are youth members.
Oversight
and Audit Committee (three-year terms)
The Rev. Gary Ely, James Harder, the Rev. Peter McLean (filling
term to 2008)
The committee
of three clergy and three lay persons is responsible for implementing
and enforcing the audit, financial reporting, funds management and other
requirements of diocesan and national canons relating to diocesan and
parish financial management. They provide resources and consulting to
parishes and diocesan organizations and are responsible for an annual
audit of accounts of the Diocese and Trustees.
Rock Point
Board (three-year terms)
Alice Daley, Iris Darling, John King
The Board
is responsible for administration and maintenance of the buildings and grounds
of Rock Point. The duties include planning for the use, maintenance, management
and security of the property and purchasing and contracting for all goods and
services.
Rock Point
School Trustees (three-year terms)
The Rev. Lisette Baxter, Franci Farnsworth, Chari Goodman,
Lisa Simon
The Board
of Trustees has full jurisdiction and authority over the management and operations
of Rock Point School, including the curriculum, discipline, regulation and
the engagement or dismissal of the faculty and staff.
Standing
Committee (four year terms)
The Rev. Anita Schell-Lambert, Genie Rayner, Duncan Tingle
(filling term to 2009)
The Standing
Committee—four clergy and four lay persons—is an advisory committee
to the bishop and acts in the absence of the bishop as the ecclesiastical authority
of the diocese. The committee must consent to ordinations and to episcopal
elections in other dioceses.
Trustee of
the Diocese (seven year term)
Michael Huffman
The Board
of Trustees is responsible for receiving, holding and properly disposing of
all assets, real and personal, of the Diocese. In other words, the Board is
owner of all diocesan property and is responsible for management of diocesan
investments.
Trustee,
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society (three year term)
Peg Hamlin
