Staff

Vestry

VESTRY NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT:

The Vestry Nominating Committee has completed its work to identify and nominate qualified candidates for the vestry positions that will be open in 2020. The Vestry Nominating Committee Members are: 

Pat McNeilly, Chair

Susan Dolan

Rob Drucker

Dexter Ewel

Sandy Gaddy

The Nominating Committee has efficiently and responsibly developed a slate of nominees. The 2020 Slate of Nominees for the vestry is: 

Laurel Bahar – Junior Warden

Leigh Alexander

Karen Brinkman

Debra Byam – for completion of a vacant vestry term

David Heywood

Carol Tutera  

In addition to the candidates nominated by the Committee, other persons may be nominated by written petition signed by not less than ten qualified voters of the Parish. Such petitions shall be filed with the Nominating Committee not later than January 11, 2020. Persons nominated by petition must also be qualified voters. To be a “qualified voter” that person should meet the following criteria:

1. Must have been baptized in the Episcopal Church or in an-other Christian Church, and the baptism must have been duly recorded in the Episcopal Church;
2. Must have received Holy Communion at St. Francis at least three times during the preceding year;
3. Must be 16 years old or older;
4. Must have signed the Parish register, or been entered thereon, at least one month prior to January 26, 2020;
5. Must have been a contributor of record to St. Francis during 2019, or shall have made a pledge to contribute to the support of the church for 2020.The slate will be voted on by the Parish at the 2020 Annual Meeting on January 26, 2020.

Renita Ford, Senior Warden