Convention Booklet 2017

7 PM

Banquet: Cost included in full registration or purchased as a meal ticket. Your name tag IS your ticket. You must be wearing it to be admitted to the dining room. A cash bar will be available during dinner. Presentation of the Annual St. Nicholas Day Appeal Checks Recognition of the Canon for Administration and Others Episcopal Relief and Development Announcement

Roanoke Ballroom A/B

8:30 PM

Coffee House with Youth@Convention

St. John’s Episcopal Church A bus will depart through the Roanoke Ballroom courtyard

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017

7 AM

Buffet breakfast available

Regency Room OR Roanoke City Market

or on your own

7:30 – 8:45 AM Coffee and tea available

Roanoke Foyer

8:15 AM

Rehearsal for Holy Eucharist

Roanoke Ballroom C/H

8:30 – 9 AM

(If necessary) Polls Open for Elections: Only lay and clergy

Roanoke Foyer

delegates may vote. Be prepared to show your voting card.

8:30 – 9 AM

Children@Convention gather prior to the service

Shenandoah B

8:45 – 9 AM

Youth@Convention-led sing-along

Roanoke Foyer

9 AM

HOLY EUCHARIST: Adults, Youth@Convention, and Children@Convention Celebrant and Preacher - The Rt. Rev. Mark A. Bourlakas Plate Offering – Episcopal Relief and Development Necrology Installation of Standing Committee, Executive Board,

Roanoke Ballroom C/H

Convocation Deans and Presidents, Disciplinary Board, Provincial Synod Deputies & Alternates, General Convention Deputies & Alternates, UTO Coordinator

10:30 AM

BUSINESS SESSION (if necessary)

Roanoke Ballroom C/H

Unfinished Business Closing Prayers Adjournment Standing Committee meeting immediately following adjournment Living Local—Joining God: Listening to the Neighborhood; review for congregation teams, clergy, and coaches, and discussion of future scheduling

10:30 AM – Noon

Pocahontas

A Post-Meeting Response Form will be emailed to those who

registered online for Convention. Please respond promptly.

Ninety-Ninth Annual Convention: January 26—28, 2018

RULES OF ORDER: The general rules of parliamentary procedure set forth in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of the session of Convention except wherein other procedure is provided by the Diocesan Constitution or Canons. Any motion or resolution within the scope of authority of any committee of Convention may be presented directly to such committee by the proposer. Any motion may be offered on the floor of Convention (unless ruled out of order by the President of the Convention) in which event it shall, if seconded, and if at least two-thirds of the delegates present and voting then vote to permit its consideration (see diocesan Canon 29), be referred to the appropriate committee of Convention for consideration without discussion or debate. The committee to which such a motion or resolution has been presented or referred shall report motion either favorably or unfavorably prior to the adjournment of Convention. 6