2018 Convention Booklet

Announcements • Your assigned table number for the Friday business session is printed on your name tag. We will not have assigned seating during meals or during business on Saturday. • Convention Committees are requested to meet near the podium for a brief check-in immediately following the Friday afternoon business session. • Clergy and Lay Delegates each have a bright blue voting card inserted in their name tag holders. Please do not lose your voting card. This card informs the tellers of your voting status at the balloting area for the election of diocesan leadership positions. This card also allows tellers to count your vote in open legislative sessions of Convention. • Kristen Kroeger, the Convention Registrar, will certify delegates and alternates in the check-in area using the Certificates of Election as filed by parishes. • Your name tag serves as your meal ticket and must be worn for Friday dinner, Saturday lunch, and/or the Saturday banquet. If you are registered for the Commission on Ministry lunch, your nametag will have a special designation. • All meals will be in Roanoke Ballroom A/B. All business sessions will be in Roanoke Ballroom C/H. • All participants are encouraged to visit the Exhibit Hall in the Crystal Ballroom. Report from the Secretary of Convention Preparations for the 99 th Annual Convention could not have happened without the assistance of a variety of volunteers and the dedication of the Diocesan Staff. Special thanks to the following individuals for their contributions: Wendy Moses, Diocesan Controller Siobhan Byrns, Registration Assistant Lee Nancarrow, Head Teller Tom Bird, Debbie, Burchard, Tracy Lively, Ted Cathey, & Frank Slavin; Convention Tellers Marlene Buckles, Coordinator of Convention Minutes & Journals Beth Spiker, Administrative Assistant Joy Bird, Administrative Assistant Ben Cowgill, Youth@Convention Coordinator Susan Lawrence, Patricia Cope-Levey, & Polly Cassidy; Children@Convention The Rev. Alexander MacPhail, Master of Ceremonies for Friday Eucharist The Rev. Canon Connor Gwin, Master of Ceremonies for Sunday Eucharist Nick Moga, Chair of the Standing Committee Cary Harveycutter, Chair of Dispatch of Business John Shaner, Exhibit Hall Coordinator Kristen Kroeger, Registrar

Emily Sproul, Ballroom Projectionist Stephanie Boyd, Workshop Assistant

Thanks to St. John’s, Roanoke for hosting Youth@Convention; Christ Church, Roanoke for hosting Children@Convention; and St. Andrew’s, Roman Catholic Church for hosting Friday Eucharist.

Respectfully submitted,

The Rev. Canon Mark Furlow, Secretary of Diocesan Convention

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