Convention Booklet 2017

Announcements

Annual Executive Board Report from the Secretary • Your 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 lime green 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. • Lynn Robertson will certify delegates in the check-in area using the Certificates of Election as filed by parishes. Remember that Alternates serve in the order listed on the Certificate of Election. • Living Local: Joining God events take place in the Roanoke Ballroom: ◦ Saturday ~ 10:45—Noon: Taking Dwelling in the Word Home ◦ Saturday ~ 12:20—2:45: Listening to Each Other ◦ Sunday ~ 10:30—Noon: Listening to the Neighborhood. • 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 or the Clergy Spouse/Partner lunch, your nametag will have a special designation. • Those who would like to enjoy a more social lunchtime are invited to bring their meals into our usual lunch space, Roanoke Ballroom A/B.Those who would like to learn more about Living Local: Joining God are invited to return to the Roanoke Ballroom C/H meeting space with their meals, for a quieter working lunch and time to explore that topic. • There are no oral Program Reports during Convention this year. During this Convention weekend, you will have ample opportunity to visit and view program displays of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia in the Crystal Ballroom. Thank you! Line of Credit established for the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia: In accordance with diocesan Canon 7, Section 8, and as Secretary of the diocese, I inform this Ninety-Eighth Annual Convention, as was also reported to nine prior Conventions, that in 2004 a $100,000 line of credit was established with Wachovia Bank. This credit line was established for the primary purpose of providing financial resources for the cash flow needs of the Phoebe Needles Center, Inc. There is a letter of agreement in place between the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia and the Board of Directors of the Phoebe Needles Center, Inc. which outlines the process by which Phoebe Needles borrows money from the diocesan line of credit and outlines the process for repayment from Phoebe Needles. The line of credit is now held by Union Bank and Trust. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was zero, as Phoebe Needles Center, Inc. has paid off the balance in full. The line of credit with Union Bank and Trust has now been closed. Respectfully submitted, Alan Boyce Secretary

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