Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
3. Agenda, Other Conference Materials, and Consent Calendar a) The Bishop and Conference Secretary shall provide an agenda for the session. b) The agenda will be published in advance of the Session, both on-line at the conference website and sent electronically to registered voting members along with all resolutions, reports and other materials. Any legislative item and materials published electronically and appropri- ately distributed to conference members at least 10 days prior to the Annual Conference session will be considered to have met any timing requirements of the standing rules and/or other conference policies. c) Paper copies will be sent to lay and clergy members who have request- ed them by the deadline outlined in the Conference Secretary policies. d) To expedite voting, the Conference Secretary in consultation with the Bishop and Sessions Committee may create a Consent Calendar of resolutions, reports, or other matters before the session that may be voted on in one action. e) Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration at the request of the Sessions Committee or written request of thirty (30) Annual Conference members by at least 5:00 pm two days before the session convenes. 4. Provisions for Pre-Conference Preparation a) Online sessions will not allow for speeches for or against legislative items brought for decision, nor for questions related to the legislative materials during the session. b) In advance of the session, members will be able to seek information and ask questions in various ways which may include pre-Conference videoconference briefings and a “Frequently Asked Questions” page on the IGRC website. 5. Voting a) Given the limitations of an online Annual Conference session, all res- olutions and actions will be decided without amendment by the body of the session, and members will be asked to only vote “in favor” or “not in favor” without amendment. b) Voting shall be conducted through a secure electronic means online, as approved by the Conference Sessions Committee. c) Voting may also occur in-person at approved satellite viewing and voting centers for those who cannot access the video stream or online voting portal. Tellers and other technical staff shall be present at each satellite center to ensure full participation of those gathered and to report the results of each vote to the Conference Secretary. d) The results of the voting shall be reported after all vote counts from satellite sites and on-line voting are aggregated. e) For electronic voting, each logged-in device will only convey a single vote regardless of how many members may be sharing the device.
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