2025 Journal-Yearbook

Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook

Section 2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications. The number of the members of the CCFA shall be not less than nine (9) nor more than twenty-one (21). It is recommended that there be at least one layperson more than clergy included on the voting membership of the CCFA. Members of the CCFA shall be elected in classes at the annual session of the membership for a term of four (4) years (or until their successors are elected). Members of the CCFA need not be members of the Corporation. A quorum will consist of 50% of the membership plus one (1). Section 3. Ex-Officio Members. The following shall be ex officio members of the CCFA without the right to vote: The Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, the Bishop, a Conference district superintendent chosen by the cabinet, and the Conference Director of Connectional Ministries, and any other persons designated by The Book of Discipline as ex-officio members of the CCFA. Section 4. Regular Meetings: Within four weeks of the close of each annual session of the membership, the CCFA shall hold its regular annual meeting to elect officers. The Conference district superintendent assigned to the CCFA as the cabinet representative shall convene the meeting. Article VII - Officers Section 1. Officers: The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a vice president, an assistant vice president, a secretary, a treasurer/director of administrative services, a statistician and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The Corporation may elect or appoint such other officers, including one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers, as it shall deem desirable. The officers are to have the authority and perform the duties usually pertaining to their offices, and such other duties prescribed, from time to time, by the membership. No individual shall hold more than one office, except the treasurer/director of administrative services may also serve as statistician, if so elected. Section 2. President: The president of the Corporation shall be the Bishop. The Bishop shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and shall in general supervise all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The Bishop may sign, with the secretary, assistant secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Trustees, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Trustees, by these by-laws, by statute or by The Book of Discipline , to some other officer or agent of the Corporation; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president. Section 3. Vice Presidents: (a) The President of the Board of Trustees shall serve as vice president of the Corporation. In the absence of the Bishop or in event of the Bishop’s inability or refusal to act, the vice president shall have all the general corporate powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president of the Corporation; provided, however, the vice president shall perform no duties of an Episcopal nature, which under The Book of Discipline , are performable only by the Bishop. The vice president shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the Bishop or by the membership. (b) The Vice President of the Board shall serve as assistant vice president of the Corporation. The assistant vice president shall perform the duties as outlined in Article VII, Section 3(a) in the absence of the vice president. Section 4. Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services. The duties of the

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