2016 Wesleyan Discipline:General Board Duties Related to General Conference
From Wesleyan Discipline
Related to General Conference
- (4) To select the place and determine the day and the hour at which regular sessions of the General Conference shall convene, provided that the day and the hour are within the spring season (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:330:1; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1528).
- (5) To declare that an emergency exists requiring a change in the time of General Conference, and subsequently to alter the same (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:330:1; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1530).
- (6) To authorize by a two-thirds vote a special session of the General Conference, and to set by majority vote the time and place of such special session (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:330:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1532).
- (7) To serve as the General Conference Committee on Memorials (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1565) and the Committee on Special Nominations (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1580).
- (8) To originate recommendations and memorials to the General Conference, including proposed amendments to the Constitution (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1557-1560).
- (9) To instruct the General Conference Editing Committee concerning the dedication, if any, of the General Conference Journal (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1585).
- (10) To care for any business delegated to the General Board by the General Conference.