965
From Wesleyan Discipline
965. The local church conference, at one of its officially announced sessions, shall elect by ballot (820–823), from among its members who meet the leadership qualifications (260-268; 558), the number of lay delegates to the district conference assigned by the district board of administration and a sufficient number of alternate delegates who shall serve for the regular annual session and for any reconvened session. General regulations covering this office are given in 815 and in 1100–1109.