Changes to the
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
BYLAWS

ARTICLE III
MEETINGS

3.1 Meetings. The Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Church of Christ shall hold an annual meeting and such other special meetings as it may determine. Special meetings shall be called by the Moderator upon the request by either the Board of Directors of the Conference, or the Executive Committee of that Board, or by one Association, or by ten (10) churches of the Conference. Written notice shall be given by mail to the churches thirty (30) days prior to any annual or special meeting. Notice of an annual or special meeting shall include a description of any matter required to be included by law, the Constitution, or these Bylaws. The purpose of each special meeting shall be included in the notice. A quorum for any duly called meeting shall consist of official representatives from one third of the member churches of the Conference. Proxies may not be used at any annual or special meeting of the Conference. At each Annual Meeting the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be celebrated.

 

ARTICLE IV
VOTING MEMBERSHIP

4.1 Every local church with standing in an association of the Conference shall be entitled to voting representatives in the Conference by two lay delegates, plus one additional lay delegate for each 200 members, or major fraction thereof above 200 members, provided that no church may thus be represented by more than seven lay delegates, of which one can be a youth (age 15-20 years.) The last annual Year Book statistics will be the basis for computing the number of delegates. Delegates shall be elected or appointed by each church and, unless otherwise ordered by the church, shall serve for a term of one year or until their successors have been elected, except that a delegate's term of office shall terminate upon removal from membership in the local church. Each church may appoint or elect alternates which shall be designated by the church as voting delegates in the event any one or more of regular delegates cannot be in attendance at the annual or special meetings. The recommendation is that no delegate be self-succeeding for more than three successive years and that, so far as possible, delegates should be representative of the church and reflective of the diversity of people within the congregation.