2012 Annual Meeting, Parish Elections, and Festive Meal

Annual Meeting & Nominations:

The 2012 Annual Meeting, with Parish Elections, to elect parish Vestry members and Delegates/Alternates to the Diocesan Convention was held Sunday, January 29, 2012, following the 11 a.m. service.

2011 Annual Meeting Minutes

Click here for the approved meeting minutes from last year's annual meeting.

In 2008, the body passed a resolution to allow the annual meeting minutes be reviewed and approved by the Vestry Governance Committee and then posted to the website, in the nave, and made available at the next annual meeting. Anyone who wishes to comment or suggest amendments to the 2011 minutes can contact Governance Committee co-chair Judy Andrews at judy@judithandrewslaw.com

Reports from this year's (2012) Annual Meeting

Reports are posted as they are received.

Agenda
Canon Missioner Report
2012 Approved Budget and Treasurer's Report n.b.: 2011 results are preliminary, unaudited and could be subject to restatement.

info@saintmarks.org

Information about the work of the Call Committee.

2012 Pro Christo Award Recipient: Elsie Ford

Excerpted from the Rev. Canon Rebecca L. McClain's address to the body at the Annual Meeting

"I have been thinking a lot about our Pro Christo award and the amazing people who have been recipients these many years. And this year we will have a recipient who models these two forms of leadership – that of a shepherd and that of the sheepdog – one in front seeking the cool clear water and the good green grass, watching out for the places of danger, and seeking the lost along the way, always ready to sacrifice self when the wolf draws near. And then that other way of leading, the way of following behind, alongside, constantly on alert, coaxing, encouraging, keeping the flock moving forward and connected. Both are ways of the heart, both are necessary for the well being of the flock. Speaking with authority and speaking the truth in love, leading from the heart.

I am trying hard to make this easy for our recipient because she is the last person who wants to come up here and so I ask you to help me honor Elsie Ford as I come down to her."

Report on Elections

Vestry

The terms of newly elected members commence at the first meeting of the Vestry following their election at the annual parish meeting and continue until their successors are elected.

Four people were elected to three-year terms ending at the annual meeting in January 2015.

Jo Ann Bailey
Maria Coldwell
Mark Eichinger-Wiese
Rick Hodsdon

One person was elected to a two-year term ending at the annual meeting in January 2014.

Kasey Frix

Diocesan Representative

At the 2011 Convention of the Diocese of Olympia, Mike Evans of Epiphany Parish in Seattle was elected to a three-year term as Diocesan Representative to the Saint Mark's Cathedral Vestry.

Delegates/Alternates to Convention. (Twelve positions, two year terms.)

Brett Bowton-Meade
Robert Hayden
Lee Knoch
Kevin Johnson
George Pro
Doug Young
Seyi Akanni
Virginia Lenker
Lynne Markova
Janet McCully
Barbara Selberg
Elisabeth Wurtmann

About Elections at Saint Mark's

“Parish Communicants in good standing” are eligible to vote. These are baptized persons who are faithful in corporate worship, have received the Sacrament of Holy Communion at Saint Mark’s at least three times during the previous year, are 16 years or older, and are recorded contributors to the support of Saint Mark’s with money or with personal service. There being no provision for absentee ballots or voting by proxy, electors must attend the Annual Meeting to vote.

More information about the nomination process is available here.

Candidate information for 2012 elections is available here.

The Nominating Committee is grateful to everyone who participated in the process and to all who agreed to stand for election and serve Saint Mark's if elected.