| Membership: |
At Large: One who shall be nominated from a name or names submitted by ARP Women's Ministries
Presbytery Appointees: One from each Presbytery.
Advisory: Moderator of Synod, Moderator-Elect of Synod, Coordinator of the General Synod
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| Terms of Service: |
At Large and Presbytery Appointees: Four years.
Advisory: As determined by the office to which elected or appointed.
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| Stated Meetings: |
At least annually.
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| Organization: |
Officers: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary.
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| Authority: |
The Committee on Nominations has the responsibility to review the qualifications and to nominate to the General Synod those persons best qualified to serve on Synod's boards and committees and for special assignments.
In the exercise of its authority, the Committee on Nominations shall comply with the Standards of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and its policies and programs shall be consistent with the purpose of the General Synod.
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| Duties: |
1. To identify persons and maintain a list of those who can serve on Synod's boards, committees, and ecclesiastical commission, and as officers of the General Synod.
2. To maintain a file of those who have served on boards and committees and on special assignments in the past.
3. To nominate to the Synod those persons best qualified to serve the Synod on its boards and committees.
4. To nominate to the Synod those persons best qualified to serve the Synod in special assignments, to include the Clerks of Synod, Synod's Parliamentarian, and the Treasurer of Synod's Funds.
5. To insure that the directives of Synod are complied with concerning such matters as presbytery distribution, service limitations, and balance between lay and clergy representation.
6. To ascertain the willingness to serve of all persons nominated.
7. To submit budget requirements to the General Synod.
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GUIDELINES FOR COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
The Committee on Nominations is charged by the Synod with the responsibility of submitting to the Synod a slate of nominees to fill all of the vacancies which come open each year on all of the boards and committees of Synod. In order that this task be accomplished in the best way possible, the Committee goes through the following procedures:
1. Ministers, Sessions, board and committee chairmen, presbytery clerks, and members of the Committee on Nominations are:
a. notified in writing of the annual meeting of the Committee on Nominations;
b. provided with a list of vacancies to be filled;
c. invited to submit recommendations to fill those vacancies; and
d. provided with a form to be used in submitting recommendations, to include:
(1) Complete mailing address and telephone numbers(s)
(2) Church membership and offices held
(3) Position or vacancy for which recommendation is submitted
(4) Background information and qualifications
A notice shall be published in The Associate Reformed Presbyterian inviting the general membership to make recommendations. Recommendations must be made on the form provided by the Committee on Nominations, and must include the satisfactory evidence of his or her belief and adherence to the basic doctrines of evangelical Christianity as adopted by the General Synod and as set forth in a Manual of Authorities and Duties. [Synod, 2005]
2. Presbyteries are requested to appoint Presbytery Representatives and Presbytery Nominees at the fall meeting of Presbytery to preclude the nomination of such persons to other vacancies.
3. Prior to the annual meeting of the Committee on Nominations each committee member is provided with a set of the submitted recommendations. In the absence of nominees or for other pertinent reasons, committee members are encouraged to seek nominees for consideration at the annual meeting, securing the information outlined in Guideline No. 1.
4. It is the purpose of the Committee to seek out and name individuals best qualified to serve. The Synod has designated that certain positions are to be filled by women or young people, or by presbytery appointments. Geographic representation is a strong consideration, there being an effort to have each presbytery fairly represented. An attempt is also made to have laity and clergy equitably represented, or represented according to Synod's policy.
5. Prospective nominees are contacted to confirm their willingness to serve. Nominees for the Board of Trustees of Erskine College shall be notified by Erskine College and by the Committee. Opportunity shall be given for Erskine College to make the first contact. (1986 Minutes of Synod, p. 85, 102-103)
6. The slate of nominees with church affiliation indicated is provided to delegates to Synod in advance of the annual meeting for study.
7. The Committee submits to the Synod at its annual meeting, the slate of nominees, and recommends that, if additional nominees come from the floor, the matter of geographic representation and prior consent of the individual must be kept in mind.
8. The following additional guidelines are followed in the selection of nominees:
a. Persons who have served for more than a half term on a board or committee are ineligible to succeed themselves, except as specifically authorized in the Manual of Authorities and Duties.
b. Employees are ineligible for nomination to a Board or Committee under whose jurisdiction that person is employed. This includes Mission Developers.
c. Except for those persons who are serving as advisory or ex-officio members from another board or standing committee, persons shall not be nominated to more than one board, standing committee, or Ecclesiastical Commission.
d. Persons who are serving as presbytery representatives on boards and standing committees ordinarily shall not be nominated to other boards and standing committees.
e. Effort shall be made to preclude the nomination to a board or committee of more than one person from the same congregation. The Committee on Nominations shall not nominate more than one person from a congregation to a Board or Committee per year. (1986 Minutes of Synod, page 101)
f. Members of the Committee on Nominations shall refrain from nominating themselves for terms on any Board or Committee. (1986 Minutes of Synod, p. 108)
g. An employee of a Board or Committee who is serving as a presbytery appointee on the Committee on Nominations shall not make nominations for appointments on the Board or Committee that employs or governs the institution which employs the individual, and shall be excused when nominees for the employing Board or Agency are being discussed.
h. The Committee on Nominations shall give strong consideration to those suggested nominees for the Board of Trustees of Erskine College. (1986 Minutes of Synod, p. 86)
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