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DIOCESE
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Episcopal House, Newark
Approved Minutes of the Orientation Meeting
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
St. Agnes' Episcopal Church, Little Falls
Present: The Rt. Rev. John P. Croneberger; President; Mr. John Zinn, Treasurer;
Mr. Michael Francaviglia, Secretary; The Rev. Dean Weber, Chancellor; The Rt.
Rev. Rufus T. Brome, Assistant Bishop.
Elected by Districts: Mr. Donald Cairns, The Rev. Kim Capwell, The Rev. Lu-Ann
Conner, Mr. Daniel deRonde, Ms. Naomi Horsky, Ms. Susan Kynor, Mr. Andrew Piccirillo,
Ms. Nancy Read, The Rev. William Riker, Mr. Don Roberts, The Rev. Dr. Robert
A. Schiesler, The Rev. E. Bevan Stanley, The Rev. Margaret Swetman, Mr. Larry
Taber, The Rev. Paul Williams, The Rev. Denise Yarbrough.
Bishop's Appointments: Mr. Steven Boston, Mr. Sidney King.
Absent: The Rev. Randall Day, Ms. Ann Hirsch, Rev. John F. Stanton, The Rev.
Paul Walker, Ms. Pat Yankus.
ECW: Mrs. Doris Mardirosian.
Others Present:: John C. Garde, Esq., Vice Chancellor:
Staff: Canon R. Carter Echols, The Rev. Canon Paul Hunt, Ms. Susan Robinson.
The meeting was an orientation session for all members. The meeting was called
to order at 7:00 p.m. by Bishop Croneberger and opened with self-introductions.
A newly created Diocesan Council Handbook was distributed and during the meeting
the different sections were described and referenced.
CONVENTION RESPONSES
The Bishop asked for comments and suggestions from the lay members about the
diocesan convention.
ORIENTATION
The areas covered in the Bishop's and staff comments and referenced in the Handbook
were:
• Role of Council
• Guidelines for the Council Work, including Visioning Threads and Program Priorities
• Council's Financial Oversight, including Diocesan Budget Overview (including
stewardship policy), Funding
Sources of ACTS/VIM, Ward J. Herbert Fund, Diocesan Outreach, Jersey City Funds
• Senior Housing Boards
• Community Development Corporations
• Diocesan History
• Episcopal House Staff
• Districts
• Constitution and Canons and the New Jersey Statutes
• Maps and Directions
• Expectations for Individual Council Members, including regular attendance at
meetings and suppers, meeting preparation,
service on a task force, understand responsibilities, report to districts,
use "I" statements, respect opinions of others
• Council Meetings, Schedules and Minutes
• Scheduling of Council Task Forces' Meetings
It was moved, seconded and adopted to temporarily adjourn the meeting of Council.
The President called the membership of the Jersey City Community Development
Corporation to order.
JERSEY CITY CDC BOARD ELECTIONS
Mr. John Zinn moved the following resolution:
Motion: RESOLVED, That the following be elected to the Board of Jersey City CDC
to the Class of 2003 to 2005: Ms. Vanessa Nazario and Carol Harrison-Arnold,
Esq.
The motion was seconded and adopted.
It was moved, seconded and adopted to adjourn the meeting of the membership of
the Jersey City Community Development Corporation.
The Diocesan Council was called back into session.
MINUTES
Motion: It was moved and seconded to accept the minutes for the meeting of January
8, 2003 with a correction that Mr. Dan deRonde was present, not absent. The motion
to accept the minutes as corrected was adopted.
The bishop will appoint chairs of each of the task forces (Partner Congregations
and Districts; Missions; Planning and Role of Council; Committees and Commission)
and ongoing committees (Budget, and Outreach). The chair will be in direct touch
with the other members who signed up for the task force to schedule a meeting
before the next Council meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Rev. David Hamilton and The Rev. Jack Stanton were recovering for heart surgeries.
Mr. Steve Boston, chair of the Technology Committee, announced that the diocesan
web site was being moved to a new server offered by the Church Pension Fund.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. with prayer by the Rt. Rev. Rufus T. Brome.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Francaviglia,
Secretary
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