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Hi Everyone,<BR>
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In Launceston Session we have always followed what I thought was fairly standard procedure when it comes to nominating office bearers, that is we call for nominations from the congregation, we receive some names in reply, we add some extra names of our own, we consider them carefully and prayerfully, we come up with a list of candidates and then we announce this to the congregation. It has recently been suggested that we do a couple of things differently, namely:<BR>
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1) That it should be specified that nominators should always gain permission from the person they wish to nominate before putting their name forward to Session.<BR>
2) That if someone is nominated and Session decide not to put them up for election, that Session should go back to the nominator and the nominee and explain why their nomination was rejected.<BR>
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We are wondering if anyone has any experience, thoughts or wisdom for us on this matter?<BR>
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Yours in Christ, Jack Kapinga.<BR> </div></body>
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