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PARISH ASSEMBLY
Section 1:
The Parish Assembly is the general
meeting of the members in good standing
of the Parish.
Section 2:
Regular Parish Assemblies shall be
convened by the Parish Council at
least twice each year at dates fixed
by the Parish Council. Special Parish
Assemblies shall be held when the
Priest and/or Parish Council deem
it necessary, or when ten per cent
of the members in good standing of
the Parish submit a written petition
therefor to the Parish Council stating
the purpose thereon for such meeting.
Section 3:
The members are summoned to Parish
Assemblies by written notice, made
at least ten days prior thereto, and
listing the agenda for regular Parish
Assemblies as prepared by the Parish
Council. Proxies shall not be permitted
at Parish Assemblies.
Section 4:
A Parish Assembly consists of the
members of the Parish who have met
their stewardship obligations to the
Parish in accordance with the Parish
by-laws. A person whose name appears
on the membership rolls but who is
in arrears in the payment of his or
her stewardship obligations may take
part in the Parish Assembly by meeting
such stewardship obligations by the
meeting day. New members may exercise
their vote at Parish Assemblies if
they have been members in good standing
for at least three months. The Priest(s)
shall be non-voting member(s) of the
Parish Assembly.
Section 5:
The quorum for a Parish Assembly is
such number of members in good standing
as its by-laws may determine. If a
quorum is not present, the Parish
Assembly shall be called a second
time within twenty-one days. At such
time decisions may be taken by the
number of members in good standing
present with the exemption of matters
pertaining to the purchase, sale or
encumbering of Parish property in
which case a quorum of members in
good standing shall be required.
Section 6:
The Chairman of the Parish Assembly
shall be elected by the members in
good standing present.
Section 7:
The minutes of the Parish Assembly
shall be signed by the Priest, the
Chairman of the Parish Assembly and
the Secretary.
(Taken from
the "SPECIAL REGULATIONS AND
UNIFORM PARISH REGULATIONS OF THE
GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA,
UNDER THE SPIRITUAL JURISDICTION OF
THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, 1996,
NEW YORK
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/documents/upr1996.asp)
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