Current Need for Translation and Transcription Services for DFMS Staff
Resolution text
Resolved, That a budget be established for The Episcopal Church (DFMS) for translation and transcription services, allowing DFMS staff to avail themselves of these services as the need arises, allowing important and mission-related ministry to proceed in a timely manner without requiring staff either to delay communications or to struggle to find ways to pay for these critical services; and be it further
Resolved, That the amount of the budget be determined through a process involving DFMS staff officers, the CFO, and the Executive Committee Joint Standing Committee on Finance and be implemented for the 2021 budget.
Explanation
Frequently, in the course of conducting the ministries of their respective offices, DFMS staff members need translation services, and not only in Spanish. As recent research clearly shows, TEC is a Church in which a great many languages are spoken, and the need is acute to be able to communicate effectively with a single source of funding in the budget that can be overseen by the CFO.