Background Check for Vacancy on Executive Council
Resolution text
Resolved, That Executive Council, meeting from June 10-13, 2019 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, directs that before Executive Council accepts any nomination to fill an unexpired term for a vacant Executive Council seat, the nominees shall undergo the background checks and reviews described in Joint Rules of Order of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies, Section VII.21, and the review described in that rule by the Office of the Secretary of General Convention and Chief Legal Officer, in order to determine whether there is anything in that background check to preclude the proposed nomination; and be it further
Resolved, That before nominations are made at Provincial Synods for the election of lay and clergy representatives to Executive Council for 2021, that the Office of Secretary of General Convention communicate with the Presidents of each Province, to request that before nominations are made to Provincial Synods to elect such representatives, that each such nominee’s name be submitted to the Office of General Convention for the background check and review described in Joint Rule VII.21 in order to determine if there is anything in that background check to preclude the proposed nomination; and be it further
Resolved, That if it is determined by Office of Secretary of General Convention, in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer, that the results should preclude a person from holding the office sought, the Office shall share the determination with the proposed nominee and remit that determination, but not the background check results, to the nominator. Background check information shall not be shared beyond the Office of the Secretary of General Convention, the Chief Legal Officer, and proposed nominees who request their own information; and be it further
Resolved, That the costs of such background checks shall be covered by the General Convention Budget.