Guidelines for Submitting to the Committee on Resolutions 

The Committee on Resolutions is appointed by the College of Bishops in accordance with ¶206 of THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE, REVISED 2010. The following are pertinent paragraphs from THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE, REVISED 2010:

¶206. There shall be a Committee on Resolutions appointed by the College of Bishops. Each Bishop shall appoint one member to the Resolutions Committee by September 1 of the year preceding the General Conference. The Presiding Bishop of the District shall publish the name of the committee member throughout the District.

¶206.1. All resolutions, memorials, and other materials contemplated for presentation to the General Conference shall be sent to the appropriate Episcopal District Resolutions Committee member on or before January 31 of the year of the General Conference.

 ¶206.2. Resolutions mailed, sent or given to the Episcopal District representative shall be examined by him or her to ascertain if they meet the requirements for proposed legislation (cf. ¶1500.7, §4).

All resolutions requiring changes in the wording and/or legal meanings of provisions in the Discipline shall state the paragraph, section, page and language to be changed and the language to be substituted. In addition to the requirements referenced, resolutions shall not contain more than three preamble paragraphs. If the resolutions do not meet the requirements, they shall be returned for corrections.
In addition to these paragraphs from The Book of Discipline, Revised 2010, the College of Bishops has agreed upon the following regulations for the sake of uniformity:

(1) Resolutions should be submitted in writing.
            (a) Hard copies given to or mailed to the Episcopal District Representative should be typed in 12 point font, on only one side of the paper. Multiple pages should be stapled together.
            (b) Resolutions submitted via email should be sent as an attachment in Word document format.
            (c) The submitter of the resolution must type his/her name, address, telephone, email and local church information on each page of the resolution.
            (d) Resolutions submitted on behalf of groups and organizations should clearly state this information and include one name as the point of contact.

(2) As directed by ¶206.2 above, all resolutions requiring changes in the wording and/or legal meanings of the provisions in the DISCIPLINE shall state the paragraph, section, page and language to be changed and the language to be substituted.

(3) As directed by ¶206.2, all Resolutions shall contain no more than three preamble paragraphs.

(4) Resolutions not meeting the above requirements will be returned for corrections. Corrected resolutions must be returned in time to meet the January 31, 2014 deadline.
Submitted by Lawrence L. Reddick III, Secretary of The College of Bishops