National Association of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Scouters

Annual Meeting Business Items

 

At its annual business meeting, held this year during the General Assembly in Indianapolis, the Association conducted the following business.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS:

• President - Dr. Gael L. Cooper, Newburgh, Indiana
• Vice President - Rev. James A. Gazaway, Pensacola, Florida

The following positions have not yet been filled and will be appointed during the year.

• Three Members at Large
• Cluster One Representative [Western Regions] Alaska, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona
• Cluster Four Representative [Northern Regions] Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

BYLAWS CHANGES

• Section 1 Change of our Name. The National Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Scouters*.

  Rationale: The name is a reflection of what the majority of the active members of the Association are. The Disciples Home Missions lists the staff position as “Director of Scout Ministries”. Also, *Scouters is an inclusive term to mean adult leaders of any youth serving agency, ie: Boy Scouts of America; Girl Scout of the United States of America, and Camp Fire USA, 4-H Clubs, Heritage Girls USA, and even Junior Youth Fellowship, Chi-Rho Fellowship, and Christian Youth Fellowships of our churches.

• Section 4 Affiliation. The Association shall maintain affiliate relations with all Youth serving agencies; work with those groups in the life of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that serve our young people (JYF, Chi-Rho, CYF); and PRAY (Program Religious Activities for Youth).

• Section 5 Headquarters: The permanent headquarters of the Association shall be with Disciples Home Missions, P.O. Box 1986, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-1986.

  Rationale: This just brings our bylaws up to date.

Amendments to the by-laws are spelled out in Article 7 which reads:

These by-laws may be amended by the membership with the following provisions:

• 1 The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the President at least three months prior to the meeting of the associations.

  These suggestions were discussed by the Executive Committee at Philmont in 2008 and approved by the Executive Committee at that time for our consideration.

• 2 The Executive Committee shall make recommendation to the Association regarding the acceptance, revision or rejection of the amendment.

• 3 Notice of the amendment shall be given to the members of the Association at least one month before the regular or called meeting;

• 4 The membership approves the amendment by a two-thirds vote of those members and voting.