Author
I am James Workman, a presbyter (priest) in the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.) and Rector/pastor of St. Michael’s Church in Easley, South Carolina.
Formerly, I was a Presbyterian pastor, with service as Moderator of a presbytery (regional body) and as its parliamentarian.
I am not a professional or licensed parliamentarian, but I did stay at a …. Sorry.
I have sat in the hotseat next to the presiding officer in some tense meetings.
I am wide open for your corrections and suggestions. Make a comment on a particular post or in the Open Input post. Parliamentary procedure is a complex field and I’m still learning details. A member of my vestry (local church board) corrected me on a parliamentary point recently. I now call this “being Kilbeyed.” You can “do a Kilbey” at a critical moment in the life of your church-body too. It could make a difference for good.
1 Comment Add your own
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed
1.
Ed Adcock | March 29, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Today I sat as a delegate at a political District Convention and observed disorganized (hopefully, if it was organized – I quit) chaos, though we eventually got the job done. I have also sat through a Diocesan Convention, where the the control by the Chair was tighter than a ????? wallet, aligned with a created cohort of Lay and Ordained cohorts. Frankly , the chaos was more fun, but took a lot longer. Both have left a sour taste.
How does one become a “Registered Parlimentarian’ and maintain a dispassioned support of the minority.
Ed Adcock
e.adcock@tcu.edu
……without chaos there can be no creation. ++KJS
That was then, this is now – Ed