JCM 1184

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1305&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1100&EN=1189

The Council denied the request for reconsideration of their ruling in JCM 1176, that what a person at California-Nevada Conference asked was a parliamentary matter rather than a question of law.

Drawing the line….

I wish a concurring opinion had suggested that the questioner petition the General Conference to include consultation with participants in a local church being considered for discontinuation. Paragraph 2548 allows for it but then says that failure to do so does not invalidate the conference’s vote. I’ll make it my job to make the suggestion. And I can direct the person to people who can help draft such a petition.

Update as of 8/21/12: I failed to do this simple task.