How to Submit an Amendment

To submit an amendment in advance, please follow the below steps:

  1. Download the resolution you would like to amend from the list below.
  2. Open the resolution in MS Word and type in your amendments. Track changes will show your changes. DO NOT accept changes, leave them marked in red.
  3. Save the amended resolution.
  4. Upload the amended resolution to the “Submit an Amendment” form and complete the additional questions on the form.
  5. Submit the form.

Downloadable Resolutions

  1. 2027 Budget of Convention
  2. 2027 Minimum Clergy Compensation
  3. Revisions to Diocesan Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
  4. Consideration Of Amendments to ECCT Canon VIII
  5. Confirming a trustworthy source for social justice work
  6. Establishment of a Diocesan Clean Energy Task Force
  7. Standing in Solidarity with Palestine
  8. Designation of Reparations Sunday
  9. Investing in and Empowering Young Adults for the Mission of God

Please note, submitting a proposed amendment online does not, in and of itself, guarantee your amendment will be considered. You must still take the following steps at Convention to have your proposed amendment considered.

  1. Stand and be recognized by the chair (go to one of the microphones).
  2. State your name and parish and that you wish to “Offer an amendment, which was submitted online.”
  3. Your proposed amendment will be brought up on the screens so you can read it aloud for Convention.
  4. Your proposed amendment will then need to be seconded before you can speak to it and debate can continue.
Submit an amendment

Amendments that have not been submitted online or in advance are still in order and allowed at Annual Convention. Meaning: you don’t have to submit in advance to propose an amendment and can still do so from the floor day of, and it can help our Convention run more efficiently if you do choose to submit in advance.