Call for CLO Election of Officers for 2021-2024

By The Connectional Lay Organization 2020 Nominating Committee: Felecia Commodore, Chairperson (2nd District), Michael Brown, Vice-Chairperson (6th District), Erin Youngue, YAR (3rd District), Ruben Braziel (10th District), Qedindaba Khumalo (20th District), Donna Lee Chandler (1st District), and Veronica Wiley (9th District).

The Nominating Committee of the Connectional Lay Organization of the African Methodist Church is now accepting (Letter of Intent) for the positions as officers in the Connectional Lay Organization for 2021 – 2024.

Please read and follow the instructions listed below:

Any person seeking an elected office in the Connectional Lay Organization must be a member in “good and regular standing” in their Local Lay Organization, Presiding Elder District (If applicable), Annual Conference, and Episcopal District Lay Organizations, and must possess the qualifications required for the position being sought. (CLO Const & By-Laws (2016), Article 6)

Any candidate for the elected office must have registered and attended three Biennial Sessions as a delegate, alternate delegate, or observer within a 10-year period immediately preceding the election year.

All persons seeking an elected office must submit to the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee a “Letter of Intent” with qualifications having been signed by the Episcopal District Lay Organization President.

● The “Letter of Intent” must be returned to the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, by certified mail, its international equivalent, and/or electronic mail postmarked/time-stamped on or before 11:59 PM EST, January 15, 2021. Letters of Intent received after that date and time will not be accepted.

Candidates will be notified by February 15, 2021, verifying that they have met the qualifications for the office they are seeking.

During the April 2021 Connectional Lay Organization Executive Board Meeting, the eligible candidates will be presented for approval. After the Executive Board’s decision, eligible candidates can begin campaigning.

Any candidate campaigning before being notified of his/her eligibility will be disqualified. Campaigning is defined as (a) placing ads in souvenir journals or any AMEC publications, e.g., newsletters; (b) distributing campaign literature or paraphernalia; and (c) visiting formal functions of any lay organization or its subordinate bodies with the expressed purpose of campaigning.

No elected officer may hold more than two positions beyond the local level in the Lay Organization. (CLO Const. & By-Laws, Article 6, Section 5)

Members of the Nominating Committee shall be ineligible for nomination by the Committee for any elected position to be filled.

If a sitting Episcopal District Lay President is nominated then the Episcopal District Lay First Vice-President must sign in place of the president’s signature on the Letter of Intent

To obtain a “Letter of Intent,” contact the Episcopal District President or contact the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, Felecia Commodore. She can be reached by email at CLONominating@gmail.com orby phone at (302-584-7977).