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The Province of Canada Synod 2009

Provincial Synod 2009 will be held September 10-13 in Gander at the Albatross Hotel.

Wondering what to pack? See the seven-day forecast.

Documents available on-line: (requires Acrobat Reader)

• Summons to elect a new Metropolitan.
• Position Description for the Metropolitan

• Draft Agenda
• Minutes of the Synod meeting of 2006
• Minutes of the Council meeting of 2007
• Minutes of the Council meeting of 2008
• Report from Fredericton
• Report from Central Newfoundland
• Report from Western Newfoundland
• Report from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
• Report from Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
• Report from Montreal
• Prolocutor's Report on Sexual Misconduct
• Report from the Provincial Archivist
• Report on ACPO
• Further documents will be posted as they become available, closer to the date of Synod.

Governance will be an important theme of the Synod meeting. These documents will help prepare for discussions on that theme:

• A paper, delivered to the Provincial Council in 2007 on the role and value of the Province
• Questions for group discussions on Saturday morning (you can start thinking about these now!)

Notices of Motion. Please send your notices to the Provincial Secretaries so they can be included here.

• Proposals to amend the Constitution and Canons.

Among the business items will be the election of a new Executive. The following documents are designed to clarify the nomination and election procedures. Please review these to determine if you would like to nominate someone for one of these positions, or to help decide if you are willing to accept a nomination.

• Postions requiring nomination and who nominates whom
• Metropolitan position description
• Prolocutor and Deputy Prolocutor position descriptions
• Clerical and Lay Secretaries' position descriptions
• Treasurer position description
• Chancellor position description (The Chancellor is not elected, but this description is here for completeness)
• Member of Provincial Council position description
• Member of Provincial Court position description