Jonathan LeMaster-Smith

Judicial Council Decision 1497 – RE Youth Representation on General Commission on General Conference

From the Decision:
If there is no youth representation then the General Conference is required to identify, nominate, and elect one youth.

While ¶ 511.1.b) says nominees to the General Commission on General Conference must be seated delegates, it appears ¶ 511.1.a) supersedes this. It states: The voting members of the commission shall be elected quadrennially by the General Conference and shall consist of twenty-five members as follows: one person from each US jurisdiction, one person from each of the seven central conferences, one young adult, one youth.

And thus the Judicial Council notes: The Discipline requires youth representation on the Commission under ¶ 511.1a. The General Conference is required to find, nominate, and elect at least one youth to the Commission.

Therefore a youth nominee must be brought forward. (I hear they are working on it).