Jonathan LeMaster-Smith

Our first request for a declaratory decision to be sent to the Judicial Council!!!

Ian Carlos Urriola has requested a declaratory decision on whether the General Conference is violating ¶ 511.1.a-b.

This is a request to determine since no youth are seated at General Conference, and the nominations for the General Commission on the General Conference must come from delegates and be delegates seated at the current General Conference, are we violating the Book of Discipline?

Some notes:

The General Conference is not required to have youth delegates. Neither the Constitution nor the General Conference Section ¶ 501-511 mandate it.

The Judicial Council has reminded us that this is the 2020 General Conference, so they may rule that they were youth when elected. But it also feels like judicial gymnastics to do this.

I don’t know what this means if we are found in violation? I would assume ¶ 511.1.a-b may be ruled out of order, not the entire General Conference.