Episcopal Diocese of Albany

Business Office: 68 South Swan Street - Albany, NY 12210 - (518) 465-4737
Christ the King Spiritual Life Center: 575 Burton Road - Greenwich, NY 12834 - (518) 692-9550

June 19, 2009

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Paula A. Sippel and the Rev. Mary R. White have requested that their names be officially removed from Resolution #4 recently passed by the 141st Convention of the Diocese of Albany. While having moved and seconded the original version of Resolution #4, Dr. Sippel in a letter addressed to Bishop Love stated that "the resolution as adopted at convention differed significantly in both content and intent from that which I [Dr. Sippel] presented."

We regret that Dr. Sippel's initial request that her and Rev. White's name not be included in the published Resolution #4 as amended, was not received at the Diocesan Office prior to the publication of the June 10th Diocesan Update which reported on the actions of the 141st. Diocesan Convention.

During the course of the debate on Resolution #4, a few diocesan deputies / clergy expressed concern that the original intent of the resolution was being changed through proposed amendments, (some of which ultimately passed). It is important to remember that once a resolution is presented to the Convention, the Convention is free to pass the resolution as presented, amend it as the Convention sees fit, table it, or defeat it. In certain cases, it may also be ruled out of order. Resolutions may also be referred to an appropriate Diocesan Committee to be further studied or possibly altered before coming to the Convention floor to be acted upon. All of the above scenarios are clearly spelled out and authorized under Robert's Rules of Order. The General Convention of The Episcopal Church follows the same guidelines.

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