Requirements for Nominations by Petition

General

After the Search and Nominations Committee announces the slate of official nominees for Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire, it will be possible to add additional names to the slate through the following petition process:

Requirements

• Petitions may be submitted from March 15, 2012 through March 29, 2012.
• Petitions must be accompanied by all of the information that is required of other candidates by the search committee.
• Petitions may be submitted electronically, but “hard copies” including signatures of endorsers must be received by April 2, 2012.
• Each petition must be endorsed by two clergy persons from each of the six different convocations.
• Each petition must be endorsed by four lay persons who are convention delegates or vestry/bishop’s committee members from each of the six different convocations.
• The Standing Committee will conduct the same background checks and behavioral screening questionnaire for petitioned candidates as are required of other candidates by the Search Committee.

No nomination of petition candidates will be accepted unless in compliance with the requirements above.

Process

• Application materials used by the Search Committee are posted on the Bishop Search web-site
• Petitioned candidates must also provide written answers to the following two questions:

1. Did you participate in the Search/Nominating Committee nominating process, and if not, why not?
2. Why are you petitioning to be included as a candidate now?

• All information made public by the Search/Nominating Committee for official nominees will also be made public concerning petitioned nominees, including the answers to the two questions above.
• The Standing Committee will announce the petitioned nominees by April 25, 2012
• Petitioned nominees will participate in any “meet and greet” events held for official nominees.
• Pursuant to resolution # 7, (RULES OF ORDER FOR AN ELECTION CONVENTION) passed at Diocesan Convention 2011, nominations from the floor of the Electing Convention will not be in order and will not be allowed.

All Inquiries and questions shall be made to:

The Rev. Adrian Robbins-Cole, President, Standing Committee
All Saints’ Church
51 Concord Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
(603) 924-3202
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Download the Application Form.

Download the Nomination Form.