21 Apr GS 2001 art 6
GS 2001 Article 6 – Late Submissions
The regulations state, “All material for Synod should be received by the convening church (in twenty-two copies) no later than six weeks prior to the convocation date of General Synod. Material received after this date shall ordinarily not be added to the agenda unless Synod is satisfied that the reasons given for later arrival are reasonable” (Appendix II Acts of Synod Abbotsford 1995,p.103;cf.Article 110 and 111 of the same).
With regard to the following submissions, Synod adopted the following proposal from the moderamen:
- Appeal of br. T. Kingma re: decision Synod Fergus Articles 130, 120 and 52. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Br. T. Kingma:
- Corrections to earlier appeal. Proposal: Not admitted; Ground. Submitted late.
- New appeals re: RCUS, URCNA and ERQ. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Mr. T. Hoogsteen and Mr. C.Van Andel: Appeal re: General Synod Fergus 1998 decision. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Cornerstone Church at Hamilton: Overture re: Book of Praise. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Standing Committee for Book of Praise: Taken note of and will be included as an appendix to the Acts. Ground: Submitted late but certain matters require attention for the Standing Committee to be able to continue to function.
- Church at Burlington-Ebenezer: Comments on Report of Standing Committee for Book of Praise. To be passed on to the Standing Committee for perusal.
- Church at Ottawa: Comments on CRCA report. Proposal. Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Attercliffe: Comments on CRCA report. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Attercliffe: Comments on CPEU report (esp. URCNA). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Attercliffe: Comments on CCCA report (esp. ERQ). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Attercliffe: Comments on CCCA report (esp. OPC). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground. Submitted late.
- Church at Attercliffe: Comments on CCCA report (esp. RCUS). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Flamborough: Comments on CRCA (esp. GKN). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Chatham: Comments on CPEU report (esp. UCRNA). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Chatham: Overture re: Women’s Voting. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Church at Grand Valley: Comments on CRCA report (esp. GKN). Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Submitted late.
- Submission from Br. J. Tillema re: Women’s Voting. Proposal: Not admitted. Ground: Insufficient copies.