Friday, February 9, 200
Evening Session

The Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg, Bishop of the Diocese of East Tennessee, called the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Diocese to order with prayer at 6:45 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Quorum

The Bishop called on the Rev. Allan Cole, Chair of the Credentials Committee, to report the following registration: 63 clergy, 109 lay delegates, for a total of 172 delegates. There were 16 alternates and 41 others for a grand total of 229 in attendance. In accordance with Article V of the Constitution, there was a quorum present for transaction of business.

Election of Officers

Bishop vonRosenberg placed into nomination the names of the following convention officers: Alice Clayton, Secretary of the Diocese; Rosemary Davenport, Assistant Secretary, Don Sproles, Treasurer; Robert Newman and Joseph Bacon, Assistant Treasurers; J. Douglas Overbey, Esq., Chancellor of the Diocese; Thomas Hale, Esp., Thomas Peters, Esq., and the Hon. Marie Williams, Vice Chancellors of the Diocese; and Dr. Nelle Bellamy, Registrar of the Diocese. All were elected by acclamation.

Appointment of Parliamentarian

Bishop vonRosenberg appointed Thomas Peters, Esq., as Parliamentarian and J. Douglas Overbey, Esq. as Assistant Parliamentarian.

Adoption of Rules of Order

Mr. Thomas Peters, Parliamentarian, moved that the Rules of Order and the Order of Business be adopted by the convention. The motion was seconded and carried.

Resolution of Invitation

The Rev. Carson Fraser moved the adoption of the following Resolution of Invitation:

Resolved, That all Ministers of this Church not canonically resident officiating under license and in charge of congregations in the diocese be given seats and voice in the deliberations of this Convention; and

Resolved, that all Ministers of this Church present in this city of Knoxville during the sessions of the Convention, all Postulants and Candidates for Holy Orders in the Diocese, and all Ministers of other communions present in Knoxville be cordially invited to seats upon the floor of the Convention.

Motion carried
Resolution adopted

Introduction of New Clergy and Recognition of Seminarians

The Bishop introduced the new clergy in the diocese:

The Rev. Nicholas Beasley, Deacon, residing in Diocese of South Carolina
The Rev. Allan Cole, Assistant to the Rector, St. Andrew's, Maryville
The Rev. Craig Kallio, Rector, St. Stephen's, Oak Ridge
The Rev. Phil Purser, Rector, All Saints, Morristown
The Rev. Jack Rogers, Assistant to the Rector, St. Martin's, Chattanooga

Bishop vonRosenberg recognized the seminarians from the diocese: Wendie Jekabsons, Claire Keene, Lou Parsons, Jim Sharp, Brad Smith, all attending the School of Theology, Sewanee, and Bo Townsend, attending the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Introduction of Convention Chair and Co-Chair and Special Guests

The Bishop introduced the Convention Chair the Rev. Thom Rasnick and the Co-Chair Ms. Meg Lonon, both of St. John's Cathedral, Knoxville. Bishop vonRosenberg presented two special guests--the Rt. Rev. William E. Sanders and the Rt. Rev. Robert G. Tharp, retired Bishops of East Tennessee, who were greeted with a standing ovation.