2016 Wesleyan Discipline: Nominating committee: General Conference

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1563. The General Conference shall have such committees as it may deem necessary. The committees shall be nominated by the General Board, unless ordered otherwise in The Discipline or by the General Conference, and elected by the General Conference. 1580. The General Board shall serve as the Committee on Special Nominations (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:7). The duties of this committee shall be:

(1) To receive from the General Superintendent recommendations from which to present to the General Conference one or more nominations for each of the general officials elected by the General Conference. In the event an incumbent is not nominated, the committee shall normally present two or more nominations for that office. The general officials involved are: the Executive Director of Education and Clergy Development, the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship, the Executive Director of Global Partners, and the Executive Director of Communication and Administration.
(2) To present nominations for the members of the Board of Review (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1590:19; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5400:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5405).
(3) To present such other nominations or fulfill such duties as may be assigned to them by the General Conference.