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03-July-1996 
 
GA96086 
 
Confirmation voted; concerns noted 
 
ALBUQUERQUE--While the Assembly committee on Mission Priorities and Budgets 
has unanimously recommended the election of James Brown as executive 
director of the General Assembly Council, they have noted the strong 
sentiment behind overture 96-125 from the Presbytery of South Alabama. 
They are urging that the evaluation process for the executive director be 
evaluated and revised to reflect more faithfully the sentiment of the 
church as a whole and its various Assemblies. 
 
     They are suggesting that revisions should address these concerns:  (1) 
the possible inequity of evaluation being carried out by members of the 
executive director search committee; (2) the potential conflict of interest 
resulting from the present manner of involvement of the executive director 
in the course of his evaluation; (3) the perception of autonomy and lack of 
accountability on the part of the Council to the expressed direction of the 
General Assemblies. 
 
     GAC moderator William McIvor told the committee he didn't deny the 
mistrust and concerns "out there," but said that the Council feels a deep 
sense of accountability to the Assembly. 
 
     A committee member said there are two possible responses to mistrust, 
which are: to pretend it's not there and hope it will go away; or to openly 
address it. 
 
 
Jane Hines 

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