Note #9125 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS:
06081 Feb. 11, 2006
GAC calls special meeting
Council members will gather on May 23 to choose a new executive director
by Evan Silverstein
LOUISVILLE - A special one-day meeting of the General Assembly Council (GAC) will be held before this summer's General Assembly in Birmingham, AL.
The additional meeting is scheduled for May 23. The site hasn't been chosen, although Chicago is a possibility. The meeting agenda will have only one item: the election of the GAC's new executive director.
The council's current chief, John Detterick, plans to retire at the end of the Assembly in June.
The council voted to schedule the special session during its regular meeting here Saturday (Feb. 11).
The proposal was made earlier in the week by the GAC's executive committee.
Joey Bailey, the PC(USA)'s executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, estimated the cost of the added meeting at $40,000. That money is not included in the 2006 per-capita budget, which covers GAC meeting expenses.
The additional meeting would probably be held at an airport hotel to minimize lodging expenses, Bailey said.
Members of the executive committee said holding the election during GAC's next regular meeting in April would leave too much time between the naming of the new director and the start of the General Assembly and could put the new director in the awkward position of having to notify his or her previous employer prematurely.
A search committee has hired BoardWalk Consulting, a professional search firm, to identify candidates for the position. BoardWalk specializes in finding executives for not-for-profit organizations.
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