How the body works

Process & procedure

Not a specific item of business — the rules of the road. How an idea becomes business, how to make a motion, who's a member, and what a consent agenda is.

• Resolutions & proposals — How an idea becomes business the conference votes on — who may submit, the deadlines, and the new agency vs. non-agency path.
• Making a motion — What to say when you want to speak, change, pause, or object — and whether it needs a second, is debatable, or takes two-thirds.
• Consent agendas — How routine reports move quickly — and how to pull an item out for real debate.
• Who's a member of Annual Conference — Lay and clergy membership, and why the conference works to equalize the two.