The Bylaws Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will present the following amendment to the messengers at its annual meeting Nov. 10-11. (Proposed new language is set off by brackets.)
SCBC Bylaws, Part 2
Article III ? Standing Committees
Unless otherwise specified, all terms on Standing Committees shall be for one (1) year, and no person shall serve two (2) consecutive terms on the same committee. However, for committees with specified terms of more than one (1) year, a person first elected to fill less than one-half (1/2) of an unexpired term may be re-elected to a full term without waiting a year. No person shall serve on more than one standing committee at the same time by election or appointment. Terms commence January 1 following election by the Convention. [If a member of a standing committee has been absent for three consecutive meetings of the committee, the member shall be deemed to have resigned, and the position to be declared vacant. The chairman of the standing committee shall notify the committee member that the position is declared vacant, and notify the Committee on Committees for a new member to be nominated to the Convention to serve on the standing committee.]
Alton Nix, Park Street Baptist Church, Easley, is chairman of the committee. Other committee members include Bill Bateman, Inman; Terry Corder, Jefferson; Doug Dixon, St. George; Dan Eskew, Salem; Lowry Sheely, Summerton; Talmadge Tobias, Sumter; and Jeff Wildes, Georgetown.