Nominations Committee

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I write to you as the elected chairperson of the Nominations Committee for the CWM 2020 Assembly elections. The Committee represents all six regions of CWM, and has been appointed to provide leadership in the election process and to preside over the election proceedings. The Nominations Committee is critical to the election process in assisting delegates to discern and determine the persons who will serve the organisation as Directors and Trustees for the next four years.

This year’s election process sees its own challenges due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that we are all facing. The elections will now be held electronically. This process will be supported by the General Secretary, the Executive Secretary and other CWM staff, as deemed necessary, in order to ensure efficiency of the electronic process.

On behalf of the Nominations Committee I would like to assure all members of the Assembly that although the process needs to be done differently this year, this will not change the involvement of the Nominations Committee in the election proceedings. The Nominations Committee is, and will be, fully engaged in all the proceeding at all times.

The Committee has already started the work of preparing for this process and has met face to face through an online platform. The members are committed to remain connected through email correspondence. This contact will continue throughout the process. The Nominations Committee pray that the process will run smoothly to enable all delegates to vote confidently and confidentially during these changing times. We ask for your prayers as we gather from all regions to undertake this work, and seek God’s guidance in the election process.

Pob bendith.

Blessings.

Miss Llinos Mai Morris
Chair of the Nominations Committee

Ms Llinos Mai Morris (CHAIR OF THE NC)

Presbyterian Church of Wales
Europe

Rev Lian Chin-Siong

Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
East Asia

Mrs Celine Hoiore

Etaretia Porotetani Maohi
The Pacific

Rev Asir Ebenezer

Church of South India
South Asia

Ms Ayana McCalman

Guyana Congregational Union
The Caribbean

Mr Wellington Sibanda

United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
Africa

A nomination committee nomination committee examines the skills and characteristics needed in board candidates. In CWM, the committee is appointed by the Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) prior to an Assembly.

The 2020 NC was appointed at the June 2019 AMM. The NC presides over the election process for Boards of Directors and the Trustee Body of CWM. It comprises six representatives, one from each of the Regions, balanced by age and gender, who are not Trustee Body or Board Members. The General Secretary serves as facilitator to the committee.

After ensuring that the Moderator and the Treasurer have been duly elected, the Nominations Committee present a slate of ordinary Board Members for election to their respective Boards. The slates (10 Directors for CWM Ltd, 6 for CWM UK, and 3 for CWM (South Africa) NPC) shall be presented to the Assembly for election. The entire slate should receive at least 50%+1 before they could be considered duly elected and appointed.e

The regions nominate their best candidates, and they are all considered eligible for appointment to the Board. The role of the NC is to carefully put together slates, from among the names put forward by the regions, that are appropriately balanced in terms of expertise, gender, age, regional representation and continuity.