Records and official papers of the legislative sessions in joint gathering, including the legislative and special committee records (minutes, documents and other papers, including sanctioned audio, video, and electronic recordings of the proceedings.
Records of official canonical standing committees and commissions, boards, joint house committees, task groups, and similar authorized ad hoc bodies acting in the interim and at the direction of the General Convention; may include records either generated directly by the interim body or collected as part of the central files of the Secretariat. The category does not include the separate category of Executive Council, which also acts as the board of directors for the DFMS and may act in the place of (rather at the direction of) the General Convention.
Includes registry records of Episcopal Ordinations and Consecrations, and Ecclesiastical Discipline notifications.
Records of the proceedings of committees, agencies, and officers associated with the Board of Missions and its sub-units of governance.
Permanent records of DFMS fiduciary accountability for invested funds in all endowments, trusts, and custodial accounts; including records of the investment oversight committees, trust fund registers, DFMS donor trust files, fiduciary trust investment files, records of agreements and reports from investment service providers, and annual statements on investment returns.
A category of record relating to specific programs to attract new members and retain existing members through educational activities, congregational support, local giving capacity building, special conferences and revivals, and targeted membership development, particularly the youth. The records include evangelical events, planning, publications, video marketing and appeals.
