The Rev. Gay Jennings will present a Diocesan Commitments Task Force report to members of the administration and finance committee of Executive Council when council meets June 11-14 at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Parsippany, N.J.<\/p>\n
Council approved creation of the task force at its last meeting in March. Resolution AF-21 proposed several steps to address what at the time was a $3.8 million budget deficit. Among the steps taken was creation of the task force to \u201cdevelop strategies for increasing participation and accountability by dioceses that are not fully meeting their commitment to the budget for The Episcopal Church.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
At a press conference at the close of the March meeting, Josephine Hicks, chair of the administration and finance committee and sponsor of the approved resolution, said council was seeking ways of making formal contact with, not sanctions against, those dioceses that are not donating to the program budget of the General Convention at the recommended assessment formula rate.<\/p>\n