Diocesan Council
Convention elected one male and one female to fill two-year “at large” seats.
The Diocesan Council is the board of directors for the corporation of the diocese and serves as an “interim body” between conventions. It is responsible for the oversight of the work of the diocese including finance, property issues, diocesan policy, DaySpring and other matters concerning the “fabric” of the diocesan community. Deanery representatives to Council will be elected at their respective deanery convocations.
| The nominees: |
First ballot |
Second ballot |
Third ballot |
| Robert Hall |
135 |
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| William Moore, M.D. |
146 ELECTED |
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| Female nominees: |
(needed to elect: 138) |
(Needed to elect: 143) |
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| Deborah Tripp |
127 |
223 |
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| Lori Van Wagner |
27 |
17 |
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| Virginia Harper |
23 |
13 |
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| Navita Cummings James, PhD. |
59 |
Withdraws from ballot |
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| Susan Guise |
38 |
32 |
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At fall deanery convocation, the following people were elected to Council to represent their deaneries:
- Allen Getz has been re-elected to Diocesan Council to represent laity from the Tampa Deanery;
- Jay Crouse was re-elected as a lay Council representative from the Manasota Deanery;
- The Rev. Joel Morsch was elected to fill the unexpired term of the Rev. Doug Scharf, who is moving out of the Manasota Deanery to serve as rector of Holy Innocents in Valrico;
- Jim Park was re-elected as lay representative from the Venice Deanery;
- The Rev. John Suhar was re-elected as clergy representative from the St. Petersburg Deanery;
- The Rev. Ray Dage was elected to represent the Clearwater Deanery;
- The Rev. Alice Sadler was elected to represent the Naples Deanery; and
- The Rev. Alice Marcrum was elected to represent the Fort Myers Deanery.
