Nominating Committee Process

The nominating process

A major function of the upcoming constituency session will be to elect the six conference officers; 27 members of the executive committee, the governing body of SECC; and the nine bylaws committee members for the next quinquennium.

Our denomination has a representative form of governance and the conference nominating committee is very similar to the local church nominating committee. The process allows for every church in SECC to participate in the decision of who is elected to serve. Nominations will come from the nominating committee to the floor of the SECC Constituency Session meeting on October 7, 2018 for a vote by all delegates present.

SECC bylaws give clear direction as to the process and procedure of the selecting of the nominating committee and the function of that committee.

Make Up Of Nominating Committee

The nominating committee is a standing committee of the conference.

The nominating committee has 27 members and six members are chosen by the various groups they represent:

Two members of the executive committee are chosen. As there are a few members of the executive committee that are not eligible for re-election as they have served for the two term limit the names of Fabiola Guzman and Mark Johnston were selected.
One person was selected by the executive committee to represent conference institutions (typically, this has alternated between Loma Linda University and La Sierra University). Yamilet Bazan, Vice President for Student Affairs, was selected.
One member of the bylaws committee. Julianna Madison, current bylaws chair, is representing this group.
One pastor of a constituent congregation is part of the group and…was elected by the pastors of the conference.
One representative of the conference board of education is part of the nominating committee. Amy Cornwall, conference curriculum coach, will represent this group.

SECC Nominating Committee Members • 2014-2018

Name	County	Gender	Ethnicity	Representing
Ismael Gomez	Imperial	Male	Hispanic	Calexico Spanish
Anna Moe Crowder***	Orange	Female	Anglo/Other	Laguna Niguel
Daniel Geli	Orange	Male	Anglo/Other	Anaheim
Barbara Schneider	Orange	Female	Anglo/Other	Laguna Niguel
John Thomson	Orange	Male	African-American	Westminster Good Samaritan
Angelina Camacho	Riverside	Female	Hispanic	Riverside Spanish
Ricardo Escobar	Riverside	Male	Hispanic	La Sierra Spanish
Pam Evans	Riverside	Female	African-American	Riverside Kansas Ave
Larry Grimaldi***	Riverside	Male	Anglo/Other	Hemet
Fritz Guy	Riverside	Male	Anglo/Other	La Sierra University Church
Julihana Madison*	Riverside	Female	African-American	Mt. Rubidoux
Marni Straine	Riverside	Female	Anglo/Other	La Sierra University Church
Sonia Villarruel	Riverside	Female	Hispanic	Riverside Spanish
Steve Zurek**	Riverside	Male	Anglo/Other	Corona
John Brunt*****	San Bernardino	Male	Anglo/Other	Azure Hills
Ron Carter****	San Bernardino	Male	Anglo/Other	Loma Linda University Church
Robert Handysides	San Bernardino	Male	Anglo/Other	Loma Linda University Church
Raewyn Hankins	San Bernardino	Female	Anglo/Other	Victorville
Laurent Jauwena	San Bernardino	Male	Anglo/Other	Ontario
Andrea King	San Bernardino	Female	African-American	San Bernardino 16th Street
Esther Lee	San Bernardino	Female	Asian Pacific	Loma Linda Korean
Stphen Siringoringo	San Bernardino	Male	Asian Pacific	Loma Linda Indonesian
Michael Weismeyer	San Bernardino	Male	Anglo/Other	Loma Linda University Church
Jonathan Blue	San Diego	Male	Anglo/Other	Escondido
Janice Hensel	San Diego	Female	Anglo/Other	San Diego Central
Mary Mendoza	San Diego	Female	Hispanic	San Diego Broadway Spanish
Dollis Peters	San Diego	Female	Anglo/Other	San Diego South Bay

Pacific Union Representative: Ricardo Graham, President

		County		Gender		Ethnicity
*	Bylaws Committee	Imperial	1	Female	13	Anglo/Other	16
**	Education Board	Orange	4	Male	14	Asian Pacific	2
***	Executive Committee	Riverside	9			African-American	4
****	Institution	San Berbardino	9			Hispanic	5
*****	Pastor	San Diego	4

Meeting of Nominating Committee

The first meeting of the nominating committee will be on August 12, 2018. Their first task will be to organize the committee, under the temporary chair of the conference president, by selecting a chair, an associate chair and a secretary. Once the committee is organized, it will proceed on its own with the conference president, and the union president serving as advisors.

The bylaws instruct, “its meetings shall be closed except to hear persons who make prior arrangements with the chair” (Bylaws of SECC, Section 6.5.b)

Duties of the Nominating Committee

Duties of the Nominating Committee are to nominate:

A President
A Secretary
A Treasurer
Three Vice Presidents for Pastoral Ministry
A Vice President for Asian-Pacific Ministries
A Vice President for Black Ministries
A Vice President for Hispanic Ministries
Members of the Executive Committee
Members of the Bylaws Committee

Nominating Committee Report

Information from the committee will be posted soon as they complete their work.