Chapter Minutes 

February 25, 2007
Special Meeting to Receive Provost Search Committee Recommendation

Present: Jessica Abell, Robert Black, Marianne Culver, Marcus Hall, Richard Kelly, Cathe McEnerney, Elsa Vaintzettel, and Emily Jane Knaus (secretary). 

Absent: John McNeill Anderson, Debra Bullock, Bruce Barber, Phil Debush, Frances M Holliday, Fran Horn, Sharon Johnson, Ronald Mui. 

The meeting was called to order at 12:13 pm by the Senior Warden. 

Chris Plotner, Provost Search Committee Chair, presented the names of the three finalist candidates who will be presented to Bishop Persell on February 28 for his decision. [For reasons of confidentiality, the names are being withheld from these minutes.] The Search Committee will present a ranked list but the ranking is confidential to the committee and the Bishop.  

Chris reported that the Search Committee’s decision was reached by a voting procedure and that there was consensus on the outcome. The Search Committee is of one mind in its decision. He shared the Search Committee consultant’s description of the process as:

“This decision may not be my personal preference, but I can live with it because the process has been fair, I have been heard and understood, and I trust the work of this committee.”

Robert Black made a motion to receive the list of candidates. Jessica Abell seconded. The motion was unanimously approved.

There was discussion of the need to move quickly, in light of the Bishop’s busy travel schedule over the next few weeks. Once his decision is made, the Search Committee Chair will communicate the news to the candidate, after which the Wardens will negotiate a Letter of Agreement. It is anticipated that the Provost will begin work at St. James Cathedral near the end of May or early June.

The Senior Warden offered thanks to Search Committee.

The Senior Warden, without being specific about names or circumstances, reported that there had been a serious breach of confidentiality during the final weeks of the search process. The members presented discussed the need to be vigilant about maintaining confidences.

A motion to adjourn was made by Marcus Hall , seconded, and approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:32 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Emily Knaus
Secretary