 Annual
Conference 2008
June 18-21, 2008
Location
 The 2008 session of the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference will be
held June 18-21 at:
Denver Marriott Tech Center
4900 South Syracuse
Denver, Colorado
Contact Skip Strickland, Director of Mission and Ministry, with
questions. 303-733-3736 ext 156 or skip at rmcumc dot com.
Petitions
Petition Deadline:
By action of the 1997 Annual Conference, all petitions, from districts,
sub-districts, individuals, and groups, at both the local church
and conference level must be received by the Petitions
Coordinator by March 10, 2008. All Petitions must
be submitted via electronic
format. A back up hard copy or disk is always welcome. Form
and Instructions: (RTF - DOC - WPD)
Petitions are now finalized and are in this
document (PDF).
Room Reservations
Reservations may now be made with the Marriott DTC: here are
the steps:
- Go to this
web address
- Choose the dates you wish to stay (AC is Wednesday, June 18 -
Saturday, June 21).
- Put this code in the "Group Code" field: umcumca
- Click/select the "Find" button
- Confirm the rate and click/select the "Reserve a Room" button
- Follow the remaining prompts to provide credit card info and
complete the reservation.
You can also call the Marriott at this number: 303-779-1100.
Conference Lay Leader Election Process
By conference rule the election of the Conference Lay Leader will
take place at the Laity Session of the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference
the same year as General Conference. The application form is published
on the Conference web site and the Board
of Lay Ministry web site.
You can also request by mail to the Board of Lay Ministry, 6110 Greenwood
Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-4803 or email to hillej@plains.net
or phone 970-358-4389.
Completed applications will be included in the pre-conference mailing
for Annual Conference so they are due March 10, 2008. Time will be
allowed for those who have completed the Board of Lay Ministry-approved
application form to address the laity session and the vote will then
take place. No nominations will be accepted from the floor.
The conference lay leader term is four years with re-election possible
for another four- year term for a total not to exceed 8 years.
The description of Conference Lay Leader position can be found in
the 2004 Errata to the Book of Discipline and
the Board of Lay Ministry web site.
Conference rules are in the 2007 Journal II,
page 483 and here.
A candidate shall be a member of a local United Methodist
Church for 2 years and active in the Rocky Mountain Conference
for the
previous four years.
For additional information please contact your District Lay Leader
or Conference Board of Lay Ministry. This directory is published
on the BOLM web
site and on each District or Sub-District web page here.
Rocky Mountain Board of Lay Ministry
Election task force, Faye Veal and Bob Brandt
Conference Lay Leader Application Form (RTF)
Display Space Notes
The registration Application for Annual Conference Display space
deadline is April 20, at the time we will review all applications
, and using the criteria stated in the Conference Display Area policy
(found on our Conference Website) and the space limits we will either
approve or return applications .
At that time we will invoice the approved tables for the amount
due payable by June 1st.
We need a completed application from any group interested in a table,
the applications are the tool we will use to determine the allocation
of space along with the priority listed in the policy.
Please note there are a limited number of display spaces available.
Gary Dyer - Display Coordinator
And
Nancy Butterfield
Policy (PDF) Application Form(DOC | RTF)
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