Executive Committee : Dakota Conference Bismarck ND

The Executive Committee is delegated the authority to act on behalf of the constituents between regular sessions, as hereinafter provided. The Executive Committee shall appoint such committees and shall employ such personnel and distribute its workers as may be necessary to execute its work effectively.

The Executive Committee consisting of 18 members shall be elected at the regularly scheduled constituency meeting and shall include the following members:

Ex Officio Members: Conference president, Conference VP of administration, Conference VP of finance, and principal of DAA.

Denominational employees: two denominational employees from North Dakota and two from South Dakota who have been members of the Dakota Conference for at least one year.

Ten lay members shall be selected so the following requirements are met: 1) Such lay member must have been residents of the Dakota Conference for at least one year. 2) Be a member in good standing in a Dakota Conference church or company. 3) One member from each of the eight regions. 4) One at-large member [employee] residing in North Dakota. 5) One at-large member [employee] residing in South Dakota. If the status of an elected member changes during the quinquennium, the remaining members of the Executive Committee shall appoint a new member under the guidelines of this Article VI, Section 2.

Above taken from the Constitution & Bylaws of the Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.