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Ballot results released on General Conference resolutions

July 29, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Due to time constraint during the 2015 session of the Upper New York Annual Conference, a motion was approved to include 11 resolutions and petitions for General Conference on a ballot that was sent through the U.S. postal mail to each eligible voting member of the Conference.

Of the 950 ballots returned to the Conference by the July 17 deadline, 945 were valid ballots; five were unsigned and therefore declared invalid.

The results of the ballot are below (a “yes” vote supports sending the petition to General Conference as a petition from the Upper New York Annual Conference, a “no” vote does not support sending the petition to General Conference as a petition from UNY):

• GC2016.13 - Divest from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett Packard...
  Yes: 553 
  No: 370
  Abstain: 6
• GC2016.14 - Establishing a Screen...
  Yes: 736
  No: 202
  Abstain: 2
• GC2016.15 - Opposition to Torture
  Yes: 873
  No: 41
  Abstain: 1
• GC2016.16 - Removing Prejudice against Ministerial Candidates with Disabilities
  Yes: 844
  No: 86
  Abstain: 4
• GC2016.17 - Non-Discrimination in UMC Employee Disability Benefits
  Yes: 814
  No: 81
  Abstain: 6
• GC2016.18 - Not Additional, but Required Additional Member of Joint Committee on Clergy Medical Leave
  Yes: 715
  No: 186
  Abstain: 9
• GC2016.19 - Non-Discrimination in Disability Compensation
  Yes: 858
  No: 85
  Abstain: 2
• GC2016.20 - Ensure Accessibility of Conference Meetings
  Yes: 887
  No: 51
  Abstain: 2
• GC2016.21 - Do Not Invest in Petroleum, Coal of Natural Gas
  Yes: 462
  No: 469
  Abstain: 6
• GC2016.22 - Create Petroleum and Natural Gas Screens
  Yes: 511 
  No: 369
  Abstain: 5
• GC2016.23 - Avoid Investments in the Production of Coal and Natural Gas
  Yes: 473
  No: 414
  Abstain: 3