Shayne Ruffing – Moderator

Mary Pickard – Clerk

 Staff: 

Jack Walchenbach

Elena Cleary

Bruce Cunningham

Dailey Derr

Mitch Dozier

Brian Nicoll

Anne Vann

Doug Wellemeyer

Transition Committee

The transition committee was formed in preparation for the departure of Haywood Holderness and the myriad decisions and changes that would result. The Transition Committee has been structured as a temporary management committee, to ensure that issues arising during the transition to a new head of staff are identified and resolved. The transition committee has been chartered to disband within six months following the installation of a new permanent head of staff. The committee reports directly to the Session.

 Some of the assigned missions from the session are:

 ?   Follow up on implementation of 2005 Best Practices Committee recommendations, including the reorganization of the Personnel Committee. – Completed 2007

?   Develop for session approval responses to selected findings from the 2006 audit report. – Completed 2007

?   Develop for session approval and implement WPC self-study. – Completed 2007

?   Develop for session approval and implement Clerk of Session transition plan. – Completed 2007

?   Develop and implement an annual state of the church report – Completed 2008