The Committee on Standing Rules presents the conference's own operating manual for adoption in the first business session, and brings revisions for the year. Among them: a Standing Rules Working Group recommendation that the leadership sections of the North Georgia Standing Rules be rewritten to refer readers to the Book of Discipline, in anticipation of harmonized Georgia Conference Standing Rules. Standing-rule changes require a two-thirds vote.
Book of Discipline¶604¶604 · Powers and Duties1. The annual conference, for its own government, may adopt rules and regulations not in conflict with the Discipline of The United Methodist Church, provided that in exercise of its powers, each annual conference shall act in all respects…The Book of Discipline 2020/2024, ¶604 · via PlenaryRead ¶604 in full →
For Conference Action — Committee on Standing Rules.
The Standing Rules are the conference's own operating manual: they sit below the Book of Discipline but above Robert's Rules, governing how leadership is organized, who may bring business, and how the session runs. The committee presents them in the first business session (report 800) and brings any revisions.
This year's work includes a Standing Rules Working Group recommendation that the leadership sections of the North Georgia Standing Rules be rewritten to refer readers to the Book of Discipline, anticipating harmonized Georgia Conference Standing Rules under unification.
The Standing Rules also provide the Consent Agenda mechanism (Rule C.7) used to adopt routine reports without verbal action — see How it works → Consent agenda.
A standing-rule change requires a two-thirds vote.
Source: 2026 NGC Handbook — report 800 (2026 Standing Rules) + Common Table Report, Part 7 · p. 283 ↗
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