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Focusing on Council Structure 1200 628 Jill Pioter

Focusing on Council Structure

COUNCIL/BOARD STRUCTURES Council and Board structure should be as recommended in Society Bylaws. Generally speaking, the following structures are typical within the Society. This allows for a wide variety of possibilities. Diocesan Councils that have control over the corporate structure within the Diocese District Councils within a Diocesan Council structure where the Diocesan Council has…

12-9-2021 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter

12-9-2021 Questions and Answers

Q: Our Council gets funds donated to us from a couple of grocery chains. The funds are then passed on to the Conferences in the form of gift cards which they either give to people or use to purchase food for their pantry. How should the Conference report these funds on the annual report? A:…

12-2-2021 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter

12-2-2021 Questions and Answers

Q: Some Conference members purchase Christmas gifts with their personal funds, which they deliver, along with a member of their family. Is this allowed? A: Vincentians should refrain from providing help using their own personal resources, especially since those we serve will view the assistance as being provided by SVdP. This is permitted as long as it…

Assisting and Guiding Conferences 1200 628 Jill Pioter

Assisting and Guiding Conferences

FORMATION/TRAINING The Council should provide formation and training to all members of the Council especially new Vincentians. The National Formation and Spirituality Committee has developed formation/training programs that are available across the country. The National website (www.svdpusa.org) has many documents, power points, etc. available that should be used to form and train Vincentians. By a…

A Time for Thanks 1200 628 Jill Pioter

A Time for Thanks

At this special time of the year when our thoughts turn to giving thanks, it is appropriate to reflect on the many reasons Vincentians have to be grateful. Perhaps the two most important are the ongoing guidance of Divine Providence, which has been wondrously at work on behalf of the Society of St. Vincent de…

11-24-2021 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter

11-24-2021 Questions and Answers

Q: We are an agency of Second Harvest. We have held two mobile pantries, one serving 250 families and the other 200. Should we report this in the “in-kind food” column? We also give out food every third Thursday that is provided by Second Harvest. We average 35 families. We have just started this a…

Resolve to Focus on Good Governance 1200 628 Jill Pioter

Resolve to Focus on Good Governance

The arrival of a new fiscal year is a good time to remind ourselves that loving and supporting one another while serving the poor is an integral part of our Vincentian mission. Our Conference meetings are where we help each other fulfill that mission of growing spiritually, developing friendships and having face-to-face encounters with those…

11-18-2021 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter

11-18-2021 Questions and Answers

Q: Conference Bylaws, Document 1, indicates Conferences should meet at least twice a month. The standardized Conference and Annual Reports have a possible meeting time of once a month. Please confirm, or not, that if a Conference meets once a month they are not in compliance with the standardized Bylaws, document 1? Also, if a…

Councils and Their Conferences 1200 628 Jill Pioter

Councils and Their Conferences

This document is about Councils; yet, the starting point of this document is Conferences. Why is that? As you will see below, Councils don’t exist without Conferences and the Council’s primary role is to support the Conferences. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNCIL This is an important principle to keep in mind: Conferences that do not…

11-11-2021 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter

11-11-2021 Questions and Answers

Q: Are two members of the same family allowed to serve as officers in a Conference? A:  In the Rule, Part III, Statute 12, the last sentence reads: “To safeguard the good reputation of the Conference or Council, and therefore that of the Society itself, appointees should not be relatives of the person empowered to…

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