Agrees that the next Officers and Council of the General Synod shall be permitted to allocate $2 million of the unrestricted funds held in the Consolidated Trust Fund over the next three years for the purpose of pursuing the pathways outlined in the document Creating Pathways for the Transformational Change of the General Synod.

The Officers of the General Synod have concluded that there are not sufficient staff resources to pursue the work outlined in the pathways in the report of the Primate’s Commission on Creating Pathways for the Transformational Change of the General Synod and have therefore engaged in a very preliminary consideration of what it may cost to do the work with the aid of consultants and/or additional FTEs before General Synod 2028. This motion is brought now to promote transparency, and to supplement the development of detailed budgets for this work. The motion has the support of the Financial Management Committee.

In the normal course, an ordinary motion must be passed by a majority of the members of General Synod present and voting together.

Six members of General Synod may, prior to the question being put, require a vote by Orders, with a majority of each Order being necessary to pass.

If a question passes on a Vote by Orders, any six members (two from each of three different dioceses) may immediately before the next item of business require a vote to be taken by dioceses. A motion passes if a majority (or a tie) of dioceses vote in favour.

Source: Sections 4 and 5 of the Declaration of Principles and sections 18, 19 and 20 of the Rules of Order and Procedure.