COMMITTEE ON REVIEW OF SESSION RECORDS

Committee on Review of Session Records (CRSR)

Description (According to the Standing Rules)

This Committee has the responsibility of implementing the requirements of G-9.0407d(1), namely, the responsibility of reviewing the minutes of all sessions at least annually, and reporting to Presbytery its recommendations concerning their approval, with or without exceptions. See  guidelines posted at this links:

Notes for general guidelines for session minutes:

http://www.palpres.org/mediagallery/download.php?mid=20110622125350235

Guidelines for Session minutes updated June 2011

http://www.palpres.org/mediagallery/download.php?mid=20110622125157997

This Committee shall consist of six members, divided into three classes, one of which shall be elected
annually. It shall have the responsibility of reviewing the minutes of all Sessions at least annually, and reporting
to Presbytery its recommendations concerning their approval, with or without exceptions.
Presbytery shall exercise due diligence in electing to this committee persons who are fluent in the several
languages of the Presbytery, so that Session minutes submitted in languages other than English may be reviewed
without the necessity of translation.

MEETINGS: The Session Records Committee has no regular meetings of its members, but accomplishes its tasks by Committee members working independently.

PROCESS: New members are oriented by the Chairperson to the process and to the standards for reviewing session records.

• Members are expected to review the minutes of about three (3) sessions after each Presbytery meeting, using a standardized check-list. Session minutes are usually picked up at Presbytery meetings and Committee members have at least a month to review them. The estimated time involved for reviewing three sets of annual minutes is about five hours.
• The review consists of making notations about the minutes and submitting notations to the Chairperson, who reviews them and organizes a final report to the Presbytery.
• Reviewed minutes are dropped off at the Presbytery Office by Committee members, where they can be picked up by personnel from the church from which they came.

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