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(b) District Office support staff shall be employed by the District Executive
following consultation and affirmation of the Executive Committee.
(c) The terms of employment for all employed personnel shall be carefully
stipulated and reviewed annually or clearly set forth in a District Personnel Policies and
Procedures Manual approved by the District Board.
(d) With a multiple staff, the division of responsibility and the lines of
authority shall be clearly defined and periodically reviewed.
(e) There shall be a written job description for each employee.
(f) Salary and Benefits shall be approved by the District Board.
ARTICLE 7
Related Mission Agencies and Interest Groups
7.1 Recognition. The District recognizes separately organized and/or incorporated
mission agencies related to the Church of the Brethren.
7.2 Cooperation. Cooperation between such mission agencies and the District shall
exist with an openness to oversight and direction of the District Board or its respective
commissions in respect to the following:
(a) The need to maintain communication between the Mission Agency
boards and the District Board, between the Agency boards and the total District constituency,
and the Agencies within their own boards.
(b) The continued need for coordination of agency fund raising activities.
(c) The continued need for greater coordination and correlation in the
setting of goals and the establishment of priorities.
(d) The need of a continuing sense of relationship by individual agencies to
each other and of their individual accountability, even though separate boards and charters exist.
(e) The need to maintain the mutual trust/partnership between the District
Board and the related mission Agencies and between the Agencies as they relate to each other.
(f) Agencies related to the District have a responsibility to report
periodically to the District Board and District Conference. Agency representatives will be
invited to attend such meetings with adequate time on the agenda for reporting.
(g) The use of tenure for Agency Board level positions is encouraged.
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