Episcopal General Convention is getting underway today, July 3, 2018 in Austin with registration. Committee meetings will begin. Worship will be noon. The focus in this article are the variety of ways to keep up with it, particularly with the media changes
1. Here is our bunch of links to everything General Convention – constantly updated.
2. Basic orientation. Since it is legislative body, much of what you see will be deliberation over resolutions – about 300 considered. Here is the path of the resolutions in graphic style.
Media upgrades this time around are significant.
4. Five ways to keep up – one way is not the only way
a. Online coverage – Media Hub
b. Newspapers
i. Center Aisle paper from the Diocese of Virginia and started by our friend Ed Jones
ii. Episcopal Herald From the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Strong competition to Center Aisle
c. Apps – The Event App New this year. Curious to see how this develops
d. Virtual BinderReal time access to information the participants have. Cuts down thousands pieces of paper and a big step forward. This may be a model for other denominations.
More about this General Convention moves toward paperless
e. Social Media from the Convention.