Legislative Summary on Communications from the 75th General Convention

Directed the Church Center and other church bodies to adopt industry appropriate "best-practices" when adopting new technology and in making communication decisions; and directed a task force be named  as volunteer consultants as needed to help the entities of the church implement this guideline. These persons shall be appointed by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer of DFMS (A048).

Urged the church to move toward adopting recognized open standards for data used in its electronic communications and data storage. (A049).

Directed the Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards (CCABs) of the General Convention to begin a process to accomplish an appropriate portion of their work more efficiently and economically by using online tools, conference calls and video conferences (A051)
 
Endorsed a position of provincial communication specialist for each of the nine provinces to assist in the implementation of the communication strategy of the church, and work directly with congregations and dioceses in the province to build connections for regional communication; requested PB&F consider a budget allocation of up to $9,000 for each year for a total of $27,000 for implementation (A052).

Directed the Standing Commission on Episcopal Church Communication to organize an information technology cooperative network for dioceses and congregations of the Episcopal Church (D082).