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The history of Episcopal Communicators
Episcopal Communicators, Inc.
officially
incorporated after 35 years!
by-laws ratified by the membership in Sarasota
Episcopal Communicators
is the descendent of an informal assembly of diocesan editors who met in New York in May 1971 at
the invitation of the Episcopal Church Center's management team. They
discussed what then appeared to be a credibility gap between the Church's
leadership and its membership, a gap diocesan editors were feeling acutely.
Feeling that their
concerns had been heard, their suggestions accepted, and that a new
possibility for mutual cooperation in their ministry of communication had
been opened up, the 11 editors decided it was important for them to remain in
contact as a network, which they named the "Net-11."
The following year, they
invited Episcopal communication people to join them for a conference in Chicago. When 35 people
came, the group decided it needed to become more serious and to undertake
discussion as well as conduct a survey of the state of communication in the
various dioceses.
By 1973, the group had
grown sufficiently that it was necessary to adopt a name more reflective of
the membership, and Episcopal Communicators was born. The organization today
includes nearly 200 people with communication responsibilities in the
Episcopal Church at congregational, diocesan, regional, and national levels
in both print and electronic media.
Episcopal Communicators
is the link through which grassroots communicators and national staff work
together to carry out the ministry of communication. The organization's
annual meetings offer members opportunities to upgrade and enhance skills, to
draw inspiration from outstanding speakers and theologians, and to support
each other in fellowship.
Along the way, Episcopal
Communicators has adopted statements that have become guidelines for its
members and for the Church.
Founders
Richard Anderson
Isabel Baumgartner
Polly Bond
Salome Breck
Benjamin Campbell
Larry Davidson
Stanley Gresley
John Lockerby
Robert Reagan
Herbert Scott
Erwin M. Soukup
Those who assisted at
the first Net-11 meeting in 1971
Margaret (Magee) Andersen
Sonia Francis
Henry McCorkle
Honorary Members
Burtis Dougherty
James R. McDowell
Presidents of
Episcopal Communicators
1974 Erwin Soukup (convenor)
1980 Janette Pierce
1983 Leonard Freeman
1986 Ruth Nicastro
1989 Mary Lee Simpson
1992 Jim Thrall
1995 Sarah Moore
1998 Herb Gunn
2001 Carol Barnwell
2004 Laurie Wozniak
Presidents' terms begin at the annual conference in the year shown and
conclude at the end of the conference three years later.
Annual Conferences
1971 New York (Net-11)
1973 Denver
1975 Memphis
1977 Cleveland
1978 Philadelphia
1982 New Orleans (in conjunction with General Convention)
1983 Victoria
1984 Kanuga
1985 Anaheim (in conjunction with General Convention)
1986 Camp Allen
1987 Montreal
1988 Sacramento
1989 Williamsburg
1990Nashville
1991 New York
1992 CDSP, Berkeley
1993 New Orleans
1994 Kanuga
1995 Boston
1996 Seattle
1997 Durango
1998 Atlanta
1999 Sewanee
2000 Chicago
2001 Camp Allen
2002 Washington
2003 Los Angeles
2004 Kanuga
2005 Salt Lake City
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