CANON XVII Related Organizations

a. No organization associated with the Diocese or a Congregation, including, but not limited to, a school, orphanage, retirement facility, rehabilitation center, or other institution, corporation, or any other legal entity in which the Diocese or Congregation has any interest, shall be formed until it first shall have obtained the consent of the Bishop and Diocesan Council. Any entity formed under the authority of this Canon is a “Related Organization” as that term is used in these Canons. This provision does not apply to normal investment activities in the public financial market.

b. The chief executive officer of any Related Organization formed by the Diocese shall be selected only with the prior approval of the Bishop.

Section 2. No natural or legal entity shall use the name of this Diocese or any Congregation of this Diocese, or claim to be a Related Organization, without first having obtained the approval of the Bishop and Diocesan Council and being organized in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. The following provisions shall be included in the articles of incorporation or other documents forming and governing the Related Organization: a. any amendment of the Related Organization’s charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizing or governing documents shall be subject to the approval of the Bishop and Diocesan Council. b. no real property, the title to which is held by or for the use of the Related Organization, shall be encumbered, sold, alienated, transferred or conveyed without the prior consent and approval of the Bishop and Diocesan Council. No approval given hereunder shall confer any actual or implied authority on the Related Organization to impose any liability on the Diocese or to subject the Diocese to any liability. c. a stated purpose of a Related Organization shall be to promote the moral and spiritual values of the Christian tradition as professed by the doctrines of the Episcopal Church.

Section 3. The Convention annually shall elect persons who are clergy Members of Convention or electors of a Congregation for any open terms or offices to be filled by representatives from this Diocese as specified by the charter, articles of incorporation or by-laws of the University of the South (Sewanee) to serve as trustees of that institution.