Ward Boundary Realignment/ Dissolving a Ward

[zaneclark]

We had boundary changes and a ward dissolved last Sunday... As the ward membership clerk, I did did nothing.... It was all handled at the stake level. I did find something helpful.. You can use the Moved Out and Moved In Reports to see the names of those who were moved out and who was moved in.

[dlundell]

We went through this a couple of months ago. The Stake Clerk and Stake Membership clerk can't move the records, but they do get to click a very exciting button called "Implement Boundary Proposal Changes." Once that is done it is up to the Ward clerk or ward membership clerk using Move Records after Boundary Realignment tool in LCR to select the members going to Ward A and then move them, and then the members going to ward B and move them. Using the tool you can move them in large groups but you have to click on each family as it does not auto select them.

CAUTION: have the ward clerk move themselves last -- once they move themselves as far as LCR is concerned they are released and can't see or do anything!!! If you do this the stake clerk needs to put someone into the ward clerk calling and get seconded in order to continue the process.

[russellhltn]

And just to stress, the clerks need to use the right process. If they use the normal moveout process, they're likely to blank out the member's address and whatnot. Using the boundary realignment tool is quicker and keeps the information intact.

[jonesrk]

And the stake clerk can get a helpful report from the boundary proposal that shows who's moving from which ward to which ward. If they give that to the ward clerks it makes the job easy for those clerks.

[sareid]

I really wish that as as Stake Clerk, I could help move records, either after a boundary change, or just in general to help out. I feel useless as a Stake Clerk.

[KenReynolds1998]

As the stake clerk, when a ward is dissolved and we have multiple boundary realignments do we still have to check the box first? Is the "dissolved" ward clerk able do his job to move the records out or is he auto-released? Or does the "realigned" ward clerk's access to the Boundary Realignment tool work to mass move in members to the realigned wards?

I was a Ward Clerk for about three months five years ago before this calling so I never touched the tool and now I can't see it. (smh.) Need to be prepared to answer questions post announcement.

[jonesrk]

I would have the clerk in the ward to be dissolved ward mass move their members out before you say the proposal is implemented. Currently checking the box and submitting it does not automatically do all the proposal steps, it sends a message to CHQ to do that. In the future we would like it to make all the changes automatically (including having the option of moving the members). Once the ward is discontinued the clerk will be released and if there are still members in that unit the other units will have to pull them in one by one, or the GSD will have to get involved. It shouldn't take the clerk much time to move the members especially if they have the list that the stake clerk can get from the Boundary and Leader Tool.