Stakes I have served in have received directives (like "Sacrament meeting invocation must be said by a Melchizedek Priesthood holder") from General Authorities and even one Apostle during their visits. These directives were not related to doctrine and were discontinued after a call from the Stake President to CHQ.JTaber wrote:At a stake conference in 2006, our visiting General Authority said that ward clerks should sit on the stand at sacrament meeting, and stake clerks at stake conference. That is what we have more or less done since (even in chapels that don't have a clerk's desk) but I'd still feel more comfortable seeing something in writing.
If it's not in the CHI, then it's probably not an official policy, unless the Stake Presidency says it is.