# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S738
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

. 6. To facilitate the making of comparisons, we have
added references to the temporary edition of 1937, as,
for example, “S, H. 16, 2,” that is, Synodical Handbook
of 1937, page 16, paragraph 2. In some places you will
find references to the Proceedings of 1938 or 1941.
These references may be deleted in the next edition.

7. Some changes that are more than rearranging
or rewording former paragraphs should be given spe-
cial consideration. .We call attention to these in the
following paragraphs.

8. According to §§ 149 and 151 we are suggesting

revised regulations as far. as elective or appointive
officers and committees are concerned. This is in ac-

.cordance with the instructions of Synod. We were

asked to bring in suggestions for simplifying our elec-
tion system, (See Proceedings, 1938, pages 198, f and
205, f; Proceedings, 1941, page 269,f.) We felt that
Synod was not ready to make radical changes. We
therefore suggest that only a few additional officers

9. As to the term of office for board members, we
adopted the policy that, as a rule, board members,
both elective and appointive, serve for six years and
be limited to one succession. Since half of. the board
members will always hold over, the board or com-
mittee will be Stabilized, and at the same time there
will be an opportunity to make desirable changes.
(See 155 B.)

10. According to §189 it will be the duty of the
Board of Directors to appoint an Assistant Treasurer.
The present Financial Secretary has really been’ furic-
poning as such for a number of years, and it seemed
logical to declare his proper status in the new By-
Laws. We do not have a full-time Treasurer, and the
former Financial Secretary really functions as the’
assistant to the Treasurer.

11. As to Suspension, Expulsion, and Appeals (§§ 357
to 387), we are after careful consideration submitting
essentially what Synod adopted in 1941 as the funda-
mental guiding principles for this Board.

12. In drawing up regulations for the Board for
Higher Education, § 401, we were guided by what was
contained in the regulations adopted by Synod in. 1938,
under which the Board for Higher Education was
asked to function temporarily. We believe that these
regulations indicate what Synod expects of this Board.

13. As to § 415, regarding the reasons why several
members of the Boards of Control of the seminaries and
teachers’ colleges should be elected. from Synod at
large, we ‘call attention to the fact that these schools
are serving the entire Synod and not any particular
territory. Therefore different areas of Synod should

e represented on these Boards, as is the case with
le Board of Directors and the Board of Triistées of
Synod’s Trust Funds. The fact that these’ boards are
chosen from a wide area in no wise interferes with