# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S434
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434 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

hand knowledge of the working and planning and of the problems
in each department. Many of our Districts have found this to be
true and have co-ordinated their work by setting up a Board
of Directors which is in close touch with all of the work in the
District through departments that carry on this work, the members
of which at the same time hold membership in the Board of
Directors. Thus the work is co-ordinated and unified, and it is
carried on with greater efficiency.

We recommend

A. That the Board of Directors be reorganized to consist of
eleven voting members and four advisory members as follows:
. President-p. ex officio 1, Ist Vice-President (Advisory)
. Secretary-p. (Par. Ed.) 2. 2d Vice-President (Advisory)
. Treasurer-l, (Bus. Ad.) 3. 3d Vice-President (Advisory)
. Pastor (Missions) 4. 4th Vice-President (Advisory)
. Pastor (Missions)
. Pastor (H. Ed.)
. Layman (Par. Ed.)
. Layman (Missions)
. Layman (H. Ed.)
. Layman (C. P.H.)
. Layman (Bus, Ad.)

B. That the Board of Directors be subdivided into four com-

mittees:

1. Committee for Missions: 2 pastors, 1 layman, 1 Vice-
President.

2. Committee for Parish Education: 1 layman, 1 Vice-Presi-
dent, Secretary.

3. Committee for Business Administration: 2 laymen, 1 Vice-
President. ,

4. Committee for Higher Education: 1 pastor, 1 layman,
1 Vice-President.

Norte: The President is ex officio member of all committees,

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One pastor of the Committee for Missions and a layman shall
serve as members of the Board for Home Mission; one pastor as
a member of the Board for Foreign Missions. The layman on the
Committee for Parish Education serves as a member of the Board
for Parish Education. One layman on the Committee for Business
Administration serves on the Board of Directors of C.P.H. The
pastor and the layman on the Committee for Higher Education
serve as members of the Board for Higher Education. The Vice-
President assigned to a department by the Board of Directors