# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S65
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c. Staff personnel of boards or commissions may
be employed by such boards or commissions with the
approval of the Board of Directors.

b. The board or commission under which salaried
executives serve shall draft the necessary regulations,
consistent with the Constitution and the Bylaws, for
the performance of the duties of such executives.
These regulations and any changes therein shall be
submitted to the Commission on Constitutional
Matters for review to avoid conflict with the Constitu-
tion and Bylaws and shall then be filed together with
a list of duties with the Personnel Department and in
the synodical archives.

g. Executives shall not be voting members of the
board or commission under which they serve.

d. Every board and commission shall submit
annually to the Board of Directors through the
Council of Administrators its proposed budget with
accompanying cost estimates in the format and
under the timetable prescribed by the Board of
Directors. The same requirement shall apply to
officers and officials not directly accountable to a
board or commission.

e. A synodical board or commission, with ap-
proval of the respective division chairman, may
grant any member of the staff who has served the
Synod 10 years a sabbatical leave for one-half year
with pay or for an entire year with half pay, to pursue
advanced studies in his special field of work or to
pursue any other acceptable program of experience,
experimentation, or research. Budgetary provision
shall be arranged in advance, and interim help is to
be provided to maintain continuity of the work of the
affected synodical agency.

f. Asynodical board or commission with approval
of the respective division chairman may grant any
member of the staff a leave of absence for a fixed
period of time to pursue advanced studies in his
special field of work or to render particular service to
the Synod or to its agencies. Time so spent on a
special leave shall ordinarily not be charged against
a subsequent sabbatical leave. Budgetary provisions
shall be arranged in advance by the boards and
agencies involved.

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c. The Board of Directors shall make final deter-
mination in the event that conflicts develop in the

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procedures.

c. Every board and elected commission shall meet
at least quarterly; exceptions require the approval at
least annually of the synodical President.

d. Executive committees may be employed by
boards and commissions to act in times of emergency
between plenary meetings of the board and to act on
delegated assignments. Executive committees may
not perform acts specifically required by statute or by
synodical legislation to be performed by the board or
commission, nor may they overturn actions of the
board or commission. All executive committee actions
shall be ratified in plenary sessions of the board or
commission. Boards and commissions may also del-
egate a specific assignment for a limited time to a
committee composed of its own members.

e. Every board or commission may create execu-
tive staff positions with the approval of the President
and the Board of Directors and fill the same in
accordance with policies provided in the Handbook or
by the Board of Directors.

f. The board or commission under which salaried
executives serve shall draft, in consultation with the
Director of Personnel, the necessary position de-
scriptions, which shall be submitted to the President
and to the Board of Directors for review and approval.

g. Clerical help may be employed according to
policies adopted by the Board of Directors.

h. Executives shall not be members of the board
or commission under which they serve or of any other
board or commission of the Synod.

i. The Board of Directors shall develop policy
statements regarding the relations between boards
and staffs. These shall be supplemented as required
by the respective boards and commissions.

j. Every board and commission shall submit an-
nually to the Board of Directors through the President
and the Council of Administrators its proposed budget
with accompanying cost estimates in the format and
under the timetable prescribed by the Board of
Directors. The same requirement shall apply to
officers and departments not directly accountable to
a board or commission.

k. A synodical board or commission with the
approval of the President may grant any member of
the staff who has served the Synod 10 years a
sabbatical leave for one-half year with pay or for an
entire year with half pay, to pursue advanced studies
in his special field of work or to pursue any other
acceptable program of experience, experimentation,
or research. Budgetary provisions shall be arranged
in advance, and interim help is to be provided to
maintain continuity of the work of the affected
synodical agency.

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1. Program boards shall make available upon
request and at a reasonable price a verbatim copy of
the minutes of their meetings except for their execu-
tive sessions.

m. Administrative and programmatic conflicts
between boards or between a board and its staff shall