# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S72
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2.89

e. The Board of Directors shall see to it that
independent audits are made of all financial activities
of boards and commissions of the Synod, its controlled
organizations, and its Districts.

2.81

e. The Board of Directors shall provide the neces-
sary personnel to coordinate and insofar as practical
to conduct the research and statistical activities for
the Board of Directors, boards, commissions, operat-
ing departments, and agencies of the Synod; to
maintain a continuing analysis of the growth char-
acteristics of the Synod and prepare periodically
short-range and long-range forecasts of synodical
growth in terms of significant factors; to provide
technical advice and guidance to the agencies of the
Synod in the performance of their research work; to
gather the parochial, District, and synodical sta-
tistics annually and publish such statistics in tabu-
lated form with the necessary analysis and annota-
tionsin the Statistical Yearbook (all pastors, officers,
District boards, etc. within the Synod shall furnish
the department with the requested data on the pre-
scribed forms); and to maintain the official rosters of
the Synod.

2.81 Duties in Planning

b. The Board of Directors shall review all sub-
mitted plans with regard to scope, functions, struc-
ture, balance, coordination, and feasibility and shall
determine whether they are in harmony with reso-
lutions, policies, and directives of the Synod.

2.77 Authority

b. The Board of Directors shall provide for the
coordination of the policies and directives of the
Synod authorized by the Constitution, Bylaws, and
resolutions, evaluate plans and policies, and com-
municate to the appropriate boards and commissions
suggestions forimprovement. The Board of Directors
shall discharge duties specifically assigned to it by
resolutions of the Synod.

2.89 Coordination and Supervision

a. The Board of Directors shall require its Admin-
istrative Officer to expedite the execution of autho-
rized plans. The Board of Directors, through its
Administrative Officer shall make sure that no di-
vision or department undertakes any activity which
is not provided for in synodically adopted policies or
budgets.

b. The Board of Directors shall communicate with
boards, commissions, and staff executives through
the Administrative Officer.

2.81 Duties in Planning

a. The Board of Directors shall require the Council
of Administrators through the Administrative Officer
of the Board of Directors to submit long-range and
short-range plans of synodical work which shall
include the plans of all divisions and departments of
the Synod together with their operating and capital
budgets. The Board shall provide such staff assis-
tance as is needed in the planning process.

c. The Board of Directors shall receive periodic
reports on the progress of divisions, departments,
and officers as well as any special report it may
require on the functioning of any division or
department.

2.85

b. Budgeting Procedures
1. The Board of Directors shall establish and

j. provide for the demographic and programmatic
research for the Synod and the publication of short-
and long-range forecasts, the official rosters, the
Statistical Yearbook, and The Lutheran Annual;

k. approve and authorize, after consultation with
the implementing board, all new programs
between conventions;

l. be responsible for and accountable to the next
convention for the prioritization, implementation,
and coordination of convention-approved programs
to be conducted with available resources and for new
programs approved by it between conventions;

m. establish and monitor operating and
capital budgets, short-range plans, and long-range