# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S89
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phonic notice to each director, to be held at such time
and place as specified in such notice, unless otherwise
indicated in the notice thereof. Any and all business
may be transacted at a special meeting.

b. Quorum. A majority of the directors shall con-
stitute a quorum, and the act of a majority of the
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In
the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time
until a quorum be had. No notice other than an-
nouncement at the meeting need be given of such
adjournment.

c. Waiver of Notice. Whenever, under the provision
of these Bylaws or the laws of the State of Missouri,
the Board of Directors is authorized to take any
action after notice or after lapse of a prescribed period
of time, such action may be taken without notice and
without the lapse of any period of time if such action
be authorized and approved and the requirements
waived in writing by each member entitled to notice.
Such authorization or approval and such waiver
shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation. At
any meeting at which every director shall be present,
even without notice, any business may be transacted.

11.07 Officers

a. Officers. The officers of Concordia Publishing
House shall be the chairman of the board, a vice
chairman of the board, a president, one or more vice-
presidents, a secretary, an assistant secretary, a
treasurer, and such officers as the board may from
time to time determine to be desirable for the efficient
operation of the corporation.

b. Election or Appointment. At the annual meet-
ing of the Board of Directors following a convention
of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Board
of Directors shall elect from among its members a
chairman of the board, a vice-chairman of the board,
and a secretary. The Board of Directors shall also
elect a full-time salaried president, subject to the
approval of the President of the Synod at the time of
the initial election. The Board of Directors shall
appoint one or more vice-presidents, an assistant
secretary, and a treasurer, who shall be salaried
employees of the corporation.

c. Terms of Office. The terms of office of the
chairman of the board, the vice-chairman of the
board, and secretary shall commence upon their
election and shall expire upon the election of their
successors at the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors following the next succeeding convention
of the Synod, provided that during such term such
officers or any of them may be removed from office by
a majority vote of the total number of directors. The
president shall hold office only during the pleasure of
the board, but may be dismissed by the Board of
Directors only with the approval of the President of
the Synod. The vice-president(s), assistant secretary,
and treasurer shall hold office only during the
pleasure of the board.

d. Compensation. The chairman of the board,
vice-chairman of the board, and secretary shall serve
without compensation; all other officers shall be
compensated in such amounts as shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors.

11.09 Other Executives

The Board of Directors may appoint such other
executives (including, but not by way of limitation of
the generality of the foregoing, one or more assistant
treasurers), each of whom shal] hold office for such
period, have such authority, and perform such duties
as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine. The Board of Directors may delegate to
the president the power to appoint and fix the com-

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