# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S174
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2.123 Other Vice-Presidents ;

Four additional Vice-Presidents shall be ranked
from two to five and are to be selected in the manner
prescribed in these Bylaws. These four Vice-Presi-
dents shall-serve the Synod in a part-time capacity.

2.125 Relation to President

The Vice-Presidents shall be elected advisers of
the President. They may upon ‘his request or as
provided by the Synod assist him in discharging his
responsibilities to represent him.

2.127 Succession to Presidency

The Vice-Presidents shall, in the order in which
they have been ranked, assume the presidency if the
office is vacated or perform the duties of the President
if he becomes incapacitated. -

2.129 Vacancies

A vacancy in any Vice-Presidency shall be filled
by advancing the lower-ranking Vice-Presidents. The
resulting vacancy shall remain vacant until filled by
election at the next convention of the Synod.

and be it further

‘ Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional
Matters and the Secretary of the Synod be authorized to
make all necessary changes in the Bylaws in accord
with 2.533 c.

RESOLUTIONS

2.123 Successor to Presidency:

‘The Vice-President shall assume the presidency
if the office is vacated or perform: the duties of the
President if he becomes incapacitated. If neither the
President nor the Vice-President can serve, the Secre-
tary of the Synod shall be next in succession.. *

2.129 Vacancy in the Office of
Vice-President :

A vacancy in the office of Vice-President shall
remain vacant until filled by election at the next
convention of the Synod: —

Action: None.

(Since Res. 5-01 had been declined, the committee withdrew
Res. 5-02.)

a

To Allow Extension of Term
for Present Members
of Board of Directors

RESOLUTION 5-03A

Overture 5-58 (CW, p. 227)

WHEREAS, 1981 Convention Res. 2-03A limits the
present members of the Board of Directors, except for
the elected officers of the Synod, to serve no more than
12 consecutive years; and

WHEREAS, The 1981 convention, in restructuring the
Synod, changed the convention cycle from two to three
years and changed the tenure for board members from a
maximum of three four-year terms to two six-year terms,
with the result that three members of the Board of
Directors whose terms would expire at the 1983 conven-
tion and four members whose terms would expire at the
1986 convention would, if elected to a six-year term, g0
beyond the 12-year limitation; and

WHEREAS, The Commission on Constitutional
Matters, being in no position to alter the convention
resolution, ruled that these board members could be
nominated and elected but would be able to serve only

part of the six-year term with the resulting vacancy to
be filled by election at the next convention for the

remainder of the term; and

WHEREAS, This could not only have the effect of
reducing the terms of present board members but also
creates the possibility of their successors being limited
to a three-year term followed by a six-year term; and

WHEREAS, A smoother transition to the new structure
would occur if the incumbents on the board who have
served eight years in 1983 or nine years in 1986 could
serve one additional and final six-year term; therefore
be it oe

Resolved, That those provisions of Res. 2-03A,
adopted at the 1981 convention, limiting the term of the _
present members of the Board of Directors to 12 years be
rescinded and that the present members of the Board 0
Directors, so affected, be allowed to run for one fin:
six-year term to a limit of 15 years. °

Action: Adopted (2).

(An amendment designed to avoid the process of rescinding 2
was declined. The committee requested the insertion © the
words “those provisions of.”)