# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S186
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186 RESOLUTIONS

. To Revise Bylaws
Regarding Appointment of Staff,
Tenure, and Termination

RESOLUTION 5-16
Report 5-02, II, V (CW, pp. 199—200)

WHEREAS, The present Bylaws 2.801 and 2.803 are
cumbersome and ambiguous and therefore in need of
revision; therefore be it

Resolved, That the proposed wording of Bylaw 2.801,
Description of Appointing or Employing Authorities,
and 2.803, Tenure and Termination, CW, pp. 199—200,
be adopted:

PRESENT WORDING

2.801 Description of Appointing or
Employing Authorities

a. The principal staff person for each board or
commission shall be appointed by the respective
group with the approval of the President.

’ b. Other appointed executives shall be appointed
by the respective board or commission with the
approval of the’ President and the principal staff
person.

c. Each appointive position which according to
the position description requires that the occupant be
a member of a congregation of the Synod and receive
a Solemn Appointment shall be filled from a list of
candidates gathered by the Personnel Director from
all appropriate sources. A request for nominations
shall be printed in the Reporter. Background informa-
tion shall be obtained on each nominee. If the open
position is that of the principal staff person, the
President of the.Synod shall select from. the list at
least three candidates whom he will propose to the
respective board or commission. Upon request he

_may submit additional names. The respective board
or commission or its designated members and the
President shall interview in person each of the candi-
dates and agree on the selection prior to extending an
appointment. For other appointed positions with the
same requirements concerning membership and
Solemn Appointment, the principal staff person,
together with the President or his designated repre-

' sentative, shall select from the list at least three
candidates whom they will interview in person and
recommend to the respective board or commission,
who, at its discretion, may also interview the candi-
dates prior to extending a Solemn Appointment.

d. All other executives shall be employed by the
principal staff person, with the approval of the
President, from a list of candidates developed by the
Personnel Director.

e. Secretarial] and clerical staff shall be employed
by the principal staff person with the approval of the
Synod’s Personnel Department under policies estab-
lished by the Board of Directors.

PROPOSED WORDING

2.801 Description of Appointing or
Employing Authorities

a. The principal staff person for each board or
commission shall be appointed by the respective
group with the approval of the President.

b. The principal staff person for each board or
commission of the Synod shall be a member of a
congregation of the Synod. Such a position shall be
filled in accordance with policies of the Synod’s
Board of Directors. The respective board or commis-
sion, in consultation with the President of the Synod
or his designated representative, shall study and
determine its special needs, the broader requirements
of the Synod for that position, as well as any special
qualifications sought, and update the position
description. A list of nominees shall be gathered by
the Personnel Department through an announcement
in an official periodical and through other methods.
This list shall be shared with the members of the
board or commission. The President of the Synod ;
shall select at least two persons as preferred nomi ©
nees. The President and two members designated by
the board or commission shall act as a screening
committee, which shall interview such preferred
nominees and make appropriate recommendations to
the appointing body. The board or commission, with
the approval of the President, shall make the selection
and extend the appointment. The board or comma
sion may ask for additional nominees from: tH¢
screening committee or for additional names fromthe
field through the Personnel Department for. the
regular procedures outlined above.

c. Appointments to other executive positions
upper classifications as determined by the Board
Directors shall be made by the respective boar
commission (or members designated by the bo
commission) in consultation with the principal sta
person and with the approval of the President of th
Synod. The Personnel Department shall render
ance in gathering names for consideration an
securing evaluations. Each such position shall h
been approved by the respective board or commiss!
and shall be filled in accordance with policies of
Synod’s Board of Directors. ,

d. Executives in other classifications as well
secretarial and clerical staff shall be employed by:
principal staff person with the approval ‘of%
Synod’s Personnel Department under policie
lished by the Board of Directors. ‘