# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S187
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STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION 187

f. All additions to or replacements of staff shall
be in accordance with current position descriptions
and shall be within staffing limits approved by the
respective board or commission and the Board of
Directors.

and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 2.803 a be revised as follows:

PRESENT WORDING

2.803 Tenure and Terminations

a. Unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws, all
executive staff shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authorities described above, subject to
annual review and evaluation. Appointees may
normally expect to continue in their positions if their
work is satisfactory as evidenced by the annual
review and evaluation and if there is a continuing
need for their services.

e. All additions to or replacements of staff shall
be in accordance with current position descriptions
and shall be within staffing limits approved by the
respective board or commission and the Board of
Directors.

PROPOSED WORDING

2.803 Tenure and Termination

a. Unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws, all
executive staff shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authorities described above, subject to
annual review and evaluation. Clergy and teacher
members of the Synod who are appointed to positions
requiring a clergyman or teacher shall receive a
Solemn Call; lay persons whose position must be
filled by a member of a congregation of the Synod
shall receive a Solemn Appointment. Appointees,
clergy, teacher, and lay, may normally expect to
continue in their position if their work is satisfactory,
as evidenced by the annual review and evaluation,
and if there is a continuing need for their services.

Action: Adopted as amended (13).

(The committee called attention to a typographical error in
paragraph d, whereby “the principal staff person with the
approval of’ had been omitted. These words were restored. The
delegates amended paragraph c by changing “upon recom-
mendation by” to “in consultation with.” An amendment
asking for the addition of the words “with a request for
nominations being printed in the Synod’s official publications”
in paragraph c was declined.)

To Remove 1986 Date
for Discontinuation of Commission
on Black Ministry

RESOLUTION 5-17
Report 5-02, II, M (CW, p. 195); Overtures 5-86,
5-89 (CW, pp. 235, 237) 4

WHEREAS, The Work of the Commission on Black
Ministry as a coordinating unit in the synodical system
requires long-range planning for effectiveness at all
levels; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Commission on Black Ministry
be continued as long as there is a demonstrated need for
its existence; and be it further

Resolved, That the Commission on Structure be
instructed to give further study to structured relation-
ships between the synod and racial and ethnic groups.

Action: Adopted (14).

To Define More Precisely Membership
of Board for Youth Services

RESOLUTION 5-18
Overture 5-46 (CW, p. 224)
WHEREAS, Young people on the Synod’s Board for

Youth Services have served faithfully for many years;
and

WHEREAS, It is important that high school young
people continue to have involvement in the Board for
Youth Services as plans and policies are formulated;
and

WHEREAS, It is vital that the concerns and needs of
the Synod’s youth organization, Lutheran Youth
Fellowship, be retained and heard; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Bylaw change be made
in the synodical Handbook:

PRESENT WORDING .-

5. Board for Youth Services
2.241 Membership

The Board for Youth Services shall consist of
nine members who shall be elected by the general
convention of the Synod: one parish pastor, one
parish teacher, two laypersons, one representative of
one of our synodical schools, and four youth of our
Synod.

PROPOSED WORDING

5. Board for Youth Services
2.241 Membership

The Board for Youth Services shall consist of
nine members who shall be elected by the general