# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S182 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 182 RESOLUTIONS of the member congregations of that circuit. The nom- inations shall be made at least four months prior to the elections and shall be submitted to the Nominating Committee through the secretary of the district. If no candidate has received a majority, the district secretary shall mail to each congregation in that circuit a ballot containing the names of the two men receiving the high- est number of votes. The Nominating Committee shall arrange a slate containing the first choice for circuit counselor from each circuit, provided that man is still available, or the second choice of the circuit if he is not. The district president shall fill the slate where neither man is still available. The convention shall have the right to alter the slate by amendment. The convention shall then ratify the slate of circuit counselors, which ratification shall constitute election. Action: Adopied as amended (15). (The number of pastors to be nominated by each congregation was changed from one to two by amendment.) To Delete Bylaws Regarding Administrative Officer of Board of Directors RESOLUTION 5-20A Overture 5-153 (CW, p. 243) Wuereas, The position of administrative officer of the Board of Directors was included in the Bylaws at the 1971 convention and has never been updated as to its reponsi- bilities; and Wuenreas, The position requires that the administrative officer of the Board of Directors serve the dual functions of 1. administrative officer of the board 2. assistant to the President in his administrative re- sponsibilities; and Wuereas, This dual line of responsibility and account- ability places some impossible demands on the person holding this office and tends to cause some confusion as to expectations; and WHEREAS, Bylaw 2.67 e gives every board authority to “create executive staff positions with the approval of the President and the Board of Directors”; and Wuereas, Bylaw 2.105 b empowers the President to “engage sufficient staff to carry out the duties of his office”; and Wuereas, Bylaw 2.193, describing the office of admin- istrative officer of the Board of Directors, is the only in- stance of a Bylaw detailing position responsibilities of a staff executive, thus limiting possible changes in the po- sition description to convention action; and Wuereas, The Board of Directors during the past trien- nium has made an extensive study of the position of its administrative officer with the goal of bringing it into more realistic proportions, and has altered substantively its view of what should be included in the position description of its administrative executive; therefore be it Resolved, That the position of administrative officer of the Board of Directors be eliminated effective Jan. 1, 1987 and that all of Bylaw 2.193 and all other references to the office of administrative officer of the Board of Directors be removed from the Bylaws; and be it further Resolved, That the Board of Directors appoint its staff executive according to usual Bylaw procedures; and be it further Resolved, That the President develop such other staffing arrangements as he may require to carry out his admin- istrative responsibilities, as authorized in the bylaws that govern his office; and be it finally Resolved, That the principal staff person of the Board of Directors continue to be a member of the Council of Administrators. Action: Adopted as amended (15). (The final resolve was added by the committee prior to pre- sentation of the resolution.) To Expand Auxiliary Membership Eligibility RESOLUTION 5-21 Overtures 5-75—5-76B (CW, p. 228) Wuereas, The members of congregations of The Lu- theran Church—Missouri Synod in the United States and Canada have worked together through the Synod and its auxiliaries for many years; and Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Canada may at the 1986 synodical convention be granted authorization to be- come a partner church of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and Wuereas, Bylaw 13.01 a 6 provides that the member- ship of auxiliaries “is made up of persons who are baptized members of congregations that are members of The Lu- theran Church—Missouri Synod”; and Wuereas, The International Lutheran Laymen’s League has a concern about being able to continue to have Canadian laymen as active members of the league after Lutheran Church—Canada is formed, while also contin- uing as an auxiliary of the Synod; and Wuereas, It seems desirable to develop a long-term plan before the respective 1989 conventions of the league and the Synod, one which will serve both the league’s needs for members from Canada and possibly other countries, and also the needs of partner churches to have as auxili- aries organizations that are constituted with people from congregations of partner churches; and Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Canada, when it be- comes a partner church, will need to define its relations to its own auxiliaries; therefore be it Resolved, That Bylaw 13.01 be amended to read “Its membership is made up of persons who are baptized mem- bers of congregations that are members of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod or the Lutheran Church—Can- ada,” subject to the formation of the Lutheran Church— Canada as a partner church and a request by that church body that The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod auxili- aries also be the auxiliaries of the Lutheran Church—Can- ada; and be it further Resolved, That the convention request the President and the Board of Directors of the Synod to continue to work with the board of governors of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League and the board of directors of the Inter- 5 Raha, Ua iB ea AM RRO A Ai Wr abn Ne hc isaac Ra