# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S54 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 54 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION h TEACHERS 10. Resolutions prepared by the floor committees which Lohmeyer, Jan (SO)....... 363 are not acted upon by the convention before adjourn- “McBride, Mary (SO) ...... a ment die. The subject matter may be reintroduced at Givhan, Sem (SO) ‘ 149 the next convention by means of an overture. Moldovan, Wayne (TX)... 231 11. Minutes shall be distributed every morning in Today’s * Willhardt, John (SO) ...... 592 Business. The first item of business in the afternoon Board of Regents—Seward session shall be the formal approval of these minutes. However, at that time only corrections involving con- . Johnson, Arthar (Mo) 549 vention action shall be offered from the floor for con- Zobel, Marlin (MO) ....... 435 sideration. Simple editorial corrections involving, for LAYPERSONS example, misspelling of names and faulty titles and Brauer, Tony (KS) ........ 209 150 references shall be submitted in writing to the Sec- * Hartmann, William (NB).. 542 retary for incorporation in the minutes after verifi- cation. * Kerman, aN — ato O08 one 571 12. The preface, preamble, and whereas sections shall be Perry, Robert (OK)........ 349 317 352 471 considered an integral part of the resolution or over- Scheibe, Donald (SD) ..... 106 ture, and as such subject to the same serious consid- Proposed Special Standing Rules These standing rules prevailed for the 1989 convention: 1. The Chair shall see that the agenda is followed as closely as possible. 2. Resolutions of each floor committee shall be prioritized by number and shall normally be presented in the nu- merical sequence published in Today’s Business. 3. Each member of the convention, when recognized by the Chair, shall state his (or her) name. He shall also state the name of his District or of the administrative unit (board, faculty) he represents. 4, The two-minute rule shall apply for all who speak from the floor, and for the committee during debate. 5. While any voting delegate may call the question at any time, after every 30 minutes of debate on any one motion there shall be an automatic call of the question by the Chair. The Chair may also call for a vote on the close of debate (two-thirds majority required) when in his judgment the assembly has heard sufficient speak- ing on both sides of the issue. 6. Voting for elections shall ordinarily be carried out by use of an electronic response system which requires delegates to be present at the beginning of the business portion of each session. When not used, instead of only a voice vote on motions before the convention, the Chair shall ordinarily also call for the raising of the right hand. 7. If a substitute motion is offered, the convention shall first decide by majority vote without debate whether or not to consider the substitute. If the decision is in the affirmative and the substitute motion is subse- quently adopted, the original motion falls; if the sub- stitute motion does not receive favorable action either to consider or to adopt, the original motion is again before the house. (This is the so-called Behnken rule for dealing with substitute motions.) 8. Questions of privilege shall be addressed in writing to the Chair, or its appointee, instead of consuming con- vention time. 9. In the sessions of the last two days the President shall have the privilege of calling up for action resolutions which in his judgment must be acted upon by the con- vention before adjournment. eration and adoption in all its parts as the main motion itself. 13. Unless covered by these standing rules of the conven- tion, parliamentary procedure shall be governed by the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of Order (Glen- view, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1981). Resolutions of Thanks Prior to the close of the convention, the following two resolutions of thanks were adopted: WHEREAS, Many individuals and groups have gener- ously contributed their time and efforts to the success of our convention; therefore be it Resolved, That the President be directed to express the thanks of the 57th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to all for their faithful services which made the convention an enjoyable one, and for their assistance to delegates in carrying out their responsibili- ties, and in particular our gracious host, the Kansas Dis- trict, and its president, Dr. Eugene Schmidt; the local committees; the fine young pages; our convention man- ager, Marv Siebels, and his staff: Vice-Presidents Men- nicke, Wollenburg, King, Maier, and Merkens; our efficient Secretary, Dr. Rosin and Assistant Secretary, Dr. Halm; the parliamentarian, Angeline Haines; chaplain Dr. Kuntz and organist Dr. Brauer; the LifeLight leaders, Dr. Gaulke and Dr. Carter, and all group leaders; the President’s staff and the communications department; the Office of Infor- mation Systems; the floor committees; and above all, the delegates, for their wonderful spirit. Wuenreas, President Ralph Bohlmann has shown great care, sensitivity, and compassion in leading the 57th Reg- ular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and Wuereas, He has also demonstrated tremendous pa- tience in dealing with difficult matters leading to good un- derstanding and informed decisions; therefore be it Resolved, That the LCMS assembled in Wichita at its 57th convention show its profound thanks by rising and applauding.