# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S129
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STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION 129

law changes:

Resolved, That the convention adopt the following By-
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.186 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

a. The Board of Directors shall approve staffing levels
and position descriptions for the synodical headquarters
staff and, with respect to that staff and the staffs of other
agencies of the Synod officed at the headquarters, shall
establish uniform personnel and compensation policies;
it shall provide counsel to help maintain comparability
of policy and parity between employees of the Synod (in-
cluding missionaries), Districts, colleges, seminaries,
and agencies of the Synod; and it shall provide for a
Department of Human Resources to administer the Syn-
od’s personnel policies and programs and to provide as-
sistance to Districts, colleges, and seminaries, as
requested.

.The principal staff person for each synodical board
or commission other than Boards of Regents, as well as
certain other senior staff positions of program boards
determined by the Board of Directors, shall be appointed
by the respective board or commission, with the approval
of the President. All other executive-staff positions, as
well as secretarial and clerical staff, shall be employed,
within approved staffing levels, by the principal staff
person with the approval of the Director of Human
Resources.

3.803 Tenure and Termination

a: Unless otherwise specified in-the-Bylaws-all-ex-
eeutive-staff-by the Board of Directors, all employees
shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authorities

tion. Members of the Synod who are appointed to po-
sitions requiring an ordained minister or a
commissioned minister shall receive a Solemn Call.
Other ordained or commissioned ministers appointed to
Positions in the Synod shall be affirmed by the respective
board or commission through a solemn call. All called
ministers shall be subject to all appropriate provisions
of the Constitution and Bylaws as well as the synodical
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