# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S134
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5.65 Attendance at Official Conferences

Attendance at the official conferences shall be oblig-
atory for ordained and commissioned ministers serving
in congregations and parishes. Those whose offices in
the Synod, District, or other entity imposes professional
or service requirements on which full and regular con-
ference attendance makes undue demands, shall] nev-
ertheless, in consultation with their supervisory boards,
arrange for their own partial or occasional attendance
and participation in their own official conferences in
accordance with policies established by their supervisory
boards.

Resolved, To change the deadline in Bylaw 3.19 for the
submission of overtures from 16 weeks to 18 weeks to pro-
vide more time for typesetting, printing, and mailing the
Convention Workbook.

Action: Adopted (12).

(Each of the resolves was considered and adopted individually,
thereby adopting the entire resolution.)

To Amend Miscellaneous Bylaws
Referred by 1986 Convention

RESOLUTION 5-12A
Overtures 5-11, 5-80, 8-47 (CW, pp. 221-24, 242, 281)

Background information. The 1986 convention re-
ferred for study to the Board of Directors, in consultation
with the Commission on Structure, miscellaneous Bylaws
contained in section P of Res. 5-02A. The board considered
the proposed Bylaws, recommending that some be adopted
as proposed, that some be further refined, and that others
not be brought back to the 1989 convention for action. The
board’s initial recommendations were referred to the Com-
mission on Structure for review and response prior to final
board action. The board and commission concurred on the
following recommendations:

Wuereas, The current Bylaws do not adequately reflect

the necessary process to enable the Committee on Con-
vention Nominations to function; and

WHEREAS, There appears to be a need to enhance the
process for nomination of candidates for boards and com-
missions; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaws 3.945, 3.947, 3.949 and 3.951 be
amended as follows:

3.945 Solicitation of Suggestions for Candidates

a. Fre-Gommitteefor Convention Neminations The
Secretary of the Synod shall solicit from congregations,
District Presidents, District Boards of Directors, Circuit
Counselors, and other likely sources names of persons
who are regarded as suitable candidates for election to
the various offices and boards of the Synod and shall
list briefly the requirements of various positions.

Qualifications of each candidate are to be submitted
together with the names. All incumbents eligible for re-
election shall be considered for nomination. Fhe-eem-
mittee-The Secretary shall begin such solicitation of
names at least 18 months before the synodical conven-
tion through a publication going to the members of the
Synod and to the congregations A-general-eallfer-ean-
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shall present the names and information gathered to the
Committee for Convention Nominations at its first meet-
ing. The Secretary shall not serve as a member of the
committee, but he shall convene the initial meeting of
the committee and be available, upon call, for
consultation.

b. All suggested names and information for consid-
eration by the Committee for Convention Nominations
shall be submitted to the committee no later than eight
twelve months prior to the synodical convention.

3.947 Functions

e. At least five months prior to the convention the
committee shall determine its complete list of candi-
dates and alternates, obtain the consent of the persons
it proposes to nominate, and transmit its final report to
the Secretary of the Synod in ample time to provide for
its publication in a preconvention issue of an official