# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S44
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“a MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION .

* Lewis, Cleveland (IN)..........
* Lohmeyer, Rhonda B. (SO) .....
Pugh, Willie J. Jr. (NOW) .
Sansbury, James (OH) .........

Board of Regents—-Seward

CLERGYMEN (Vote for 1)

Reiss, Harold (RM).

* Schroeder, Wayne C. (IE).
. TEACHERS (Vote for 1)

* Hintz, Dennis (KS)............. 668

Johnson, Arthur R. (MQ)....... 296

LAYPERSONS (Vote for 3)

* Brink, E. Geno (NEB).......... 371 368 609
Davis, Dorothy (MC)..... : . 207 233 608
* Hartmann, William (NEB). 835 .
* Kolterman, Mark (NEB). . 782
Rodenburg, John (CI) .... 295 222
Schkade, Anthony (NEB). . 187
Smith, Marti R (NEB)......... 269 222

Special Standing Rules

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. When recognized by the Chair, members of the con-
vention shall state their name. They shall also state
the name of the District or of the administrative unit
(board, faculty) they represent.

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 shall ordinarily be carried out by use of an elec-
tronic 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 or-
dinarily also call for the raising of the right hand.

7. If a substitute motion is offered and seconded the pre-
senter shall be offered two minutes to provide the ra-
tionale for presenting it. The convention shall then
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 fails; 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.

10. Resolutions prepared by the floor committees which
are not acted upon by the convention before adjourn-
ment die. The subject matter may be reintroduced at
the next convention by means of an overture.

11. Minutes shall be distributed every morning in Today's
Business. The first item of business in the afternoon
session shall be the formal approval of these minutes.
However, at that time only corrections involving, for
example, misspelling of names and faulty titles and
references shall be submitted in writing to the Sec-
retary for incorporation in the minutes after verifi-
cation.

12. The preface, preamble, and whereas sections shall be
considered an integral part of the resolution or over-
ture and, as such, subject to the same serious consid-
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
Scott Foresman 1990 edition of Rodert’s Rules of

» Order. '

(The words and seconded the presenter shall be offered
two minutes to provide the rationale for presenting it were
added to Standing Rule 7 by amendment. An amendment
to add the words “When used, the ERS operator shall pro- ©
duce a hard-copy paper printout of the vote, listed by voter
codes. The printout shall be available for examination dur-
ing recess and included with the minutes. Copies of the
printout may be obtained through written petition to the.
Secretary. The loss of the voting tally or printout shall
constitute an annulment of the vote, requiring a recount
on that vote” to Standing Rule 6 was declined.)

Miscellaneous Resolutions
and Resolutions of Thanks

To Honor and Thank President Bohlmann

Wuereas, The Reverend Dr. Ralph Bohlmann has
served with distinction as the President of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod for the past 11 years; and

Wuenreas, His service in this position will end with the
installation of a new president in September; and

WHEREAS, The members of the LCMS desire to thank
him for his Christian service and leadership; therefore be
it

Resolved, That the 58th Regular Convention of the
LCMS thank President Bohlmann by rising, clapping, and
singing the Common Doxology.

Action: Adopted (14).
To Commend Special Committee
for Its Work

Wuereas, The Special Committee was appointed by
President Bohlmann to deal with the dispute and conflict

- that has troubled our Synod with respect to Dr. Robert

Preus and various decisions by the COA and CCM; and
Wuereas, The committee has completed its work, and
through their dedicated effort and in response to our