# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S518
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518 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

X. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

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Report of the Board for Audio-Visual Educa

The Board for Audio-Visual Education herewith sub '
triennial report.

With sincere and humble gratitude we offer our pr
thanksgiving to God for the manifold blessings which,
grace, He has bestowed on the activity and accomplishments
Board.

The past triennium has been a period of productive

Following the 1950 synodical convention, during which
resolved (Resolution 12, in part) that “the Board of Director
the Board of Audio-Visual Aids in co-ordinating its duties i
ing the Church and providing the necessary visual aids reay
by Synod, its organizations, Districts, congregations, an
viduals,” a series of meetings was held in order to arriy
workable basis of operation and eliminate unforeseen
zational difficulties which had arisen in the previous trienni

The following operating formula, as suggested by the B
Directors, was agreed upon:

The resolutions of Synod, as adopted in 1947, be carri
with the changes and additions suggested in the following

Wuereas, The past years have demonstrated that a De
of Visual Education on the basis of sound business administ
and policies of production and distribution can be a self-sup;
project; and

Wuereas, Concordia Publishing House is Synod’s offic
only agency for the production and distribution of mar
materials; be it, therefore,

Resolved, That all projects and transactions involvi
physical production, buying, selling, rental, and distri
visual-aid materials be made the responsibility of -
Publishing House in consultation with the Audio-Visual #4
Board; and be it further

Resolved, That Concordia Publishing House be requé
make available to the Audio-Visual Education Board an
budget allowance out of the proceeds of its audio-visual edit
materials sufficient to permit it to carry out paragraphs:
five of its instructions from Synod, which planning and prom
shall be done in consultation with Concordia Publishing Hoi

Operating under this formula has proved highly sat
with the result that the audio-visual education requiremen'