# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S256
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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56 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6
e. Be continuously alert to opportunities for the practice of
economy and for the increase of effectiveness in the divisions rep-
resented by the divisional chairmen;

f. Encourage and promote effectiveness and economy through
the only means by which these ends can be achieved in a dynamic
organization, namely, through competent planning, good organiza-~
tion, and willing self-control —all this in all agencies but always
within a framework and in a spirit of common interest in the
pursuit of common ends;

g. Promote the utilization of research facilities, research data,
and research conclusions in the formation of agency plans and in
the integration of these plans;

h. Present and defend such integrated plans and budgets to
the Board of Directors, and to communicate to this Board the
requests and inquiries of the agencies of the Synod;

i. Act as the agent of the Board, in conveying to the agencies
of the Synod the decisions of the Board, and act as its agent in
supervising the observance of these decisions;

j. Keep the Board adequately informed on progress toward
the execution of synodically adopted plans and on the observance
of policies;

3. That the Board of Directors provide the Executive Director
with staff assistance as the need for such assistance becomes clear.

Section VI, pages 428 to 430, Council of Administration
Resolved:

1. That a Council of Administrators be established. The coun-
cil shall consist of the following twelve men, all of whom are
members of the administrative staff. They are:

The President of the Synod
The First Vice-President of the Synod
The Executive Director, as chairman of the Council
The chairmen of the following seven divisions:
World Missions
North American Missions and Special Ministries
Higher Education
Communications and Public Relations
Parish Education and Parish Services
Social Action and Welfare
Church Literature
The Treasurer of the Synod .
The Controller of the Synod