# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S259
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 259

the selection of all appointive administrative personnel in the
Synod above clerical rank (except divisional chairman) shall be:

a. To require of the synodical agency which is to be served
by a prospective appointee a reasonably detailed statement of
the duties and personal requirements of the position which is to
be filled;

b. To solicit, from all appropriate sources, suggestions or nom-
inations of persons for the position which is to be filled and to
receive nominations from any other sources. In the case of exec-
utive secretaries, the Nominating Committee shall also solicit
names of qualified personnel from the congregations and Districts
of the Synod. The list of nominees shall be published in the official
organs of the Synod at least four weeks prior to the date on
which the appointment of the executive secretary is to take place;

c. To gather, analyze, and prepare information on nominees;

d. To certify, after having examined the qualifications of all
nominees in the light of the specifications of the position, three
nominees as candidates to the appointing authority. The appoint-
ing authority may then select one of the three nominees or call
for a new slate of nominees. Each nominee must have the approval
of the President of the Synod;

e. To request the Executive Director to provide the Nomina-
tions Committees with necessary technical assistance;

3. That the administrative positions and their corresponding
appointing authorities be designated as follows:

a. The Executive Director, by the Board of Directors; i

b. Executive Secretaries and agency staff members, by the
respective board, commission, or committee, or by the Board of
Directors in cases where there is no board, commission, or com-
mittee;

c. Other appointive synodical officers and departmental per-
sonnel by the Board of Directors or, at its discretion, an agency
or officer designated by it;

d. Divisional chairmen, by the Board of Directors on recom-
mendation of the Executive Director, who shall consult with the
synodical agencies concerned.

Section X, page 432, Board of Directors
Resolved:

1. That the Board of Directors continue substantially to per-
form its current functions and duties for the present. The Survey
Commission shall explore the following possibilities and shall re-
port on them to the next convention: