# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S130
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130 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 5

representatives from the Districts shall be paid by their re-
spective Districts.

2.103 Synodical Service Commission

a. Membership. The Synodical Service Commission shall
consist of five persons appointed by the President of the
Synod.

b. Functions. The Synodical Service Commission shall
function in the selection of all executive secretaries of the
synodical boards and commissions. Its services may be called
on in the selection of District executive secretaries and all
appointive staff personnel above clerical rank in the Synod
and in the Districts.

ce. Duties. The duties of the commission shall be:

1. to require of the board or commission 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;

2. to solicit, from all appropriate sources, suggestions or
nominations of persons for the position which is to be filled
and to receive nominations from any other sources. In the
case of executive secretaries or their equivalent, the list of
nominees shall be published in the official periodicals of the
Synod at least four weeks prior to the date on which the
appointment of the executive secretary is to take place;

. 3. to gather, analyze, and prepare information on nom-
inees;

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

5. to request the Executive Director to provide the Syn-
odical Service Commission with necessary technical as-
sistance primarily through the office of the synodical Direc-
tor of Personnel.

d. Designations. Administrative positions and their cor-
responding appointing authorities shall be designated as
follows:

1. The Executive Director, by the Board of Directors;

2. Executive secretaries and staff members of boards and
commissions by the respective board or commission, or by
the Board of Directors in cases where there is no board
or commission;

3. Other appointive synodical officials and staff personnel
by the Board of Directors or, at its discretion, an official,
board, or commission designated by it;

4, Divisional chairmen by the Board of Directors on
recommendation of the Executive Director, who shall consult
with the synodical official, board, or commission concerned.

Furthermore:

Wuereas, Handbook 2.163 is a duplication of the
substance of Section 2.103; therefore be it

Resolved, That Handbook 2.163 be deleted.

Action: The entire resolution, including revisions,
amendments, and deletions, was adopted.

To Change “Handbook” Section 2.109
RESOLUTION 5-26
Report 4-04, Appendix F (CW, p. 154)
Wuereas, The Commission on Architecture has ob-
served the need to broaden its services; therefore be it
Resolved, That the membership of the Commission
on Architecture be increased from five to 11 members
—of which at least seven shall be architects, at least

two clergymen, and at least one teacher — and that the
membership be drawn from the various parts of the

United States and Canada to render the. most compre-
hensive service to the synodical membership; and be
it further

Resolved, That synodical Handbook 2.109 be revised
to reflect these changes.

Action: This resolution was referred to the Synod’s
President.

To Clarify “Handbook” Section 16.01 d
RESOLUTION 5-27

Wuereas, In an effort to clarify the manner in which
the Bylaws of the Synod should be adopted, Section
16.01 was amended at the 1962 convention of the Synod
as now printed in the 1963 edition of the Handbook; and

Wuereas, Under Section 2.113b of the Handbook,
which was also adopted at the 1962 convention of the
Synod, all reports, overtures, and resolutions to the
Synod which in any manner affect the Constitution or
Bylaws shall be submitted to the Commission on Con-
stitutional Matters in order that it may examine their
content and language as to their agreement with the
Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod; and

Whereas, Section 16.01d conflicts with Section
2.113 b; and

Wuereas, It has always been the duty of the Com-
mission on Constitutional Matters to review all over-
tures in the Convention Workbook as to their agree-
ment with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod;
and

Wuereas, It would add materially to the workload
of the convention floor committee on constitutional
matters to be required to examine all changes in the
Handbook recommended by other floor committees; and

Wuereas, It has not proved feasible for the conven-
tion floor committee on constitutional matters to make
such determinations as required by Section 16.01d,
because of the general lack of intimate knowledge of
its members with the contents and use of the Constitu-
tion and Handbook; and

Wuereas, The Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters is always represented at synodical conventions by
a majority of its members for the purpose of assisting
floor committees as they deal with constitutional mat-
ters or Handbook changes; therefore be it

Resolved, That Section 16.01d be amended to read
as follows:

d. submitted to the Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters for clearance prior to presentation to the convention.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Change Certain Sections
of the Synodical “Handbook” (Appeals)

RESOLUTION 5-28
Report 4-04, Appendix D (CW, pp. 150—153)
Overtures 4-48, 5-12 (CW, pp. 175, 180); 5-43 Un (URO,
p. 33)
WuereEas, Experience and careful study have shown