# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S300
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

300 SUPPLEMENT TO CTCR REPORT

members of the Executive Committee, or in case any
vacancy occurs in said offices for any cause, an election
may be held at any regular or special meeting of the
council, a quorum being present. If in the judgment
of the Executive Committee it is necessary that any
such vacancy be filled before a meeting of the council,
the Executive Committee may make an ad interim
appointment.
SECTION VI

Officers

Item 1. The president shall preside at all meetings
of the council and of the Executive Committee, appoint
committees not otherwise provided for, and see that
the constitution and bylaws are observed and the enact-
ments of the council are carried out. He shall execute
contracts requiring his signature and other instruments
as authorized at a meeting of the council or by the
Executive Committee. He shall have seat and voice in
all meetings of each standing committee and of all other
committees of the council.

Item 2. The vice-president shall perform the duties
of the president in his absence or incapacity.

Item 3. The secretary shall record the minutes of
the meetings of the council and of the Executive Com-
mittee, and transmit promptly a copy of the minutes
of each meeting to the president and each representative
of each participating body. He shall give notice of all
meetings of the council to the president and each repre-
sentative of each participating body, and of all Exec-
utive Committee meetings to the members thereof.

Item 4. The treasurer shall be the chief fiscal officer
of the council. He shall receive and disburse all mon-
eys, have responsibility for the safekeeping of the
securities, insurance policies, and legal papers, keep an
accurate account of all financial transactions, and re-
port thereon to each regular meeting of the council
and at such other times as may be required by the Ex-
ecutive Committee.

SECTION VII

Executive Committee

Item 1. The Executive Committee shall meet at least
twice annually for the conduct of its business.

Item 2. A special meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee may be called by the president or by the general
secretary.

Item 3. A majority of the members of the Executive
Committee shall constitute a quorum.

Item 4. The Executive Committee shall have the
following duties and powers:

a. be the board of directors of the corporation and
exercise trusteeship responsibilities for the council;

b. supervise and coordinate the activities of the di-
visions, departments, commissions, offices, and com-
mittees;

c. elect staff officials other than the general secre-
tary, each for a specified term not to exceed four years,
and terminate their services;

d. provide an agenda and a program for each regu-
lar and special meeting of the council for its approval;

e. recommend annual budgets for adoption at the
annual meeting of the council;

f. control the funds of the council, including those
designated for divisions, departments, commissions, offi-
ces, and committees;

g. consider and act upon interim reports of the
officers and the standing committees of divisions;

h. supervise the management of the real property
of the council;

i. propose and make recommendations on proposals
arising from other sources concerning

1) the establishment of divisions, departments, com-

missions, and offices other than those provided
for at the time of the adoption of these bylaws,
and

2) the elimination of a division, department, com-

mission, or office;

j. empower the officers and units from time to time
to take steps necessary to meet emergencies;

k. fill vacancies not otherwise provided for.

Item 5. The general secretary and the treasurer
shall be consultants to the Executive Committee. Other
consultants may be appointed from time to time by
the Executive Committee for specified and limited
service.

SECTION VII
Divisions

Item 1. The size of the standing committee for each
division shall be set from time to time by the council,
with due regard to the interests and memberships of
the bodies cooperating in the work of the division. The
members shall be appointed upon nomination by the
presidents of the bodies cooperating in the division.

Item 2. The standing committee for each division
shall, at its first meeting following each annual meet-
ing of the council, elect a chairman and a secretary.
It may also elect an executive committee to act for it
between its meetings within limits of previously de-
termined policy. The chairman and the secretary of
the standing committee shall not hold office for more
than three one-year terms consecutively.

Item 3. The standing committee for each division
shall transmit promptly a copy of the minutes of each
meeting to the general secretary of the council, to the
president of each participating body and to each repre-
sentative in the council.

Item 4. Each division shall have an executive secre-
tary, and may have additional staff members as the
council shall from time to time determine.

Item 5. Regular meetings of the standing committee
for a division shall be held at times and places as it
shall determine. Special meetings may be called by
the chairman of the standing committee or by its exec-
utive committee or by the Executive Committee of the
council.