# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S126
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RESOLUTIONS

(d) All incumbents eligible for reelection shall be considered for nominations .
(e) Qualifications of each nominee shall candidate suggested are to be submitted together with the names on forms made
available on the Synod’s Website .
(f) All suggested names and information for consideration
by the Committee for Convention Nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Synod committee no later than nine
months prior to the convention of the Synod .
(g) The Secretary shall present the names and information
gathered to the Committee for Convention Nominations at its
first meeting .
3 .12 .3 .5 The first meeting of the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall be at the call of the Secretary of the Synod
at least six within nine months prior to the convention of the
Synod .
(a) The Secretary shall not serve as a member of the committee, but he shall convene the initial meeting of the committee
and be available, upon call, for consultation .
(b) The committee shall elect its own chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary and shall organize its work in whatever way
it deems necessary .
(c) The committee shall inform itself as to the duties and
requirements of each position to be filled and thereby be guided
in its selection of nominees .
(d) In the case of the boards of regents of educational institutions of the Synod, the committee shall consult with the Board
for Pastoral Education and Board for University Education and
receive their nominations for the various boards of regents for
the committee’s consideration .
3 .12 .3 .6 The Committee for on Convention Nominations
shall nominate candidates for all elective offices, boards, and
commissions except President, vice-presidents, and Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer .
(a) At least two candidates shall be nominated for each position .
(b) At least five months prior to the convention, the The
committee shall determine its complete list of candidates and
alternates, obtain the consent of the persons it proposes to nominate, and transmit its final report at least five months prior to
the convention to the Secretary of the Synod who shall post the
list on the Synod’s Website and in ample time to provide for its
publication in a pre-convention issue of an official periodical of
the Synod and also in the Convention Workbook .
(c) The committee’s report shall list the qualifications of
various positions used in the solicitation of candidates and contain pertinent information concerning each candidate, such as
occupation or profession, district affiliation, residence, specific
experience, number of years as a member of an LCMS congregation, present position, offices previously held in a congregation, district or the Synod, and qualifications for the office in
question, and, if the candidate so desires, also a brief personal
statement .
3 .12 .3 .7 The chairman of the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall submit the committee’s report in person to
the convention at one of its earliest sessions .
(a) The convention may amend the slate by nominations
from the floor .
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(b) Floor nominations shall be brought individually before
the convention for approval before being added to the ballot .
No floor nominations shall be accepted which would preclude,
by virtue of election limitations of such office, election of any
pending nominee already on the slate of candidates received
from the Committee for Convention Nominations without disclosing such potential effect immediately to the convention .
(c) Such floor nominations may only be made from the list
of names which have previously been offered to the Committee for Convention Nominations prior to the final deadline for
the submission of nominations established and published by
the committee, unless the convention shall otherwise order by
a simple majority vote .
(d) If the convention approves the receipt of such additional
nominations, any delegate making such a nomination shall have
secured prior written consent of the candidate being nominated
and shall immediately submit it to the chairman of the Committee for Convention Nominations along with required pertinent information concerning the nominee as detailed in Bylaw
3 .12 .3 .6 (c) .
(e) The Whenever possible, the chairman of the Committee
for Convention Nominations shall have on hand at the convention a reserve list of nominees, approved by the committee, for
use if required .
(f) Whenever possible, the Committee for Convention
Nominations should be informed in advance if any new board
or commission is likely to be established at a convention of the
Synod, so that it may have a slate of candidates in readiness .
3 .12 .3 .8 The Committee for Convention Nominations, in
consultation with officials of the Synod, shall maintain a description of the desirable expertise required for each elected
position board and shall transmit this information together with
suggestions for improvement of procedures to the next committee through the Secretary of the Synod .
and be it finally
Resolved, That the bylaws governing the nominations and elections of the President and vice-presidents be amended as follows:

President and Vice-Presidents
3 .12 .1 Nominations for the offices of President, First VicePresident, and other vice-presidents in line of succession shall
be made by the member congregations of the Synod .
(a) Each member congregation shall be entitled to nominate
from the clergy roster of the Synod two ordained ministers as
candidates for President and two ordained ministers as candidates for First Vice-President, and four ordained ministers as
candidates for other vice-presidents in line of succession .
(b) The Secretary of the Synod shall provide a secure and
verifiable method that will offer opportunity to every mail to
each congregation of the Synod to submit nominations ballots
for nominating these candidates .
(c) The Each nominating process ballot shall be completed
signed by the president and secretary of the member congregations not later than five four months prior to the opening date of
the convention .
(d) The Secretary of the Synod, with the approval of the
Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,
may engage an external auditing firm to tabulate the nominations and shall report to the convention by means of the Conven-