# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S135
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SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

The proposed process is consistent with the process currently utilized for the selection of Synod executives .
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3 .8 .3 .7 .2 be amended by replacing
all current bylaw wording with the following:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3 .8 .3 .7 .2 The following process shall govern the selection
of a college/university president .
(a) When a vacancy or an impending vacancy in the office of
president is known, the board of regents shall inform the campus
constituencies, the Board for University Education, the President of the Synod, an official periodical of the Synod, and other
parties as appropriate .
(1) The board of regents shall request that the Board for
University Education authorize the institution to publish a
request for nominations for the position of president .
(2) The board of regents shall request that the Board for
University Education schedule a transition review of the
campus . The review is to provide a report on the state of
the campus for use by the search committee, the board of
regents, and the candidates .
(b) The board of regents shall oversee the process of defining the institution’s needs, describing the desired characteristics
of the new president, and issuing a request for nominations .
(1) A search committee shall be formed that represents
the board of regents, the faculty, and the staff .
(2) The search committee shall prepare a description of
the needs of the institution based on listening forums, the
findings of the Board for University Education’s transition
review, and other relevant information .
(3) The search committee shall develop written criteria
that will be utilized by the committee to screen the candidates and will be utilized by the board of regents to guide the
presidential election .
(4) A person designated by the board of regents shall act
as its agent to issue a request for the nomination of candidates for the presidency of the institution . The request for
nominations shall be submitted to the parties who are authorized to nominate . Candidates may be nominated by congregations of the Synod, the Board for University Education,
the board of regents, and the faculty of the institution . The
request for nominations shall state when the nominating period closes .
(5) After the nomination period has closed, the agent
of the board of regents shall distribute an announcement to
the congregations of the Synod that lists the names of nominees who have consented to nomination . The announcement
shall contain contact information to submit correspondence
regarding the nominees, and provide a reasonable deadline
for receiving correspondence . The board of regents shall establish a procedure for processing correspondence regarding
nominees .
(c) The board of regents shall utilize the work of the search
committee to establish a short list of candidates .
(1) The search committee will provide a report to the
board of regents regarding the qualifications of the candidates with its observations and recommendations .

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(2) The board of regents shall provide the candidates
with a report containing full disclosure of the condition of
the institution .
(3) The board of regents shall prepare a list of no less
than five candidates and submit that short list to the executive director of the Board for University Education .
(d) The short list of candidates shall receive prior approval
before the election .
(1) The executive director of the Board for University
Education shall convene a prior approval panel consisting of
the President of the Synod, the district president serving on
the institution’s board of regents, and the chair of the Board
for University Education .
(2) The prior approval panel shall meet to consider the
short list submitted by the board of regents . The panel may
choose to remove names from the list, but only with a twothirds majority vote .
(3) After the prior approval panel has completed its
work, the executive director of the Board for University
Education shall transmit the finalized list back to the agent
of the board of regents . If the amended list contains less than
two names, the election process is terminated . The board of
regents shall determine whether it will utilize the original
list of nominees or generate additional nominations as it resumes the election process .
(e) The board of regents shall elect the president of the college or university using the slate that received prior approval as
described above . The board of regents may require the president-elect to accept or decline within fifteen days .
(f) If the president-elect declines the position, the board of
regents is responsible for resuming the effort to fill the vacancy .

Action: Adopted (10)
(During discussion, an amendment to proposed Bylaw 3 .8 .3 .7 .2
(c) to insert an additional paragraph to read “The board of regents
shall provide the candidate with a report containing full disclosure of the condition of the institution” was accepted as a friendly
amendment by committee . Res . 5-06A was adopted as changed
[Yes: 887; No: 187] .)

To Revise Bylaw 3.8.3.5
Colloquy Committee for Commissioned Ministry
RESOLUTION 5-08
Overtures 5-24–28 (CW, pp. 197–202)
Rationale
It is proposed that the bylaw on commissioned minister colloquy be revised to achieve the following purposes:
1 . The policies and procedures of colloquy for commissioned ministers would be more effectively maintained
by the Synod’s Colloquy Committee for Commissioned
Ministry that administers the program and delivers the
instruction .
2 . The addition of one representative from CUEnet, which
has responsibility for providing the educational content
for commissioned ministry colloquy, and two Concordia
University System faculty representing those who are
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