# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S150 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 150 RESOLUTIONS (c) A third district president selected by the other two Hearing Panel members . If the two Hearing Panel members cannot agree on the third Hearing Panel member, then One reconciler who is a layperson . Such third This member shall be chosen by blind draw from the Synod’s roster of reconcilers among the remaining district presidents, excluding any involved district president, with the blind draw administered by the chairman of the Council of Presidents Secretary of the Synod and audited by witnesses . (d) Each Hearing Panel shall have a nonvoting hearing facilitator who will serve as chairman of the panel . (e) The hearing facilitator shall conduct the hearing, shall serve as chairman of the panel, and may draw upon persons and resources that he deems necessary for conducting a hearing in a fair and equitable manner . (f) The hearing facilitator shall serve as an advisor to the panel on the form but not the substance of the decision . 2 .14 .7 .3 Upon receipt of a request for hearing, the chairman of the Council of Presidents shall promptly notify the accused and the district president who imposed the suspended status of their respective right to choose one Hearing Panel member and direct that the identity of their selection be transmitted to the chairman of the Council of Presidents within 15 days from the date of such notice . If either party declines to make a selection within 15 days, the chairman of the Council of Presidents shall then make such selection within five days . 2 .14 .7 .4 The chairman of the Council of Presidents shall also promptly notify the Secretary of the Synod of the need for a hearing facilitator . 2 .14 .7 .45 [and following numbers] When two the Hearing Panel members have so been chosen, the chairman of the Council of Presidents they shall promptly be notified notify them of their selection to the Hearing Panel and direct that they select the third member of the Hearing Panel within 10 days and notify the chairman of the Council of Presidents of their selection . 2 .14 .8 .1 Within 30 days after receipt of the request, a Final Hearing Panel shall be selected . (a) The panel shall be constituted in the same prescribed manner as described in Bylaws 2 .14 .7 .2–2 .14 .7 .5, except that the three two district presidents, reconciler, and facilitator that constituted the Hearing Panel and the involved district presidents are omitted from consideration for the Final Hearing Panel . (b) The procedures for the final hearing shall be the same as prescribed in Bylaws 2 .14 .7 .5–2 .14 .7 .7 . (c) The chairman of the Hearing Panel shall provide the Final Hearing Panel with a written statement of the matter and the Hearing Panel’s report, minutes, records, and proceedings . 2 .15 .7 .2 A Hearing Panel consisting of three two district presidents (excluding the involved district presidents) and one reconciler who is a layperson selected as follows shall conduct the hearing: (a) One district president selected by the accused (a district president, if he is the accused, may not choose himself) . (b) One district president selected by the President of the Synod . (c) A third district president selected by the other two Hearing Panel members . If the two Hearing Panel members cannot agree on the third Hearing Panel member, then One reconciler 2010 Convention Proceedings who is a layperson . Such third This member shall be chosen by blind draw from among the Synod’s roster of reconcilers remaining district presidents, excluding any involved district president, with the blind draw administered by the chairman of the Council of Presidents Secretary of the Synod and audited by witnesses . (d) Each Hearing Panel shall have a nonvoting hearing facilitator who will serve as chairman of the panel . (e) The hearing facilitator shall conduct the hearing, shall serve as chairman of the panel, and may draw upon persons and resources that he deems necessary for conducting a hearing in a fair and equitable manner . (f) The hearing facilitator shall serve as an advisor to the panel on the form but not the substance of the decision . (g) If a Referral Panel was formed, the three district presidents that served in that capacity are not eligible to serve on a Hearing Panel . 2 .15 .7 .3 Upon receipt of a request for hearing, the chairman of the Council of Presidents shall promptly notify the accused and the President of the Synod of their respective right to choose one Hearing Panel member and direct that the identity of their selection be transmitted to the chairman of the Council of Presidents within 15 days from the date of such notice . If either party declines to make a selection within 15 days, the chairman of the Council of Presidents shall then make such selection within five days . 2 .15 .7 .4 The chairman of the Council of Presidents shall also promptly notify the Secretary of the Synod of the need for hearing facilitator . 2 .15 .7 .45 [and following numbers] When two the Hearing Panel members have so been chosen, the chairman of the Council of Presidents they shall be promptly notified notify them of their selection to the Hearing Panel and direct that they select the third member of the Hearing Panel within 10 days and notify the chairman of the Council of Presidents of their selection . 2 .15 .8 .1 Within 30 days after receipt of the request, a Final Hearing Panel shall be selected . (a) The panel shall be constituted in the same prescribed manner as described in Bylaws 2 .15 .7 .2–2 .15 .7 .5, except that the three district presidents, reconciler, and facilitator that constituted the Hearing Panel and the three district presidents that constituted a Referral Panel and any other involved district presidents are omitted from consideration for the Final Hearing Panel . (b) The procedures for the final hearing shall be the same as prescribed in Bylaws 2 .15 .7 .5–2 .15 .7 .7 . (c) The chairman of the Hearing Panel shall provide the Final Hearing Panel with a written statement of the matter and the Hearing Panel’s report, minutes, records, and proceedings . 2 .17 .7 .2 A Hearing Panel consisting of three two district presidents (excluding the involved district presidents) and one reconciler who is a layperson selected as follows, shall conduct the hearing: (a) One district president selected by the accused . (b) One district president selected by the ecclesiastical supervisor who imposed the suspended status (a district president may not choose himself) .