# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S170
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170 RESOLUTIONS

c. Each nominating ballot shall be signed by the
President and the secretary of the voting congre-
gations and shall be sent to the Secretary of the
Synod not later than 4 months prior to the opening
date of the convention,

d. The Secretary of the Synod together with the
chairman of the Committee on Elections shall tabu-
late the nominations and shall report to the con-
vention by means of the Convention Workbook the
names of all clergymen who have received at least
five nominating votes for the office of President or
First Vice-President,

2.129 Candidates for the Office of President and
First Vice-President

a. Candidates for the office of President and First
Vice-President shall be in each instance the five
clergymen receiving the highest number of votes in
the nominating ballots of the congregations.

b. The Secretary of the Synod shall notify each
candidate and shall secure his approval in writing
for inclusion of his name on the convention ballot.
Each candidate shall reply within 10 days as to his
willingness to serve if elected.

c. In the event of the death, declination, or un-
availability of any candidate, the nominee having
the next highest number of votes shall become a
candidate.

d. In the event of a tie for the fifth position
among the candidates, all names involved in the
tie shall be listed as candidates,

e. The Secretary of the Synod shall publish in
the Convention Workbook brief biographies of the
five candidates for President and the five candidates
for First Vice-President, giving adequate informa-
tion on each candidate. This report shall contain
such pertinent information as age, residence, num-
ber of years in the Synod, present position, District
or synodical offices previously held, year of ordina-
tion, former pastorates, involvement in community,
government, or interchurch affairs, and any other
Specific experience and qualification for the office.

f. The convention shall have the right to alter
each slate at the proper time by amendment. Any
delegate making a nomination from the floor shail

ave secured prior written consent of the candidate
whom he wishes to nominate. Such delegate shall
immediately submit to the Secretary of the Synod
this document and written pertinent information
concerning his nominee as detailed in 2.129 e.

g. After all such amendments have been voted
on, the convention shall ratify the slate of candi-
dates prior to each election.

2.131 Election of President

a. Each voting delegate shall be entitled to vote
for one of the candidates for President.

b. The candidate receiving a majority of the
votes cast shall be declared elected.

c. If no candidate receives a majority of the
votes cast, the four candidates receiving the highest
number of votes shall be retained on the ballot, and
another vote shall be taken. Thereafter, the candi-
date receiving the smallest number of votes shall
be eliminated on each subsequent ballot until one
candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.

2.133 Election of First Vice-President

After the results of the presidential election have
been announced, the convention shall take action as
outlined in 2.129 f and & on the slate of candidates
for First Vice-President and shall then elect the
First Vice-President according to the procedures
outlined for the election of President.

(No changes proposed for 2.134, 2.135, 2.136, 2.137)
Action: Adopted as amended (18).

(Amendment: “and without” was inserted into the third
resolved.)

To Provide Bylaw for Controversies
Within Faculties

RESOLUTION 5-47
Overture 5-81 (CW, p. 273)

Wuereas, Section 6.75 of the Bylaws (Handbook,
p. 132) provides for the mediation of controversies
among faculty members by the Board of Control, but
does not state that faculty members, other than the
president, shall have the right to request such media-
tion; and

Wuereas, It appears that all faculty members, in-
cluding the president, should have the right to request
mediation of the Board of Control; and

Wuereas, The aforementioned Bylaw makes the de-
cision of the Board of Control final, contrary to the
established principle of appeal in the Synod; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 6.75 be amended by inserting
in line 5 after the word “he” the following: “or any
other member of the faculty involved in the controversy
or disagreement”; and be it further

Resolved, That the words in the last line of said sec-
tion on page 132 of the Handbook which states “which
shall be final” be deleted and in lieu thereof the follow-
ing be inserted: “from which decision any party to the
mediation may appeal, either under the appellate pro-
cedure now in effect or hereafter adopted”; and be it
finally

Resolved, That with such changes Section 6.75 shall
read as follows:

Controversies and disagreements among mem-
bers of the faculty (other than those set forth in

to the mediation may appeal, either under the ap-

Action: Since Resolution 6-01, which deals with a
similar subject, had been referred by the convention to
the Board of Directors for study, the delegates decided
to refer also this resolution to the Directors for study

(17).

To Amend Constitution of LCUSA
RESOLUTION 5-48
(Too late for printing in Today’s Business)
Special Assignment, President’s Report (TB, p. 210)

Wuereas, A request has come from the Lutheran
Council in the U.S. A. in regard to changes in its con-
stitution; and

Wuereas, These matters belong in the hands of the
Board of Directors; therefore be it

Resolved, That this request be referred to the Board