# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S516
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516

STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

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3.10.5.2
The board of regents of each theological seminary shall
consist of no more than thirteen voting members, all voting:
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4. Four members may be appointed as voting members by the
board of regents. Appointed members may not vote on the
appointment of other members of the board.
3.10.6.2
The board of regents of each college and university shall
consist of no more than 18 voting members, all voting.
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3. No fewer than four and no more than eight members shall be
appointed as voting members by the board of regents according
to a process determined by the individual institution.
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5. One voting member, who may be an ordained minister, a
commissioned minister, or a layperson, shall be appointed by the
Praesidium of the Synod after consultation with the President of
the respective institution and the Board of Directors of the Synod.

Commission on Handbook
Ov. 9-42

To Add Bylaw 3.3.4.10 to Clarify Access
by the Board of Directors
to Information of Synod Agencies
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors of the Synod has oversight
responsibilities over all of the property of the Synod under Article
XI E of the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary for the Board of Directors to have
accurate and complete information when carrying out its
responsibilities to the Synod; and
WHEREAS, There have been circumstances in which the Board of
Directors has faced challenges when attempting to obtain accurate
and complete information and this has hindered the Board of
Directors’ efforts to carry out its responsibilities to the Synod; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors desires to fulfill its
responsibilities to the Synod in an efficient and effective manner so
that the overall coordination of the Synod affairs can be
accomplished, and so that the Synod in convention also is fully
informed of the Synod's affairs and when taking action in
convention; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Board of Directors memorialize the 2019
convention of the Synod, upon the above rationale, to add Bylaw
3.3.4.10 as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.3.4.10
To carry out its obligations under Article XI E of the
Constitution and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may obtain
from any agency of the Synod all records and other information
relating to property of the Synod, the financial records and legal
affairs of the agency of the Synod, and other operations relating to
the agency of the Synod, except records or information that the
agency of the Synod is legally prohibited under applicable state or
federal law from providing to the Board of Directors. All agencies
of the Synod shall cooperate fully with the Board of Directors when
responding to requests to provide records and information.

LCMS Board of Directors

2019 Convention Workbook

Ov. 9-43

To Amend Synod Bylaw 3.4.1.3 (e)
WHEREAS, As the Chief Financial Officer of Synod is required
to serve on many governing boards of Synod entities; and
WHEREAS, These boards may schedule their meetings in a
manner that overlaps with other board’s meetings making it
impossible for the Chief Financial Officer to satisfy the
requirements of Bylaw 3.4.1.3 (e); therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.4.1.3 (e) be revised as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.4.1.3
The Chief Financial Officer also serves as the Treasurer of
the corporation and shall
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(e) personally or by way of a representative serve as a nonvoting
member of the governing boards of the Concordia University
System, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation,
The Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Missouri Synod, the
Concordia Plans, Concordia Plan Services, and Concordia
Publishing House, and on the investment committee of the
Concordia Plans and Concordia Plan Services;
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Messiah
Sartell, MN
Ov. 9-44

To Amend Bylaws to Change the Board of
Directors’ Means of Representation on Synodwide
Corporate Entities Boards of Directors
WHEREAS, The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) currently is
required by Bylaw 3.4.1.3 (e), among others, to serve “as a
nonvoting member of the governing boards of the Concordia
University System, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Foundation, The Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Missouri
Synod, the Concordia Plans, Concordia Plan Services, and
Concordia Publishing House, and on the investment committee of
the Concordia Plans and Concordia Plan Services” (Bylaw
3.4.1.3[e]); and
WHEREAS, Attendance and meaningful participation in so many
corporate boards, along with several others not listed, could be
expected to consume the majority of the CFO’s time and energy,
leaving, humanly speaking, only a diminished capacity for other
aspects of the office; and
WHEREAS, The CFO is charged not only with the task of serving
on entity boards, but with important roles of analyzing, planning,
guiding, monitoring, and reporting on the financial and stewardship
aspects of corporate Synod and Synod-at-large—these roles
demanding an increased proportion of time and effort in periods of
demographic and economic change; and
WHEREAS, Already in 2010 the Synod convention called for an
evaluation of “all assets, taking action to assure that they are being
used effectively to carry out the Synod’s mission and ministry”
(2010 Res. 4-02, Proceedings, 119) and for the CFO to annually use
“widely available means … to state the financial position of the
Synod in a format easily understood by persons unfamiliar with
financial terminology” (2010 Res. 4-03, Proceedings, 120), and
these tasks continue to demand heightened time and attention; and