# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S155
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS
in which the institution is located. If any board is required
by its governing documents to include one or more persons
holding residence or church membership in a specific locality, the institution is responsible for ensuring (including by
appointment, if necessary) that individual(s) meeting such
requirements are included among those persons serving on
such board, and no such geographic restriction shall apply to
Synod-elected regents.
3. No fewer than four and no more than eight members shall
be appointed as members by the board of regents according to a process determined by the individual institution. An
appointed member shall not vote on his or her own reappointment.
4. The president of the district in which the college or university is located or a district vice-president as his standing
representative shall serve as an ex officio member.
5. One 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.
6. College and university board of regents members may be
elected or appointed to serve a maximum of three consecutive three-year terms and must hold membership in a member
congregation of the Synod.
7. Not more than two of the elected members shall be members
of the same congregation.
3.10.6.2.1 8. Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents
should be knowledgeable regarding the region in which the institution is located and shall demonstrate familiarity and support for the doctrinal positions of the Synod and possess two
or more of the following qualifications or background experiences: theological acumen, an advanced academic degree, experience in higher education administration, administration of
complex organizations, finance, law, investments, technology,
human resources, facilities management, or fund development,
or a specific instructional or operational domain designated by
the college or university (e.g., “health care” or “marketing”).
Demonstrated familiarity with and willingness to advocate for
and financially support of the institution is a are desired quality qualities in the candidate. When regents are elected at the
national convention of the Synod or appointed by the board
of regents, qualifications shall be reviewed and verified by the
Secretary of Synod (or designee) and the President of the CUS
(or designee). When regents are elected at district conventions,
qualifications of all nominees, including floor nominees, shall
be reviewed and verified by the chair and secretary of the district
board of directors or their designees.
(a) Qualification of nominees for appointment or election as
regents, according to the standard indicated above, shall be
reviewed and verified by the Commission for University Education, which duty may be delegated to a committee composed of its members or others.
(b) The commission shall also ensure that it is prepared to review and verify qualifications of floor nominees at each district and Synod convention, as well as those of regents appointed by a board or in the case of a vacancy, in a timely
manner.
(c) Assessment of qualification for service shall be performed
on the basis of information submitted by nominees on a regu-

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lar instrument maintained by the Secretary of the Synod for
this purpose.
(d) Approximately 18 months prior to each convention of the
Synod the commission shall consult with the President and
Secretary of the Synod and the chairs of the boards of regents
of affiliated colleges and universities regarding its application of the qualification standards, and upon this consultation
review and revise its related policies and procedures.
(e) The commission shall maintain in its public policies a rubric
for consistent evaluation of qualification for regent service.
3.10.6.2.2 Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents shall
undergo training for such service.
(a) The Commission for University Education shall provide for
training of newly elected or appointed regents concerning
their responsibility to advance the Synod’s confession and
mission objectives and to advance their respective institutions in service of the church through the commission’s accreditation program.
(b) Each board of regents shall, subject to guidelines prepared
by the CUE Institution Advisory Council in consultation
with CUE, provide training of newly elected or appointed
regents in the task of governance and in their business and
legal duties as directors.
(c) Failure to complete such training within the first year after
election or appointment renders the regent ineligible to continue in office. Upon such failure, the respective board of
regents shall declare the position vacant.
(d) The several boards of regents are encouraged to implement
regular programs of continuing education for regents in both
aspects of training.
(e) Training programs, initial and continuing, may allow for
electronic or remote participation.
(f) The Commission for University Education, in collaboration
with its Institution Advisory Council, shall prepare and make
available an online introduction to the demands and expectations of service as a college or university regent, which shall
be reviewed by nominees before they consent to serve if
elected or appointed.
(g) The cost of initial regent training shall be assessed on an
equitable basis to the affiliated schools.
3.10.6.3
Vacancies that occur on a board of regents shall be
filled in the following manner:
(a) If the vacancy occurs in a position that was previously filled
by the board of regents, the board of regents shall be the appointing body.
(b) If the vacancy occurs in a position that was previously filled
at a district convention, the district board of directors shall be
the appointing body.
(c) If the vacancy occurs in a position that had been filled by
a national convention of the Synod, the Board of Directors
of Concordia University System Commission for University Education shall be the appointing body and shall follow
the nomination procedure provided for filling vacancies in
elected positions on boards and commissions of the Synod as
outlined in Bylaw 3.2.5.
Note: Existing Bylaws 3.10.6.4–5 are removed in their entirety,
relevant portions of their content having been incorporated into
new Bylaw 3.10.6.1, above.
2023 Convention Workbook