# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S157
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OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS
shall then be eligible for another five-year term by majority action of the board of regents, voting with a ballot containing only the current president’s name. Upon completion
of the review and using a ballot containing only the current
president’s name, the board of regents shall vote, the majority action of the board of regents being required to extend the
president’s term for an additional five years.
(1) In addition to considering the evaluation report, the board
of regents shall as part of its review consult with the President of the Synod and the chairman of the Board of Directors of Concordia University System. Commission for
University Education.
(2) The regents may consult with other boards, commissions,
and councils of the Synod as they deem wise.
(d) In the event that a president’s term is not renewed, the office
of the president shall be considered vacant as of the end of
the term of the incumbent.
(e) A president who is on a roster of the Synod is under the
ecclesiastical supervision of the Synod. In the event a member is removed from membership in the Synod pursuant to
procedure established in these Bylaws, then that member is
also considered removed from the position held and shall be
terminated forthwith by the board of regents.
3.10.6.68.2 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 of Directors of Concordia
University System Commission for University Education
(CUE), the President of the Synod, an official periodical of
the Synod, and other parties as appropriate. If a vacancy in a
presidency occurs, the board of regents shall appoint an interim president, who shall meet the qualifications established
for the office of president. He shall bear the title “interim
president” and may not serve more than 18 months without
the concurrence of the President of the Synod. Such interim
appointee shall be ineligible to serve on a permanent basis
without the concurrence of the President of the Synod.
(21) The board of regents shall request that the Board of Directors of Concordia University System schedule initiate a
transition review of the campus, which shall include consultation with CUE on the basis of the Lutheran Identity
and Mission Outcome Standards and the institution’s current accreditation report. 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.
(12) The board of regents shall request that the Board of
Directors of Concordia University System, on the basis
of the above consultation, compose and, with the concurrence of CUE, authorize the institution to publish a request
for nominations for the position of president.
(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. Faculty members and staff members on the committee shall be members of LCMS congregations.
(2) The search committee shall prepare a description of the

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needs of the institution based on listening forums, the
findings of the transition review, and other relevant information. Before publishing a call for nominations, the
President of Concordia University System the chair of the
Commission for University Education shall convene an
in-person conference involving the board of regents, the
search committee, and the prior approval panel to discuss
the qualifications that will be sought and the selection,
search, and prior approval criteria.
(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 of Directors of
Concordia University System Commission 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 contact each nominee to notify him
of his nomination and to determine whether such nominee
will allow his name to stand for election. Nominees who
wish to be considered must furnish written consent, along
with such documentation as the board of regents has requested from candidates in its call for nominations, to the
agent by a date set by the board of regents, which date
shall be not less than 15 days after the last nominee is
notified.
(6) After the due date set by the board of regents for nominee
responses, the agent of the board of regents shall forward
the list of nominees who have agreed to let their names
stand, together with all materials received from such candidates, to the President of Concordia University System
chair of the Commission for University Education to enable him to 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 of Concordia University System himself or his designee. The names of the nominees shall not otherwise be
disclosed outside the board of regents.
(7) The prior approval panel shall meet to consider the nominees. The panel may choose to remove names from the list
by its two-thirds majority vote. The panel shall complete
its work within 60 days after receipt of the list of nominees.
(8) After the prior approval panel has completed its work,
the President of Concordia University System chair of
the Commission for University Education shall transmit
the finalized list back to the agent of the board of regents
within 15 days and shall cause such list to be published in
an official periodical of the Synod. The board of regents
shall then announce the list of names of nominees who
have received approval but shall not publicize the names
of those not receiving approval. The announcement shall
contain contact information to submit correspondence
2023 Convention Workbook