# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S61
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 61

followed as closely as possible.

. Resolutions of each floor committee shall be
prioritized by number and shall normally be
presented in the numerical sequence published in
Today’s Business.

3. Each member of the convention, when recognized

Vote
TEACHER
*Kent, Thomas G. (Ks) ....... 608
Pitsch, Leland (Ks) .......... 335 4.
LAYPERSON
Brown, Kenneth L. (Ks) ..... 379 5
*Knocke, Erwin (Ks) ......... 564
Board of Control—Argentina
Valid ballots cast, 840
PASTORS 6
Eisner, Arturo (Arg) ......... 471
*Elseser, Oscar W. (Arg) ..... 547
*Groh, Juan (Arg.) ........... 500 7
LAYPERSONS
Grams, Luis (Arg) ........... 319
*Haller, Samuel (Arg) ........ 433
*Kroh, Jose (Arg) ............ 457
Mohr, Jacobo (Arg) ......... 390
Board of Control—
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Valid ballots cast, 849
PASTOR 8
*Becker, Ruben E. (Braz) ..... 599 .
Horsch, Hans (Braz) ........ 250
LAYPERSONS
*DeOliveira, Antonio (Braz) .. 536 9
*Engel, Johannes (Braz) ..... 580
Grams, Sigbert (Braz) ....... 392
*Kaminski, Emilio (Braz) 552
Klein, Mario (Braz) ......... 427 10
Board of Control—
Sao Leopoldo, Brazil
Valid ballots cast, 869
PASTOR
*Flor, David J. (Braz) ........ 518 ll.
Heine, Norberto E. (Braz) ... 345
TEACHER
*Raschke, Paulo (Braz) ....... 549
Weber, Arlindo Amo (Braz) . 328
LAYPERSONS
Jost, Geraldo (Braz) ......... 393 411
*Klein, Werner (Braz) ........ 510
Reith, Ari (Braz) ...........-. 339
*Warth, Walter (Braz) ........ 415 483
Special Standing Rules
(These rules were adopted in the first session.) 12.
1. The President shall present in Today’s Business the
agenda of business to come before the convention in
the sessions of that day, and the approximate time
slots. The chair shall see that this agenda is 13

by the chair, shall state his name. He shall also
state the name of his District or of the ad-
ministrative unit (board, faculty) he represents.
The 2-minute rule shall apply for all who speak
from the floor.

. While any voting delegate may call the question at

any time, after every 30 minutes of debate on any
one motion there shall be an automatic call of the
question by the chair.*

. Instead of only a voice vote on motions before the

convention, the chair shall ordinarily also call for
the raising of the right hand.

. If a substitute motion is offered, the convention

shall first decide by majority vote whether or not to
consider the substitute. If the decision is in the
affirmative and the substitute motion is adopted,
the original motion falls; if the substitute motion
does not receive favorable action either to consider
or to adopt, the original motion is again before the
house. (This is the so-called “Behnken rule” for
dealing with substitute motions.)

Questions of privilege shall be addressed in writing
to the chair, or its appointee, instead of consuming
convention time.

. In the sessions of the last 2 days the President shall

have the privilege of calling up for action
resolutions which in his judgment must be acted
upon by the convention before adjournment.
Resolutions prepared by the floor committee which
are not acted upon by the convention before
adjournment die. The subject matter may be
reintroduced at the next convention by means of an
overture.

Minutes shall be distributed every morning in
Today’s Business. The first item of business in the
afternoon session shall be the formal approval of
these minutes. However, at that time only correc-
tions involving convention action shall be offered
from the floor for consideration. Simple editorial
corrections involving, for example, misspelling of
names and faulty titles and references shall be
submitted in writing to the Secretary for incorpora-
tion in the minutes after verification. (This stan-
ding rule was introduced during the Milwaukee
convention and has been in use since.)

The preface, preambles, and whereas sections shall
be considered an integral part of the resolution,
overture, and/or memorial, and as such subject to
the same serious consideration and adoption in all
its parts as the main motion itself.

Unless covered by these standing rules of the
convention, parliamentary procedure shall be
governed by Roberts Rules of Order, newly revised
(1970 edition).

* In Session 11 this rule was amended “‘to limit debate on each resolution to

30 minutes rather than to grant 30 minutes of debate for each amendment which is
proposed ae well as for the main resolution.”