# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S143
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RESOLUTIONS 143

officers of the Synod are empowered to do all things
necessary to effect such capital-fund borrowings if
and when required, including the pledging of real
and other property belonging to the Synod in order to
secure loans to obtain the necessary funds.

3. The borrowed capital funds shall not be used
for any operating expenditures and shall be subject to
provision for amortization.

c. Special Offerings

1. The Board of Directors, in the event of need or
unusual circumstances, may, after consultation with
the Council of Presidents, provide for special
offerings for synodical purposes.

2. The Board of Directors alone may authorize
the solicitation of funds by any person, board,
commission, agency, or corporation in the Synod at
large and shall have the authority to regulate the
collection of funds from congregations and the
Synod at large beyond the confines of any one
District in accordance with policies adopted by the
delegate convention of the Synod. There shall be no
such solicitation of funds by any person, board,
commission, agency, or corporation without the
approval of the Board of Directors, provided that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
interfere with District or local financial under-
takings where the collection of funds is confined to
the District or a local area.

3. (Same)

e. Special Offerings
1. (Same)

2. (Same)

Action: Adopted (3).

a

To Assemble, Review, and Coordinate
Position Descriptions

RESOLUTION 4-02A-2
Overture 4-47 (CW, pp. 153—158)

WHEREAS, The Synod normally carries out its work
through boards, commissions, and departments and
expects that these units carry out their assignments
through duly elected and/or appointed staff members;
and

WHEREAS, Position descriptions for such staff may
change from time to time, and for that reason would best
be maintained in a policy manual, which should be
available to the entire church upon request, rather than
by Handbook provision; and

WHEREAS, The objectives of the Synod are of such a
nature that boards, commissions, and departments
might give similar assignments to staff members
working in related areas (viz., Missions and
Evangelism; Stewardship Mission Education and
Missions, etc.); therefore be it

PRESENT WORDING

2.60 Assistant Treasurer

The Assistant Treasurer shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors subject to the approval of the
President of the Synod. He shall perform such duties
as are assigned to him by the Treasurer, to whom he
shall be responsible.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personne

a. The Board of Directors shall appoint, subject to
the approval of the President of the Synod:

An Administrative Officer of the Board of

Resolved, That position descriptions be developed
and kept by each program board, commission, and
department for each of its staff positions; and be it
further

Resolved, That the position description of the
Administrative Officer of the Board of Directors remain
as currently provided in Bylaws 2.89 and 2.91 in view of
the fact that the Task Force on Constitution, Bylaws,
and Structure is currently considering the entire
structure of the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That the Administrative Officer of the
Board of Directors be authorized to gather all such
position descriptions from the various units into a
composite manual for the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors review such
position descriptions for purposes of coordination so
that overlapping of responsibility and duplicative
action are minimized; and be it finally

Resolved, That these resolutions be implemented by
the following Bylaw changes:

PROPOSED WORDING

2.80 Assistant Officers

The Board of Directors, subject to the approval of
the President of the Synod, shall appoint such
assistant officers and such staff as may be required
from time to time to carry out the business and legal
affairs of the Synod.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel
a. The Board of Directors shall review position
descriptions of synodical staff members to eliminate
overlap and duplication of activity.