# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S160
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

160

RESOLUTIONS

f. record the proceedings during the synodical
conventions;

g. announce daily the time and the place of
committee meetings at conventions;

h. officially notify every member of the Synod
elected to office of his election;

i. edit the Proceedings of the convention and
arrange for their distribution in harmony with the
provisions of the Bylaws;

j. serve as a member and secretary of the
Commission on Constitutional Matters;

k. carry out responsibilities with reference to the
nomination and election of the President and First
Vice-President as detailed in the Bylaws (2.127 and
2.129);

1. perform such other work as the delegate
convention or the President of the Synod may assign
to him.

F. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE SYNOD

2.81 Duties in Planning

e. The Board of Directors shall provide the
necessary personnel to coordinate and insofar as
practical to conduct the research and statistical
activities for the Board of Directors, boards, com-
missions, operating departments, and agencies of
the Synod; to maintain a continuing analysis of the
growth characteristics of the Synod and prepare
periodically short-range and long-range forecasts of
synodical growth in terms of significant factors; to
provide technical advice and guidance to the
agencies of the Synod in the performance of their
research work; to gather the parochial, District, and
synodical statistics annually and publish such
statistics in tabulated form with the necessary
analysis and annotations in the Statistical Yearbook
(all pastors, officers, District boards, etc. within the
Synod shall furnish the department with the
requested data on the prescribed forms); and to
maintain the official rosters of the Synod.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

e. The Board of Directors shall provide a Per-
sonnel Director who shall be advisory to the boards,
commissions, and officers of the Synod upon their
request. He shall also, in cooperation with all boards,
commissions, and departments of the Synod, main-
tain current position descriptions; maintain
historical information on service, salary, and perfor-
mance evaluations; advise on salary schedules and
adjustments, also when annual performance reviews,
salary reviews, and personnel reappointments are
due; assist in employee training programs; process
applications for positions; and maintain in coopera-
tion with the Statistician an adequate information
file on persons who are eligible and qualified for
ministerial, teaching, literary, and other duties in the
church and make the resources of this file available to
congregations, Districts, and other agencies of the
Synod for purpose of selection, call, or appointment.

1. maintain the official roster of member con-
gregations, clergymen, and teachers of the Synod;

m. perform such other work as the delegate
convention or the President of the Synod may assign
to him.

F. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE SYNOD

2.81 Duties in Planning

e. The Board of Directors shall provide the
necessary personnel to coordinate and insofar as
practical to conduct the research and statistical
activities for the Board of Directors, boards, com-
missions, operating departments, and agencies of
the Synod; to maintain a continuing analysis of the
growth characteristics of the Synod and prepare
periodically short-range and long-range forecasts of
synodical growth in terms of significant factors; to
provide technical advice and guidance to the
agencies of the Synod in the performance of their
research work; to gather the parochial, District, and
synodical statistics annually and publish such
statistics in tabulated form with the necessary
analysis and annotations in the Statistical Yearbook
(all pastors, officers, District boards, etc., within the
Synod shall furnish the department with the
requested data on the prescribed forms); and to
provide files for the official rosters of the Synod.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

e. The Board of Directors shall provide a Per-
sonnel Director who shall be advisory to the boards,
commissions, and officers of the Synod upon their
request. He shall also, in cooperation with all boards,
commissions, and departments of the Synod, main-
tain current position descriptions; maintain
historical information on service, salary, and perfor-
mance evaluations; advise on salary schedules and
adjustments, also when annual performance reviews,
salary revpews, and personnel reappointments are
due; assist in employee training programs; process
applications for positions; and keep an adequate
information file on persons who are eligible and
qualified for ministerial, teaching, literary, and other
duties in the church and make the resources of this file
available for purpose of selection, call, or appoint-
ment.

and be it further

Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional
Matters be authorized to make any additional
necessary alterations in other Bylaws in order to bring
them into conformity with the above changes.

Action: Declined (2).

(In presenting the resolution the floor committee inserted
“after consultation with the District President” in Bylaw 4.31