# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S136
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136 RESOLUTIONS

Article XII Districts of the Synod and Their
Regulation

13. The regular sessions of the Districts are held
in those years in which no regular session of the
Synod is held. Only the Synod has the right to make
an exception to this rule.

SS eee

To Define Membership and Function
of the Board of Directors

RESOLUTION 2-03

Report 2-01, IV, C, 1—8; Overtures 2-27, 2-28, 4,6
(CW, pp. 46~47, 143—144)

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendations, Section C, be adopted, as amended:

1. That the Board of Directors view itself as a model
of service to the congregations and the Synod as it
carries out its responsibilities under the Great
Commission;

2. That representation on the Board of Directors be
expanded from 14 to 23 members consisting of the
following:

Members Voting:
President
First Vice-President
Secretary
Six professional church workers (clergy or teacher
members of the Synod), at least three of whom
shall be parish pastors and one a parish
teacher
Ten laypersons
Members Nonvoting:
Treasurer
The three program board chairmen (or a member
of each board designated by the program
board for the triennium);

3. That no more than 1 of the 6 professional workers
or 1 of the 10 laypersons may be elected from any one
District. No person salaried by the Synod or by a
District or any other corporation organized by the
Synod may be elected as 1 of the 6 professional workers
or 10 lay members of the Board;

4. That the Treasurer of the Synod be nominated by
the Board of Directors (additional nominations may be
made from the floor of the convention) and elected by
the Synod in convention. He shall be a corporate officer
of the Synod as required by law and serve as the Trust
Officer of the Synod and its various agencies as detailed
in the Bylaws;

5. That the Administrative Officer of the Board of

Article XII Districts of the Synod and Their °
Regulation

13. The regular sessions of the Districts are held
in the year immediately preceding the general con.
vention of the Synod. Only the Synod has the right to |
make an exception to this rule.

Action: Each of the two proposed amendments was
adopted individually by the required 2/3 majority vote
(1).

(This was the first resolution introduced by the floor
committee. The committee therefore changed the first words of
the whereas from “The Synod in convention has decided to .
introduce” to “Task Force II has recommended.” Resolution *

2-01, which followed, was also adopted, after amendment, by a.
clear 2/3 affirmative vote.)

Directors serve in an advisory capacity and that the’
members of the Council of Administrators who are staff .:
persons be available for consultation;

6. That the duties of the Board of Directors be more’
precisely defined in the Bylaws, especially with refer-
ence to prioritization, implementation, and coordina-
tion of convention decisions; financial and operating «
policies; and emergency actions;

7. That the name “Board of Directors” be retained;

8. That the schedule of election to the Board of *
Directors for the professional workers and laypersons
be as follows (the Committee for Convention Nomina-
tions has been requested to supply a sufficient number -
of candidates):

a. Elected in 1981 for five years: three profes- —
sional workers and five laypersons

b. Elected in 1981 for two years: two professional
workers and one layperson

c. Continuing incumbents until 1983: one profes-
sional worker and four laypersons

d. For those who are incumbents the current
limited tenure rules shall apply; for persons newly
elected and not serving a previous term the new
limited tenure rules shall apply; any questionable
instances shall be referred to the Commission on
Constitutional Matters for decision, which shall
adhere as closely as possible to the pattern here set
forth. In any event, no one shall be eligible for
nomination after having served 12 consecutive
years, except the President, First Vice-President,
Secretary, and Treasurer.

Action: Referred back to Committee 2 (2).

(The committee added “and one a parish teacher” in point
2. It also struck the words “corporate officers” and removed the
parentheses which followed in 8, d. The convention declin
several proposed amendments and motions but asked the CCM
to provide an opinion on the constitutionality of placing the
proposals of the Task Force into effect before continuing the
consideration and adoption of additional proposals of Com
mittee 2. Prior to this action a motion that all action on Task
Force proposals be postponed until the next convention was
declared out of order because the motion asked for postpone
ment of consideration of the Task Force report rather than the.
resolutions proposed by Committee 2.