# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S139
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Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation in Section B be adopted, as amended:

5. That positions on the various elected and
appointed boards and commissions listed in this section
B be filled in the following manner:

a. The Board for Parish Services—
Elected in 1981 for five years: two clergy, one
teacher, two laypersons
Carried over from present Board for Parish
Education: one pastor, two teachers, one
layperson
b. Board for Evangelism Services—
Elected in 1981 for five years: one clergy, one
teacher, two laypersons
Elected in 1981 for two years: one clergy, one
teacher, one layperson
Carried over from present Board: one clergy,
one layperson

c. Board for Youth Services—
Elected in 1981 for five years: one college
representative, one teacher, one layperson
Elected in 1981 for two years: four youth
Carried over from present Board: one pastor,
one layperson

d. Board for Mission Services—

Elected in 1981 for five years: two clergy,
one layperson
Elected in 1981 for two years: one clergy

e. Board for Professional Education Services—

Elected in 1981 for five years: one clergy, one
teacher, two laypersons

Elected in 1981 for two years: one clergy, one
teacher

f. All appointments to appointed boards and
commissions shall terminate at the end of
December 1983, unless otherwise stipulated in
the Bylaws.

g. For those persons serving at present on contin-
uing commissions the current limited tenure
rules shall apply; for persons newly appointed
and not serving a previous term the new limited
tenure rules shall apply.

h. Terms of office shall be restricted to six years at
the longest and no boards or commissions
shall any longer be exempt from the limited
tenure regulations.

i. Any questionable instances regarding length
of terms or limited tenure shall be referred for
decision to the Commission on Constitutional
Matters, which shall adhere as closely as
possible to the patterns set forth above.

Action: Adopted (6).

(After the convention designated five instead of three
program boards, the committee found it necessary to replace
Res. 2-08. Certain necessary adjustments were made later as
indicated by the floor committee in order to provide for certain
holdovers from previous boards and in order to conform to the
Bylaws, e.g., shorter terms for youth.)

RESOLUTIONS 139

To Provide for Appointment
of Standing Committees

RESOLUTION 2-09
Report 2-01, IV, B, 6 (CW, p. 46)

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation in Section B be adopted:

6. That the Bylaws provide for the appointment by
the program and support services boards of small
designated standing committees of specialists which
will give assistance to board and staff in the specific
areas assigned to various boards, with delegation of
decision making possible as long as supervision is
retained by the board, the size of each to be determined
by the Board of Directors after consultation with the
respective board.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Define Terms
RESOLUTION 2-10
Report 2-01, IV, B, 7 (CW, p. 46)

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation in Section B be adopted, as amended:

7. That the following definitions be approved:

a. A program board is an officially established
group of elected persons charged with policymaking
and evaluative responsibilities for a programmatic
function of the Synod.

b. A support services board is an officially estab-
lished group of persons appointed by the Board of
Directors with the approval of the President and
charged with policymaking and evaluative respons-
ibilities for certain support services assigned to it.
Members are appointed in view of their special
abilities and experience in certain closely defined
areas of competence.

c. A standing committee is a small group of
specialists appointed by the Board of Directors, a
program board, or a support services board, which
provides professional or technical assistance to a
board. With the approval of the President, or upon
instruction by the Board of Directors, a board may or
shall, as the case may be, delegate certain responsi-
bilities to such a committee while retaining super-
vision. The size of each is to be determined by the
Board of Directors after consultation with the
respective board.

d. A commission is a group of persons elected or
appointed as prescribed in the Bylaws, rendering a
precisely defined service function of the Synod and
responsible as the case may be to the convention, to
the President of the Synod, or to the Board of
Directors.

e. A council consists of persons from various
administrative areas or agencies, with the primary
function of coordination.