# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S148
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148 RESOLUTIONS

Colloquy for the Deaconess Ministry (Bylaws
5.121 ff.).

Lay Ministry (Bylaws 5.131 ff.).

2.271 Boards of Regents, Presidents, Faculties

Each college and seminary, with its president and
faculty, shall be governed by a Board of Regents as
detailed elsewhere in these Bylaws.

2.273 Advisory Council

Presidents and acting presidents of the Synod’s
education institutions shall comprise an advisory
council which shall meet at the call of the Board for
Professional Education Services. It shall study prob-
lems and issues in the field of higher education and
such other matters as may be assigned to it by the
Board for Professional Education Services and report
the results of its studies to the board for consideration
in making its decisions.

Attachment No. 2

Further Amendments Adopted by the Floor
Committee
(See Workbook, pages 52—129)

2.03 and —Retain present Bylaws.
2.05

2.13 da —Delete “and Human Care”; also add
“Services.”

2.19, last —Delete “convocation or.”

line

2.53 b —Move CPH Board of Directors to 2.53 a.

2.59 a —Delete “or reappointment.”

2.59 e —Add Treasurer in second line.

2.101h —Change “daily” to “day-to-day.”

2.183 —Present 2.75 remains.

2.185 —Delete entire section. Present Bylaws
regarding functions of the Board of
Directors in left-hand column are to be
retained.

2.201 —List program boards and their Bylaws in
alphabetical order, with numbering
changed accordingly.

2.209 —Remove Evangelism and Discipleship,
Youth Ministry from standing commit-
tees.

2.239 —Remove World Relief from standing
committees.

2.24] —Move to section on commissions.

2.423 d —‘‘provide advisory services to the

program boards in order...”

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PRESENT WORDING

Article XI Rights and Duties of Officers
F. Duties of the Board of Directors

1. The Board of Directors shall consist of not
fewer than seven members, to wit: the President, the
Secretary, the Treasurer, one pastor, and three
laymen.

2. The members of the Board of Directors are the
legal representatives of the Synod and the custodians
of all property of the Synod, and upon them are

2.501 and —Retain present Bylaws 5.47, 5.01

2.503 instead of proposed 2.501, 2.503, 2.511,
2.513.

2.721 —Delete.

3.21 —Retain present 3.11, renumbered.

4.03 ¢ —Remove “convened at the discretion of
the Circuit or joint Circuits.”

7.01 b —Delete—Note also new Bylaws proposed
by Committee 12 (Delete 7.07, 7.09).

8.47 —Retain present 5.47.

9.01 —Same as present 14.01.
11.21 b —Insert: “They shall as a primary purpose
promote growth and strengthen the
individual Christian life, include official
reports...”

Introduce new names for boards throughout.

Action: Adopted as amended by the committee and.
by convention action (14).

(In Session 13 the floor committee began the long process of ::
calling attention to various changes in the Bylaws as printed
in the Workbook, in the so-called handout, and in Res. 2-18B. A
resolution was eventually proposed from the floor and adopted, .
asking that the committee dispense with the reading of the ®
changes, that the time be extended, and that the time be used to -
permit the delegates to discuss points about which they were :.’
concerned. The convention agreed to add to 2.607 present.’
Bylaw 15.51 b. It also agreed to delete section K of proposed *
Bylaw 2.265 regarding the closing or consolidation of colleges, :’
although on the following day it restored the equivalent
paragraph from the 1979 Handbook. In Session 14, after
continuation of the process introduced on the previous evening,
it was resolved to suspend the rules with regard to the adoption |
of Bylaws. Thereupon all new proposed bylaws, as amended by
the convention and the floor committee, were adopted through
the adoption of Res. 2-18B.)

To Amend Article XI, F, 1 and 2
of the Constitution

RESOLUTION 2-19A
Report 2-01 (CW, p. 52)

WHEREAS, The Treasurer is to be no longer a voting
member of the Board of Directors, but is, like the First
Vice-President, to be a nonvoting member of the board;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Constitution Art. XI, F, 1 and 2 be
amended to read as follows:

PROPOSED WORDING

Article XI Rights and Duties of Officers
F. Duties of the Board of Directors

1. The Board of Directors shall consist of not
fewer than seven voting members, to wit: The Pres:
dent, the Secretary, one pastor, and four laymen. The.
First Vice-President and the Treasurer shall be non
voting members.

2. The voting members of the Board of Directors *

are the legal representatives of the Synod and
custodians of all property of the Synod, and up0'