# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2001_S187
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9. Registration, Credentials, and Elections
To Revise Bylaws to Clarify
Election Process at Synodical Conventions
RESOLUTION 9-01
WHEREAS, The Bylaws of the Synod (3.181, a and 3.407,
d) have a limitation of no more than one member per District who may be elected by a convention of the Synod to
serve on the Synod’s Board of Directors and its Board for
Higher Education; and
WHEREAS, This limitation has caused confusion in the
nomination and election process in previous synodical conventions; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors of the Synod is required by Bylaw 3.63 to fill vacancies that occur on synodically elected boards or commissions; therefore be it
Resolved, That the following Bylaws of the Synod be
amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
D. Synodical Board of Directors
3.181 Membership
a. The Board of Directors shall consist of 15 voting
members, 13 of whom are elected by the Synod in convention, serving a maximum of two six-year terms: four
ordained ministers, one commissioned minister, and
eight laypersons. No more than one of these 13 may be
nominated, elected or appointed from one District.

Committee 8 Chairman C. William Hoesman

3. Concordia University System/
Board for Higher Education
3.407 Membership of the Board
d. Elected by the Synod in convention: three ordained ministers who must be parish pastors; two commissioned ministers; and two laypersons. These members will be assigned to one of the two committees by
action of the plenary Board for Higher Education. No
more than one of these seven members elected by the
Synod in convention can may be nominated, elected or
appointed from the same District of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod.

Action: Referred (11)
(After a motion to end debate immediately was unsuccessful, a
motion to change the word one to two in the final lines of both
Bylaw paragraphs was introduced. As debate continued on the
proposed amendment, a motion to refer the resolution to the
Commission on Structure to work on during the next triennium
carried [yes: 949; no 92].)

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