# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S30
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or in some other manner the number of candidates is narrowed
before balloting, there is no provision in the Constitution or Bylaws which requires or allows the nominations committee to
add additional names.
Question 3: In what order should the election of members to
the Synod’s Board of Directors take place?
Opinion: Bylaw 3.12.4 (c) provides: “The committee shall be
empowered to adopt procedures and methods that will insure
efficiency and accuracy, including the use of mechanical, electronic, or other methods of casting, recording, or tabulating
votes.” The Committee on Elections must therefore determine
the order in which it chooses to present the slate for election.

On another matter, the chairman of the convention requested clarification of the reason why the Commission on
Constitutional Matters previously opined that a motion
from the floor to require 10-minute presentations by presidential candidates would be inconsistent with the Bylaws
but that requiring disclosure of whether a floor nominee
was a plaintiff in litigation against the Synod is consistent
with the Bylaws. The Commission responded as follows:
Opinion: The proposal to require a 10-minute presentation by
candidates for President would change the process directed by
the Bylaws for election, as described in CCM Opinion 04-2396.
The request for information requiring disclosure as to whether
a potential nominee was a plaintiff in the lawsuit is a request
for information regarding qualifications and does not change
the process of elections. Bylaw 3.12.3.6 (c) requires the Committee for Convention Nominations to provide information
such as age, occupation, etc. Nothing precludes the convention
from requesting or requiring additional information to be supplied as a condition of their consideration of floor nominations.

Committee 10: Nominations
Committee 10 Chairman John Brunner, after introducing the members of the Committee for Convention Nominations presently assisting in the floor nominations
process, introduced Res. 10-01, “To Consider Additional
Nominations for Board for Black Ministry Services” (TB,
p. 153). During the discussion that followed, a question
was raised how the resolve paragraph should be understood. The committee chairman interpreted the resolution
as intending to place the names in question immediately
on the ballot. The resolution was then adopted [Yes: 1,002;
No: 133].
A motion was introduced “to open the floor for nominations.” The motion was carried [Yes: 869; No: 250] and the
committee prepared to receive nominations from the floor.
A motion to nominate Dr. Jonathan Laabs to the commissioned minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia, Bronxville was introduced and adopted [Yes: 783;
No: 288].
A motion to nominate Deaconess Emily Carder to the
commissioned minister slate for the Board for Black Ministry Services was introduced and carried [Yes: 795;
No: 192].
A motion to nominate William Doubek to the ordained
minister slate for the Board for Pastoral Education was introduced and carried [Yes: 706; No: 278].
A motion to nominate Paul Sauer to the ordained minister slate for the Commission on Theology and Church Relations was introduced and carried [Yes: 729; No: 286].
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A motion to nominate Sandra Ostapowich to the layperson slate for the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House was introduced and carried [Yes: 740; No: 250].
A motion to nominate Georgann McKee to the layperson
slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University,
Irvine was introduced and carried [Yes: 694; No: 266].
A motion to nominate Ralph L. Reinke for the ordained
or commissioned slate for the Board of Directors of the
Lutheran Church Extension Fund was introduced and carried [Yes: 753; No: 236].
A motion to nominate Tom Hurley to the layperson slate
for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Portland
was introduced and carried [Yes: 688; No: 268].
Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer Tom Kuchta reported that Kermit Brashear, recently elected to the Board
of Directors of the Synod, asked him to inform the nominations and elections committees that he wished to have his
name removed from the slate for Lutheran Church Extension Fund.
A motion to nominate Andrew B. Bates to the commissioned minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia
University, Austin was introduced and carried [Yes: 698;
No: 268].
A motion to nominate Karol Selle to the layperson slate
for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Portland
was introduced and carried [Yes: 644; No: 284].
A motion to nominate Irma S. Pinkerton to the layperson slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University,
Portland was introduced and carried [Yes: 672; No: 269].
A motion was introduced to reconsider the action taken
in Session 2 of the convention, “that prior to any vote on
any individual floor nominee for any board or commission,
the convention delegates be told whether or not the floor
nominee either was a plaintiff in the Anderson lawsuit or
was party to the Motion to Intervene on the part of four
members of the Board of Directors.” After it was determined that the delegate bringing the motion voted on the
prevailing side when the action was taken, and after brief
discussion, the parliamentarian advised that the motion
was not debatable. After the chair explained that this motion would bring the motion that had been adopted in Session 2 back to the floor for reconsideration, the motion to
reconsider was carried [Yes: 661; No: 473]. The motion was
again read: “that prior to any vote on any individual floor
nominee for any board or commission, the convention delegates be told whether or not the floor nominee either was a
plaintiff in the Anderson lawsuit or was party to the
Motion to Intervene on the part of four members of
the Board of Directors,” after which it was defeated [Yes:
475; No: 662].
A motion to nominate Ginny Valleau to the layperson
slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University,
Austin was introduced and carried [Yes: 687; No: 287].
A motion to nominate Peter C. Bender to the ordained
minister slate for the Board for Pastoral Education was introduced and carried [Yes: 684; No: 299].
A motion to nominate Christopher Esget to the ordained
minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia Col-