# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S31
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
lege, Bronxville was introduced and carried [Yes: 660;
No: 280].
A motion to nominate Aaron Wolf to the layperson slate
for the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House
was introduced and carried [Yes: 652; No: 300].
In response to an inquiry, the chair suggested that the
names brought forward by Res. 10-01 be specifically nominated by resolution to the slates for the Board for Black
Ministry Services. A motion to do so was introduced in each
case and Jeffrey Howell was nominated to the commissioned minister slate [Yes: 785; No: 127] and Karen Wiggins was nominated to the layperson slate [Yes: 781;
No: 126] of the Board for Black Ministry Services.
A motion to reconsider the standing rule governing floor
nominations was declared out of order by the chair, since
the standing rule is based upon a bylaw requirement.
A motion to nominate Jim Linnell to the layperson slate
for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Austin
was introduced and carried [Yes: 643; No: 231].
A motion to nominate David Ritt to the ordained minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne was introduced and carried [Yes:
625; No: 275].
A motion to nominate Charles Froh to the ordained minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Irvine was introduced and carried [Yes: 604; No: 268].
A motion to nominate Michael S. Taylor to the ordained
minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia College, Selma was introduced and carried [Yes: 617; No: 254].
A motion to nominate Dale Hartmann to the commissioned minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia
University, Irvine was introduced and carried [Yes: 599;
No: 249].
A motion to nominate Glenn Huebel to the ordained
minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Austin was introduced and carried [Yes: 618;
No: 270].
A motion to nominate David Brazeal to the layperson
slate of the Board of Regents of Concordia College, Selma
was introduced and carried [Yes: 638; No: 262].
A delegate called for the Orders of the Day. It was noted
that Special Standing Rule 25 allows the assembly to indicate its will to stop the nominations process if it chooses to
do so. It was noted that 45 minutes had elapsed in the initial 60-minutes period. A subsequent motion to end the
process failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds vote [Yes:
700; No: 361].
A motion to nominate Karen L. Gabriel to the commissioned minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia
University, Portland was introduced and carried [Yes: 585;
No: 279].
A motion to nominate Gene A. Ott to the ordained minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Seward was introduced and carried [Yes: 609;
No: 279].
A motion to nominate Ron D. Maxwell to the ordained
minister slate for the LCMS Foundation was introduced
and carried [Yes: 625; No: 262].

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A motion to nominate Tom Buuck to the layperson slate
for the LCEF Board of Directors was introduced and carried [Yes: 592; No: 294].
A motion to nominate Hans Otten to the commissioned
minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis was introduced and carried [Yes: 539;
No: 390].
Mr. Walter Brantz at this time went to a microphone
and announced his withdrawal of his name from the layperson slate of the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing
House due to his election to the Board of Directors of the
Synod.
A motion to nominate David Fleming to the ordained
minister slate for the Board for Communication Services
was introduced and carried [Yes: 585; No: 300].
A motion to nominate Walter Dissen to the layperson
slate for the LCEF Board of Directors was introduced and
carried [Yes: 603; No: 329].
A motion to nominate Philip Tesch to the ordained minister slate for the LCMS Foundation Board of Trustees was
introduced and failed [Yes: 475; No: 509].
A motion to nominate Douglas J. Stowe to the ordained
minister slate for the Board of Regents of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis was introduced and failed [Yes: 438;
No: 594].
A motion to nominate Mark Loest to the ordained minister slate for the Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute was introduced and carried [Yes: 590;
No: 422].
A motion to nominate Daniel Brege to the ordained minister slate for the Board for Pastoral Education was introduced and carried [Yes: 615; No: 354].
The chair announced that the allotted sixty minutes of
time had elapsed. A motion to terminate the nominations
process was carried [Yes: 942; No: 171].
Committee 1: Missions
Committee 1 Chairman Robert Newton introduced Res.
1-06, “To Commend Our Chaplains” (TB, p. 57). The resolution was adopted without discussion [Yes: 1,102; No: 13].
Dr. Robert Roegner, Executive Director of the Board for
Mission Services, introduced three military chaplains present to represent the Synod’s chaplains in the Armed Services: Tom Waynick (Army), Jon Fruisti (Navy), and Tim
Rosenthal (Air Force). The chaplains received a standing
ovation from the convention.
Res. 1-07, “To Give Thanks and Commend the Lutheran
Women’s Missionary League for 65 Years of Service” (TB, p.
58), was introduced by the committee and adopted without
discussion [Yes: 1,070; No: 27].
Closing Prayer and Recess
In keeping with the Orders of the Day, convention chaplain Dale Meyer was called upon to lead the convention in
closing prayer (TB, p. 231) as the convention was recessed
for the day.
2007 Convention Proceedings