# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S142
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

• Building endowments and managing investment assets for the long-term benefit of the
institutions
• Acquiring and managing long-term debt carefully and responsibly work to ensure a strong
fiscal future for its institutions
(45) sustaining a Concordia experience that reflects
strong institutional quality, provides opportunities to
be of greater service to the Church and society, and
mobilizes individuals in a way that aids the campuses
in achieving their collective vision with respect to their
identity, quality, and viability; and establish expectations for the quality of its institutions;
(56) maintaining accountability of its institutions
implement the preceding four principles through governance structures that require more clearly focused
accountability of its institutions to the system-wide
board, while expecting stronger governance of the
institutions by their boards of regents.
College and Universities
College and University Boards of Regents
3.10.5 	Each college and university of the Synod, with its
president and faculty, shall be governed by a board of
regents, subject to general policies set by the Synod.
3.10.5.1	In exercising its relationship to the Synod and to the
Concordia University System as set forth elsewhere
under Bylaw 3.6.6ff., the board of regents of each institution shall consider as one of its primary duties the
defining and fulfilling of the mission of the institution
within the broad assignment of the Synod.
3.10.5.2 The board of regents of each college and university shall
consist of no more than 17 voting members:
1.	One ordained minister, one commissioned minister,
and two laypersons shall be elected by the conventions
of the Synod.
2.	One ordained minister, on commissioned minister,
and two laypersons shall be elected by the geographical district in which the institution is located.
3.	No less than four and no more than eight laypersons
shall be appointed as voting members by the board of
regents.
4. The president of the district in which the college
or university is located or a district vice-president as
his standing representative shall serve as an ex officio
member.
5. College and university boards of regents members may be elected or appointed to serve a maximum
of three consecutive three-year terms and must hold
membership in a member congregation of the Synod.
6. Not more than two of the elected members shall be
members of the same congregation.
7. Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents
should possess several of the following qualifications:
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be knowledgeable regarding the region in which the
institution is located and shall demonstrate familiarity and support for the doctrinal positions of the Synod
and possess two or more of the following qualifications:
theological acumen, possess an advanced academic
degree, and have experience in higher education
administration, administration of complex organizations, finance, law, investments, technology, human
resources, facilities management, or fund development. Demonstrated familiarity and support of the
institution is a desired quality in the candidate. When
regents are elected at the national convention of the
Synod, qualifications shall be reviewed and verified as
outlined in Bylaw 3.12.3.7. When regents are elected
at district conventions or appointed by the board of
regents, qualifications of all nominees, including floor
nominees, shall be reviewed and verified by the chair
and secretary of the district board of directors or their
designees.
3.10.5.3	Vacancies that occur on a board of regents shall be filled
in the following manner:
(a) If the vacancy occurs in a position that was previously filled by the board of regents, the board of regents
shall be the appointing body.
(b) If the vacancy occurs in a position that was previously filled at a district convention, the district board
of directors shall be the appointing body.
(c) If the vacancy occurs in a position that had been
filled by a national convention of the Synod, the Board
of Directors of Concordia University System shall be
the appointing body and shall follow the nomination
procedure provided for filling vacancies on elected
boards and commissions of the Synod as outlined in
Bylaw 3.2.5.
3.10.5.4 The board of regents of each institution shall become
familiar with and develop an understanding of pertinent policies, standards, and guidelines of the Synod
and the Board of Directors of Concordia University
System.
(a) It shall develop details of detailed policies and procedures for governance of the institution, including
but not limited to
(1) attention to specific ways that the institution is
confessing Jesus Christ in full accord with the doctrinal position of the LCMS (Constitution Art. II)
and fulfilling His mission in our world;
(2) annual certification of the institution’s financial viability;
(3) creation, modification, and abolition of
administrative positions;
(4) processes for filling and vacating administrative positions;
(5) a clear plan for succession of administration
to ensure that the institution continues to funcR e s olu t i on s