# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S144
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3.12.3.1	In preparation for a convention of the Synod, one-half
of the districts shall elect, through their regular election procedures at the district convention, one member
to the Committee for Convention Nominations and an
alternate:
Atlantic	Nebraska
California-Nevada-	North Wisconsin
Hawaii	Northern Illinois
Central Illinois	Northwest
Florida-Georgia	Oklahoma
	Indiana	SELC
	Iowa West	South Dakota
Minnesota South	Southern
Missouri

Wyoming

3.12.3.2 	In preparation for the following convention, the
remaining districts shall elect in the same manner:
	Eastern	New Jersey
	English	North Dakota
	Iowa East	Ohio
Kansas	Rocky Mountain
Michigan	South Wisconsin
Mid-South	Southeastern
Minnesota North

Pacific Southwest

Montana	Southern Illinois
	New England	Texas
3.12.3.3	One-half of the electing districts shall be designated
by the Secretary of the Synod to elect a professional
church worker and the other half a layperson, with
roles reversed every six years.
3.12.3.4 The Secretary of the Synod shall handle the preliminary
work for the Committee for Convention Nominations.
(a) He shall begin to solicit names of potential nominees from officers, boards, commissions, and agencies
of the Synod and its districts at least 24 months prior
to the convention.
(b) Approximately 24 months before a regular meeting of the Synod in convention, he shall solicit from
the mission boards and the synodwide corporate entity
boards descriptions of criteria for qualified candidates
to serve on those boards.
(c) With such criteria in view, the Secretary shall issue
the first call for nominations through a publication
of the Synod and on the Synod Web site 18 months
before the convention, soliciting names from mission
boards and synodwide corporate entity boards, as well
as congregations, district presidents, district boards of
directors, circuit counselors, and other likely sources.
(d) All incumbents eligible for reelection shall be considered for nominations.
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(e) Qualifications of each nominee shall be submitted
together with the names on forms made available on
the Synod’s Web site.
(f) All suggested names and information for consideration by the Committee for Convention Nominations
shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Synod no
later than nine months prior to the convention of the
Synod.
(g) The Secretary shall present the names and information gathered to the Committee for Convention
Nominations at its first meeting.
3.12.3.5 The first meeting of the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall be at the call of the Secretary of the
Synod at least six months prior to the convention of
the Synod.
(a) The Secretary shall not serve as a member of the
committee, but he shall convene the initial meeting
of the committee and be available, upon call, for consultation.
(b) The committee shall elect its own chairman,
vice-chairman, and secretary and shall organize its
work in whatever way it deems necessary.
(c) The committee shall inform itself as to the duties
and requirements of each position to be filled and
thereby be guided in its selection of nominees.
(d) In the case of the boards of regents of educational institutions of the Synod, the committee shall
consult with the President of the Synod or the Board
of Directors of Concordia University System and to
receive their input for the committee’s consideration.
The president of the Concordia University System
(or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or a
designee) shall review and verify that nominees are
qualified as stated in Bylaw 3.10.5.2.7.
(e) The committee for convention nominations shall
establish and maintain a procedure to generate and
publish in advance of the convention a list of names
from all who have been nominated for Synod boards
and commissions who meet the qualifications (Bylaws
3.10.5.2.7 and 3.6.6.3) to serve on a Concordia University System Board of Regents or the Concordia
University System Board of Directors.
3.12.3.6 The Committee for Convention Nominations shall
nominate candidates for all elective offices, boards,
and commissions except President and vice-presidents
and elective positions requiring regional nominations
(Bylaws 3.12.2.5; 3.3.4.1; 3.8.2.2; 3.8.3.2).
(a) At least two candidates shall be nominated for each
position.
(b) The committee shall determine its complete list
of candidates and alternates, obtain the consent of the
persons it proposes to nominate, and transmit its final
report at least five months prior to the convention to
the Secretary of the Synod, who shall post the list on
the Synod’s Web site and provide for its publication in
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