# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S196
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3.12.3.5

3.12.3.6

before the convention, soliciting names from the
agencies and officers of the Synod and the congregational and individual members of the Synod along
with lay persons of the congregations of the Synodmission 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 to be nominees for nomination.
(e) QualificationsThe 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.
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 candidates from
the list of nominees gathered by the nominations processnominees.
(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 receive
their input for the committee’s consideration.
The Committee for Convention Nominations shall
selectnominate candidates for all elective offices,
boards, and commissions except President, First
Vice-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 and at least one alternate
shall be selectednominated for each position.
(b) The committee shall determine its complete list
of candidates and alternates, obtain the consent of
the persons it proposes to select as candidatesnominate, and transmit its final report at least five months

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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 a pre-convention issue
of an official periodical of the Synod and in the Convention Workbook.
(c) The committee’s report shall list the qualifications of various positions used in the solicitation of
nomineescandidates and contain pertinent information concerning each candidate, such as occupation
or profession; district affiliation; residence; specific experience; number of years as a member of an
LCMS congregation; present position; offices previously held in a congregation, district, or the Synod;
qualifications for the office in question; and, if the
candidate so desires, also a brief personal statement.
(B) Staggered Terms for Members of Certain Boards
and Commissions
(Bylaws 3.8.2.2; 3.8.3.2; 3.9.4.1–3.9.4.2)
Rationale
The 2010 convention of the Synod created new boards for international and national mission and changed the composition and
appointment process of the Commission on Handbook. However,
the convention failed to give thought to the advisability of creating staggered terms for these new board and commission positions,
resulting in the election or appointment of all members for six-year
terms. This failure to create staggered terms has created the possibility of a total turnover of board and commission membership
each six years, potentially resulting in a corresponding loss of continuity. In order to enable the 2016 convention to create a staggering
of terms by electing one-half of all mission board members and
appointing some of the commission members to three-year terms,
the Commission on Handbook proposes the following changes to
Bylaws 3.8.2.2 and 3.8.3.2.
In addition, the terms of those board and commission members
elected or appointed to three-year terms will not be counted as full
terms in this case, allowing those who will have served one six-year
and one three-year term to be eligible for an additional six-year
term at the time of the 2019 convention. In order to accommodate
this change, the Commission on Handbook proposes that Bylaw
3.2.4.2 (b) also be amended, as follows.
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.8.2.2

The Board for National Mission shall be comprised
of eleven members:
1. Five laypersons and five individual members of the
Synod (one of each from each region of the Synod)
elected in the same manner as are all other regional
elections (Bylaws 3.12.1 and 3.12.2.5)
2. The President of the Synod or his representative
In 2016, the laypersons elected from the Great Plains
and East/Southeast regions and the individual members of the Synod elected from the West/Southwest,
Central, and Great Lakes regions shall be elected for
three-year terms.
R e s olu t i on s