# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S197
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3.8.3.2

The Board for International 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 individual members of the Synod elected
from the Great Plains and East/Southeast regions and
the laypersons elected from the West/Southwest,
Central, and Great Lakes regions shall be elected for
three-year terms.
The Commission on Handbook shall consist of eight
members, five voting and three nonvoting. Of the
five appointed members, three shall be individual
members of the Synod and two shall be attorneys. In
2016, one of the individual members and one of the
attorneys shall be appointed for three-year terms. The
remaining individual members and attorney shall be
appointed for six-year terms:

3.9.4.1

1.	The Secretary and the Chief Administrative
Officer of the Synod and a voting member of the
Commission on Constitutional Matters shall serve
as advisory members.
2. The five voting members (whose terms shall be
for six years renewable once) shall be appointed in
the following manner. …
All members of all boards and commissions of the
Synod shall be ineligible for reelection or reappointment to the same board or commission after serving a
total of two successive six-year elected terms or three
successive appointed or elected three-year terms,
unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws.

3.2.4.2

(a) Such persons may become eligible again for election or appointment to the same office, board, or
commission after an interval of three or more years.
(b) One-half or moreMore than one-half of a term
shall be regarded as a full term under limited tenure rules.
(c) Any member of a board or commission who is
ineligible for reelection or reappointment may be
elected or appointed to another position.

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.1.9

(e) All travel and convention expenses of the Synod’s
Praesidium, Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Mission Officer, Board
of Directors, district presidents, Commission on
Constitutional Matters, Commission on Handbook,
Commission on Theology and Church Relations, and
legal counsel are included in the operating cost of the
convention and as such are included in the district
levy.

(D) Appointed Officers as Advisory Representatives
(Bylaw 3.1.4)
Rationale
Current Bylaw 3.1.4 speaks only of “elected officers” serving as
advisory representatives to conventions of the Synod. As a result of
2010 convention actions, the Synod is now served by three officers
who are appointed to their positions: the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief Mission Officer. In
order for Bylaw 3.1.4 to include all officers in attendance at Synod
conventions, elected and appointed, the Commission on Handbook proposes the following bylaw amendment for adoption by
the 2013 convention.
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Other Advisory Representatives
3.1.4
Elected officersOfficers of the Synod, including district presidents, and representatives of the Synod’s
boards, commissions, educational institutions, mission areas, chaplains, and district boards of directors
shall also serve as advisory representatives to the conventions of the Synod.
Action: Adopted (5)
(When Res. 7-14 was introduced, the committee added the
words “at least” before “one alternate” in Bylaw 3.12.3.6 (a). During discussion, a proposed amendment to add the words “along
with lay persons of the congregations of the Synod” at the end of
the proposed new wording for paragraph (c) of Bylaw 3.12.3.4 was
received by the committee as a friendly amendment. The resolution was then adopted as changed and amended without further
discussion [Yes: 731; No: 24].)

(C) COH and CTCR Convention Expenses
(Bylaw 3.1.9)
Rationale
Although Bylaw 3.1.4.1 (b) requires convention attendance by
members of the Commission on Handbook and the Commission
on Theology and Church Relations, they are not included in the
Bylaw 3.1.9 (e) listing of those whose expenses are to be included in
the operating cost of the convention. The Commission on Handbook proposes the following bylaw amendment for adoption by the
2013 LCMS convention.

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