# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S211
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Seminary and University Education
Atlantic
California-Nevada-Hawaii
Central Illinois
Florida-Georgia
Indiana
Iowa West
Minnesota South
Missouri

Nebraska
North Wisconsin
Northern Illinois
Northwest
Oklahoma
SELC
South Dakota
Southern
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.
(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, vicechairman, and secretary and shall organize its work in
whatever way it deems necessary.

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(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.
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 a preconvention 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 candidates 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.
3.12.3.7 The chairman of the Committee for Convention Nominations shall submit the committee’s report in person to the convention at
one of its earliest sessions.
(a) The convention may amend the slate by nominations from
the floor.
(b) Floor nominations shall be brought individually before
the convention for approval before being added to the
ballot. No floor nominations shall be accepted which
would preclude, by virtue of election limitations of
such office, election of any pending nominee already
on the slate of candidates received from the Committee
for Convention Nominations without disclosing such
potential effect immediately to the convention.
(c) Such floor nominations may only be made from the
list of names which have previously been offered to
the Committee for Convention Nominations prior to
the final deadline for the submission of nominations,
unless the convention shall otherwise order by a simple
majority vote. The president of the Concordia University
System (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod
(or a designee) shall verify all floor nominees to serve
as a member of a Concordia University System board
of regents possess the qualifications as stated in Bylaw
3.10.5.2.5. The Chief Administrative Officer of the Synod
(or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or a
designee) shall review and verify that all floor nominees
to serve as a member of the Concordia University System
Board of Directors possess the qualifications as stated in
Bylaw 3.6.6.3.

2013 Convention Workbook