# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S240
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ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

(c) The executive director of the commission shall normally attend all
meetings of the commission except when his own position is being
considered.
(d) The commission may create and fill other staff positions in accordance with the human resources policies of corporate Synod adopted pursuant to Bylaw 1.5.5. Such staff may attend meetings of
their board or commission upon request of the board or commission.
[Existing Bylaws 3.9.5.3ff. will be renumbered 3.9.5.4ff.]

1.3 Synod Relationships:
Congregations, National, District, Circuit
1.3.8 The Synod in convention or through the Board of Directors
of the Synod may authorize holding membership in national
inter-Lutheran entities. Representatives of the Synod to
various national inter-Lutheran entities (a) shall be named
by the President of the Synod on recommendation of
the Chief Mission Officer or the executive director of
the directors of boards and commissions of the Synod
Commission on Theology and Church Relations; (b)
shall participate in the activities of the respective interLutheran entities according to the constitutions and bylaws
of those entities and in keeping with the theological and
constitutional principles of the Synod; and (c) shall submit
formal reports to the President.
Terms of Office

3.2.4 The term of office of all elected officers of the Synod
(Bylaw 3.2.1) shall be three years; of the elected members
of the Board of Directors and all other boards and
commissions of the Synod, six years; of all members of
college and university boards of regents, three years; and
of all appointed members of boards, commissions, and
standing committees, three years, unless these Bylaws
specifically provide otherwise.
(a) The President, First Vice-President, regional vice-presidents, Secretary, and members of all elected boards and commissions of the
Synod shall assume office on September 1 following the convention
and shall be inducted into office on a date subsequent to September
1 following the convention.
(b) In the interim, the newly elected President shall meet with the reelected and newly elected vice-presidents to assess the state of the
Synod, to plan for the communication and carrying out of the resolutions adopted at the convention, to assign areas of responsibility
to the vice-presidents, and to gather names and obtain information
helpful for making wise appointments; he shall meet with the chairman and executive directors of the staff supporting the boards and
commissions to discuss their convention reports, to assess with them
the financial support they will need; he shall meet with the financial
and administrative officers to assess the financial status of the Synod
and the estimate of the financial resources available for the coming
year.

3.3.1.3 The President shall have responsibilities and duties that
are both ecclesiastical and administrative.

(e) Prior to appointing, he shall engage in consultation with the appropriate mission board to reach concurrence on a slate of candidates
for the position of executive director of a mission office. He shall
engage in consultation with each mission board, commission, and
the governing board of each synodwide corporate entity to reach
mutual concurrence on a slate of candidates for the position of chief
executive or executive director.

Commission on Handbook

2013 Convention Workbook

6-19

To Amend Bylaw 3.7.1.3 re Membership
on Concordia Plans Board to Allow
Four Successive Terms of Office
Whereas, The Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services and
the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans consist of the same board
members, 13 voting members (two parish pastors, one teacher, and ten
laypersons) all appointed by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod, and one nonvoting member (the Chief
Financial Officer of the LCMS); and
Whereas, At present, Bylaw 3.7.1.3 provides that the voting
members on the Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services/Board
of Trustees—Concordia Plans shall include “Ten laypersons, at least
four of whom shall be experienced in the design of employee benefit
plans, at least four of whom shall be experienced in the management
of benefit plan investments, and at least one of whom shall have significant financial/audit experience”; and
Whereas, Due to the strong need for specialized expertise in
employee plan design and investment management, and the wide
scope of benefit products and services offered by Concordia Plan
Services, Concordia Plan Services and Concordia Plans would benefit
from the service of two additional layperson board members experienced in the design of employee plans and in the management of
plan investments; and
Whereas, Due to the complexity of employee benefits, especially
those designed to meet the unique needs of the variety of workers
served by Concordia Plan Services, it is beneficial for the members of
the Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services/Board of Trustees–
Concordia Plans to serve on those boards for lengthy periods so that
the contributions of their knowledge can be maximized; and
Whereas, The Bylaws of the Synod limit the terms of office of
members of all boards of the Synod to three successive three-year
terms of office, unless otherwise provided in the Synod Bylaws; and
Whereas, The Bylaws of the Synod are otherwise silent as to
terms of office of the members of the Board of Directors—Concordia
Plan Services/Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans; and
Whereas, Bylaw 3.6.4.3 provides: “All voting members of the
board of directors of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Missouri
Synod shall serve a maximum of four three-year terms”; and
Whereas, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation is
seeking amendment of Bylaw 3.6.5.2.1 to add at the end thereof the
following sentence: “The members of the Board of Trustees of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation appointed by the voting members of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation
shall serve a maximum of four successive three-year terms”; and
Whereas, Concordia Plan Services and Concordia Plans would
similarly benefit from their voting board members being permitted
to serve four successive three-year terms of office; and
Whereas, At its February 2013 meeting, a resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services/Board of
Trustees—Concordia Plans to request the 2013 LCMS convention
to amend Bylaw 3.7.1.3 to add two additional laypersons to the membership of the Board of Directors of Concordia Plan Services/Board
of Trustees of Concordia Plans, with such laypersons to be appointed
by the Board of Directors of the Synod (as are all other such board
members), to increase the number of voting board members to 15,
and to allow all of such voting board members to serve a maximum
of four successive three-year terms; therefore be it