# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S204
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(a) As convention manager, the Director of General Services, within the assigned general meeting
and conference planning function, The Chief
Administrative Officer or the Chief Administrative Officer’s designee shall serve as the convention
manager. He shall be responsible to the President for making arrangements for and directing
the externals of the convention and other major
assemblies of the Synod and may assist with planning and arranging for district conventions.
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B. To Clarify District Responsibilities
re Convention Publications Distribution
Rationale
Districts are required by Bylaw 4.2.1 (a) to be “governed by the
bylaws adopted by the Synod for its conventions, insofar as these
may be applicable.” Bylaws 3.1.8 (b), 3.1.10.1, and 3.1.10.1 (a) require
printed copies of convention workbooks and proceedings to be
mailed to bylaw-assigned recipients.
Districts have indicated that the requirement to mail convention
workbooks and proceedings impose obligations on districts that
often are needlessly expensive, wasteful, and unneeded. Electronic
means of communication are now widely available and used by the
Synod in multiple other contexts. Therefore be it

that included Res. 11-04B, Res. 11-08A, Res. 11-11, Res. 11-12, Res.
11-13, Res. 11-15A, Res. 11-17, and Res. 11-20 was adopted as presented [Yes: 923; No: 32].)

To Clarify Synod Administration Matters
RESOLUTION 11-12
Overture 11-53 (CW, pp. 408–411)
A. To Remove Bylaw Provisions Adopted by the 2013
Convention for Staggering Terms
Rationale
The final paragraphs of Bylaws 3.8.2.2 and 3.8.3.2 were adopted by
the 2013 convention to create staggered terms beginning with the
2016–2019 triennium. Similarly, Bylaw 3.9.4.1 was amended to create staggered terms when the voting members of the Commission
on Handbook are appointed for the 2016–2019 triennium.
Since these were temporary changes that will have accomplished
their purpose with the 2016 mission board elections and 2013–2016
triennium Commission on Handbook appointments, the following
bylaw changes will restore the bylaws to their pre-2013-convention
content. Therefore be it

Resolved, That the 2016 LCMS convention adopt the following
additional paragraph to Bylaw 4.2.1:

Resolved, That the following changes be made to Bylaws 3.8.2.2
and 3.8.3.2 by the 2016 convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS):

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING

4.2 District Conventions
4.2.1

Conventions of the districts shall afford opportunities for worship, nurture, inspiration, fellowship, and
the communication of vital information. They are the
principal legislative assemblies, which amend the district’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, consider
and take action on reports and overtures, and handle
appropriate appeals.

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(g) Districts may, at their own discretion, provide
their convention workbooks and proceedings to
each district congregation, delegate and alternate, officer, board, commission, and council
member by a means of electronic communication, provided that any designated recipient shall
be provided a printed copy of the workbook and
proceedings upon request.
Action: Adopted (8)
(Brief summaries were provided for this and seven other resolutions which the committee wished to bundle into a single action
as “housekeeping matters.” Following explanations provided, the
chair asked the assembly whether it was ready to vote. Hearing no
objection, he called for the vote and the bundled resolution action
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3.8.2.2

U P O N T H I S R O C K • Resolutions

3.8.3.2

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 regional
members of the Board of Directors of the Synod
(Bylaws 3.12.1 and 3.12.2.7)
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.
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 regional
members of the Board of Directors of the Synod
(see Bylaws 3.12.1 and 3.12.2.7)
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/
“11. Structure and Administration”