# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_March 17 2006_S1 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) MINUTES COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS March 17, 2006 Conference Call Meeting 131. Call to Order and Opening Prayer Chairman Albert Marcis called the meeting to order and asked Raymond Hartwig to provide an opening prayer. All members of the Commission participated in the conference call meeting. Sherri Strand of Thompson Coburn LLP, legal counsel of the Synod, also participated in the meeting. 132. Briefing by Synod Legal Counsel Chairman Marcis noted that legal counsel had requested the meeting in order to brief the Commission regarding the status of the Anderson lawsuit and on-going resolution efforts. The remainder of the meeting was conducted in executive session. 133. Adjournment After the Commission exited executive session, the meeting was closed with words of benediction. Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary