# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_May 1 2 2006_S18
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

(a) The Secretary of the Synod shall be responsible for gathering a list of nominees from
the board or commission where the vacancy occurs, the President of the Synod, the
district boards of directors, and the slate of candidates from the previous convention of
the Synod within 90 days of notification of the vacancy.
(b) A list of at least three but no more than five candidates shall be submitted as soon as
possible to the appropriate appointing body.
Although there are currently two vacancies, the process for filling each vacancy is independent of the
other, and separate lists of candidates must be generated as described above as to each position.
Not all persons originally nominated for the now vacant position would have been on the list of
candidates submitted to the convention, or added by the convention pursuant to Bylaw 3.12.3.7. The slate
of candidates from the previous convention are those who were identified by the Committee for
Convention Nominations under Bylaw 3.12.3.6 (b) for the position now to be filled, together with
nominations added to the slate from the floor of the convention pursuant to Bylaw 3.12.3.7 (a). If a person
was not on the convention’s slate of candidates for the vacant position (in this instance the Synod’s Board
of Directors), a name may not be considered for the vacancy unless, within 90 days of notice of the
vacancy, the name was submitted by the Synod’s Board of Directors, the President of the Synod, or one
of the districts’ boards of directors.
Following the gathering of the list of nominees for the vacancy, Bylaw 3.2.5 (b) requires the narrowing of
the list of possible nominees from the four sources listed to create a list of three to five candidates. If a
candidate has been proposed who fails to meet this process, those charged to submit the list of candidates
for the vacancy should determine whether to add a replacement name to the list, or, if at least three
candidates remain, to resubmit the existing list with the remaining names.
149. Adjournment
After discussion of dates for the next meeting of the Commission, this meeting was closed with words of
benediction.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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