# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_September 7 8 2006_S7
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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Raymond Hartwig provided a report on the status of the dismissal of the Anderson Lawsuit
brought against the President and First Vice-President and the Synod by a group of members of
the Synod, including the withdrawal of a Motion to Intervene in the lawsuit by four members of
the Board of Directors.

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Albert Marcis reported on the work of the Resolution 7-22 Committee, charged by the 2004
convention with bringing recommendations for improvement of the convention elections process.

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Wilbert Sohns provided a report on the work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Structure and
Governance of the Synod, noting plans for members of the task force to visit all district boards of
directors by the end of the calendar year to obtain input, and anticipating that the task force will
be providing only an initial report to the 2007 convention and a full report to the 2010
convention.

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Raymond Hartwig reported on the work of the convention-mandated Resolution 7-02A
Committee and, upon request of the committee, invited the Commission’s response to the
question of the receipt by the Board of Directors of all legal opinions received by the Synod and
its agencies.

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Wilbert Sohns reported on the work of the Commission on Structure and specific attention being
given by the Commission to Bylaw section 1.5 and the inclusion of a section on the removal of
board members.

163. Adjournment
After dates for a next meeting of the Commission were determined, the meeting was adjourned with
words of benediction by Wilbert Sohns.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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