# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_November 15 16 2007_S8
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

24. Joint Meeting with Board of Directors
Upon mutual request, the commission and the Board of Directors met together while both were meeting
concurrently at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dallas, the meeting jointly chaired by the groups’ chairmen.
The meeting included discussions of respective duties and responsibilities, ways to cooperate with and
serve each other and the Synod as a whole, and a review of 2007 convention resolutions of mutual interest
(Res. 7-06A and 8-01A). Recognizing the value of face-to-face contact, both groups committed to
arranging joint sessions on an annual basis.
25. Triennial Conflict of Interest Certifications
The chairman received signed conflict of interest disclosures from each member of the commission
present. It was noted that the form available from the Synod has not yet been updated to reflect the
changes incorporated into Bylaw 1.5.12 of the 2007 Handbook by the 2007 convention. Recognizing that
all boards and commissions of the Synod will be executing these forms in the near future, if not having
already done so, the Secretary was asked to facilitate the updating of this form by the Synod’s Department
of Human Resources for immediate use in the Synod.
26. Adjournment
With no further business to come before the commission, the meeting was adjourned. The Secretary was
directed to arrange for the publication of the commission’s future scheduled meeting dates on the Synod’s
calendar Web site, including the next date of April 4-5, 2008, as a means to fulfill the requirements of
2007 Res. 7-05B.

Daniel C. Lorenz, Acting Secretary

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