# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_July 10 11 2009_S3
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

102. Commission on Theology and Church Relations Policy Manual (08-2525)
Upon its review of the Policy Manual of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, the
Commission on Constitutional Matters offered the following recommendations:
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Re Section II “Membership of the CTCR,” the commission advises the use of the actual language
of the Bylaws (3.9.6.1 and 3.9.6.1.1) to clear up several inaccuracies in the paragraph.

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Re the quotation of Bylaw 3.9.6.3.1, since it is presented as a quotation, the bylaw should be
quoted verbatim. As it stands, the second part of the paragraph is not a quotation of the bylaw.

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Re Section IV “CTCR Committee Structure,” what the commission calls “standing committees”
does not appear to correspond to the Synod’s use of the term in Bylaw 1.5.3.4.

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Re paragraph 12 under “General Principles” relating to committee structure, Bylaw 1.5.3.4
requires regular supervision of committees by the commission vs. having committees only
“ordinarily” report to the plenary.

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Re Section V “Guidelines for Consideration of CTCR Documents,” the bylaw reference in
paragraph e under B 1 should be Bylaw 1.8.2.

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Under the same Section V, the reference to “Section 8 below” in paragraph 7 under B appears to
be mistaken as there is no such section.

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Under the same Section V, the reference in paragraph 2 under D should be #1 rather than “#11,”
and the word “from” in the third line of paragraph 3 should read “form.”

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Under Section VII “CTCR Policy for Responding to Expressions of Dissent,” the bylaw reference
in the introductory paragraph would more accurately read “Bylaw section 1.8.”

The Secretary will also include a copy of the commission’s “Frequently Noted Aberrations” document to
assist the Commission on Theology and Church Relations in complying with and applying the
grammatical usage of the Handbook of the Synod to its policy documents.
103. Concordia Plan Services Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Review (08-2526)
Upon review of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Concordia Plans Services, the commission
recommended the following to its Board of Directors:
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Under Bylaw Article III “Board of Directors,” the commission notes that the nomenclature
“Board of Managers of the Worker Benefit Plans” in paragraphs A and B needs to be updated to
correspond to the nomenclature used in the Handbook of the Synod under Bylaw section 3.7.

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Under Bylaw Article IV “Officers of the Corporation,” paragraph C “Term of Office” should be
evaluated in light of Synod Bylaw 1.5.5 to make certain it allows compliance with the Synod’s
requirement of a 5-year comprehensive review of chief executives.

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Under Bylaw Article V A “Right of Indemnity,” the commission recommends that the attention
of the Board of Directors and legal counsel be called to this paragraph and to the entire matter of
indemnification throughout the agencies of the Synod.

The commission also noted its receipt of copies of the various committee charters and board governance
guidelines and principles of Concordia Plans Services just prior to the meeting and agreed to review these
documents when it next meets.

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