# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 18 2010_S1
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES
COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
Telephone Conference Meeting
January 18, 2010

132. Call to Order
Chairman Albert Marcis called the conference call meeting to order with all commission members
participating. Philip Esala opened the meeting with prayer, also remembering the plight of the people of
Haiti.
133. Agenda and Discussion
After Chairman Marcis reviewed the subjects to be covered during the meeting, the commission discussed
its role in the floor committee process, continued its review of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod
Structure and Governance Report (Bylaw 3.9.2.2.1), and discussed a series of questions submitted by the
vice-chairman of convention Floor Committee 8 in preparation for discussion during the January 23
meeting with floor committee and task force leaders in Boston.
134. Adjournment
The allotted 90 minutes of meeting time having elapsed, the meeting was closed with words of
benediction by Philip Esala.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary