# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_July 7 8 2011_S1
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES
COMMISSION ON HANDBOOK
St. Louis Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel
July 7–8, 2011
1. Call to Order/Opening Prayer
This first meeting of the newly constituted Commission on Handbook was called to order by the
Secretary of the Synod, who provided an opening prayer. All members of the commission were present,
as follows:
Albert Marcis (voting individual member)
Walter Rosin (voting individual member)
Marvin Temme (voting individual member)
Richard Nuffer (voting attorney member)
Gordon Tresch (voting attorney member)
Raymond Hartwig (advisory member, Secretary of the Synod)
Ronald Schultz (advisory member, Chief Administrative Officer of the Synod)
Wilbert Sohns (advisory member appointed by the Commission on Constitutional Matters)
2. Election of Officers
As a first order of business and as required by Bylaw 1.5.3.1, the commission elected its officers. The
Secretary of the Synod called for nominations for the chairman position. After Gordon Tresch was
nominated, a motion to close nominations was introduced and carried, and he was declared elected to
serve as chairman of the Commission on Handbook. After discussion regarding the positions of vicechairman, secretary, and secretary pro tem of the commission, a motion to elect Marvin Temme as vicechairman, Raymond Hartwig as secretary, and Walter Rosin as secretary pro tem was introduced and
carried unanimously.
A second motion was introduced to clarify the length of terms of these elections, since all voting members
of the commission are serving concurrent six-year terms. The motion that the Commission on Handbook
elect its leadership at its initial meeting after each convention was also carried without negative vote.
3. Meeting Agenda
Chairman Tresch led the commission in determining the agenda for this first meeting, including
housekeeping matters, details regarding the functioning of the commission, specific issues that can
already be addressed, and specific convention-related matters that will require more extensive attention.
An agenda for the meeting emerged from these discussions.
4. Housekeeping Matters
A. Minutes: The commission discussed the Bylaw 1.5.3.5 requirement that it develop policies and
procedures for making available official minutes of its meetings. After discussion of the content of the
minutes to be provided, a motion was introduced and carried that the minutes of all Commission on
Handbook meetings be posted in a timely fashion on the Synod’s Website under the link to the
Commission on Handbook.