# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 25 26 2013_S23
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

(a) Such persons may become eligible again for election or appointment to the same office,
board, or commission after an interval of three or more years.
(b) One-half or moreMore than one-half of a term shall be regarded as a full term under
limited tenure rules.
(c) Any member of a board or commission who is ineligible for reelection or reappointment
may be elected or appointed to another position.
(C) COH and CTCR Convention Expenses
(Bylaw 3.1.9)
Rationale
Although Bylaw 3.1.4.1 (b) requires convention attendance by members of the Commission on Handbook
and the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, they are not included in the Bylaw 3.1.9 (e)
listing of those whose expenses are to be included in the operating cost of the convention. The
Commission on Handbook proposes the following bylaw amendment for adoption by the 2013 LCMS
convention.
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.1.9

…(e) All travel and convention expenses of the Synod’s Praesidium, Secretary, Chief
Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Mission Officer, Board of Directors,
district presidents, Commission on Constitutional Matters, Commission on Handbook,
Commission on Theology and Church Relations, and legal counsel are included in the operating
cost of the convention and as such are included in the district levy.

(D) Appointed Officers as Advisory Representatives
(Bylaw 3.1.4)
Rationale
Current Bylaw 3.1.4 speaks only of “elected officers” serving as advisory representatives to conventions
of the Synod. As a result of 2010 convention actions, the Synod is now served by three officers who are
appointed to their positions: the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief
Mission Officer. In order for Bylaw 3.1.4 to include all officers in attendance at Synod conventions,
elected and appointed, the Commission on Handbook proposes the following bylaw amendment for
adoption by the 2013 convention.
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Other Advisory Representatives
3.1.4

Elected officers Officers of the Synod, including district presidents, and representatives of the
Synod’s boards, commissions, educational institutions, mission areas, chaplains, and district
boards of directors shall also serve as advisory representatives to the conventions of the Synod.
Commission on Handbook

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