# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_February 23 2013_S7
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

3.2.4

The term of office of all elected officers of the Synod (Bylaw 3.2.1) shall be three years; of the
elected members of the Board of Directors and all other boards and commissions of the Synod,
six years; of all members of college and university boards of regents, three years; and of all
appointed members of boards, commissions, and standing committees, three years, unless these
Bylaws specifically provide otherwise.
(a) The President, First Vice-President, regional vice-presidents, Secretary, and members
of all elected boards and commissions of the Synod shall assume office on September 1
following the convention and shall be inducted into office on a date subsequent to
September 1 following the convention.
(b) In the interim, the newly elected President shall meet with the reelected and newly
elected vice-presidents to assess the state of the Synod, to plan for the communication and
carrying out of the resolutions adopted at the convention, to assign areas of responsibility to
the vice-presidents, and to gather names and obtain information helpful for making wise
appointments; he shall meet with the chairman and executive directors of the staff
supporting the boards and commissions to discuss their convention reports, to assess with
them the financial support they will need; he shall meet with the financial and
administrative officers to assess the financial status of the Synod and the estimate of the
financial resources available for the coming year.

3.3.1.3

The President shall have responsibilities and duties that are both ecclesiastical and
administrative.
(e) Prior to appointing, he shall engage in consultation with the appropriate mission board
to reach concurrence on a slate of candidates for the position of executive director of a
mission office. He shall engage in consultation with each mission board, commission, and
the governing board of each synodwide corporate entity to reach mutual concurrence on a
slate of candidates for the position of chief executive or executive director.

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[Note: Here follow proposed 2013convention actions for the most part adopted during the commission’s
January 2013 meeting. The commission during its February meeting gave attention to two additional
subject matters and inserted changes into the already adopted convention actions. These changes pertain
to district regional elections (see Agenda item #81 [C] below) and the Committee for Convention
Nominations (see Agenda item #82 [A] below).]
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79. Overture to the 2013 LCMS Convention (Expulsion Processes) – Omnibus I
Overture to the 2013 LCMS Convention
To Address Handbook Issues re Expulsion Processes (Bylaw Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17)
Background
During the triennium, concerns related to Bylaw sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, and 2.17 (expulsion from
Synod membership) were brought to the attention of the Commission on Handbook. This overture
identifies those concerns and proposes the Commission on Handbook’s bylaw amendment solutions to the
2013 convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
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