# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_February 23 2013_S31
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

3.9.4.1 The Commission on Handbook shall consist of eight members, five voting and three nonvoting.
Of the five appointed members, three shall be individual members of the Synod and two shall be
attorneys. In 2016, one of the individual members and one of the attorneys shall be appointed for
three-year terms. The remaining individual members and attorney shall be appointed for six-year
terms:
1. The Secretary and the Chief Administrative Officer of the Synod and a voting member of
the Commission on Constitutional Matters shall serve as advisory members.
2. The five voting members (whose terms shall be for six years renewable once) shall be
appointed in the following manner….
3.2.4.2 All members of all boards and commissions of the Synod shall be ineligible for reelection or
reappointment to the same board or commission after serving a total of two successive six-year
elected terms or three successive appointed or elected three-year terms, unless otherwise
provided in the Bylaws.
(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
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