# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_April 1 2 2016_S22
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

The top staff administrator of an agency of the Synod, who may be referred to as president, other than a
program board or commission” [colleges and seminaries are identified as agencies of the Synod, Bylaw
1.2.1 (a) (1)]. Today that definition reads: “The top staff administrator of a separately incorporated agency
of the Synod, who may be referred to as president,” showing the consistent intent of the synod to include
the presidents of the colleges/universities and seminaries of the Synod among those whom the Synod calls
“chief executives.”
In this way, while acknowledging that the presidents of colleges/universities and seminaries may in fact
be faculty, the unique administrative role, responsibilities, and primary duties of these presidents indicate
that they are primarily executives, i.e., the chief executives of the institutions they serve. Therefore for the
purposes of determining eligibility to serve on boards and commissions of the Synod (Bylaw 1.5.1.1), the
Bylaws of the Synod treat the presidents of colleges, universities, and seminaries of the Synod as
executives and preclude their election or service on boards of the Synod, although other faculty are
permitted service on boards of Synod agencies other than their own .
165. Close of Meeting
After brief discussion of commission members’ duties during meetings of the floor committees, Chairman
Gude called on devotion leader John Sias to close the meeting.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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