# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 31 1996_S1
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in conflict," or whether it should be interpreted as being "accompanied by a written memorandum stating
the basis for the request, identifying the doctrine or practice with which the decision is in conflict." The
Task Force on Conflict Resolution will have to take up this matter when it meets.
30. Adjournment : The meeting was adjourned with a closing prayer led by Dr. Richard Schlecht. The
prayer included thanks to God for the services of retiring members Judge Groh and Rev. Roland Hopmann,
whose services had been recognized at a dinner the previous evening.
Walter L. Rosin, Secretary

Minutes of the Commission on Constitutional Matters - January 31, 1996 - 8:00 p.m. CST Telephone
Conference
31. Opening Prayer : At the request of Chairman Walter Tesch, Rev. Richard Schlecht led the members
present for the telephone conference in an opening prayer. Present were Walter Tesch, David Piehler,
Richard Schlecht, and non-voting member Walter Rosin. Rev. Alan Barber and Rev. Gerhard Bode were
unavailable.
32. Approval of Bylaws Relating to the Board of Directors of the Synod (Ag. 2023) : When forwarding
the proposed bylaws relating to the Board of Directors for inclusion in the 1995 Handbook of the Synod, the
Secretary had forwarded them in a different sequence than had been agreed upon at the previous meeting of
the Commission. It was suggested that the heading for the entire section be D. Synod wide Boards. The
listing of the sections as sequenced in the meeting and as proposed with the addition of the heading and a
separate section for the synodical Board of Directors was as follows:
D. Synod wide Boards
3.181 - Role
3.185 - Officers of the Boards
3.187 - Functions of the Boards
3.189 - Governing Instruments

would remain 3.181
would become 3.183
would become 3.185
would become 3.187

1. Synodical Board of Directors
3.182 - Membership
3.183 - Authority of the Board
3.191 - Powers and Duties with Respect
to the Property of the Synod
3.193 - Capital Fund Borrowing Authority
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As sequenced in
the meeting

would become 3.189
would become 3.191
would become 3.193
would become 3.195
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As proposed with the addition of
D. Synod wide Boards
1. Synodical Board of Directors

It was pointed out that as sequenced in the meeting, bylaws which relate to other boards were intermingled
with those which had direct reference only to the Board of Directors and therefore a different sequencing
would be preferable.