# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S173
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SYNODICAL ADMINISTRATION 173

PRESENT WORDING

2.11 General Regulations for Boards
and Commissions

d, Every board and commission shall submit
annually to the Board of Directors through. the
Council of Administrators its work program with
accompanying cost estimates. The same require-
ment shall apply to officers and officials not directly
accountable to a board or commission.

212 Tenure and Termination

a. Unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws. the
term of office of all executive secretaries. associate
and assistant executive secretaries, and their equiv-
alents as determined by position classifications ap-
proved by the Board of Directors, shall be 4 years.
Appointees may normally expect reappointment if
their work proves satisfactory and there is a con-
tinuing need for their services, but every appoint-
ment shall be subject to mandatory review and
decision on reappointment every 4 years.

2.27 Powers and Duties of the President

2.81 Duties in Planning

a. The Board of Directors shall require the
Council of Administrators through the Administra-
tive Officer of the Board of Directors to submit
long-range and short-range plans of synodical work
which shall include the plans of all divisions and
departments of the Synod together with their oper-
ating and capital budgets.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

a. The Board of Directors shall appoint the fol-
lowing subject to the approval of the President of
the Synod:

An Administrative Officer of the Board of Direc-

tors

A Controller

A Director of Personnel

An Executive Secretary for Medical Missions

A Research Director

A Statistician

A Transportation Secretary

An Assistant Treasurer

2.85 Financial Duties

c. Special Offerings

1. The Board of Directors. in the event of need
or unusual circumstances. shall make recommenda-
tions to the Fiscal Review Commission regarding
a special offering for synodical purposes.

2.91 Administrative Officer of the
Board of Directors
b. The Administrative Officer of the Board of
Directors shall —
1. serve as administrative officer of the Board
of Directors and as such carry out the decisions of
the Board of Directors as it may direct;

2. assist the President. as he directs, in the Pres-
ident’s supervisory responsibility with reference to

PROPOSED WORDING

2.11 General Regulations for Boards
and Commissions

d. Every board and commission shall submit an-
nually to the Board of Directors through the Coun-
cil of Administrators its proposed budget with ac-
companying cost estimates in the format and under
the timetable prescribed by the Board of Directors.
The same requirement shall apply to officers and
officials not directly accountable to a board or com-
mission.

2.12 Tenure and Termination
a. (Add to the end of paragraph: )

... In addi-
tion annual performance evaluations shall be made
in a format prescribed by the Board of Directors
and shall be submitted to the Personnel Depart-
ment along with salary adjustment recommenda-
tions for review by the salary committee and for
retention in the employee’s personnel file.

227 Powers and Duties of the President
(Add a new paragraph “a” and reletter the follow-
ing paragraphs.)

a. The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Synod.

2.81 Duties in Planning

a. The Board of Directors shall require the
Council of Administrators through the Director of
Planning and Budgeting and the Administrative
Officer of the Board of Directors to submit long-
range and short-range plans of synodical work
which shall include the plans of all divisions and
departments of the Synod together with their oper-
ating and capital budgets.

283 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel
a. The Board of Directors shall appoint the fol-
lowing subject to the approval of the President of
the Synod:
An Administrative Officer of the Board
of Directors
A Controller
A Director of General Staff Services
A Director of Planning and Budgeting
A Manager of Internal Auditing
A Director of Personnel
A Director of Research
An Assistant Treasurer (s)
An Executive Secretary for Medical Missions
A Statistician

2.85 Financial Duties
c. Special Offerings
1. The Board of Directors, in the event of need

or unusual circumstances, may provide for special
offerings for synodical purposes.

2.91 Administrative Officer of the
Board of Directors
b. The Administrative Officer of the Board of
Directors shall —

1. (as at present)

2, head the Division of Administration which
shall consist of a Department of Planning and
Budgeting, a Department of Internal Auditing, and
a Department of General Staff Services and su-
pervise these department heads in their duties.

3. assist the President. as he directs, in the
President's supervisory responsibility with refer-