# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S403
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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STEWARDSHIP AND FINANCE

B. FISCAL REVIEW COMMISSION

9.11 Membership and Organization

a. The Fiscal Review Commission shall be com-
posed of the President of each District (or his rep-
resentative) and one layman not in the emplov of
the District. The layman and his alternate shall be
appointed by the District Board of Directors for
a term identical with that of the District President.
The District may at its expense send additional
nonvoting representatives to the Fiscal Review
Commission meetings. The President, the Vice-
Presidents, and the members of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Synod shall be voting members of the
commission. The Administrative Officer of the
Board of Directors, the Controller, and the Stew-
ardship Counselor of the Synod shall be advisory
members of the commission.

b. The Fiscal Review Commission shall bien-
nially elect a chairman and a secretary from its
midst who shall serve until their successors qualify.
The names of the members of the commission and
their addresses, the list of officers, and a copy of all
minutes shall be filed with the Secretary of the
Synod.

c. Responsibility for establishing the agenda, de-
termining procedures of the meeting, and carrying
out the duties and functions of the commission shall
be that of the elected officers of the commission.

9.13 Meetings
a. The commission shall meet annually.

b. Each District President shall send the names
and addresses of the commission members from his
District to the chairman of the commission immedi-
ately after their election,

c. The chairman shall convene a meeting of the
commission no later than 30 days after the begin-
ning of the synodical fiscal year.

9.15 Duties and Functions

a. In the light of the synodically approved 2-year
work program the commission shall review the an-
nual synodical income-and-expenditures budgets
and examine programs. It shall receive budget pro-
posals from the Board of Directors, review them,
and establish the annual budget.

b. After the annual budget has been established
by the commission, the Board of Directors shall
provide for its implementation.

¢. The commission shall suggest methods for im-
proving the financial situation of the Synod.

b. The Board of Directors shall be provided by
the Board of Stewardship the commitments of ail
Districts for synodical operations for the succeed-
ing year.

c. The Board of Directors shall then, on the
basis of District commitments and all other income
estimates, establish a budget for the next fiscal
year and advise the boards, commissions, operating
departments and Districts of such budget.

B. FISCAL ADVISORY AND PLANNING
COMMISSION

9.11 Membership and Organization

a. The Fiscal Advisory and Planning Commis-
sion shall be composed of the President of each
District (or his representative), a stewardship rep-
resentative from each District and one layman not
in the employ of the District. The layman and his
alternate shall be appointed by the District Board
of Directors for a term identical with that of
the District President. The District may at its
expense send additional nonvoting representa-
tives to the Fiscal Advisory and Planning Com-
mission meetings. The. President, the Vice-Presi-
dents, and the members of the Board of Directors
of the Synod shall be voting members of the
commission. The Administrative Officer of the
Board of Directors. the Controller, and the Steward-
ship Counselor of the Synod shall be advisory
members of the commission.

b. The Fiscal Advisory and Planning Com-
mission shall have a Program Committee consist-
ing of the First Vice-President of the Synod as
chairman, the Chairman of the Council of Presi-
dents, the Administrative Officer of the Board of
Directors, and\ the Controller and the Stewardship
Counselor of the Synod as advisory members. Re-
sponsibility for establishing the agenda, determin-
ing procedures of the commission meeting, and
carrying out the duties and functions of the com-
mission shall be that of the Program Committee of
the commission. The names of the members of the
commission and their addresses, the list of officers,
and a copy of all minutes of the commission shall
be filed with the Secretary of the Synod.

c. (Delete — included in “b” above)

9.13 Meetings
a. (Retain as is.)
b. (Retain as is.)

ec. The chairman shall convene a meeting of the
commission no later than 60 days after the begin-
ning of the synodical fiscal year.

9.15 Duties and Functions

a. A representative of the Board of Directors
shall review with the Fiscal Advisory and Planning
Commission the synodical budget for the current
fiscal year and the longer-range forecasts and plans.
Other information will be presented as determined
by the Program Committee.

b. The Fiscal Advisory and Planning Commis-
sion shall be a forum for fiscal planning and for
the interchange of ideas, programs, objectives, fore-
casts, and other matters as they may pertain to
both the Synod and the Districts. The commission
shall make recommendations to the Synod and the
Districts’ Boards of Directors for their considera-
tion in future fiscal and programmatic planning.

c. (Delete)

Boarp oF Directors
John Schuelke, Adminstrative Officer