LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 60

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1.61 Other Advisory Representatives

f. Other full-time employees of the Synod and its
Districts and other elected officials of the Districts
may attend delegate conventions as advisory delegates
as they become eligible under the provisions of
Section 1.57. However, such advisory delegates (1.57)
and advisory representatives (1.61) shall be counted
only once, either as advisory delegates or representa-
tives, since they are eligible to serve as advisory
members of the convention in a single capacity only,
not under both.

1.61 Other Advisory Representatives

a. The Vice-Presidents of the Synod, District Pres-
idents, chairmen of synodical divisions, and the
executive secretary of the boards and commissions of
the Synod shall attend the synodical conventions.
One additional executive level staff member for every
five or major fraction of the staff of an individual
board or commission of the Synod may also attend.

c. Each elected board of the Synod shall be repre-
sented at the synodical conventions by no more than
two of its members, while each appointed board or
commission of the Synod shall be represented at the
conventions by no more than one of its members.
Standing exceptions shall be the Board of Directors,
the Commission on Constitutional Matters, and the
Commission on Theology and Church Relations.
Other exceptions must have the approval of the
Board of Directors prior to each convention.

b. Each of the Svnod’s educational] institutions
shall be represented at synodical conventions by one
of its board members in addition to the District
President, by its president, and by one faculty member
for every 20 or major fraction thereof.

d. Each foreign mission area, as defined and
established from time to time by the Board for
Missions, may be represented at a synodical conven-
tion by advisory representatives from within the
mission area who are on furlough at the time of the
convention and will return to their mission area.
They shall be elected by majority vote of all the
missionaries in a given mission area from the total of
those who are working in that area, including those
on furlough, as of Oct. 15 of the year prior to the
convention, at the rate of one representative for each
ten missionaries (or major fraction thereof) salaried
by the Board for Missions within such mission area;
provided, however, that each mission area shall be
entitled to at least one representative, even though
there may be no other than terminating missionaries
on furlough at convention time.

e. Each District Board of Directors shall be en-
titled to send no more than two advisory represen-
tatives to the synodical conventions, these to be
selected either from the District Board of Directors or
its full-time executive staff.

f. Other full-time employees of the Synod and its
Districts and other elected officials of the Districts
may attend delegate conventions as advisory dele-
gates as they become eligible under the provisions of
Section 1.57. However, such advisory delegates (1.57)
and advisory representatives (1.61) shall be counted
only once, either as advisory delegates or representa-
tives, since they are eligible to serve as advisory
members of the convention in a single capacity only,
not under both.

1.27 Reports and Overtures

2. Overtures are recommendations in the form of
proposed resolutions requesting action on the part of
the convention.

2.13 shall not be counted in determining the number
of advisory delegates from each District. They shall
not be eligible to be selected as a delegate from the
groups defined in Bylaw 2.09, neither shall they
participate in the election process.

2.11 Certification

(Same as present 1.59)

2.13 Other Advisory Representatives

a. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the
Secretary, and the Treasurer of the Synod, and the
District Presidents, shall be advisory representatives
to the convention.

b. Each elected and appointed board and com-
mission of the Synod shall be represented bv its
chairman or another board or commission member
and by its principal staff person. Standing exceptions
shall be the Board of Directors and the Commission
on Constitutional Matters, who may be represented
by their entire membership. Other exceptions must
have the approval of the Board of Directors prior to
each convention.

c. Each of the Synod’s educational institutions
shall be represented at synodical conventions by one
of its board members in addition to the District
President, by its president, and by one faculty member
for every 30 faculty members who are members of the
Synod. Fractional groupings shall be disregarded.

d. Each foreign mission area, as defined and
established from time to time by the Board for
Missions and-Humtan. Care, but not to exceed 10 in
number, may be represented at a synodical conven-
tion by one advisory representative from within the
mission area who is on furlough at the time of
convention and will return to the mission area repre-
sented. These representatives shall be elected by the
missionaries in a given mission area in a manner
prescribed by the Board for Missions and shared with
the missionaries at least 15 months in advance of a
synodical convention; provided, however, that each
said mission area shall be entitled toa representative,
even though there may be no other than terminating
missionaries on furlough at convention time.

e. Each District Board of Directors shall be en-
titled to send one representative from the District
Board of Directors and one from the District executive
staff, other than the District President. Ifthe District
has no executive staff, it may select two members of
its Board of Directors.

(See the last two sentences of proposed Bylaw 2.09
for counterpart of section f./

2.15 Rights for Advisory Delegates
and Representatives
(Same as present 1.63)

2.17 Youth Representation
(Same as present 1.65)

2.19 Reports and Overtures

(Same as present 1.27 except for internal Bylaw
references and except for paragraph a, 2)

2. Overtures are recommendations in the form of
proposed resolutions requesting action on the part of
the convention.