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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1983, Page 193

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STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION 193

2.187

e. Special Offerings

1. The Board of Directors, in the event of need or
unusual circumstances, may, after consultation with
the Council of Presidents, provide for special offer-
ings for synodical purposes.

2. The Board of Directors alone may authorize the
solicitation of funds by any person, board, commis-
sion, agency, or corporation in the Synod at large and
shall have the authority to regulate the collection of
funds from congregations and the Synod at large
beyond the confines of any one District in accordance
with policies adopted by the delegate convention of
the Synod. There shall be no such solicitation of
funds by any person, board, commission, agency, or
corporation without the approval of the Board of
Directors, provided that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to interfere with District or local
financial undertakings where the collection of funds
is confined to the District or a local area.

2.186 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

a. The Board of Directors shall review position
descriptions of synodical staff members to eliminate
overlap and duplication of activity.

b. The Board of Directors, after consultation with
the respective synodical board or commission, shall
establish policies and conditions of employment of all
employees of the Synod and its various boards and
commissions.

c. The Board of Directors shall establish the
remuneration of elected synodical officers and of
staff personnel.

d. The Board of Directors shall appoint the execu-
tive secretaries and staff members in cases where
there is no board or commission.

e. The Board of Directors shall provide a Per-
sonnel Director who shall be advisory to the boards,
commissions, and officers of the Synod.

(See present 10.03, 10.05, 10.07)

(See present Chapter XVII, Bylaws)

2.191

c. The Board of Directors shall be authorized to
engage legal counsel and other professional or tech-
nical personnel for its guidance and for advice to the
officers, boards, or commissions.

2.183 Authority

d. The Board of Directors shall be accountable to
the delegate convention of the Synod for the dis-
charge of its duties.

k. provide for a Department of Stewardship and
Financial Support which in accordance with Chapter
VII of the Bylaws will, in support of the basic
responsibilities of the Planning Council and the
Board of Directors, provide operating and capital
funds for carrying out the work of the Synod, promote
stewardship, obtain deferred and special gifts, coor-
dinate capital drives for the Synod, and provide
assistance to all Districts, colleges, and seminaries as
requested;

1. establish uniform personnel and compensation
policies for the Synod headquarters staff, including
staffs of other agencies of the Synod officed at the
headquarters, and to the degree possible maintain
comparability of policy and parity between employ-
ees of the Synod (including missionaries), Districts,
colleges, seminaries, and agencies; approve staffing
levels and position descriptions; and provide for a
Personnel Department to administer the Synod’s
personnel policies and programs and to provide
assistance to Districts, colleges, and seminaries as
requested;

m. approve changes to the Worker Benefit Plans
as hereinafter provided;

n. approve the designation of organizations as an
auxiliary or listed service organization in accordance
with Chapter XIII of the Bylaws;

o. engage the Synod’s general legal counsel, who
shall approve the selection of legal counsel by Dis-
tricts, colleges, seminaries, and other agencies of the
Synod and shall propose the selection of any special
counsel;

p. provide facilities and support services for the
efficient and effective operation of the synodical
headquarters;

q. approve all operating and capital drive appeals
bevond District boundaries;

r. be empowered between conventions to take in
behalf of the Synod any necessary emergency actions
not delegated to other officers, boards, or commis-
sions, with the understanding that all such actions
shall be reported to the subsequent convention for
review and, when appropriate, ratification;

S. approve the incorporation of any agency of the
Synod as well as the articles of incorporation and the
bylaws and any subsequent amendments thereto in
such corporations, excluding Districts but including
agencies created by the Districts; the articles of
incorporation and the bylaws of Districts themselves
shall be reviewed by the Commission on Constitu-
tional Matters;

t. attend each convention of the Synod;