LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 182

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182 RESOLUTIONS

of the member congregations of that circuit. The nom-
inations shall be made at least four months prior to the
elections and shall be submitted to the Nominating
Committee through the secretary of the district. If no
candidate has received a majority, the district secretary
shall mail to each congregation in that circuit a ballot
containing the names of the two men receiving the high-
est number of votes. The Nominating Committee shall
arrange a slate containing the first choice for circuit
counselor from each circuit, provided that man is still
available, or the second choice of the circuit if he is not.
The district president shall fill the slate where neither
man is still available. The convention shall have the
right to alter the slate by amendment. The convention
shall then ratify the slate of circuit counselors, which
ratification shall constitute election.

Action: Adopied as amended (15).

(The number of pastors to be nominated by each congregation
was changed from one to two by amendment.)

To Delete Bylaws Regarding
Administrative Officer of Board of
Directors

RESOLUTION 5-20A
Overture 5-153 (CW, p. 243)

Wuereas, The position of administrative officer of the
Board of Directors was included in the Bylaws at the 1971
convention and has never been updated as to its reponsi-
bilities; and

Wuenreas, The position requires that the administrative
officer of the Board of Directors serve the dual functions
of

1. administrative officer of the board

2. assistant to the President in his administrative re-
sponsibilities; and

Wuereas, This dual line of responsibility and account-
ability places some impossible demands on the person
holding this office and tends to cause some confusion as to
expectations; and

WHEREAS, Bylaw 2.67 e gives every board authority to
“create executive staff positions with the approval of the
President and the Board of Directors”; and

Wuereas, Bylaw 2.105 b empowers the President to
“engage sufficient staff to carry out the duties of his office”;
and

Wuereas, Bylaw 2.193, describing the office of admin-
istrative officer of the Board of Directors, is the only in-
stance of a Bylaw detailing position responsibilities of a
staff executive, thus limiting possible changes in the po-
sition description to convention action; and

Wuereas, The Board of Directors during the past trien-
nium has made an extensive study of the position of its
administrative officer with the goal of bringing it into more
realistic proportions, and has altered substantively its
view of what should be included in the position description
of its administrative executive; therefore be it

Resolved, That the position of administrative officer of
the Board of Directors be eliminated effective Jan. 1, 1987
and that all of Bylaw 2.193 and all other references to the
office of administrative officer of the Board of Directors be
removed from the Bylaws; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors appoint its staff
executive according to usual Bylaw procedures; and be it
further

Resolved, That the President develop such other staffing
arrangements as he may require to carry out his admin-
istrative responsibilities, as authorized in the bylaws that
govern his office; and be it finally

Resolved, That the principal staff person of the Board
of Directors continue to be a member of the Council of
Administrators.

Action: Adopted as amended (15).
(The final resolve was added by the committee prior to pre-
sentation of the resolution.)
To Expand Auxiliary Membership
Eligibility
RESOLUTION 5-21
Overtures 5-75—5-76B (CW, p. 228)

Wuereas, The members of congregations of The Lu-
theran Church—Missouri Synod in the United States and
Canada have worked together through the Synod and its
auxiliaries for many years; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Canada may at the
1986 synodical convention be granted authorization to be-
come a partner church of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod; and

Wuereas, Bylaw 13.01 a 6 provides that the member-
ship of auxiliaries “is made up of persons who are baptized
members of congregations that are members of The Lu-
theran Church—Missouri Synod”; and

Wuereas, The International Lutheran Laymen’s
League has a concern about being able to continue to have
Canadian laymen as active members of the league after
Lutheran Church—Canada is formed, while also contin-
uing as an auxiliary of the Synod; and

Wuereas, It seems desirable to develop a long-term
plan before the respective 1989 conventions of the league
and the Synod, one which will serve both the league’s needs
for members from Canada and possibly other countries,
and also the needs of partner churches to have as auxili-
aries organizations that are constituted with people from
congregations of partner churches; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Canada, when it be-
comes a partner church, will need to define its relations to
its own auxiliaries; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 13.01 be amended to read “Its
membership is made up of persons who are baptized mem-
bers of congregations that are members of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod or the Lutheran Church—Can-
ada,” subject to the formation of the Lutheran Church—
Canada as a partner church and a request by that church
body that The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod auxili-
aries also be the auxiliaries of the Lutheran Church—Can-
ada; and be it further

Resolved, That the convention request the President
and the Board of Directors of the Synod to continue to work
with the board of governors of the International Lutheran
Laymen’s League and the board of directors of the Inter-

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