LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1992, Page 152

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152 RESOLUTIONS

To Transfer St. Matthew,
Smithville, Ont., to East District
of Lutheran Church—Canada
RESOLUTION 5-08
Overture 5-75 (CW, p. 263)

Resolved, That at its request St. Matthew Lutheran
Church, Smithville, Ont., Canada, be transferred from the
SELC District to the East District of the Lutheran
Church—Canada.

Action: Adopted (11).

To Adopt Procedure for Implementation
of Amending Bylaws

RESOLUTION 5-09
Overtures 5-64, 5-65A-E (CW, p. 261)

Wuereas, Time constraints and other considerations
sometimes make it impossible to present to the convention
the specific Bylaws which implement convention resolu-
tions; and

Wuereas, It is desirable to provide a formal procedure
for the preparation of such Bylaws following the conven-
tion; and

Wuereas, It is understood that such practice shall be
followed only in exceptional circumstances and upon the
express direction. of the convention; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 15.01 be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

Amendments to the Bylaws may be made

1. by the convention provided they are

a, not contrary to the Constitution;

b. presented in writing to a convention of the Synod;

c. specified as Bylaw amendments and considered by a
convention floor committee;

d. submitted to the Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters for clearance prior to presentation to the convention;

e. adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
delegates present and voting; or

2. by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Directors, in
exceptional circumstances and upon the express direction
of the convention, incorporating into the Handbook of the
Synod amendments to the Bylaws that are necessary to
implement resolutions adopted by the synodical convention.
Such amendments shall be drafted by the Secretary of the
Synod and shall be reviewed by the Commission on Con-
Sstitutional Matters.

Action: Adopted (12).

- (A motion to add the words subject to the approval of the next
synodical convention to the resolve was declined.)

To Approve Procedural
Guidelines for Committee
for Convention Nominations

RESOLUTION 5-10
Overtures 5-56A-5-58, 5-61 (CW, pp. 253-60)
Wuereas, In 1989 by the adoption of Res. 8-12, the

convention asked the Board of Directors to “develop pro-
cedural guidelines and policies for future Committees for
Convention Nominations to be presented for adoption at
the next convention”; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following procedura! guidelines for
carrying out Bylaws 3.941 and following by the Committee
for Convention Nominations be approved:

I. Committee Membership, Tenure, and Structure

A. Bylaw 3.941 a
Seventeen of the Districts shall elect through their
regular election procedures at the District conven-
tion one member to the Committee for Convention
Nominations, plus an alternate. For the next con-
vention, the other 18 Districts shal! elect in the
same manner. Half of the electing Districts shall
be designated by the Secretary of the Synod to elect
a professional church worker and the other half a
layperson with roles reversed every six years.

B. District Committee Member Elections

1981 Th=t984 m—1997 TV—2000
Auantio— Easterm—PCW = Atlantio—L Eastern—L
Pcw Engtish—L CNH—PCW English—PCW
CNH—L** Iowa East— C. Ilinois—L lowa East—L
C, Minois— PCW FL-GA—PCW Kansas—PCW
PCW Kansas—L Indiana—L Michigan—L
FL-GA—L Michigan— lowa Weat— Mid-South—
Indiana-PCW PCW pcw pPcw
lowa West—L = Mid-South—L_ MN South—-L MN North—L
MN South— MN North— Missouri— Montano—
PCW PCW pcw PCW
Missouri—L Montana—L Nebraake—L = New England—
New England— —_N. Wisconsin— L
Pcw New Jersoy—
N, Wisconsin— New Jersey—L ON. Mlinois—L PCW
L N. Dakota— Northwest— N, Dakota—L
N, Ilinois— PCW PCW Ohio—PCW
pcw . Ohio—L- Oklehoma—L Rocky Mu—L
Northwest—L Rocky Mt— SELC—PCW S, Wisconsin—
Oklahoma— S. Dakota—L PCW
PCW S. Wisconsin— — Southern— Southeastern—
SELC—L L PCW L
8. Dakota— Southeastem—  Wyoming—L Pacific SW—
PCW pcw 7 Pcw
Southem—L Pacific SW—L S. (inois—L
Wyoming— S. Minois--PCW Texaa—PCW
PCW Texes—L
* Professional Church Worker (Pastor, Teacher, DCE, Deaconess)
** Layperson

C. Term of Office—Bylaw 3.941 c
The Committee for Convention Nominations shall
take office on or about Sept. 1, following the Dis-
trict conventions,
D, Limitation of Membership—Bylaw 3.941 g
The Committee for Convention Nominations is to
be regarded as an ad hoc convention committee to
which limitations on holding multiple offices do
not apply.
E. Committee Organization—Bylaw 3.941 f
The committee shall elect its own chairman, vice-
‘chairman, and secretary and shall organize its
work in whatever way it deems necessary.
II. Meeting Preparation
A. Function of the Secretary
1. Bylaw 3.941 e
The Secretary of the Synod shall handle the pre-
liminary work and, on behalf of the committee,
shall issue the first call for nominations from
the Synod at large 18 months before the syn-
odical convention.
2. Bylaw 3.941 d
The Secretary of the Synod shall begin to solicit
names of potential nominees from officers,