LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1967, Page 125

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HIGHER EDUCATION 125

held and may be acquired by congregations, ministers of
the Gospel, and teachers . . .”; and

Wuereas, There exist questions concerning the right
of submitting “reports, overtures, proposals, petitions,
and other matters intended for presentation to and con-
sideration by a delegate convention of the Synod” (By-
laws, 1.27); e. g.:

a. Shall this right be restricted to members of the

Synod only?

b. Shall this right be further restricted, so that over-
tures will be accepted from no individual in the
Synod?

c. Shall this right be extended to include others,
such as individual lay people and the governing
boards of synodically recognized auxiliary orga-
nizations?

and

Wuereas, This problem merits deliberate study and
ought to be clarified for the expediting of convention
business; therefore be it

Resolved, That the matters treated in Overtures 5-10
to 5-27 and 5-53 U be referred to the President of the
Synod for assignment to a special committee with in-
structions to report to the 1969 convention of the Synod;
and be it further .

Resolved, That a member of the Synod’s Commission
on Constitutional Matters be appointed to serve this spe-
cial committee in an advisory capacity.

Action: Adopted as given above.

To Decline to Introduce New Procedures
for Nominations
RESOLUTION 5-34

(Substitute for Resolution 5-12)

Overtures 5-29, 5-30 (CW, pp. 130—131)

Wuereas, Your floor committee was originally
prompted to submit Resolution 5-12 (recommending
omission of nominations from the floor) only because
of the time requirement of data-processing methods; and

Wuereas, The committee has now received reliable
information that nominations from the floor would not
be an insurmountable obstacle to the use of data-
processing methods, which information has been con-
firmed by the experience of this convention; therefore
be it ,

_ Resolved, That Handbook 2.151 be amended to read:

2.151 Report of Board for Convention Nominations

a. The Board for Convention Nominations shall meet at
the call of the President of the Synod and name its chairman
and secretary. At least 3 months prior to the convention
“it shall determine its complete list of candidates and alter-
mates, obtain the consent of the .persons it proposes to
nominate, and transmit its final report to the Secretary
of the Synod in ample time to provide for its publica-
tion in a preconvention issue of the Lutheran Witness
Reporter and also in the official Synod convention book of
reports and overtures (Convention Workbook). This report
shall contain pertinent information concerning each candi-

date, such as age, occupation or profession, District affiliation,
residence, and specific experience and qualifications for the
office in question.

b. The chairman of the Board for Convention Nomina-
tions shall submit the board’s report in person to the con-
vention at one of its earliest sessions, and immediately
thereupon nominations may be made from the floor of the
convention. Any delegate making a nomination from the
floor shall have secured prior consent of the candidate whom
he wishes to nominate. He shall immediately submit in
writing to the chairman of the Board for Convention Nom-
inations pertinent information concerning his nominee as
detailed in a above. No further nominations shall thereafter
be accepted, except in the event that the Synod in conven-
tion creates a new elective office, board, or commission for
which no candidates have previously been nominated.

c. The chairman of the Board for Convention Nomina-
tions shall have on hand at the convention a reserve list of
nominees, approved by his board, for use if required, e. g.,
if a new board or commission is to be elected. Whenever
possible, however, the Board for Convention Nominations
should be informed in advance if any new board or com-
mission is likely to be elected at a synodical convention, so
that it may have a slate of candidates in readiness.

Action: Adopted.

(The original Resolution 5-12 had had the following
wording for paragraph b:

b. Voting delegates to the convention may make nom-
inations in writing to the chairman of the Board for Con-
vention Nominations up until 4 weeks before the opening

. day of the convention, or in person up until 12 hours
before the time the convention is scheduled to convene.

In every case assurance shall be given by the delegate

that the consent of the person nominated has been ob-

tained. No nominations shall be accepted thereafter, ex-
cept in the event that the Synod: in convention creates

a new elective office, board, or commission for which

no candidates have previously been nominated.

At an early session of the convention the chairman
of the Board for Convention Nominations shall submit
to the convention the board’s report and the list of
nominations filed with them by the voting delegates as
provided in b above.

An amendment was moved and seconded to substitute
for “up until 12 hours. . . convene” the words “up until
94 hours before the time of elections.” A motion to recom-
mit was lost. After still further discussion of the amend-
ment the motion to recommit the resolution was again made
and seconded, and this time it carried.

On the final day the committee offered Resolution 5-34
as its substitute for 5-12. This was adopted.)

6. HIGHER EDUCATION
RESOLUTION 6-01
(This item had been reassigned to Committee 4 and was

covered by Resolution 4-34. Resolution 6-01 was there-
fore withdrawn.)

To Observe 75th Anniversary of
Concordia, Seward
RESOLUTION 6-02

Overture 6-49 (CW, pp. 216—217)

Wuereas, Concordia Teachers College and Concordia
High School, Seward, Nebr., will celebrate their dia-
mond jubilee beginning in January 1969; and

Wuereas, The Lord of the church has provided Con-
cordia, Seward, and the countless souls whom it has
served in the interest of Christian education a harvest of
blessings during the past 75 years; therefore be it