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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 320

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320 HIGHER EDUCATION

PRESENT WORDING

6.105 Status and Parish Experience of Candidates

a. Candidates for teaching and administrative positions as
associate professors and professors on the Synod’s instruc-
tional staffs shall have the same qualifications as described
for the status of personnel with tenure (6.53 f.).

b. Candidates shall ordinarily have several years’ experi-
ence in the active parish ministry or parish school work.
When, exceptionally, associate professors or professors with
no previous parish experience are called to the faculties,
they shall be required, if they are seminary or teachers col-
lege graduates, to gain this experience by way of assistant
pastorates or a program of equivalent parish experience ap-
proved by the Board of Control on recommendation of the
president of the institution.

6.107 Publication of Names of Nominees

All nominations, together with recommendations and
statement of qualifications, must be filed with the secretary
of the Board of Control which has issued a request for nomi-
nations, within 30 davs of its first publication, unless the re-
quest sets a later date. All such information shall be made
available to the president of the institution. The secretary of
the Board of Control shall thereupon publish the names of
the nominees in the official publications of the Synod, stating
also the date on which the election is to be held, which
shall be not less than 3 weeks after the date of the publica-
tion of the names of the nominees. Copies of the notice shall
at the same time be sent to the President of the Synod and
the Board for Higher Education.

6.109 Recommendations or Objections

Additional recommendations and statements of qualifica-
tions of any nominees. or objections to any nominee with
reasons therefor, must be filed with the secretary of the
Board of Control before the time fixed for the election. If
a charge of false doctrine or offensive life is registered, the
Board of Electors shall investigate and reach a decision on
such charge before proceeding with the election.

6.111 President of the Institution to Make Recommendations

The president of the institution shall at an election meet-
ing of the Board of Control present the needs of his institu-
tion in the light of his analysis of the local situation, the re-
quirements of the Synod and those of the regional accredit-
ing agency involved, and the academic and personal quali-
fications of the candidates proposed. On the basis of this
analysis the president of the institution shall make pertinent
recommendations with regard to the choice of suitable per-
sonnel from the list of candidates.

6.113 Faculty Committee in Election of President

A faculty committee elected by the faculty shall perform
such analytical functions and make the recommendations in
the event that a president is to be called for an institution.

6.115 Electors for Calls

a. The Board of Control shall issue authorized calls to
faculty service on behalf of the Synod and in accord with
its regulations.

b. At a meeting of the Board of Control held to issue calls
to permanent tenure, there shall be present and voting as
electors: the members of the Board of Control as a group
with one vote, the President of the synodical District or his
official representative with a distinct vote, the synodical
President or his official representative with one vote, and
the chairman of the Board for Higher Education or his official
representative with one vote. The president of the institution
shall be present in an advisory capacity.

6.117 Elections

The election shall be held on the day designated in the
notice published in the official publications of the Synod or
as soon thereafter as feasible; and after due consideration
of the recommendations and statements of qualifications sub-
mitted on behalf of all nominees, or of objections to any,

PROPOSED WORDING

6.105 Status and Parish Experience of Candidates
Delete

6.107 Publication of Names of Nominees

All nominations must be filed with the secretary of the
Board of Control within 30 days of its first publication, unless
the request sets a later date. The secretary of the Board of
Control shall thereupon publish the names of the nominees
in the official publications of the Synod, stating also the date
on which the election is to be held, which shall be not less
than 3 weeks after the date of the publication of the names
of the nominees. Copies of the notice shall at the same time
be sent to the President of the Synod and the Board for
Higher Education.

6.109 Recommendations or Objections

All recommendations, statements of qualifications of any
nominees, or objections to any nominee with reasons there-
for, must be filed with the Board of Control before the time
fixed for the election. If a charge of false doctrine or offen-
sive life is registered, the Board of Electors shall investigate
and reach a decision on such charge before proceeding with
the election.

6.111 President of the Institution to Make Recommendations
Delete

6.113 Faculty Committee

A committee elected by the faculty shall make a careful
analysis of the needs of the institution, the requirements of
the Synod, and the academic and personal qualifications of
the candidates proposed. To this end the secretary of the
Board of Control shall make available to this committee all
information, recommendations, and objections which he shall
receive. On the basis of its studies, the faculty committee
shall make pertinent recommendations to the electors with
regard to the choice of a suitable person from the list of
candidates.

6.115 Electors

At a meeting of the Board of Control held to elect a presi-
dent, there shall be present and voting as electors: the mem-
bers of the Board of Control as a group with one vote (the
District President not voting with the board); the President
of the synodical District or his official representative with
a distinct vote; the President of the Synod or his official rep-
resentative with one vote: and the chairman of the Board
for Higher Education or his official representative with one
vote.

6.17 Elections

The election shall be held on the day designated in the
notice published in the official publications of the Synod or
as soon thereafter as feasible: and after due consideration of
the recommendations and statements of qualifications sub-
mitted on behalf of all nominees, or of objections to any,