LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2016, Page 62

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When a floor committee is called on to answer a question or to
give information, this rule shall not apply.
18.	 A delegate who speaks on an issue may not move to call the question at the close of his or her speech.
19.	 If a substitute motion is offered and seconded, the presenter shall
be offered two (2) minutes to provide the rationale for offering
it and a member of the floor committee shall be offered two (2)
minutes to present rationale for why the committee believes the
original motion is to be preferred. The convention shall decide by
majority vote without further debate whether or not to consider
the substitute. If the decision is in the affirmative and if the substitute motion is subsequently adopted, the original motion dies.
If the substitute motion does not receive favorable action either
to consider or adopt, the original motion is again considered.
20.	 A motion to close debate (“call the question”) shall apply only to
the immediately pending question.
21.	 While any voting delegate may move to close debate (call the
question) at any time that it is his or her turn to speak, a vote on
closing debate (two-thirds vote required) on the pending motion
shall be put by the chair after every twenty (20) minutes of debate
(except those to which Standing Rule 5 pertain). The chair may
also call for a vote on closing debate (two-thirds vote required)
when in his judgment the assembly has heard sufficient speaking from both sides of the issue.
22.	 Amendments of noncontiguous words may be made to a pending question so long as the consequence of such noncontiguous
words does not constitute in effect a substitute motion.
23.	 During the last two days of the convention, the President shall
have the privilege of calling up for action those resolutions that
in his judgment must be acted upon before adjournment.
24.	 No motion to reconsider or rescind shall be made or called up
during the last day of the convention.

Floor Nominations

to the final deadline for the submission of nominations, unless
the convention shall otherwise order by a simple majority vote
(Bylaw 3.12.3.7[c]). Allowable floor nominations for all positions of boards and commissions shall be opened for a period
of forty (40) minutes, unless ceased earlier by a two-thirds vote
of the assembly. At the end of forty (40) minutes, a vote to cease
nominations shall be called by the convention chairman. If a twothirds vote to cease nominations is not received, the period for
floor nominations shall be extended an additional twenty (20)
minutes. This cycle shall continue in twenty (20)-minute intervals until a two-thirds vote for nominations to cease is received
from the assembly. Floor nominations are not debatable and will
be voted on individually for approval to be added to the slate
(Bylaw 3.12.37[a–b]).

Voting
26.	 An electronic response system shall ordinarily be used to register votes. If the system is not available, the chair shall take votes
by voice, by show of hands, or by a rising vote. The chair may
order a count if any voice, show of hands, or rising vote seems
inconclusive. When possible, vote tallies shall be recorded in the
minutes.
27.	 An invalid vote is defined as a vote entered on the keypad with
a number not offered as a selection, or entered before voting is
opened or after voting is closed. Invalid votes are not counted
in the total number of votes cast.
28.	 The privilege of granting delegates the right to record their votes
in the minutes with respect to a particular resolution shall be
granted by the assembly by a majority vote without debate. If
such privilege is granted, the votes of record shall be submitted
in writing to the Secretary of the Synod within fifteen (15) minutes after the close of the day’s business on which such privilege
was granted.

Use of Electronic Devices

25.	 No floor nominations will be accepted for the First Vice-President,
regional vice-presidents, or regional board elections (Bylaws
3.12.2.1; 3.12.2.5[d]). In the case of election of the Secretary and
board and commission members that do not require regional
representation, floor nominations are allowed, to take place at
the time of the report of the chairman of the Committee for
Convention Nominations (Bylaw 3.12.3.7). Such floor nominations may only be made from the list of names that have previously
been offered to the Committee for Convention Nominations prior
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Voice

29.	 In order to promote an orderly and nondistracting convention
atmosphere, the following shall apply to the use, and area of
use, of electronic equipment, including wired and wireless communication devices, laptops, iPads, tablets, cell phones, smart
phones, pagers, PDAs, or other similar electronic devices. In all
cases where use is permitted, the sound-producing capabilities
of such devices shall not be used. Except as approved by convention staff, personal extension cords shall not be allowed on
the convention floor.

Type of Usage Permitted in Designated Area

Text
Message

Electronic-c ommunication
devices such as laptops, iPads,
tablets, pagers, PEDs, smart
phones, or wearable technology, including Apple Watch
and like devices

Laptop computers, iPads,
or tablets WITH communications disabled (e.g.,
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular,
and infrared communications
turned off)

Voting and Advisory Delegates &
Representatives

No

No

No

Yes

COP, BOD, CCM, COH, CTCR,
Press, Special Guests

No

Yes

Yes

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Visitors, Back Seating Area

No

Yes

Yes

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Convention Staff, All Areas

Yes

Yes

Yes

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