LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — undated, Page 2

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However, it was felt that the whole question of reinstatement ought to be explored further by the Council
of Presidents or some other group.
8. Board of Appeals, Rules of Procedure: There was no time to take these under discussion.
9. Next Meeting: October 30 and 31 were agreed upon as the dates.
10. At two different times during the meeting the Commission went through the revision of the Handbook
page by page and reached Page 90. At the end of the meeting it was decided that every member would
make an effort to double check the galleys beginning at Page 91. Prior to that time, however, the
Commission did take formal action in the following categories.
11. It was noted that the convention itself had adopted new wordings for the following paragraphs, up to
Page 90:
a. 1.27

Reports and Overtures (Res. 5-13 and 5-19). However, the Commission decided under
1.27 a to reverse the order of the paragraphs, first giving the definition of reports and
overtures and then in each instance designating those eligible to submit reports and
overtures.
b. 1.29 Conduct of the Convention (Res. 4-33).
c. 1.37 Distribution of Official Proceedings (Res. 4-33).
d. 1.53
Election of Delegates (Res. 5-1 . However, the Commission was obligated because of
the fracturing of a sentence to insert the following sentence: "those congregations
supplying the pastoral delegate and alternate shall be eliminated from consideration in
determining which congregations shall supply the lay delegate and alternate." This
thought as well as the following point on reporting were to be retained.