RESOLUTION 11-11 Overture 11-50 (CW, p. 405)

A. To Designate Chief Administrative Officer as Convention Manager

Rationale

Current Bylaw 3.1.9 (a) speaks of the “Director of General Services” as “convention manager,” although the position of Director of General Services no longer exists. The convention position of Director of General Services and its related responsibilities have already been under the day-to-day supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer in preparation for the 2016 convention. The Commission on Handbook proposes the following change to Bylaw 3.1.9 (a) for consideration by the 2016 LCMS convention.

Proposed Action

Therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 3.1.9 (a) be amended to identify the Synod’s Chief Administrative Officer as the convention manager, as follows:

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING

See resolution for proposed wording

B. To Clarify District Responsibilities re Convention Publications Distribution

Rationale

Districts are required by Synod Bylaw 4.2.1 (a) to be “governed by the bylaws adopted by the Synod for its conventions, insofar as these may be applicable.” Synod Bylaws 3.1.8 (b), 3.1.10.1, and 3.1.10.1 (a) require printed copies of convention workbooks and proceedings to be mailed to bylaw-assigned recipients.

Districts have indicated that the requirement to mail convention workbooks and proceedings impose obligations on districts that often are needlessly expensive, wasteful, and unneeded. Electronic means of communication are now widely available and used by the Synod in multiple other contexts.

Proposed Action

Therefore be it

Resolved, That the 2016 LCMS convention adopt the following additional paragraph to Bylaw 4.2.1:

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING

See resolution for proposed wording