Official Handbook Source Text
Handbook page 108
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 108.
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(c) The President of the Synod shall indicate which convention committees must meet before the convention opens and shall notify the convention manager, who shall provide pre -convention housing and meeting facilities for them. All direct expenses incurred by t hese pre-convention meetings shall be borne by the Synod.
(d) The primary sources of income which are to offset the operating costs of the conventions of the Synod are the district levy, registration fees, exhibit space rentals, and other miscellaneous receipts.
(1) The amount of the district levy per confirmed member and the registration fees will be based on the convention budget submitted by the convention manager to the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod for approval, who shall notify the district treasurers of the amount of their assessments by September 1 of the year preceding the convention of the Synod.
(2) The district treasurer shall remit the amount of the district levy to the accounting department of the Synod not later than the month of March before the convention.
(3) The accounting department of the Synod shall prescribe, install, and supervise convention accounting procedures, financial controls, and budgetary classifications for operating income and costs of the convention.
(e) All travel and convention expenses of the Synod’s Praesidium, Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Mission Officer, Board of Directors, district presidents, Commission on Constitutional Matters, Commission on Handbook, Commission on Theology and Church Relations, and legal counsel are included in the operating cost of the convention and as such are included in the district levy.
(f) All travel and convention expenses of the delegates and representatives shall be paid by the districts, the boards, or the commissions that are represented by the respective delegates or representatives.
(g) Convention preachers, worship leaders, and essayists shall be appointed by the President prior to the convention.
(h) The President shall arrange for suitable orientation and guidance for delegates. A convention manual shall be provided for this purpose in the Convention Workbook.
(i) The convention shall organize at its first session on the basis of its registration and the report of the committee on credentials.
(1) The President shall then make his presidential address and submit his official report.
(2) The President shall, at the first session and during the course of succeeding sessions of the convention, announce the order of business for the day and following days.
(3) The President shall conduct the sessions according to accepted parliamentary rules and make every effort to arrange the schedule of business so that the sessions do not exceed one week in duration.
