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Handbook page 125
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 125.
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3.6.1.4 Each governing board of a synodwide corporate entity shall elect its own
chair, vice -chair, and secretary and such operating officers as may be necessary.
3.6.1.5 Synodwide corporate entities may create chief executive positions (who
may be designated as an officer of the corporation) pursuant to Bylaw 1.2.1, and fill them in accordance with the Bylaws of the Synod and the human resources policies adopted pursuant to Bylaw 1.5.5.
(a) The chief executive shall be appointed by the governing board according to the following process.
(1) In the event of a vacancy, the appropriate governing board and the President of the Synod shall act expeditiously to fill the vacancy.
(2) Any appointment of an interim chief executive shall be made by the governing board in consultation with and the concurrence of the President of the Synod. Interim service shall last no more than 18 months, unless renewed by the governing board with the concurrence of the President of the Synod.
(3) Nominations shall be gathered by a process that includes solicitation, in an official publication of the Synod, of nominations from agencies and officers of the Synod and the congregational and individual members of the Synod, along with lay persons of the congregations of the Synod.
(4) The governing board shall from the nominees gathered, in consultation with and ultimately with the concurrence of the President of the Synod, select the slate (consisting of one or more candidates), from which the governing board shall attempt to select a chief executive for appointment.
(5) In the event of a failure to appoint or a declination, the governing board may as necessary repeat stages of nomination gathering, candidate selection, and appointment, but may only select an appointee from a slate established as described above.
(b) The chief executive shall serve at the pleasure of the governing board.
(1) The governing board shall conduct an annual review of its chief executive and, before the expiration of five years, conduct a comprehensive review.
(2) At the conclusion of each five -year period, the appointment shall terminate unless the governing board takes specific action to continue the person in the office, each subsequent term not to exceed five years.
(c) The chief executives shall normally attend all meetings of their board except when their own positions are being considered.
3.6.1.6 Each governing board of a synodwide corporate entity shall have such
powers and duties as have been assigned to it by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod, the resolutions of the Synod in convention, and the governing instruments of the synodwide corporate entity. Within such limitations it shall operate in accord with federal and state laws.
