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(e.g., as in Bylaw 3.12.3.4 [c]) and suggesting for appointment those suitably qualified;

(m) serve as a resource for regents’ development of and mandatory training in governance skills, especially as they relate to the carrying out of the mission of the Synod’s colleges and universities within the mission of the church, and foster regents’ growth in aspects of governance related to the expectations of the Standards;

(n) serve as a resource for the development of lists of potential teaching and administrative personnel;

(o) together with districts, congregations, local boards of regents, and national efforts, promote student recruitment for both professional church work and lay higher education; and

(p) participate with the Board of Directors, Council of Presidents, and respective board(s) of regents in determinations to consolidate, relocate, separate, or divest a college or university ( Bylaw 3.10.6.5 –

3.10.6.5.2).

3.6.6.2 The Board of Directors of Concordia University System shall be composed

of ten voting members and six nonvoting members (no more than two members elected by the Synod shall be from the same district, and no voting member shall be a regent, executive, faculty, or staff member , as defined in Bylaw 1.5.1.1 of a Synod college or university):

Voting Members:

1. Two ministers of religion— ordained elected by the Synod

2. One minister of religion— commissioned elected by the Synod

3. Two laypersons elected by the Synod

4. Four laypersons appointed by the elected members listed above, after consultation with the President of the Synod and the Institution Advisory Council; at least two of the four must have background experience in higher education administration or accreditation

5. The President of the Synod or his representative Nonvoting Advisory Members:

1. One district president appointed by the Council of Presidents

2. One representative designated by the Board of Directors of the Synod

3. One representative designated by the Commission on Theology and Church Relations

4. The Chief Mission Officer of the Synod or his representative

5. One university president who is designated by, and is a member of, the Institution Advisory Council, and whose institution is in good standing, as defined in Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 (e)

6. One university board of regents chair who is designated by the Institution Advisory Council and whose institution is a college or university presently in good standing, as defined in Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 (e).

The advisory university president and university board of regents chair shall be drawn from different institutions. Neither the advisory university president nor the advisory board of regents chair shall participate in the