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Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 192.
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(e) The committee shall, whenever possible, prepare and hold in readiness a slate of candidates for any new board or commission likely to be established at a convention of the Synod, and of these the committee should, whenever possible, be informed in advance.
(f) Any changes to the complete list of candidates and alternates necessitated by unavailability, declination, or ineligibility of candidates occurring after the last meeting of the Committee on Convention Nominations may be effected by the Standing Committee on Nominations. As much as possible, this shall be accomplished by advancing available alternates and by making use of the reserve list of nominees approved by the plenary committee.
3.12.3.7 The chairman of the Committee for Convention Nominations shall submit
the committee ’s report in person to the convention at one of its earliest sessions and shall facilitate the amendment of the slate from the floor.
(a) The convention may amend the slate by nominations from the floor.
(b) Floor nominations shall be brought individually before the convention for approval before being added to the ballot and shall be voted on immediately without discussion . No floor nominations shall be accepted which would preclude, by virtue of election limitations of such office, election of any pending nominee already on the slate of candidates received from the Committee for Convention Nominations without disclosing su ch potential effect immediately to the convention.
(c) Such floor nominations may only be made from the list of names which have previously been offered to the Committee for Convention
Nominations prior to the final deadline for the submission of
nominations, unless the convention shall otherwise order by a simple majority vote.
(d) If the convention approves the receipt of such additional nominations, any delegate making such a nomination shall have secured prior written consent of the candidate being nominated and shall immediately submit it to the chairman of the Committee for Convention Nominations along with required pertinent information concerning the nominee as detailed in Bylaw 3.12.3.6 (c).
(e) The qualifications of floor nominees for boards of regents of Synod colleges and universities shall be verified as provided in Bylaw
3.10.6.2.1. The President of the Synod (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or a designee) shall review and verify that all floor nominees to serve as a member of the Concordia University System Board of Directors possess qualifications as stated in Bylaw 3.6.6.2.1.
3.12.3.8 The Committee for Convention Nominations, in consultation with officials
of the Synod, shall maintain a description of the desirable expertise required for each elected position and shall transmit this information together with suggestions for improvement of procedures to the next committee through the Secretary of the Synod.
