To Require No One to Participate in the Dispute Resolution Process

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To Require No One to Participate  
in the Dispute Resolution Process 
Preamble 
The Standard Operating Procedures Manual for Bylaw Section 
1.10 (December 2023, p. 25; available from lcms.org/ccm ) has as 
General Provision Y , “Exclusion from Liability ,” the following : 
“Parties are to understand that the Synod, its reconcilers, its 
ecclesiastical supervisors, its process administrators, its panels, and 
all panel members shall be immune from any liability for any acts 
or omissions that occur during the processes described in Bylaw 
section 1.10 and this manual.” 
WHEREAS, This exclusion from liability is effectively an 
admission of incompetence; and 
WHEREAS, The Synod has no confidence in the dispute resolution 
process; therefore be it 
Resolved, That no one is required to participate in the dispute 
resolution process. 
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