To Amend Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2

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To Amend Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2 
WHEREAS, The 2023 Synod c onvention adopted Resolution 7-
04B, “To Revise Bylaws to Revisit and Renew Relationship of 
Colleges and Universities with the Synod”; and 
WHEREAS, 2023 Res. 7-04B significantly changed the way that 
the Synod relates to the universities of the Concordia University 
System (CUS); and 
WHEREAS, P art of 2023 Res. 7-04 B establishes mandatory 
training for the regents of the universities of the CUS; and 
WHEREAS, That training is now codified in Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2, its 
subparagraphs (a–d) further describing such training; and 
WHEREAS, T he required training has been  initiated and is  
ongoing; and 
WHEREAS, Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2 (d) has been subject to several 
interpretations and has caused some confusion regarding the 
training required of regents appointed or elected between 
conventions of the Synod; therefore be it 
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2 (d) be amended as follows: 
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING 
F. Concordia University System Boards of Regents 
3.10.6.2.2 Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents shall 
undergo training for such service. 
… 
(d) A regent must complete the Synod New Regent Orientation 
within one year of the Orientation being offered or within one 
year of being elected or appointed—whichever period is longer. 
Failure to complete the initial training Synod New Regent 
Orientation within the first year after the first Synod convention 
after a regent is elected or appointed renders the regent ineligible 
to continue in office that timeframe will result in a loss of 
eligibility to continue serving . Upon such failure In such cases , 
the respectiveboard of regents shall declare the position vacant. 
Board of Directors 
Concordia University System 
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