To Ask That Concordia University Nebraska Local Regents Be Appointed

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To Ask That Concordia University Nebraska  
Local Regents Be Appointed 
Preamble 
In its governing documents, Concordia University, Nebraska 
(CUNE) is required to have university regents who reside in Seward 
County, Nebraska.  Elections for such local regents took place at 
previous Synod conventions.  However, this meant that those 
nominating individuals for the CUNE regents were only able to 
recommend a very small number of nominees.  This overture asks 
that the elected CUNE regents appoint those local regents instead 
of having them be elected at Synod or Nebraska D istrict 
conventions. 
WHEREAS, 1 Cor inthians 14:40 states that “all things should be 
done decently and in order”; and 
WHEREAS, Bylaw 3.10.6.2 (2) reads “If any board is required by 
its governing documents to include one or more persons holding 
residence or church membership in a specific locality, the institution 
is responsible for ensuring (including by appointment, if necessary) 
that individual(s ) meeting such requirements are included among 
those persons serving on such board, and no such geographic 
restriction shall apply to Synod-elected regents”; and 
WHEREAS, CUNE’s governing documents require a certain  
number of university regents to reside in Seward County, Nebraska; 
and 
WHEREAS, Elections for these local CUNE regents have taken 
place at several previous Synod conventions; and 
WHEREAS, Electing local regents at either Synod or Nebraska 
District conventions would limit the number of potential nominees 
to a very small number; and 
WHEREAS, Others in the Synod  might be willing to serve as 
CUNE regents who have previously been unable to due to not 
residing in Seward County, Nebraska; and 
WHEREAS, Local regents for Synod universities can be appointed 
by the university’s b oard of regents according to Bylaw 3.10.6. 2 
(3); therefore be it 
Resolved, That CUNE no longer have elections for regents living 
in Seward County at Synod conventions in accordance with Bylaw 
3.10.6.2 (2), so that “no such geographic restriction … apply to 
Synod-elected regents”; and be it further 
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