Committee 9

Structure and Administration

Proposed resolutions from Today's Business, Issue 1, pp. 139-180.

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9-01pp. 139-141bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws 1.5.3.2–4 and Add Bylaw 4.7.6 regarding Regulations for Committees

Related overtures: 9-01

Open resolution
9-02pp. 141-143bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws 1.5.1.2–1.5.2 to Clarify Service Expectations and Handling of Conflicts of Interest

Related overtures: 9-02

Open resolution
9-03pp. 143-146bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws regarding Doctrinal Review

Related overtures: 9-04

Open resolution
9-04pp. 146-151

To Amend Various Bylaws for Purposes of Clarification or Improvement

Related overtures: 9-05

Open resolution
9-05p. 152bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Increase the Number of Lutheran Church Extension Fund Directors Elected by the Synod in Convention from Three to Four

Related overtures: 9-15

Open resolution
9-06pp. 152-153bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws 3.6.1.8 (c) and 3.6.4 (a) to Clarify that Two-Thirds Approval Requirements for Synodwide Corporate Entity and Lutheran Church Extension Fund Governing Document Amendments are Based on Members Actually Present at Meeting

Related overtures: 9-16, 9-46

Open resolution
9-07p. 154bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Clarify That No More Than Two Lutheran Church Extension Fund Directors Can Be from the Same District

Related overtures: 9-47

Open resolution
9-08pp. 154-157bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws to Clarify and Streamline Responsibilities of Appointed Synod Officers

Related overtures: 9-09

Open resolution
9-09pp. 157-159bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws to Coordinate Responsibilities of Chief Mission Officer with Other Synod Officers

Related overtures: 9-10

Open resolution
9-10p. 159

To Revise the Membership of the Pastoral Formation Committee

Related overtures: 6-64, 6-65, 6-66, 6-67, 6-68, 6-69, 6-70, 6-71, 9-10

Open resolution
9-11pp. 160-173bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaw Section 1.5, etc., to Unify in the Bylaws and Revise Corporate Formation Requirements for Instrumental Entities of Corporate Synod and Agencies of the Synod

Related overtures: 9-06, 9-07

Open resolution
9-12pp. 173-174bylaw amendment

To Amend Bylaws Exclusive to Lutheran Church Extension Fund to Clarify That It May Provide Real Estate Evaluation and Redevelopment Services in Support of Synod Mission and Ministry

Related overtures: 9-08

Open resolution
9-13pp. 174-175thanksgiving or commendation

To Adopt Recommendations of 2023 Res. 9-06A Task Force on Electoral Circuit Parameters

Related overtures: 9-19, 9-20, 9-33

Related reports: R59

Open resolution
9-14pp. 175-176

To Amend Constitution Article XII 15 as to Call of Special District Conventions

Related overtures: 9-03

Open resolution
9-15pp. 176-177

To Increase Congregation Participation in Election of Synod President

Related overtures: 9-21, 9-22

Open resolution
9-16p. 177request or direction

To Direct Board of Directors, Board for National Mission, Board for International Mission, and Chief Mission Officer to Review Overture 9-11

Related overtures: 9-11

Open resolution
9-17pp. 177-180decline overture

To Respectfully Decline Overtures

Related overtures: 9-17, 23-32, 36-40, 44-45, 9-48, 9-52

Open resolution

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