LCC: Constitutional Considerations – Full Disclosure Please

In LCC: Constitutional Considerations I discussed counting delegates for a quorum, and what would happen if the entire CCMS was sent to the Committee on Adjudication. "Carl Vehse" once again weighed in with an interesting analysis in a comment on that article, and I'm quoting the comment in full here. The 24 congregation-appointed delegates was merely...

Issues Etc. “Making the Case” Conference

Issues Etc. is an on-line podcast for the thinking Lutheran. Every year they have an in-person conference on a number of interesting topics for people to listen and learn from, and a chance to fellowship with other Lutherans. This year they've gone virtual (sound familiar?) - and there's still time to join the conference! Right...

LCC: Constitutional Considerations

In LCC’s Special Convention: Time’s Up (To Get Church Delegates in Place) I discussed a number of considerations about the October 2020 special convention the Board is calling to allow them to reschedule the 2021 regular convention. Counting Delegates for Quorum If The CCMS Is Subject To An Adjudication Case  Counting Delegates for Quorum Today...

LCC’s Special Convention: Time’s Up (To Get Church Delegates in Place)

Here's a summary of where things are with Synod's planned October special convention. Synod plans to hold a virtual convention on Saturday, October 17, 2020 in order to amend the Statutory Bylaws so the Board can move the regular convention in exigent circumstances. This is a laudable goal which should be supported in a manner in...

LCC Wants to Hold A Special Convention: Synod Responds

Well that was fast. The original series of posts just finished today when I received an update: "LCC releases additional documents pertaining to 2020 Special Convention". This publication has links to Special Convention – Overture 1.01, Special Convention – CCMS Rulings, Special Convention – Bulletin #1 I'll discuss each in turn below. Overture 1.01 "Bulletin...

LCC Wants To Hold an On-Line Convention / Part 4 of 4 – Conclusion

With respect to the special convention to amend the Statutory Bylaws, my thinking is if sufficient trust exists within the membership, there is no need for a virtual special convention to make this change. Here's why. Bylaw 9.07 specifies how many people a convention need to transact business: 9.07 A quorum for a Convention shall...

LCC Wants To Hold an On-Line Convention / Part 3 of 4

Next - while an on-line meeting may seem to be a "cure-all" for the question of holding a safe meeting, they come with problems of their own. I watched part of the 2017 broadcast and as an information-delivery mechanism that worked well. One could see the delegates in their in-person interaction, going to a microphone...

LCC Synod in Convention: Lightning Round

Greetings fellow LCCers! Ordinarily I'd let my 4-parter on Synod's convention publish under the original one-a-day schedule and then work on some other topics I have sitting in my queue.  Then I got some comments to part 1 that resulted in a post I felt important enough to publish in a "lightning round" post. Parts...

LCC Wants To Hold an On-Line Convention / Part 2 of 4

Moving to the normal convention, the Statutory Bylaws mandate a convention every four years so one has to be held in 2021. The Board can't amend the Bylaws to change the date, conventions need a long lead time to arrange, the way the pandemic is unfolding makes the feasibility of a Fall 2021 in-person convention...

LCC Wants To Hold an On-Line Convention / Part 1 of 4

Warning - dry administrivia parsing of constitutional minutia ahead.... The Covid19 pandemic has turned life as we know it rather topsy-turvy, and the church has found itself face to face with a number of issues it hasn't had to face before - in person vs remote services, is remote communion a thing, and the like....