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Nominations and recommendations

   Nominees/recommendees:

  • If the Convention Nominations Committee requested you complete the consent and biographical information form online, CLICK HERE. 
     
  • Looking for advisory delegate self-nominations for the July 2013 national LCMS convention in St. Louis? Click here for information.

As of May 15, recommendations for candidates are still being sought for the positions below.
Please send recommendations to the nominations committee as soon as possible.
Written consent and a biography are required from candidates before they may be placed on the ballot.

Position

Northeast Region Southeast Region Central East Region West Region
President 5 ordained ministers from any region
Vice president 2 ordained 1 ordained
Board of directors 1 commissioned
(NE or CE)
1 commissioned
(NE or CE)
2 laypersons
Committee on convention
nominations—District
1 ordained
1 commissioned
2 commissioned
2 laypersons
Camp LuWiSoMo 1 ordained 1 ordained
1 lay person
1 ordained


A mailing to congregation presidents and all rostered South Wisconsin District church workers was sent in Sepember 2011 as an official call for nominations for president and vice-president, and to request for recommendations for other positions.

Detailed information and supporting documentation is available here at the South Wisconsin District website. Note that these and other convention materials will be posted online only and not mailed. Hard copies may be mailed upon request by contacting the District office, but we encourage you to make use of these electronic resources in the interest of good stewardship.

To speed up the nominations process, we ask that whenever possible you FAX completed forms to the District office at (414) 464-0602. Submissions may also be mailed using the address information provided on each form.

The following 2012 deadlines are for receipt of submissions at the District office:

January 30 "Other position" recommendation forms requested by this date
March 2 President & Vice-President nominations due and Circuit Counselor election results reported
 
March 9 Reports and overtures due (late submissions to be judged by President, Vice Presidents, and Secretary
 
March 26 Delegate registration requested (required for those potentially serving on floor committees; strongly suggested for all participants)

Complete nominations information:
Documents are in PDF format

 
  1. Detailed cover letter containing information you will need to participate

  2. Nomination forms: 
    Circuit Counselor nomination • Circuit Counselor election report 
           Under restructuring changes enacted by the 2010 Synod convention, circuit counselors will now be elected at the circuit forums and ratified at the District convention.
    District President  
    District Vice-President 

  3. Officers and board members presently serving

  4. Offices and positions to be filled

  5. Position descriptions:
    Circuit Counselor
    President and Vice-President
    Board of Directors
    Secretary
    Camp LuWiSoMo Board of Directors
    Concordia University Wisconsin Board of Regents
    Committee on Convention Nominations - District
     

  6. Recommendation forms for all other positions to be filled:
    Board of Directors
    Secretary
    Camp LuWiSoMo Board of Directors
    Concordia University Wisconsin Board of Regents
    Committee on Convention Nominations - District 
    Committee on Convention Nominations - Synod 

  7. Rostered professional church workers by each of the four regions
    Ordained Ministers
    Commissioned Ministers

  8. Circuits that make up each region

  9. Map of the four SWD regions

  10. Committee on Convention Nominations members

   Nominees/recommendees:

  • If the Convention Nominations Committee requested you complete the consent and biographical information form online, CLICK HERE. 
     
  • Looking for advisory delegate self-nominations for the July 2013 national LCMS convention in St. Louis? Click here for information.

As of May 15, recommendations for candidates are still being sought for the positions below.
Please send recommendations to the nominations committee as soon as possible.
Written consent and a biography are required from candidates before they may be placed on the ballot.

Position

Northeast Region Southeast Region Central East Region West Region
President 5 ordained ministers from any region
Vice president 2 ordained 1 ordained
Board of directors 1 commissioned
(NE or CE)
1 commissioned
(NE or CE)
2 laypersons
Committee on convention
nominations—District
1 ordained
1 commissioned
2 commissioned
2 laypersons
Camp LuWiSoMo 1 ordained 1 ordained
1 lay person
1 ordained


A mailing to congregation presidents and all rostered South Wisconsin District church workers was sent in Sepember 2011 as an official call for nominations for president and vice-president, and to request for recommendations for other positions.

Detailed information and supporting documentation is available here at the South Wisconsin District website. Note that these and other convention materials will be posted online only and not mailed. Hard copies may be mailed upon request by contacting the District office, but we encourage you to make use of these electronic resources in the interest of good stewardship.

To speed up the nominations process, we ask that whenever possible you FAX completed forms to the District office at (414) 464-0602. Submissions may also be mailed using the address information provided on each form.

The following 2012 deadlines are for receipt of submissions at the District office:

January 30 "Other position" recommendation forms requested by this date
March 2 President & Vice-President nominations due and Circuit Counselor election results reported
 
March 9 Reports and overtures due (late submissions to be judged by President, Vice Presidents, and Secretary
 
March 26 Delegate registration requested (required for those potentially serving on floor committees; strongly suggested for all participants)

Complete nominations information:
Documents are in PDF format

 
  1. Detailed cover letter containing information you will need to participate

  2. Nomination forms: 
    Circuit Counselor nomination • Circuit Counselor election report 
           Under restructuring changes enacted by the 2010 Synod convention, circuit counselors will now be elected at the circuit forums and ratified at the District convention.
    District President  
    District Vice-President 

  3. Officers and board members presently serving

  4. Offices and positions to be filled

  5. Position descriptions:
    Circuit Counselor
    President and Vice-President
    Board of Directors
    Secretary
    Camp LuWiSoMo Board of Directors
    Concordia University Wisconsin Board of Regents
    Committee on Convention Nominations - District
     

  6. Recommendation forms for all other positions to be filled:
    Board of Directors
    Secretary
    Camp LuWiSoMo Board of Directors
    Concordia University Wisconsin Board of Regents
    Committee on Convention Nominations - District 
    Committee on Convention Nominations - Synod 

  7. Rostered professional church workers by each of the four regions
    Ordained Ministers
    Commissioned Ministers

  8. Circuits that make up each region

  9. Map of the four SWD regions

  10. Committee on Convention Nominations members

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