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ARTICLE 1 - NAME
The name of this organization shall be the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (hereinafter referred to as LWML), dba Lutheran Women in Mission, Florida-Georgia District, of The Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod (hereinafter referred to as LCMS).
ARTICLE II - OBJECT
As an auxiliary of the LCMS, the object of this District shall be:
A. to develop and maintain a greater mission consciousness among the women of the District through mission education, mission inspiration, and mission service;
B. to gather funds for mission grants directly sponsored or approved by the LWML and for District LWML mission grants, especially those for which no adequate provision has been made in the budgets of the District or LCMS.
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ARTICLE III - STRUCTURE
A. The District LWML is composed of individual women and women’s societies within congregations of the LCMS, Florida-Georgia District, on campuses, in resident homes, or in other settings.
B. The District LWML shall be divided into groups for the purpose of representation at LWML Conventions. These groups shall be known as Zones. Zones shall conform to the LCMS district circuit lines where possible.
C. Structuring of a new Zone shall be voted upon by the District LWML Board of Directors and ratified at the next District LWML Convention.
D. Each Zone shall be allowed one (1) accredited delegate to the LWML Convention for ten (10) or fewer Units, and one (1) additional delegate for each ten (10) additional Units or major fraction thereof. Delegates are to be selected according to Zone bylaws.
E. Each Zone shall promote Christian fellowship and further educational and inspirational objectives of the LWML.
F. Zones shall not support monetary grants other than District LWML grants and LWML grants.
G. Expenses within the Zone shall be paid as provided in the Zone bylaws.
H. Each Zone shall write its own bylaws to conform with the District LWML. The bylaws and any subsequent proposed amendments shall be submitted to the District LWML Structure Committee Chairman for approval by the District Structure Committee before being presented to the Zone membership for adoption.
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERS SECTION 1
A. The District LWML shall consist of women’s organizations within congregations of the LCMS, on campuses, in a resident home, or in other settings who apply, in writing, for membership to the District LWML Executive Committee through the Membership Resources Committee.
B. Women who hold membership in an LCMS congregation may form a Society in a setting other than a congregation, a campus, or a resident home upon approval of the Executive Committee and the respective Zone Executive Committee.
C. Each Unit shall consist of women of the local congregation who are communicant members and who participate in and promote the purposes and objects of the LWML.
D. When a congregation has several groups affiliated with the LWML, they shall be considered one (1) Unit.
E. Society and/or Unit membership shall be ratified at the next District LWML Convention.
SECTION 2
A. Individual membership is available to a woman in an LCMS congregation with or without a Unit affiliated with the District LWML. Individual membership is not considered a Unit.
B. An individual member may hold Zone or District LWML office and, in such capacity, serve as delegate at District or LWML Conventions
ARTICLE V - CONVENTION
SECTION 1
A. The District LWML shall hold conventions biennially, in even numbered years, at a time and place determined by the convention or by the District LWML Board of Directors.
B. In the event of an emergency, the Executive Committee shall have the authority to determine whether the convention shall or shall not be held.
SECTION 2
A. Each Unit within the District shall be allowed two (2) delegates to the convention.
B. Each delegate shall have an alternate.
C. The names of the delegates and alternates shall be in the hands of the District LWML Recording Secretary at least four (4) weeks prior to the convention.
D. In the event a delegate is unable to fulfill her responsibilities, her alternate shall be certified as the delegate by the Credentials Chairman upon presentation by the Zone President.
E. In the event neither the delegate nor alternate is able to fulfill her responsibilities, the Zone President may present a member of the same Unit to the Credentials Chairman to be certified as the delegate.
SECTION 3
A. Voting members of the District LWML Board of Directors shall be the elected officers and the Zone Presidents.
B. A Zone President shall not serve as a Society delegate.
SECTION 4
A member of the voting assembly shall vote in one (1) capacity only. Proxy votes are prohibited.
SECTION 5
A majority of the registered voting assembly shall constitute a quorum
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