nominees). First Vice President Daniel Preus was second among the five nominees with 391 votes (32% of ballots cast). William R. Diekelman, president of the Synod's Oklahoma District, subsequently defeated Preus on the second ballot for first vice president with 52% of the votes cast. Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance On June 10, 2005, Kieschnick sent a memo to selected leaders in the LCMS who had agreed to serve on a newly created panel titled the "Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synodical Structure and Governance" (the word "synodical" in the title was later changed to "synod"), also to be known as the BRTFSSG. Kieschnick wrote to the BRTFSSG members, "I am asking the task force to do a thorough, zero-based assessment of the entirety of the system of governance and organizational structure of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and to make recommendations for improvements in the form of a report to the 2007 Synodical [sic] convention. Your recommended improvements should suggest a form of structure and governance for the decades ahead that is appropriately representative, incorporating sufficient checks and balances of authority without being cumbersome, clumsy, or excessively complex. It should facilitate maximum operating efficiency in behalf of and in support of members of our Synod in accomplishing the mission of our Lord and HIs church." In a March 1, 2005, pastoral letter to the synod, Kieschnick had written, "There is a great need for a thorough and fundamental review of what our Synod is, how it is organized, and how it functions. What was first created as an organizational system for a Synod made up of a small number of congregations now struggles to serve more than 6,150 congregations." The work of the BRTFSSG extended beyond the 2007 convention, and its final report would not be issued until October 2009, about nine months prior to the 2010 convention (see under "Reelection and third term," below). Reelection and third term At the 2007 convention of the LCMS, Kieschnick was reelected on the first ballot, receiving 52.3 percent of the total vote. Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance (continued) Although the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance was to have finished its work in time for the 2007 convention, it did not. Work continued throughout Kieschnick's third term. At the end of 2007, Kieschnick discussed the task force's work in "President's Leadership