Guest Amber Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:09 PM Can on nomination night when your bi-laws say nominations are taken from the floor can a current board member nominate some for a position on the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:21 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:21 PM The way you worded your question makes it kind of hard to understand. However, if your question is if a member can nominate a member from the floor when the bylaws say floor nominations are in order then the answer is yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amber Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:24 PM I mean can a board member sitting at the board table not out in the forum of members can they nominate someobe for a position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:25 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:25 PM I mean can a board member sitting at the board table not out in the forum of members can they nominate someobe for a position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Curious Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:27 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:27 PM Yes, as long as the board member is also a member of the organization which is meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:35 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:35 PM "An office carries with it only the rights necessary for executing the duties of the office, and it does not deprive a member of the society of his rights as a member." RONR (11th ed.), p. 448. As noted, the answer is yes, if he's a member he can nominate someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:57 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 at 05:57 PM I mean can a board member sitting at the board table not out in the forum of members can they nominate someobe for a positionJust out of curiosity, why are your board members sitting at a separate "board table" at a meeting of the general membership? The board is not present "as a board" at general membership meetings unless your bylaws contain such a provision. Any board members who are present at a general membership meeting are there as regular members and should be playing no special role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted October 9, 2015 at 04:11 AM Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 at 04:11 AM Just out of curiosity, why are your board members sitting at a separate "board table" at a meeting of the general membership? Probably because that's how it is traditionally done in this organization. The board members must have done something to achieve that status, and now they want to bask in the glory of it. There is no rule against that in RONR. The board is not present "as a board" at general membership meetings unless your bylaws contain such a provision. And even if there were such a provision, it wouldn't make much sense. Any board members who are present at a general membership meeting are there as regular members and should be playing no special role. But they're also there as board members because they are, in fact, board members. Maybe their role is to peer out sternly at the other members from within their cushy seats at the "board table." Or maybe the chair traditionally appoints some of them as tellers when a counted vote or a ballot vote is needed. And the president, who presumably is a board member, should be presiding. And the secretary, who presumably is also a board member, should be taking the minutes. And probably the treasurer is a board member too, and maybe it's more convenient to present the treasurer's report from the "board table" than from the "forum of members." And maybe, when the members hear the board's report about all the things it has done since the last meeting, they find it convenient to have a single table toward which to lob their rotten tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Curious Posted October 9, 2015 at 03:59 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 at 03:59 PM Just out of curiosity, why are your board members sitting at a separate "board table" at a meeting of the general membership?The board table doubles as a shield against vegetable projectiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gödel Fan Posted October 9, 2015 at 04:35 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 at 04:35 PM At the fire department (I know) we do all those things without even having a board. The Chief, Secretary, and Treasurer, wearing our extra regalia as "executive officers" (defined in NIMS to separate from line officers, which are called Command Staff in NIMS), sit at the front table, staring sternly, and ducking vegetables. Term ends in December! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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