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[Guest Diane]

If someone resigns from officer or board position is a letter of resignation needed or would an email suffice.  There is nothing in

our bylaws that states a letter is required but an email of resignation was sent.

[jstackpo]

The only thing actually required, by RONR, is that the resignation be accepted, once it has been tendered. 

It can be tendered in writing (and I suppose e-mail will do, it certainly isn't oral) or orally in a meeting. 

See p. 291.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

To dispel the popular misunderstanding, the explicit necessary action should be emphasized.

Under Robert's Rules of Order, it isn't the SENDING of any letter or email, or the ORAL ANNOUNCEMENT which makes a resignation official. --It is the body's adoption of the motion that the resignation be accepted; or, the body's adoption of an election-related action which implies that a resignation has been acknowledged.

E.g., if a board orders a vacancy-filling election for next month, then a reasonable person would conclude that either a death or a resignation has occurred. And that election-related action suffices to "accept a resignation" in effect. -- It is the acknowledgment, not the original party's act of submission, which is key, under Robert's Rules.

[Gary Novosielski]

18 minutes ago, Guest Diane said:

If someone resigns from officer or board position is a letter of resignation needed or would an email suffice.  There is nothing in

our bylaws that states a letter is required but an email of resignation was sent.

And presumably received?   I think that would suffice, once accepted.