Guest Darlene Stever Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:10 PM Our President recently resigned. In his resignation letter he stipulated that the current Treasurer would become the President and the current Secretary would become the Treasurer while remaining the Secretary. Our Bylaws do not stipulate if an officer can hold more than one position. I couldn't find it in Robert's Rules either. Is this acceptable? Also, can the resigning President stipulate that the Treasurer becomes the President if we have a Vice-President in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:20 PM No rule in RONR prohibits someone from holding more than one position. The vice president automatically becomes the president unless your bylaws provide otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:37 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:37 PM Under the Election Rules it states "If an Officer indicates that he/she is not able to perform his/her duties, a special meeting of the board will be held to appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term of office. The Vice-President should be trained to assume the responsibilities of the President should it be necessary." Doesn't this mean that the Vice-President should assume the President's office for the remainder of his/her term of office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 05:52 PM Ultimately it is up to your organization to interpret your rules. It seems that the vice president becomes the president, although the wording is not clear to me. In any case, the resigned president has no say in the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted May 20, 2016 at 06:25 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 06:25 PM 1 hour ago, Guest Darlene Stever said: Our President recently resigned. In his resignation letter he stipulated that the current Treasurer would become the President and the current Secretary would become the Treasurer while remaining the Secretary. Our Bylaws do not stipulate if an officer can hold more than one position. I couldn't find it in Robert's Rules either. Is this acceptable? Also, can the resigning President stipulate that the Treasurer becomes the President if we have a Vice-President in place? No, you follow the bylaws and your parliamentary authority, not statements in the resignation letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted May 20, 2016 at 06:27 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 at 06:27 PM I agree with Hieu that the president who is resigning has no authority to "stipulate" or appoint people to elected positions unless your bylaws specifically give him that power. Whether the vice president automatically becomes president is not clear from what you presented. If your bylaws are silent, then, per the provisions of RONR, the vice president automatically becomes president in the event of a vacancy in the office of President. From page 458 of RONR: "In case of the resignation or death of the president, the vice-president (if there is only one) or the first vice-president (if there are more than one) automatically becomes president for the unexpired term, unless the bylaws expressly provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calbear_77 Posted May 24, 2016 at 08:24 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 at 08:24 AM Quote From page 458 of RONR: "In case of the resignation or death of the president, the vice-president (if there is only one) or the first vice-president (if there are more than one) automatically becomes president for the unexpired term, unless the bylaws expressly provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president." It seems like the bylaws do "provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president": Quote a special meeting of the board will be held to appoint a replacement for the remainder of the term of office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted May 24, 2016 at 10:37 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 at 10:37 AM 2 hours ago, Guest calbear_77 said: It seems like the bylaws do "provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president": But it doesn't appear that the bylaws "expressly provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calbear_77 Posted May 24, 2016 at 11:22 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 at 11:22 AM It seems to me that this society's expressly provides a specific procedure for the filling of vacancy in any office, including the office of president. Ultimately, it would be up to the society to determine the meaning (and sufficient level of expressiveness) of their bylaws. It is clear though that the resigning president cannot unilaterally pick and choose his/her successor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted May 24, 2016 at 11:37 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 at 11:37 AM Mr. Brown's quotation from page 458 loses some of its forcefulness by being completely italicized. In the book it is italicized as follows: "In case of the resignation or death of the president, the vice-president (if there is only one) or the first vice-president (if there are more than one) automatically becomes president for the unexpired term, unless the bylaws expressly provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president." This organization's bylaw provision, as quoted by the OP, fails to expressly provide otherwise for filling a vacancy in the office of president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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