John Law

Thank you for your time, Mr. Martin. Your response cleared up the difficulty immediately.

I can definitely see the value in starting a new thread. However, Mr. Lages was clearly responding to the same person who started this thread, with the same circumstances, and giving a different answer. Maybe it would be better just to get an explanation on my clarifying question above regarding FAQ 18b? Thanks.

I read the reply, which is greatly appreciated. I also read the reply in this thread, which I quoted above: They seem to be conflicting, so I am just asking for some possible clarification. Thank you for the help.

Well now I am confused. Another poster here says, " When the resignation was announced to the membership and a special election to fill the vacancy was called, the membership, in effect, accepted the resignation, even though there was no formal vote taken to accept it. " So which is it? #18 that you cited says, " it may not be withdrawn without permission of the assembly once it has been placed before the assembly for its approval ". Does 'placing it before the assembly' have to be done at a meeting, or can it be done via email when a special election to replace the resigned officer is called? Not that it probably matters, but our organization has never voted to accept a resignation as long as I have been a part of it. That acceptance has always been implied and then a special election has been held to replace.

There is some debate about this. The body who elected the officer who resigned is the assembly rather than the board. The board did enter the resignation into the minutes, and the chairman announced the resignation to the assembly via email and scheduled a special meeting to elect a new officer of his choice. However, he then canceled the special election meeting and announced that the officer's resignation was rescinded, also via email, nearly a month after the resignation. The reason for this maneuver had to do with the board's action to remove him, which requires a 2/3 vote via the bylaws. His last-second rescinding of the officer's resignation led to him squeaking by that 2/3 vote. Attempts to question his ruling on the rescinding of the resignation were ruled dilatory.