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  1. No, not in your case, at least as I understand your bylaws. It is up to your organization to determine how to populate the committees. Thank you so much for your response, Richard - everything makes sense. But a question about this - even though the organization gets to determine how to populate the committee, if the chair of the committee makes a motion to appoint someone the president doesn't want to the committee, wouldn't the president just remove that Committee Chair and then re-appoint someone else who would do their bidding? Or how do you suggest the organization handle the populating of the committees to avoid this? Also, to give the Exec Board more power, would it be best to try to change the bylaws to say, "The president appoints [perhaps should add "and removes"] all committee chairs with the approval of the Executive Board" - then those committee chairs couldn't be removed without the approval of the Executive Board too right? Since they were part of the appointment process?
  2. I am on the executive board of a small nonprofit group - we have a total membership of about 100 members. There are 7 members of the executive board and they are all elected by the members for 2 year terms. ***Please note, I have read FAQ #20 and still need further clarification. Our bylaws state that Exec Board members are elected for 2 years “or until [the officer's] successor is elected,” so I understand that means the officer can be removed from office by a two-thirds vote, by a majority vote when previous notice has been given, or by a vote of the majority of the entire membership -- any one of which will suffice. But the President seems to think just the Exec Board can vote the person off the Board*** We have an issue right now that the elected President doesn't like one of the other Exec Board members and has unilaterally sent that person an email requesting that they resign or if they don't resign, the President will have the Exec Board vote off that Board Member. 1. Our bylaws mention nothing about the Exec Board being able to remove a Board Member; and the Board Member was elected by the total members, so shouldn't the total members be the only ones with the power to vote out an elected Exec Board member? 2. Also, was the President in order to send this email requesting a resignation of an Exec Board Member without discussing it with the Exec Board? Does the President need a vote/approval by the Exec Board to request a resignation? 3. To make things worse, our Bylaws somehow state that a quorum is just 3 members of the organization - so tiny - not even a majority of the Exec Board itself. Does that mean that the President can call a special meeting for the purposes of voting off this Board Member and then as long as 3 people show up and 2 (including the President) vote the Board Member off, then it's legit? 4. Do you suggest trying to change our bylaws to raise the quorum? And also perhaps to specify that Board Members can only be removed by a 2/3 vote of the entire membership, not just a quorum at a specific meeting? Or only at least a 2/3 vote at a regular meeting only, not a specially called meeting for a specific purpose? We generally have at least 20-30 members show up at our regular monthly meetings - but if a special meeting was called, there might not be much turnout. We usually never have conflict so this targeting of a specific Board Member by the President is unexpected and the bylaws don't seem to be written considering that this type of thing will be happening. Thanks!
  3. I am on the executive board of a small nonprofit organization - we have a total membership of about 100 members. There are 7 members of the executive board and they are all elected by the members for 2 year terms. The bylaws state that the president of the organization will appoint all committee chairs, but doesn't go into any further detail regarding committee chairs/appointments/removal of chairs/etc and does not detail how the committee chair puts the actual committee together (many of our committee chairs actually just operate as a committee of one to do the work, others recruit other members to work with them on the committee) A few questions about Committee Chairs: 1. Do Committee Chair appointments by the President need to be recorded anywhere or motioned and voted by the chapter and/or executive board? 2. Once a Committee Chair is appointed, can the Chair be removed by the President at will (the bylaws do not state that the committee chair serves at will, just that they are appointed by the President)? Or is a vote of the executive board or total membership required? For instance, if the President decides he/she wants to remove that Committee Chair and appoint someone else? 3. May a Committee Chair select the members of her own committee whoever he/she likes? Or how do members become part of a committee? Must the membership vote to approve the members of a committee? 4. May the President tell a Committee Chair that a specific member cannot be on the committee? We had an issue where the Committee Chair who was appointed wanted a new member to be on the committee, but the President said - no, that person is too new, they can't serve on your committee. Does the President have that power to micromanage the Committee Chair and then threaten to remove them and appoint someone else, if the Chair doesn't do what they want? Thanks!
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