Amy Perruso

On 5/16/2011 at 8:05 AM, Josh Martin said:

No. If your Bylaws define a "Past President" or "Immediate Past President" position, then by the simple dictionary definition of the term, the President automatically takes over that position when he resigns as President. If your Bylaws do not define such a position, your board can't just create the position.

No. Unless your Bylaws say otherwise, the Vice President automatically becomes President, and the board has no say in the matter. There is no such thing as an "interim President" unless your Bylaws define such a position. So far as RONR is concerned, someone is either President or not. There's no "interim" about it.

As for the resulting vacancy in the Vice President position, check what your Bylaws have to say about filling vacancies. If they're silent, the position is filled by the same body which elected the position to begin with, and previous notice is required for the election.

This is not permissible unless specifically authorized by your Bylaws.

What if the bylaws and governance manual do not speak to a case wherein the president resigns, but there already exists a president-elect. Does RRO dictate that the President-elect become the new president early?

If our governance manual and bylaws state the VP shall serve in the place of the President if the President is 'not available,' but are silent on the issue of succession should a President-Elect already exist, do we defer to the guidelines in RRO for this situation, i.e. that the President-Elect shall serve in the place of the President?