Ann Wilkinson

Thank you.

Hello, There were no absentees and how I read this is because no point of order was called at the time, the election is valid. It makes sense.

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O.K., I understand. Thank you again for your time. In our case, the membership elects the board and the board elects the officers. However, the incoming President (January 1, 2020) failed to do that. He appointed the officers with no vote and the board was made up of several newbies who didn't question this appointment by the President. However, now we are in the situation where, as mentioned above, the current VP (who was incorrectly appointed by the President) is stepping down as VP but wants to remain as a board member. This was announced at the last board meeting and immediately another board member through out a motion to fill the vacancy with another board member, which was immediately seconded. So, I was able to determine that several board members had previous knowledge of this information and had already come up with a plan...and perhaps that's a whole another situation....but the way it went down was the board member that put the motion forward kept insisting for a vote without permitting any discussion. The President did not intervene and the demand for a vote was met in spite of major protest requesting discussion. So just like that, there is a new incoming President. The whole thing just feels wrong and I am trying to make determine if the procedure was proper.

Thank you so much. Our bylaws do state that the Vice automatically become president at the end of the term. This is helpful. When you state the part "doesn't want to resign from board but wants to step down as vice-commodore" doesn't follow RONR, does RONR address this because our bylaws do not. Thank you again.

Hello, Thanks for reading this. I am trying to understand procedure. We have a Vice Commodore who announced he is stepping down. He does not want to resign, he wants to continue to serve on the board; however, he does not want to move up to the Commodore position in January. How is this addressed? Does the Commodore now elect a new Vice? Our bylaws do not address this. Thank you again in advance.