Board Elections

[SeeCwriter]

Our By-Laws state that board officers are to be elected

at the first meeting after the annual corporation meeting.

Where in the agenda would you normally put the yearly

election for board officers? Is that New Business,

after the reports? Or should it be before the reports

so the new President can preside over the meeting? Or

does it matter?

Steve

[Larry Cisar]

Our By-Laws state that board officers are to be elected

at the first meeting after the annual corporation meeting.

Where in the agenda would you normally put the yearly

election for board officers? Is that New Business,

after the reports? Or should it be before the reports

so the new President can preside over the meeting? Or

does it matter?

Steve

You want to put them early enough so that if there are reballots to do, you have enough time to do them in.

[Josh Martin]

Where in the agenda would you normally put the yearly

election for board officers? Is that New Business,

after the reports? Or should it be before the reports

so the new President can preside over the meeting?

By default, regular elections called for in the Bylaws are the first item of business under Special Orders, which is after the reports but before Unfinished Business and New Business. It may be desirable to place it even earlier.

Or does it matter?

It is generally advisable to place elections early in the meeting to allow for time for additional rounds of balloting, if needed.

[Gary Novosielski]

Our By-Laws state that board officers are to be elected

at the first meeting after the annual corporation meeting.

Where in the agenda would you normally put the yearly

election for board officers? Is that New Business,

after the reports? Or should it be before the reports

so the new President can preside over the meeting? Or

does it matter?

Steve

If I understand you, the board was elected at the Annual Meeting, and now, at the first board meeting after the Annual Meeting, the board elects its own officers from among its own number.

If that is the case, then the election of a president is the very first business before the board.

[Josh Martin]

If that is the case, then the election of a president is the very first business before the board.

Based on what?

[Gary Novosielski]

Based on what?

Based on the fact that you need a presiding officer, and you don't have one.

And based on the fact that the bylaws require you to elect them at this meeting, and no business can precede the "occurence" of a presiding officer.

Typically, the Secretary (if separately elected) or anyone, calls the meeting to order and takes nominations for president, and so forth, as with a normal election.

It's the same procedure as electing a chair pro tem, except it's a lot more "pro perm".

Once elected, the president takes the chair and presides over the election of the Secretary if necessary, and then you're good to go with other business. Of course if you have more officers to elect, this would probably be a fine time to do that, since everyone's got their pencils out.

[David A Foulkes]

Based on the fact that you need a presiding officer, and you don't have one.

And based on the fact that the bylaws require you to elect them at this meeting, and no business can precede the "occurence" of a presiding officer.

Typically, the Secretary (if separately elected) or anyone, calls the meeting to order and takes nominations for president, and so forth, as with a normal election.

It's the same procedure as electing a chair pro tem, except it's a lot more "pro perm".

Why wouldn't the current President call the meeting to order and preside? Assuming nothing in the bylaws (such as fixed term) has removed him from that position, he is still the President, yes?

[Josh Martin]

Based on the fact that you need a presiding officer, and you don't have one.

Depending on the way the Bylaws are worded, the board quite possibly still has a President, who would be perfectly capable of presiding until the election is held. If the board does not have a President, the board could have the elections as the first item of business, but would not be required to, since they could just elect a Chairman Pro Tempore. While this may sound silly, if the real election is expected to be controversial it might not be a bad idea.