Guest Stephen Trautwein Posted February 7, 2011 at 02:18 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 02:18 AM Can a group of members from a committee resign a signatories on one letter?How are resignations accepted?Stephen Trautwein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 7, 2011 at 02:24 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 02:24 AM Can a group of members from a committee resign a signatories on one letter?How are resignations accepted?It is up to you all to work out the details on how resignations should be submitted. How resignations are accepted is that the member offers their resignation to the body who elected him to the Committee and the body would vote on whether to accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Trautwein Posted February 7, 2011 at 03:16 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 03:16 AM Can a group of members from a committee resign a signatories on one letter?How are resignations accepted?Stephen TrautweinWhat if all but one member of the committee resign as signatories on one letter of resignation. How can the committee accept their own resignations?Stephen Trautwein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 7, 2011 at 03:29 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 03:29 AM What if all but one member of the committee resign as signatories on one letter of resignation. How can the committee accept their own resignations?The Committee doesn't accept resignations from Committee members. Whichever body elected or appointed the Committee members to the Committee would be the ones to accept the resignation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beverly Posted February 7, 2011 at 04:51 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 04:51 AM I must resign my position as President. If the Vice President does not want to preside in my place during the duration of my office (another two months), what happens then? Does the Secretary then become the acting President? Or must there be a nomination from the floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 7, 2011 at 05:05 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 05:05 AM I must resign my position as President. If the Vice President does not want to preside in my place during the duration of my office (another two months), what happens then? Does the Secretary then become the acting President? Or must there be a nomination from the floor?As soon as your resignation is accepted the VP becomes the President automatically and has no choice in the matter (RONR p. 442). If the (new) President doesn't want to serve he would have to resign (which means he would hold neither office) in which case the vacancies in both offices would need to be filled by whatever vacancy filling provision your bylaws spell out.One of the major duties of being VP is that he needs to be prepared to take over as President if need be and is being derelict in his duties if he doesn't. Personally, I would vote against accepting the resignation and attempt to have him removed from office for dereliction of duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted February 7, 2011 at 06:10 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 06:10 AM As soon as your resignation is accepted the VP becomes the President automatically and has no choice in the matter (RONR p. 442). If the (new) President doesn't want to serve he would have to resign (which means he would hold neither office) in which case the vacancies in both offices would need to be filled by whatever vacancy filling provision your bylaws spell out.And until this is accomplished, the Secretary will call meetings to order and a Chairman Pro Tempore will be elected for each meeting. There is no "acting President" for any other purpose, so you should get the position filled ASAP if your Bylaws give the President significant duties outside of meetings.Personally, I would vote against accepting the resignation and attempt to have him removed from office for dereliction of duty.Well, one might wish to consider how lengthy the organization's disciplinary procedures are first. Personally, I think it may behoove the organization to get a new President as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted February 7, 2011 at 01:01 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 01:01 PM I must resign my position as President. If the Vice President does not want to preside in my place during the duration of my office (another two months), what happens then? Does the Secretary then become the acting President? Or must there be a nomination from the floor?You should also be sure your bylaws don't include any special provision for filling the vacancy of President, which may differ from RONR's default VP-to-P ascension. Since you are the President, and I would assume (or at least hope) you are very familiar with your bylaws, and since you are asking how to handle this situation, I'd suspect there's nothing there. But just be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 7, 2011 at 07:46 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 at 07:46 PM What if all but one member of the committee resign as signatories on one letter of resignation. How can the committee accept their own resignations?Stephen TrautweinThe committee does not accept its own resignations, because the committee did not appoint itself in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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