willie Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:15 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:15 PM This is an excerpt from our by-laws. How much control does the president have? President - Role defined... The President will be the principal executive officer ofthe organization and subject to control of the Board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:23 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:23 PM Is there a typo in the wording of "subject to control of the board". Sounds like the president is controlled by the board. But I don't think it is intended to read that way, maybe I don't understand that wording fully.The wording struck me sort of strange as well. However, you would have to ask those who adopted that wording whether there was a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:28 PM Is there a typo in the wording of "subject to control of the board". Sounds like the president is controlled by the board. But I don't think it is intended to read that way, maybe I don't understand that wording fully.Maybe you don't. If that's a typo then we need a lot more like it.It's pretty clear that the president is "subject to the control of the board", which is exactly what Robert's Rules would require anyway.That's what distinguishes a president from a dictator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:44 PM Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 02:44 PM Thank you. please walk me through understanding that fully; the president cant do any thing on his own, he must answer to and be directed by the majority of the board? Why would you need that in the by-laws - can you direct me to the RONR for that langauge. In an example? I get the dictator vs president concept but an example woul dbe great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 23, 2011 at 03:45 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 03:45 PM Thank you. please walk me through understanding that fully; the president cant do any thing on his own, he must answer to and be directed by the majority of the board? The President only has the authority that RONR and the bylaws give him (RONR p. 440). Why would you need that in the by-laws You wouldn't and in my opinion such language would be ill advised because if they say that he is controlled by the Board someone might (and probably will) argue (somewhat unreasonably) that means that the General Membership doesn't have control over him (RONR pp. 570-573). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 23, 2011 at 06:50 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 06:50 PM Thank you. please walk me through understanding that fully; the president cant do any thing on his own, he must answer to and be directed by the majority of the board? Why would you need that in the by-laws[?] You don't, as that is what RONR already says. (RONR p. 440, l. 19) What ought to be in the bylaws is a list of administrative duties that the president is authorized to do, if any, not what he's not authorized to do, because without such a list, RONR says he's authorized to do nothing but those duties associated with conducting meetings.Without such a list, your bylaws say that the president does what the board decides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted February 23, 2011 at 08:10 PM Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 08:10 PM Got it. I just got my RONR book at the book store, now I will be able to read all the references to specific pages. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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