Guest LJ Vickers Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:02 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:02 AM A member of our organization has notified all Board members via email of his resignation effective several weeks prior to the date when the Board will meet next. This member has not recinded his resignation, but has told a few Board members that he is considering it. Must the Board take action on his resignation at the next Board meeting or can be ignored or tabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Cisar Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:21 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:21 AM A member of our organization has notified all Board members via email of his resignation effective several weeks prior to the date when the Board will meet next. This member has not recinded his resignation, but has told a few Board members that he is considering it. Must the Board take action on his resignation at the next Board meeting or can be ignored or tabled?The board can do with it whatever they want to. They do not have to accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:30 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 02:30 AM Furthermore, if your friend withdraws (not "rescinds") his resignation - from what?, you didn't say - before the board can act upon it, there will be nothing for the board to act on.Your friend will then remain in whatever position he held (member, officer, whatever it was) prior to his having ever "submitted" his resignation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LJ Vickers Posted April 12, 2011 at 03:42 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 03:42 AM The board can do with it whatever they want to. They do not have to accept it.[/quoteAccept or reject I understand. Can the Board simply do nothing or is action required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:04 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:04 AM No member is obligated to move that the resignation be accepted and if no one does then the resignation won't be before the Board. However, it is possible that the Chair could announce that this member had submitted his resignation and assume the motion that the resignation be accepted in which case the question would be before the Board. But before you all do anything check the bylaws to determine if the Board is the body authorized to accept a resignation (the default RONR position is that the body which is authorized to fill a vacancy is the body that can accept a resignation which would create the vacancy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted April 12, 2011 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 09:31 AM Accept or reject I understand. Can the Board simply do nothing or is action required?You mean are boards, as a rule, supposed to do their job? Yes.If the board is, in fact, the appropriate body to accept (or deny) the resignation, then it has a duty to act. If it believes that the person is reconsidering the resignation, and it wishes him to return, it can Postpone action, or even vote the resignation down, but it should always act in accordance with its responsibility to the society to ensure that essential positions are properly and promptly filled. In short, it is a judgement call, but the judgement should actually occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted April 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM I certainly think it would be inappropriate for whichever body is empowered to accept the resignation to ignore it. A resignation is a "request" to be excused from duty, and even if submitted outside of a meeting, it demands attention, much like a member rising to obtain the floor. Unless there is a good reason not to at that moment (which may even bear a brief explanatory note), the chair has a duty to recognize him. He can't ignore him just because he doesn't want to hear from him.Why would the board do nothing? Do they not want him to resign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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