Guest Mike Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:49 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:49 PM Can an organizations President (Chairman) appoint a temporary chairman for a specific motion, debate and vote at a meeting. This would be done to avoid a conflict of interest in regards to By Laws interpretation of term limits being presented to the general membership for a vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 04:57 PM Can an organizations President (Chairman) appoint a temporary chairman for a specific motion, debate and vote at a meeting. This would be done to avoid a conflict of interest in regards to By Laws interpretation of term limits being presented to the general membership for a vote.Yes (in the absence of a vice president), though this should be done only very rarely. The president's premier duty is to preside at the meeting. Only when some other duty outweighs it should he relinquish the chair to participate actively in the deliberations on a pending question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 12, 2011 at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 05:01 PM Unfortunately all the board members feel they are affected by the vote and do not want to give the membership the impression that they are siding with one side or another. They asked that an impartial member of the Assembly be acting chair for this topic and conduct the business. Can the board allow the temp chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted April 12, 2011 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 05:05 PM Unfortunately all the board members feel they are affected by the vote and do not want to give the membership the impression that they are siding with one side or another. They asked that an impartial member of the Assembly be acting chair for this topic and conduct the business. Can the board allow the temp chairIn a meeting of the general membership assembly, the board has nothing to say on the matter. You might want to search this forum for my previous suggestion on how to deal with a pontificating board at general membership meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted April 12, 2011 at 08:19 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 08:19 PM Unfortunately all the board members feel they are affected by the vote and do not want to give the membership the impression that they are siding with one side or another. They asked that an impartial member of the Assembly be acting chair for this topic and conduct the business. Can the board allow the temp chairI'm confused about whether this is a board meeting or a general membership meeting. Either one can elect a chairman pro-tem, but it's important not to confuse the two. Unless the board is actually in session, board members are no different from other members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted April 12, 2011 at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 09:09 PM I have seen this happen with controversial issues at general membership meetings. Some Presidents will call the meeting to order and then ask if there are any objections to him/her relinquishing the chair to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Ralph Posted April 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM Can an organizations President (Chairman) appoint a temporary chairman for a specific motion, debate and vote at a meeting. This would be done to avoid a conflict of interest in regards to By Laws interpretation of term limits being presented to the general membership for a vote.No. The Chairman can however relinquish the chair for a period of time for this reason, and a new chairman is elected by the meeting. He can recommend a new chairman, but the assembly is under no obligation to accept his recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:09 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:09 PM Can an organizations President (Chairman) appoint a temporary chairman for a specific motion, debate and vote at a meeting. This would be done to avoid a conflict of interest in regards to By Laws interpretation of term limits being presented to the general membership for a vote.No. The Chairman can however relinquish the chair for a period of time for this reason, and a new chairman is elected by the meeting. He can recommend a new chairman, but the assembly is under no obligation to accept his recommendation. RONR p 383 deals with the president relinquishing the chair. Absent a qualified VP, © states the chair is turned over "to some other member qualified...whom the chair designates (and who is assumed to receive the assembly's approval by unanimous consent unless member(s) then nominate other person(s), in which case the presiding officer's choice is also treated as a nominee and the matter is decided by vote). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M. Johns Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:25 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:25 PM If one person makes a motion and a vote is taken and the motion is passed, can the committe change the documents by to the original format excluding the vote that was previously voted on in a meeting and then come back the next meeting and recind the motion that another member made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:43 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 01:43 PM If one person makes a motion and a vote is taken and the motion is passed, can the committe change the documents by to the original format excluding the vote that was previously voted on in a meeting and then come back the next meeting and recind the motion that another member made?Guest_M_Johns -- please post your question as a new topic in the General Discussion forum. Mixing your question in with this one, especially since it is different, causes answers to get all muddled up between the two. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:33 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:33 PM If one person makes a motion and a vote is taken and the motion is passed, can the committe change the documents by to the original format excluding the vote that was previously voted on in a meeting and then come back the next meeting and recind the motion that another member made?What committee? Nobody mentioned a committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:35 PM What committee? Nobody mentioned a committee.Gary - our new Guest M_John just piggybacked here, ergo my previous reply. Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted April 13, 2011 at 08:39 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 08:39 PM Gary - our new Guest M_John just piggybacked here, ergo my previous reply. Does that help?Ah, the back of the piggy strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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