Presidential appointments

[chicagosteeley]

If the President of an Organization uses his right to appoint Commitee Chairs but does so in a manner harmful to that Organization how can he be over-riddem?

Thanks! And Hello, Im brand new here.

[Chris Harrison]

Hello, Im brand new here.

Welcome to the fold.

If the President of an Organization uses his right to appoint Commitee Chairs but does so in a manner harmful to that Organization how can he be over-riddem?

The first question is where does he get this "right"? Is there some rule that grants the President this "right" or is he just claiming that he has this "right" without any sort of rule to back him up? If there is some rule in place allowing him to appoint Committee Chairs you will need to look to it to determine how set in stone his choices are (it could be that he has the unilateral authority to appoint whoever he wants or it could be that he needs some body to approve his appointments). If it turns out that he has the unilateral authority to appoint Committee Chairs you all might have to wait until the next Presidential election to elect someone else who can remedy the situation (or if things are really that bad see FAQ #20) or amend the rule in question to remove some (or all) of that power.

[Robert B Fish]

If the President of an Organization uses his right to appoint Commitee Chairs but does so in a manner harmful to that Organization how can he be over-riddem?

Unless the committees have special authority given them by the organization, they can only make recommendations. The assembly is free to vote down or "refer with instructions" any actions of the committees which is out of favor with the membership. For example, if the buildings and grounds committee presents a proposal with an excessive price tag, you could move to refer the action to the B&G and the Finance Committees with instructions to consider proposals costing less than $500. Majority vote required.

-Bob

[chicagosteeley]

Thanks!

Here is our Club Constitution:

ARTICLE III – DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 1. The President shall appoint the chairmen of the standing committees to serve during his term of office. He may appoint other committee chairmen as he deems necessary. He shall perform other duties as are incident to his office.

Section 2. The First Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President in his absence or in the case of his disability or inability to act. He shall be the chairman of the Insurance Committee and shall be responsible for keeping all policies up to date. The first Vice-President shall also be chairman for the Program Committee and shall be responsible for activities and entertainment programs.

Due to personal animosities the Club President has removed competent Connitee Chairs and replaced them with hacks.

ARTICLE XIII – GENERAL

Section 1. The actions of this Club shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary procedure.

So as a Board Member, how can I circumvent this?

Welcome to the fold.

The first question is where does he get this "right"? Is there some rule that grants the President this "right" or is he just claiming that he has this "right" without any sort of rule to back him up? If there is some rule in place allowing him to appoint Committee Chairs you will need to look to it to determine how set in stone his choices are (it could be that he has the unilateral authority to appoint whoever he wants or it could be that he needs some body to approve his appointments). If it turns out that he has the unilateral authority to appoint Committee Chairs you all might have to wait until the next Presidential election to elect someone else who can remedy the situation (or if things are really that bad see FAQ #20) or amend the rule in question to remove some (or all) of that power.

[hmtcastle]

So as a Board Member, how can I circumvent this?

As a board member, you can't.

And one man's "hack" is another man's "competent chair".

Your fellow members elected this person president, (presumably) knowing he had the authority to replace committee chairs.

[Chris Harrison]

So as a Board Member, how can I circumvent this?

We can't interpret bylaws here but from what I read it looks like there is nothing that you personally (or the Board) can do to immediately circumvent it. I think you have three options:

1) Remove the President from office,

2) When Presidential elections come up elect someone else, or

3) Amend the Constitution to weaken his authority to appoint committee chairs.

[chicagosteeley]

Ya, I was hoping for a loophole. We have an election soon. Hopefully the right side will prevail!

Thanks for the info.