ryker725 Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:35 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:35 PM Our non profit club recently held elections in which the executive board was re-elected without opposition. The club has 3 paid positions that are NOT part of the executive board, but are hired by the executing board. The executive board are voluntary positions. ROR are part of out bylaws and procedure. Right after the election, the person in the top paid position in the club (at a salary of $72,000) was removed, fired or resigned (board said it was a resignation but there is doubt). The board then made an announcement to the membership of over 2,500 that the newly elected president had resigned, and the remaining elected board had "hired" the ex president to fill the paid position at a pretty hefty salary. In addition, the vice president filled the position of president, and the executive board "appointed" an elected at-large member as the new vice president. All of this was done withOUT the consent of the membership. According to ROR, is this ethical behavior? How should the membership respond to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:43 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:43 PM If the society's custom rule in the matter wasn't broken, RONR has nothing to say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:56 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 04:56 PM Our non profit club recently held elections in which the executive board was re-elected without opposition. The club has 3 paid positions that are NOT part of the executive board, but are hired by the executing board. The executive board are voluntary positions. ROR are part of out bylaws and procedure. Right after the election, the person in the top paid position in the club (at a salary of $72,000) was removed, fired or resigned (board said it was a resignation but there is doubt). The board then made an announcement to the membership of over 2,500 that the newly elected president had resigned, and the remaining elected board had "hired" the ex president to fill the paid position at a pretty hefty salary. In addition, the vice president filled the position of president, and the executive board "appointed" an elected at-large member as the new vice president. All of this was done withOUT the consent of the membership.Does the board have the authority to fill a vacancy in the office of vice-president? Check the bylaws. According to ROR, is this ethical behavior? How should the membership respond to this?RONR doesn't do ethics. The response is up to the membership. It's hard to say what it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted July 8, 2011 at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 05:06 PM The club has 3 paid positions that are NOT part of the executive board, but are hired by the executing board. If the executing board (?) is the party who hires,then the executing board is the party who fires.All of this was done withOUT the consent of the membership.If the membership does no hiring,then the membership does no firing.According to ROR, is this ethical behavior? Yes.The party responsible for hiring, is, short of a rule saying otherwise, the party who does the firing.How should the membership respond to this?Nothing.All the rules have been complied with.No "permission" from the membership is needed, per your own cited rule.Q. Do you have a rule where permission from the membership is required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryker725 Posted July 8, 2011 at 08:59 PM Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 08:59 PM The "ethics" comes in to play when the elected president decided to resign within a week after being re-elected president, and all of a sudden this person is hired by the remaining executive board in to a $70+ grand a year job. . They did not announce or advertise that the position was open for hire so that people could apply. They just did it. If the position was a volunteer gig then fine. We (many members) just finds it very "fishy" that they did this in this manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 8, 2011 at 09:24 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 at 09:24 PM The "ethics" comes in to play when the elected president decided to resign within a week after being re-elected president, and all of a sudden this person is hired by the remaining executive board in to a $70+ grand a year job. . They did not announce or advertise that the position was open for hire so that people could apply. They just did it. If the position was a volunteer gig then fine. We (many members) just finds it very "fishy" that they did this in this manner.Assuming the assembly is in charge of amending the bylaws, the members could adjust the rules to meet their expectations. There's nothing fishy about following the rules. I'm not insinuating that any rule was followed, but I can't assume that one was broken, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted July 9, 2011 at 12:16 AM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 12:16 AM Our non profit club recently held elections in which the executive board was re-elected without opposition. The club has 3 paid positions that are NOT part of the executive board, but are hired by the executing board. The executive board are voluntary positions. ROR are part of out bylaws and procedure. Right after the election, the person in the top paid position in the club (at a salary of $72,000) was removed, fired or resigned (board said it was a resignation but there is doubt). The board then made an announcement to the membership of over 2,500 that the newly elected president had resigned, and the remaining elected board had "hired" the ex president to fill the paid position at a pretty hefty salary. In addition, the vice president filled the position of president, and the executive board "appointed" an elected at-large member as the new vice president. All of this was done withOUT the consent of the membership. According to ROR, is this ethical behavior? How should the membership respond to this?I'm afraid your question has more to do with governance than parliamentary procedure. You will have to look to the club's governing documents for the answer to your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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