Guest jerabekchi4 Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:26 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:26 PM Is it required of the President of our PTA to attend all committee meetings, or can any member of the executive board be present? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:36 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:36 PM Is it required of the President of our PTA to attend all committee meetings, or can any member of the executive board be present?If your bylaws say that the president is, ex officio, a member of all committees, then the president has the right but not the obligation to attend any committee meeting, and to participate fully, including making motions, speaking in debate, and voting. Attendance is not required, however, and the president's presence or absence does not affect the quorum requirement for the committee.But the president cannot delegate this right to other officers, unless your bylaws say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:38 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 06:38 PM Any member of the Board could be appointed to a Committee. Actually, I would strongly recommend having at least one member of the Board appointed to all Committees. However, unless otherwise stated in the By-laws, the President is only an ex-officio member of all Committees (except the Nominating Committee if applicable.) That means that the President does not have to attend Committee meetings. And it would be extremely unlikely for the President to be able to send another person to a Committee as a proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 9, 2011 at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 07:51 PM But be sure the president gets a notice of ALL committee meetings, so he/she can decide which is worth attending (from his point of view). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jerabekchi4 Posted August 9, 2011 at 08:05 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 08:05 PM Thank you for your replies! This information was very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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