Guest Jdog Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:34 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:34 PM Due to resignations for unrelated circumstances our officers have resigned and have left the VP as the only officer. What do you do if the VP/Acting Pres can not attend the annual meeting due to an emergency situation. Can someone else lead the meeting so the group can go ahead and elect new officers for the new year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:41 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:41 PM Can someone else lead the meeting so the group can go ahead and elect new officers for the new year?Sure. Any member can call the meeting to order and conduct a brief election for a chair pro tem (a temporary presiding officer) who will then conduct a brief election for a secretary pro tem. Those are the only two "officers" you'll need. Just make sure you've got a quorum present.By the way, the vice-president is now the president, no "acting" involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jdog Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:44 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:44 PM Understood but we have to now elect new officers for the new term so can we elect all the new officers without the one officer from last year at the meeting? I may have confused that issue. Every position must be elected at our annual meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:45 PM Sure. Any member can call the meeting to order and conduct a brief election for a chair pro tem (a temporary presiding officer) who will then conduct a brief election for a secretary pro tem. Those are the only two "officers" you'll need. Just make sure you've got a quorum present....Just to clarify (and probably unnecessarily so), these pro tem people are not real officers of the society in any way -- just fulfilling the necessary functions of presiding officer and secretary during the meeting, thereby facilitating the election of the actual officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:47 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:47 PM Understood but we have to now elect new officers for the new term so can we elect all the new officers without the one officer from last year at the meeting? I may have confused that issue. Every position must be elected at our annual meeting.I didn't see your new question before posting -- did post #4 adequately answer the question you are asking?To reiterate, you don't have to have any actual (previously elected) officers there in order to conduct your meeting and hold elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jdog Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:47 PM Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 at 09:47 PM Ah Ha! Thank you Trina! I now understand! It has been a long day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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