Missing chairperson and vice chairperson

[Guest JAnderson]

We have a committee that is lacking both a chairperson and vice chairperson. What is the proper way to have a meeting to replace these positions and who runs it?

[Chris Harrison]

Ultimately whichever body appointed the Committee members will need to name the new Chair and Vice Chair (unless they had delegated that authority to the Committee). In the meantime any committee member can call the meeting to order and the committee would elect a Chair pro tem to preside (RONR doesn't provide for how to elect a Vice Chair pro tem-probably because only the Chair pro tem will be presiding and the committee can elect another one if necessary).

[Sean Hunt]

We have a committee that is lacking both a chairperson and vice chairperson. What is the proper way to have a meeting to replace these positions and who runs it?

If it's a committee, and the chair is appointed directly by some other organization or person rather than elected by the committee, then at each meeting, the committee should elect someone to serve as chair pro tem (meetings can be called by any two members).