Guest Terri Posted May 10, 2012 at 03:12 AM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 03:12 AM Does a officer's position have to be filled if the officer is removed or resigns before his term is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted May 10, 2012 at 03:14 AM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 03:14 AM It certainly should be done as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted May 10, 2012 at 12:19 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 12:19 PM Does a officer's position have to be filled if the officer is removed or resigns before his term is over.Yes. Presumably your bylaws (or some other rule you've adopted) established this office so you'd be disobeying your bylaws if it isn't filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted May 10, 2012 at 02:13 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 02:13 PM If we can greet a sunny midmorning with some perverse orneriness ... so is there anything, even implicit, in Robert's Rules itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted May 10, 2012 at 02:50 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 02:50 PM . . . so is there anything, even implicit, in Robert's Rules itself?I would think there's at least an implicit assumption that the members of an organization (or "society", if you prefer) will follow the rules they adopted. And if the bylaws say (as the sample bylaws do) that, for example, there shall be a president, then there must be a president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modell4 Posted May 10, 2012 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 04:57 PM I am new to this forum and apologize if this is not the correct place for this. I have searched to find how to create a new discussion thread and cannot.Background: At the last meeting (April 2012) of our HOA, nominations were held for the position of president. Officers are nominated and elected by the Board of Directors only. One person was nominated, then the current Secretary nominated herself. This self-nomination was discussed and was deemed appropriate.The nominations were closed with 2 nominees. A secret ballot was held (although upon review at that time of the By-Laws it was not indicated as required, the current president opted for it anyway). After the folded paper ballots were cast into a hat, the current president asked the current Secretary to read and count the votes aloud. She did, and she did not win the election. Question: is it permissible in Robert's Rules to have a nominee read the ballots? We just received a draft of the April minutes and there is no indication that anyone either visually or verbally confirmed the Secretary's count of the votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted May 10, 2012 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 05:20 PM I am going to post this in the other thread since this one might not be able to be located._____________________________________________________________________________Nothing in RONR prevents the President from appointing one of the nominees as a Teller. The Tellers should have created a Teller's Report with the tabulated results which would be read by the chair of the Teller's Committee and then by the President and then entered in full into the minutes (RONR pp. 412-419). However, even though this didn't occur the election results are still valid but if the ballots were securely retained the assembly could order a recount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted May 10, 2012 at 08:29 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 08:29 PM Should a moderator stop by, posts 6, 7, and 8 (this one) could be deleted (cleaning up this thread) as the question asked in #6 has been reposted as a new question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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