Guest Rex E Watt Posted June 4, 2012 at 06:38 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 06:38 AM Our church elects officers for it's Council from the membership. Along with the typical officers: President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, etc we have a By-law that states that our Lay Repesentative to our Circuit Forum (a group of 18 churches in our geographic area) is an ex-oficio member of the Council. My question is: can that ex-oficio member also hold one of the regular officer positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted June 4, 2012 at 10:35 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 10:35 AM Sure. "Ex Officio" just describes how a person becomes a member, in your case a Council member. Once a member he/she has all the rights of membership, including being elected to an office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted June 4, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 12:12 PM Is the question about becoming a member of the council? I certainly agree with the conclusion, but I don't read the scenario as one must become a member of the Council to be elected to an office.I thought the OP was asking can this person (church member) hold two positions on the Council. Can he be an ex-officio member of the council as Lay Rep, and also be one of the church officers that is also on the council (e.g. pres, VP, sec, treas, etc) In which case the answer is "Sure" according to RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 4, 2012 at 02:48 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 02:48 PM Our church elects officers for it's Council from the membership. Along with the typical officers: President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, etc we have a By-law that states that our Lay Repesentative to our Circuit Forum (a group of 18 churches in our geographic area) is an ex-oficio member of the Council. My question is: can that ex-oficio member also hold one of the regular officer positions?Yes, but of course that person would still have only one vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rex E Watt Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:04 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:04 PM Thank you, all for your replies. I have a 9th ed of RONR and I read every reference to "ex oficio" and assumed this would be the case...just wasn't sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:18 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:18 PM I have a 9th ed of RONR and I read every reference to "ex oficio" . . .Thankfully, the spelling was corrected in subsequent (and previous) editions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted June 5, 2012 at 09:49 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 09:49 PM Thank you, all for your replies. I have a 9th ed of RONR and I read every reference to "ex oficio" and assumed this would be the case...just wasn't sure.Place it affectionately on the shelf and procure yourself a #11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rex E Watt Posted June 9, 2012 at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 at 08:34 PM Place it affectionately on the shelf and procure yourself a #11.Already done! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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