Guest joan kitchens Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:11 PM our auxilary has 26 members, because we cant get officers to run except 1 person, the majority of the women so far 23 of the 26 want to put the auxiliary on hold for 1 year, to see if we can get members to run or in fact to get along, the issue: the young and the old just cant get along. can the men of the club take away our lifetime members and make us give them all our money in the aux. funds and make us close. the auxiliary has been in existance for 50 years. i talked with the club officers and they said the decision would be the club officers and the membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:21 PM Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:21 PM Whether the 'men of the club' have authority to shut down the auxiliary should be a question answered by the bylaws (or other governing documents) of the group(s). RONR won't give you the answer.Under RONR, an organization disbands by repealing its bylaws (this is a form of amendment of the bylaws, and the rules for bylaws amendment would have to be followed). Amendment of the bylaws would normally be in the hands of the membership (in other words, the club officers have no special decision-making powers).Whether an organization can be put 'on hold' for a year is an interesting question. I imagine you're likely to violate bylaws in the process (e.g. rules about conducting elections, rules about regular meetings, etc...). However, I suppose one could amend the bylaws to put an organization into temporary hiatus (by means of what's technically called a proviso -- a sort of time-limited bylaws provision).What makes your members think the problems will be more tractable a year from now??edited to add underlined words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:41 PM Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 at 01:41 PM . . . the majority of the women so far 23 of the 26 want to put the auxiliary on hold for 1 year . . .It sounds like it's already "on hold". What do you expect to achieve by formally acknowledging this? Why not just continue as you have been: no officers, no one shows up, you try to get new members, life goes on.Or acknowledge reality and call it day. Nothing lasts forever and, truth be told, women's auxiliaries are pretty anachronistic these days. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps became the Women's Army Corps and now, of course, women are part of the Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted October 27, 2012 at 05:18 PM Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 at 05:18 PM can the men of the club take away our lifetime members and make us give them all our money in the aux. funds and make us close.No, unless they have in some way reserved the right to dissolve your group or revoke its charter. This would depend on how your auxiliary was founded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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