Guest Dina Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:22 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:22 AM Is there anything in Robert's Rules that dictates how old a person must be to hold an office. The organization I belong to wants to make a 15 year old the Secretary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:33 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:33 AM No ageism in RONR.Is your potential secretary literate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:34 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:34 AM I don't believe there's anything in RONR that would require officers to be a certain age.You may, however, want to check your organization's bylaws to see if they contain anything relevant to this situation. (For instance, if your bylaws indicate that the officers - including the secretary - must be members of the organization, and if they also require that members be 18 years of age or older, then the 15-year old would not qualify as a member of the organization, and would therefore not qualify to be an officer - in this case, the secretary - either.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted November 2, 2012 at 02:29 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 at 02:29 AM Nothing in RONR will help with this.The By-laws would have to indicate a minimum age for election in order for the 15 year old to be disqualified from running for office.Otherwise, the easiest way to stop a 15 year old from being elected to office would be to elect someone else to the office of Secretary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:24 PM Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 at 01:24 PM ...Otherwise, the easiest way to stop a 15 year old from being elected to office would be to elect someone else to the office of Secretary.The original poster didn't actually say that she had any objection to the 15 year old candidate for secretary. The statement was:"The organization I belong to wants to make a 15 year old the Secretary."Her question, I think, was whether this would break any rule in RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted November 3, 2012 at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 at 08:24 PM Still just because "the organization wants to do ..." does not mean that an individual member "must" vote for it. However, there is nothing in RONR stopping a 15 year old from being elected, and if the organization's own rules do not prevent this, then it is perfectly legal for this to occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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