nomination of officer

[Guest Carol Horn]

I amd a member of a volunteer fire company. When electing Fire line officers we have qualifications for each Line Office. Do the people nominated for these positions have to have these qualifications at the time they are nominated for the election??????????? Our bylaws do not specify, so what does roberts rules say about this??????? We nominate in Oct and Nov and vote in Dec. Our current president has said that these people have until Dec 1st to get the required qualifications or their names will be removed from the ballot. But this is after the persons have already been nominated. This effects all involved, members and other people who would run for the position knowing that a specific person was not eligable.,

Please help.

[Guest Edgar]

When electing Fire line officers we have qualifications for each Line Office. Do the people nominated for these positions have to have these qualifications at the time they are nominated for the election?

It depends on the precise language of your bylaws but if, for example, they said you had to be 18 to hold office and the term starts in on January 1, you could nominate and elect someone who is 17 now but who would be 18 by the first of the year.

It gets a little trickier if you elect someone who might be eligible when the term of office begins (e.g. by completing a certain course of study) but, when the time comes, turns out not to be eligible (e.g. he flunks the course).