Guest Michelle Posted November 13, 2012 at 02:39 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 02:39 AM Can you have a co presidents or co vice presidents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted November 13, 2012 at 02:56 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 02:56 AM Not unless the bylaws specifically provide for them (and it is not recommended that they do). However, some organizations have multiple VPs (1st VP, 2nd VP, etc) where they run different parts of the organization and/or are ranked as to their succession to fill a vacancy in the Presidency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:03 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:03 AM You can have whatever you want. However, RONR discourages have two or more people share one position. I concur - if you have Co-Presidents for example, who chairs a meeting?As for Vice-Presidents, you can have more than one Vice President - although it good to make them specific. For example, here are some options:1) You can have a "Senior Vice President" and a "Junior Vice President". In the case of the removal, death, or resignation of the President, the Senior Vice President would become the President, and the Junior Vice President would assume the Senior Vice President's role and you would need to fill the position of Junior Vice President. If the President is absent from a meeting, or wants to excuse himself during debate on a motion, the Senior Vice President takes over. The problem here is that people might assume that the Senior Vice President is more experienced than the Junior Vice President wihich might not be the case.2) You could rank the Vice Presidents - "1st Vice President", "2nd Vice President", etc. This is most likely the best option.3) You can assign the Vice Presidents specific roles - for example, "Vice President of Marketing", "Vice President of Advertising", "Vice President of Operations", etc. You would have to assign a seniority list, in order to determine who becomes President in the case that the President resigns, dies, oris removed from office -or who runs a meeting if the President is absent from a meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:16 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:16 AM Can you have a co presidents or co vice presidents?See RONR (11th ed.), p. 176, ll. 3-6, for some insight into the matter. As for officers, you have whatever the bylaws say you have. Check there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:21 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 03:21 AM Can you have a co presidents or co vice presidents?Yes, but only if your bylaws allow it--and that would not make it any less awful of an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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