Can the president chair committees?

[Guest Pamela Griffith Pond]

In the past, newly elected presidents have resigned their positions as committee chairs. The current president continues to chair the most powerful committee in the organization. The governing documents do not address this. I'd appreicate citations, if possible. Thanks!

[George Mervosh]

No rule (therefore no citation) in RONR requires him to resign as a committee chair.

[Guest Edgar]

The current president continues to chair the most powerful committee in the organization.

It should be noted that RONR advises that the president not have anything to do with the nominating committee (not that it's particularly "powerful").

[Tim Wynn]

In the past, newly elected presidents have resigned their positions as committee chairs. The current president continues to chair the most powerful committee in the organization. The governing documents do not address this. I'd appreicate citations, if possible. Thanks!

"An office carries with it only the rights necessary for executing the duties of the office, and it does not deprive a member of the society of his rights as a member." - RONR (11th ed.), p. 448, ll. 3-5

"In an ordinary society, the members of such a committee serve for a term corresponding to that of the officers, or until their successors have been chosen, unless the bylaws or other rules otherwise expressly provide." - RONR (11th ed.), p 490, l. 34 - p. 491, l. 3.

[Guest Pamela Griffith Pond]

Thanks!

[Guest Pamela Griffith Pond]

It should be noted that RONR advises that the president not have anything to do with the nominating committee (not that it's particularly "powerful").

This is the property committee in a small congregation that owns a lot of investment property. The property committee consists of three people, so it has a lot more power that most nominating committees.

[Tim Wynn]

This is the property committee in a small congregation that owns a lot of investment property. The property committee consists of three people, so it has a lot more power that most nominating committees.

The committee will have only the power given to it by the assembly or by the rules.

[Guest Guest]

The committee will have only the power given to it by the assembly or by the rules.

You'd think so, but, in congregations whose worship attendance is, on average, less than 50 people, decisions are made by unofficial matriarchs and patriarchs, regardless of the rules, and change in the structure of governance takes a very long time.