Special Election at Special (?) Meeting

[jstackpo]

An RONR quandary:

RONR is clear (p. 92) that an organization cannot have a "Special Meeting" without appropriate provisions in the bylaws.

It is also clear that, absent the executive board being given "full power" - p. 467 - and absent any provisions in the bylaws for filling vacancies, there has to be a (special) election to fill non-presidential vacancies - p. 575. Elections obviously cannot take place unless there is a meeting in which to hold the election.

So... positing that the bylaws contain no "special meeting" provisions, do not grant the board "full power", and, say, have only one (annual) meeting per year, can the association fill a vacancy (before the next annual meeting) under RONR's default rules?

[Tim Wynn]

An RONR quandary:

RONR is clear (p. 92) that an organization cannot have a "Special Meeting" without appropriate provisions in the bylaws.

It is also clear that, absent the executive board being given "full power" - p. 467 - and absent any provisions in the bylaws for filling vacancies, there has to be a (special) election to fill non-presidential vacancies - p. 575. Elections obviously cannot take place unless there is a meeting in which to hold the election.

So... positing that the bylaws contain no "special meeting" provisions, do not grant the board "full power", and, say, have only one (annual) meeting per year, can the association fill a vacancy (before the next annual meeting) under RONR's default rules?

If the vacancy can only be filled by the assembly of the society, and if the assembly can only meet once per year, the vacancy can only be filled at that annual meeting.