Louise Posted January 8, 2013 at 04:48 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 04:48 PM Right now, our Bylaws read, "A director is elected to serve a two-year term or until the Director's successor is elected."Our Bylaws Committee has received the recommendation to change it to, "A director is elected to serve a two-year term or until the Director's successor is elected or until his or her term expires, whichever is first."Correct me if I'm mistaken, but if we adopt this change, doesn't this mean that a director would NOT be able to stay on if there was no one elected to take his/her place? And that this could potentially be an undesirable situation to have put ourselves in?Right now, I *think* what we have works pretty well with RONR; I'm concerned this change will take us decidedly out of RONR territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:01 PM Louise. You remember George's bloody eyes, from ten or fifteen minutes ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:02 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:02 PM The language in bold means nothing. Don't adopt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:16 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:16 PM Sometimes it's glaringly obvious why we're not supposed to interpret bylaws on this forum...I think that this would, indeed, mean that a director could not stay on past the end of his two-year term:"A director is elected to serve a two-year term or until the Director's successor is elected, whichever is first."I think the additional words, "or until his or her term expires," muddy the issue.Yes this is a potentially undesirable situation to put yourselves in. Whose idea was this? Not a Canadian, I trust, and certainly not Louise herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 05:20 PM The language in bold means nothing. Don't adopt it.TW, I sure agree with "don't adopt it," but I do think that "whichever is first" does mean something: it means what Louise is afraid it means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 8, 2013 at 06:57 PM Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 06:57 PM Louise. You remember George's bloody eyes, from ten or fifteen minutes ago?Umm...no, I missed that, I'm afraid. Did somebody hit him?Thanks for confirming my hunch, gentlemen. No, I am definitely not the one who is recommending this, although it is (naturally) a Canadian who is doing so. ("Naturally" not because the recommendation is a poor one, but because I, well, live in Canada and deal with Canadians all the time. Even when I'm looking in a mirror. Can't get away from them, I'm afraid.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted January 8, 2013 at 07:39 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 07:39 PM TW, I sure agree with "don't adopt it," but I do think that "whichever is first" does mean something: it means what Louise is afraid it means.When defining the length of a term, to say it ends when it ends doesn't seem to make much of a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 8, 2013 at 10:43 PM Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 10:43 PM Gary c Tesser ... Posted Today, 12:01 PMLouise. You remember George's bloody eyes, from ten or fifteen minutes ago?Umm...no, I missed that, I'm afraid. Did somebody hit him? ...I think I hallucinated it. WTH, it was six in the morning, and maybe still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 8, 2013 at 11:07 PM Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 at 11:07 PM I think I hallucinated it. WTH, it was six in the morning, and maybe still is.Perhaps you weren't awake yet - or had inadvertently fallen asleep - and it was all just a bad dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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