Boards right to vote in Appeal hearing of one of their rulings

[Guest alecz41]

Can a Board member vote at an Appeal Meeting before the General Membership if the appeal is to overturn their decision? The member who is appealing can't vote. Isn't that a conflict of interest on their part? 

[Josh Martin]

Can a Board member vote at an Appeal Meeting before the General Membership if the appeal is to overturn their decision? The member who is appealing can't vote. Isn't that a conflict of interest on their part? 

 

No rule in RONR would prevent the board members or the appealing member from voting. The phrase "conflict of interest" is not used in RONR, but RONR does provide that a member who has a "personal or pecuniary interest not in common with other members" should not vote, but even in such a case he retains the right to vote. Based on the limited facts presented, it's not clear to me whether the board members have such an interest.

 

It seems your society has customized rules on this subject, and those rules may provide otherwise.

[Guest Guest]

It can create a difficult situation if board members are not permitted to vote in a situation like this. For example, if there are ten general members, of which four are on the board, then a vote by of four non-board members in opposition to the decision of the board would result in an overturn of the decision, even though a majority of the general members were in favor of the decision.