survivorship

[Guest Carol Doyle]

Would a person who was Chair of a committee in the previous year but was unable to complete the work of that committee automatically chair the committee in a new year?

[Thomas Ralph]

The answer to the question is not found in RONR.

How was the chair of the committee appointed in the first place?

[Timothy]

Automatically? No, but there's nothing wrong with him being reelected.

[Gary Novosielski]

...or reappointed.

[Edgar Guest]

Or he could simply remain as chairman. Why is it thought he'd no longer be chairman simply because a new year has begun?

[Timothy]

Or he could simply remain as chairman. Why is it thought he'd no longer be chairman simply because a new year has begun?

 

Concerning when there is a change in membership, "If the board is one that elects its own officers or appoints standing committees, it chooses new officers and committees as soon as the new board members have taken up their duties, just as if the entire board membership had changed." (RONR pg. 489)

 

While there is no specific statement saying that committees do the same, I see no reason to think that standing committees would be handled differently. However, if this isn't a standing committee, the change in membership wouldn't occur at the end of the year and there's no reason why the chairman wouldn't continue as before.