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BOD President personal comments prior to membership vote


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An upcoming amendment to our 501 Bylaws after gaining Board approval will then go to the entire organization for its approval or rejection.  Our current President is adamantly opposed to this amendment and will probably be on the losing side when the Board votes.  When she presents the amendment to the membership for a vote, may she openly express her opposition since it will be her duty to explain the amendment.  Or, should she just explain the amendment and ask for the vote?  Is there a specific reference in the Rules that I may provide in advance letting her know the inappropriateness of such an action?

 

 

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If your president is the presiding officer at the membership meeting, she shouldn't be explaining or expressing her opinions on the bylaw amendment unless she turns the chair over to someone else - either the vice president or someone else agreeable to the assembly. While the chair never gives up her rights of membership, which include the right to debate and vote, she should not exercise these rights while presiding to maintain the chair's impartiality. 

 

The RONR reference for this can be found on pp. 394-395.

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