Can current officer be elected to a higher position

[Guest Guest]

Hi,

 

At our annual meeting, we had 3 open board positions: chair, treasurer and director at large. If I'm currently on the board as co-chair and at the beginning of the meeting was still in office, could I accept and agree to a nomination for the chair position? Can you please tell me the proper process to handle this?

[Edgar Guest]

Yes, Nothing in RONR prevents a person from being nominated for one office while holding another. In fact, nothing in RONR prevents a person from holding two offices at the same time (though some combinations are problematic).

 

By the way,RONR strongly advises against "co-chairs".

[Gary Novosielski]

Hi,

 

At our annual meeting, we had 3 open board positions: chair, treasurer and director at large. If I'm currently on the board as co-chair and at the beginning of the meeting was still in office, could I accept and agree to a nomination for the chair position? Can you please tell me the proper process to handle this?

 

How can a board have both a chair, and co-chairs?  

[Richard Brown]

By the way,RONR strongly advises against "co-chairs".

As do most parliamentarians.  In fact, I've never heard one recommend it.

[Edgar Guest]

How can a board have both a chair, and co-chairs?  

 

I questioned that too. Perhaps our guest sits in one chair and the other chair is currently (or will be) vacant. Two chairs = "co-chairs". The other possibility is that the "co-chair" is really the vice-chair (hence the reference to a "higher position"). Yep, that's it.