Guest guest Posted October 7, 2014 at 06:54 PM Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 at 06:54 PM Can a husband and wife serve on a board at the same time i.e. one as board chair and one as treasurer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 7, 2014 at 06:58 PM Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 at 06:58 PM Nothing in RONR prohibits it. I doubt that anything in your bylaws does, either, but you might check them just to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted October 7, 2014 at 07:07 PM Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 at 07:07 PM Can a husband and wife serve on a board at the same time i.e. one as board chair and one as treasurer? If the members vote for them, then apparently the members don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted October 8, 2014 at 01:41 AM Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 at 01:41 AM If the members vote for them, then apparently the members don't mind. As we have discussed about a single candidate running for multiple positions, this may or may not be the case. For example, you may have voted for one to be Chairman, while I voted for the other being Treasurer. This does not mean we want both elected. However, unless there is a rule to the contrary, there is nothing that can be done to stop this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted October 8, 2014 at 03:07 AM Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 at 03:07 AM At the least, a majority voted for each person knowing that their spouse might be elected to the other position and that wasn't something they were concerned about enough to not vote for that person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted October 8, 2014 at 12:55 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 at 12:55 PM As we have discussed about a single candidate running for multiple positions, this may or may not be the case. For example, you may have voted for one to be Chairman, while I voted for the other being Treasurer. This does not mean we want both elected. However, unless there is a rule to the contrary, there is nothing that can be done to stop this. Well, it may not be that a majority of members favored both being on the board at the same time. But it is true that both had majority support. Without a rule, though, it would still be possible to avoid this situation by balloting for each office separately (in bylaws-listed order), so that the results of the election for Chairman were known before voting for Treasurer began. This would put the spouse running for treasurer at a disadvantage; but life, I've heard it said, is unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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