ORDER OF SUCCESSION

[Guest MARY WEEKS SKIPPER]

If the Pres and V pres resign immediately prior to annual meeting, who conducts the meeting and sebsequent election of officers.

[Edgar Guest]

The secretary (or any member if the secretary is absent) calls the meeting to order and conducts a brief "election" for a chair pro tem (a temporary presiding officer). There is no "order of succession" (other than from vice-president to president).

 

But note that resignations don't take effect until they're formally accepted.

[Rev Ed]

If the Pres and V pres resign immediately prior to annual meeting, who conducts the meeting and sebsequent election of officers.

 

The President would.  A resignation does not take effect until the group empowered to accept the resignation has accepted the resignation.  Once the resignations are accepted, the Secretary would take over the Chair and move forward with the appointment of a Chair pro tem.  The Chair pro tem would then continue until either a new President is appointed to fill the vacancy or until the end of the meeting (it would depend on the wording of the By-laws whether or not the appointment could take place at the same meeting as the resignations or not.)

[Richard Brown]

The President would.  A resignation does not take effect until the group empowered to accept the resignation has accepted the resignation.  Once the resignations are accepted, the Secretary would take over the Chair and move forward with the appointment of a Chair pro tem.  The Chair pro tem would then continue until either a new President is appointed to fill the vacancy or until the end of the meeting (it would depend on the wording of the By-laws whether or not the appointment could take place at the same meeting as the resignations or not.)

Well, this is assuming the president will even show up....and that he is willing to preside if he does show.  It also assumes that this organization's bylaws don't provide, as many do, that a resignation is effective upon receipt.

[Edgar Guest]

Well, this is assuming the president will even show up....

 

Indeed. My answer was based on the assumption that, having resigned just prior to the annual meeting, neither the president nor the vice-president will show up. But who knows . . . 

[Rev Ed]

Well, this is assuming the president will even show up....and that he is willing to preside if he does show.  It also assumes that this organization's bylaws don't provide, as many do, that a resignation is effective upon receipt.

 

Indeed. My answer was based on the assumption that, having resigned just prior to the annual meeting, neither the president nor the vice-president will show up. But who knows . . . 

 

And my answer was based strictly on RONR, which this forum is about.   According to RONR a resignation does not take effect until approved by the group authorized to accept the resignation.  While I also doubt that a person resigning from a position may not show up to a meeting after sending in a resignation, we cannot assume this either.

[Guest Jane]

Question:  If the President, both Vice Presidents, Secretary, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Financial Secretary is absent from a meeting can the treasurer conduct the meeting.

[Edgar Guest]

Question:  If the President, both Vice Presidents, Secretary, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Financial Secretary is absent from a meeting can the treasurer conduct the meeting.

 

Any member can call the meeting to order and conduct a brief "election" to select a chair pro tem (a temporary presiding officer), You'd then need to conduct another brief election for a secretary pro tem. Just make sure you've got a quorum or you won't be able to do much else.

 

For future reference, this forum works best if you'll start a new topic with your new question, even if you find an existing one that's similar.

[Gary Novosielski]

Question:  If the President, both Vice Presidents, Secretary, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Financial Secretary is absent from a meeting can the treasurer conduct the meeting.

 

If the president and both VPs are absent, there are no more automatic assignments after that.  The members present would elect a chair pro tem to preside over that meeting.

[Ann Rempel]

If the president and both VPs are absent, there are no more automatic assignments after that.  The members present would elect a chair pro tem to preside over that meeting.

 

I would add that in the absence of both the president and v-p, the secretary calls the meeting to order and conducts the election of the chair pro tem. See RONR, 11th Edition, pp. 453, 459.

[jstackpo]

And if the secretary isn't there either, any member can call the meeting to order, &c.

[Gary Novosielski]

I would add that in the absence of both the president and v-p, the secretary calls the meeting to order and conducts the election of the chair pro tem. See RONR, 11th Edition, pp. 453, 459.

 

Yes, but in Post #7 we learn that the secretary was also absent.

[Edgar Guest]

Yes, but in Post #7 we learn that the secretary was also absent.

 

And that possibility was covered in post #2 and answered, again, in post #8.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Sometimes repetition is good to get the point through. At least we're repeating the correct answers...