Guest Maria Carlton Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:28 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:28 PM If the President and Vice President will be unavailable for a meeting; do the Presidentask the Recording Secretary to stand in as President Pro-Tem? And what if she refusesto accept the task? Who should stand in as President? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:33 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:33 PM The president can ask but It's up to the assembly (the members present) to decide who will serve as a chair pro tem (a temporary presiding officer). It may by best to let the secretary focus on her job as secretary. Apart from the president and vice-president, there's no "line of duty". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 at 03:42 PM RONR lists the following as a duty of the secretary:"In the absence of the president and vice-president, to call the meeting to order and preside until the immediate election of a chairman pro tem." (p. 459) The secretary may or may not be elected chairman pro tem for the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 13, 2014 at 04:00 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 at 04:00 PM The secretary may or may not be elected chairman pro tem for the meeting.Hopefully, the secretary will not be elected chairman pro tem so that, as Mr. Guest suggested, he/she can concentrate on taking minutes and it won't be necessary to also elect a secretary pro tem. But, I suppose that's up to the judgment of the assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 15, 2014 at 04:36 PM Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 at 04:36 PM If the President and Vice President will be unavailable for a meeting; do the Presidentask the Recording Secretary to stand in as President Pro-Tem? And what if she refusesto accept the task? Who should stand in as President? Of all the people who might serve as chair pro-tem, the secretary would be the worst choice, since recording and presiding simultaneously will invariable cause one or the other task to suffer badly. RONR requires a minimum of two officers: Presiding and Recording. Trying to have one person do both is a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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