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Presiding Over a Meeting in the absence of the Chair and Vice Chair


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Would it be acceptable to state in the bylaws (and have the members vote on) the  order for officers to preside over the meeting should the chair and vice chair be absent? In other words, if the chair and vice chair are absent, the secretary will preside over the meeting.  If chair, vice chair, and secretary are absent, the treasurer will preside over the meeting, etc. 

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 . . .  if the chair and vice chair are absent, the secretary will preside over the meeting.

 

But then you'll need someone to serve as secretary.

 

And the treasurer might not be a particularly good presiding officer. So you might have trouble getting someone to serve as treasurer if she thought there's a chance she'd have to preside at a meeting.

 

In other words, be careful what you wish for.

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Would it be acceptable to state in the bylaws (and have the members vote on) the  order for officers to preside over the meeting should the chair and vice chair be absent? In other words, if the chair and vice chair are absent, the secretary will preside over the meeting.  If chair, vice chair, and secretary are absent, the treasurer will preside over the meeting, etc. 

 

It's acceptable (meaning permissable), but it's a bad idea.

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Would it be acceptable to state in the bylaws (and have the members vote on) the  order for officers to preside over the meeting should the chair and vice chair be absent? In other words, if the chair and vice chair are absent, the secretary will preside over the meeting.  If chair, vice chair, and secretary are absent, the treasurer will preside over the meeting, etc. 

There's no real point in doing so, but that never stopped anyone.

 

RONR covers this situation adequately, as is.

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