Guest Non Posted May 27, 2015 at 08:50 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 at 08:50 PM Can a regular board member in a non-government organization be Acting Chair if there is no Vice Chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted May 27, 2015 at 08:53 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 at 08:53 PM Can a regular board member in a non-government organization be Acting Chair if there is no Vice Chair? Yes. If the chairman is not present and there is no vice chair, the assembly elects someone else to preside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted May 27, 2015 at 09:18 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 at 09:18 PM Can a regular board member in a non-government organization be Acting Chair if there is no Vice Chair? Yes. If the chairman is not present and there is no vice chair, the assembly elects someone else to preside. I'm assuming that your question is related to presiding at a meeting and that George means that the assembly elects someone else (a chairman pro tem) to preside at meetings. A chairman pro-tem does not acquire any of the administrative or managerial duties assigned to the president in the bylaws. The chairman pro-tem's duties are limited to presiding at a meeting. I know that Mr. Mervosh knows that but I'm not sure that guest Non does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 2, 2015 at 03:17 PM Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 at 03:17 PM Can a regular board member in a non-government organization be Acting Chair if there is no Vice Chair? Any member can be elected chairman pro tempore ("pro tem" for short), which is Latin for "for the time being". That's for the duration of the meeting only. If you're talking about establishing an Acting officer who would have other authorities and duties between meetings, as Mr. Brown refers to, I think that would require some provision in your bylaws for Acting Officers. Otherwise, if a position becomes vacant, you fill it--with a "real" chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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