Dave123 Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:14 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:14 AM Can a married couple serve as President & Fire Chief of a volunteer fire department? Would this pose some sort of conflict of interest and is there anything to warrant against it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:42 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:42 AM 25 minutes ago, Dave123 said: Can a married couple serve as President & Fire Chief of a volunteer fire department? Would this pose some sort of conflict of interest and is there anything to warrant against it? As far as the rules in RONR are concerned, there is nothing wrong with a married couple serving as two officers in the same organization, including as two members of the same board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:45 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 at 04:45 AM 27 minutes ago, Dave123 said: Q1.) Can a married couple serve as President & Fire Chief of a volunteer fire department? Q2.) Would this pose some sort of conflict of interest and is there anything to warrant against it? A1.) Yes. Robert's Rules does not contain any such prohibition. Not even for siblings. Not even for parent-child. A2.) Not necessarily. It is possible that a motion could be moved where a conflict of interest might pop up. But there is no constant conflict of interest ongoing, just by having spouses sit on the same board or committee. *** (Just "being married" is "conflict enough".) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 9, 2016 at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 at 09:10 PM 16 hours ago, Dave123 said: Can a married couple serve as President & Fire Chief of a volunteer fire department? Would this pose some sort of conflict of interest and is there anything to warrant against it? There's no rule against it in RONR. But of course if it makes members uncomfortable they can easily avoid the problem by electing only one (or neither) of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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