Guest Anne Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:18 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:18 PM We have a sitting board member whose brother-in-law (who also sits on the board) may be facing charges due to a criminal investigation into park finances. If charges are in fact laid against his brother in law some people are saying he also would have to step down off the board. Is this in fact true? How can he be blamed for the actions of his brother in law??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:32 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:32 PM No rule in RONR requires him to step off the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Meed Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:46 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 at 06:46 PM ...or walk the plank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted December 31, 2016 at 11:56 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 at 11:56 PM 5 hours ago, Guest Anne said: We have a sitting board member whose brother-in-law (who also sits on the board) may be facing charges due to a criminal investigation into park finances. If charges are in fact laid against his brother-in-law, some people are saying he also would have to step down off the board. Q. Is this in fact true? How can he be blamed for the actions of his brother in law? It is FALSE. There is nothing in Robert's Rules of Order which automatically makes a board member (or general member) recused. There is nothing in Robert's Rules of Order which implies that a party who sits on a board must resign due to a family member being arrested (or being under investigation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted January 1, 2017 at 03:27 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 at 03:27 PM My own brother, the fellow fruit of my parents's loins, is a college graduate; do you think it would be fair for you to hold that against me? When my credentials as a college drop-out are unimpeachable? _________ N. B. I am writing using a figment as a nom de plume (or a nom de plume as a figment, I'm not sure which is which), I can't face up to owning in public that I have a relative who is a college graduate. I should recuse myself. I never shoulda voted for Trump (we shoulda kept him on the island). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 1, 2017 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 at 05:15 PM 22 hours ago, Guest Anne said: We have a sitting board member whose brother-in-law (who also sits on the board) may be facing charges due to a criminal investigation into park finances. If charges are in fact laid against his brother in law some people are saying he also would have to step down off the board. Is this in fact true? How can he be blamed for the actions of his brother in law??? Whether the board member can be blamed for the actions of his brother-in-law is more of a philosophical question, but so far as RONR is concerned, the board member would not have to step down even if he was the one facing criminal charges. Resignation is a voluntary act. If the board wishes to remove him against his will, it will need to review its bylaws, and possibly applicable law (it sounds like this may be a public body). If both of these are silent on the subject, see Ch. XX of RONR. The board member also does not have to recuse himself, but RONR says that a member should abstain from voting on any question where he has a personal or pecuniary interest not in common with other members. If this is a public body, applicable law may also say something on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted January 1, 2017 at 08:08 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 at 08:08 PM 4 hours ago, Guest Nancy N. said: My own brother, the fellow fruit of my parents's loins, is a college graduate; do you think it would be fair for you to hold that against me? When my credentials as a college drop-out are unimpeachable? _________ N. B. I am writing using a figment as a nom de plume (or a nom de plume as a figment, I'm not sure which is which), I can't face up to owning in public that I have a relative who is a college graduate. I should recuse myself. I never shoulda voted for Trump (we shoulda kept him on the island). You're just jealous that he hasn't shared his college degree with you, so now you have to think for yourself in order to be taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted January 1, 2017 at 08:09 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 at 08:09 PM (P.S.: And I ain't sharing mine with you, either, so don't even try askin'.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted January 2, 2017 at 10:18 AM Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 at 10:18 AM 14 hours ago, Shmuel Gerber said: now you have to think for yourself At this advanced age, I have to start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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