Guest Rita Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:12 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:12 PM Under Roberts Rules - is it possible to have Co Presidents? There would also be a Vice President. We are in the situation where no one wants to do the Presidency full time due to age, traveling, and have done it. When installing you would only install the primary one, who would start out? How could this work? Our bylaws nor constitution has any wording to allow this. Thank you, Rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:18 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:18 PM RONR says that it should be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Coronite Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:19 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 07:19 PM It's possible for you to provide for co-presidents in your bylaws. But it's not recommended in RONR. Perhaps some duties could be delegated without resorting to "co" anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted February 7, 2017 at 10:40 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 10:40 PM If you elect two co-presidents instead of one president, you have abolished one office and created two new ones. You aren't allowed to do that without properly amending your bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted February 8, 2017 at 12:34 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 12:34 AM 5 hours ago, Guest Rita said: How could this work? Our bylaws nor constitution has any wording to allow this. You will have to customize a process. You will have to amend your constitution/bylaws accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 8, 2017 at 03:51 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 03:51 AM 8 hours ago, Hieu H. Huynh said: RONR says that it should be avoided. To be more specific, RONR says that it is prohibited, unless rules exist in the bylaws to allow it. RONR also says that such the inclusion of such rules in the bylaws to allow it should be avoided. Experience has shown that having co-anything does not help to facilitate operations, except to encourage finger pointing when things fail to get done. If there are more duties than can be handled by a single president and vice president, consider having a 1st, 2nd, and even 3rd vice presidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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