Interim Treasurer
Treasurer was in a serious accident and is currently unable to fulfill duties. Have not been able to directly communicate with Treasurer and Treasurer has not resigned from the Board. Board members agreed that they do not want to remove Treasurer from the Board but they want to appoint an interim Treasurer. By-laws are silent on appointing an interim treasurer. By-laws state that Treasurer shall be elected from the membership of the board of directors. Does this mean that the interim Treas
A. No.
Do not confuse the two things:
(a.) an officer position, which is elected.
(b.) a volunteer, pinch-hitter, who is not an officer.
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If an organization were to lose their treasurer due to sudden death, the organization does not lose the ability to pay its vendors.
The organization would authorize a non-officer (or a sitting officer) to pay the bills of the organization, while the organization begins the by-election process of filling a vacancy in an officer