Guest Kristen Warden Posted July 23, 2017 at 06:38 PM Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 at 06:38 PM We had an Annual Meeting on June 14, 2017. We never had an Organizational Meeting immediately following per our By-Laws. Our positions were never assigned and none of the other members would agree to have this meeting. The Treasurer said she could continue acting as this since it was previously assigned, so she has been the only person conducting business. She also wouldn't provide any documentation that the new directors have requested many times. Our next meeting is scheduled for August 9th. They want to have an executive meeting prior to the open meeting to vote on a legal issue. Can we do this without having assigned positions/titles ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted July 23, 2017 at 10:12 PM Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 at 10:12 PM Have you adopted a set of bylaws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted July 24, 2017 at 01:06 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 01:06 AM Why were these people elected if they will not even attend a meeting? If they did not want to do the job they should never have accepted election! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted July 24, 2017 at 01:46 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 01:46 AM 7 hours ago, Guest Kristen Warden said: We had an Annual Meeting on June 14, 2017. We never had an Organizational Meeting immediately following per our By-Laws. Our positions were never assigned and none of the other members would agree to have this meeting. The Treasurer said she could continue acting as this since it was previously assigned, so she has been the only person conducting business. She also wouldn't provide any documentation that the new directors have requested many times. Our next meeting is scheduled for August 9th. They want to have an executive meeting prior to the open meeting to vote on a legal issue. Can we do this without having assigned positions/titles ? The facts are not clear to me. Who is having these meetings? What do you mean by assigned positions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:01 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:01 AM If I understand correctly, the AGM elected a board, and the board was supposed to meet immediately afterwards (organizational meeting) to elect officers from among its own number, but failed to do so. It seems to me they should do so as soon as practicable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:25 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:25 AM I don't understand enough about what's going on to be able to comment intelligently. Guest Kristen, would you please provide us with more information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:34 PM Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:34 PM I will assume (1) this is a board of directors which elects its own officers following the annual meeting and (2) the "executive meeting" is a meeting of those officers. Can they have an executive meeting when the election is yet to be held? Yes, if the bylaws say that officers continue until their successors are elected. If the bylaws provide only a fixed term of office, and that time has expired, there are presently no officers and a meeting cannot be held. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted July 25, 2017 at 12:23 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 at 12:23 PM 21 hours ago, Guest Who's Coming to Dinner said: I will assume (1) this is a board of directors which elects its own officers following the annual meeting and (2) the "executive meeting" is a meeting of those officers. Can they have an executive meeting when the election is yet to be held? Yes, if the bylaws say that officers continue until their successors are elected. If the bylaws provide only a fixed term of office, and that time has expired, there are presently no officers and a meeting cannot be held. The bylaws appear to provide that the board, as that's what it appears to be, holds an "organizational" meeting after the AGM, at which the election has presumably taken place, in order to organize itself, which typically includes at least election of officers. There are board members, they just haven't decided who will do what. Whenever they get their act together and hold a meeting, that will be their organizational meeting. The fact that no officers were yet selected does not mean the board cannot meet. Any member may call the meeting to order and preside over an election of a chair pro-tem and they're off and running.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 25, 2017 at 02:25 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 at 02:25 PM I think Gary Novosielski has properly analyzed the situation based on the limited information we have available. I still hope that guest Kristen will come back and add more information to help clear things up. Several statements in her original post concern me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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