Patton531 Posted May 7, 2018 at 05:08 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 05:08 PM Per our bylaws, nominations for executive board positions are in November. In January, actual voting takes place. Can the current executive board in place between Nov and Jan (before voting takes place) change requirements for office - which are in the bylaws - such that those running against them would become ineligable to hold office and thereby would be disqualified from running? This would assure the current board continuance in office. come voting time in Jan, they'd run unopposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 7, 2018 at 05:17 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 05:17 PM 7 minutes ago, Patton531 said: Can the current executive board in place between Nov and Jan (before voting takes place) change requirements for office - which are in the bylaws - such that those running against them would become ineligable to hold office and thereby would be disqualified from running? This would assure the current board continuance in office. come voting time in Jan, they'd run unopposed. Do your bylaws grant the Executive Board the authority to amend the bylaws at all? Generally, such authority is reserved for the general membership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patton531 Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:04 PM Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:04 PM 1 hour ago, Josh Martin said: Do your bylaws grant the Executive Board the authority to amend the bylaws at all? Generally, such authority is reserved for the general membership. Yes. The Executive Board is permitted to amend bylaws. While everyone was asleep, they gave themselves the power to amend bylaws too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:29 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:29 PM 23 minutes ago, Patton531 said: Yes. The Executive Board is permitted to amend bylaws. While everyone was asleep, they gave themselves the power to amend bylaws too. Then the answer is, yes. I have no idea what your last sentence means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:44 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 07:44 PM 39 minutes ago, Patton531 said: While everyone was asleep, they gave themselves the power to amend bylaws too. How is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 7, 2018 at 10:24 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 at 10:24 PM 3 hours ago, Patton531 said: Yes. The Executive Board is permitted to amend bylaws. Assuming this is correct (and the next sentence leaves some doubt in my mind), the answer to your original question is yes, although such a strategy seems overly complicated. It would be simpler to just amend the bylaws to provide that the Executive Board elects its own members, and then they can just re-elect themselves. 3 hours ago, Patton531 said: While everyone was asleep, they gave themselves the power to amend bylaws too. Please clarify what you mean by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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