Ex officio in the Fall 2018 NP Vol. 80 No. 1
Ex officio describes a method of becoming a member of a group by a method other than appointment or election; the person becomes a member by virtue of an office held. But what if there is no office, for example the office of Past President? Do we still describe the person as holding the office ex officio?
Interestingly, in the Q and A of the Fall 2018 NP p. 23 talks about past presidents being ex officio members of a board, that as long as they pay their dues to the organization they rema
That is what I understood initially: When the President is made a member of all committees (with limited exceptions), they are not subject to the usual obligations and that this privilege only applies to the President.
However, page 456, line 35 - page 457, line 6 seem to say that this applies even if the President is made ex officio a member of a single committee by a particular action of the assembly - outside of the bylaws.
So back to my questions: Does that relief of the obligation