Reorganizational board meeting following annual meeting

[Guest Sophie Stoyer]

If both the president and vice president are not returning after annual meeting election, who should chair the reorganizational meeting directly following annual meeting?  The president running the annual says he will chair the reorganizational meeting until new president is approved by motion in organizational meeting.  If the president’s term ended at conclusion of annual meeting should he chair the reorganizational meeting or should another office like secretary chair meeting?   The board is 9 members each with 3 year terms.

[Joshua Katz]

What do your bylaws say about the President's term and this reorganizational meeting? According to RONR, officers take office when elected, so a new President will be elected at the annual meeting and will take office, so any meeting after that should be chaired by the new President. Do your bylaws require this approval of the elected officers at the organizational meeting, though? If so, then that is when they take office. So, this ultimately depends on your bylaws. 

[Josh Martin]

11 minutes ago, Guest Sophie Stoyer said:

If both the president and vice president are not returning after annual meeting election, who should chair the reorganizational meeting directly following annual meeting?  The president running the annual says he will chair the reorganizational meeting until new president is approved by motion in organizational meeting.  If the president’s term ended at conclusion of annual meeting should he chair the reorganizational meeting or should another office like secretary chair meeting?   The board is 9 members each with 3 year terms.

What exactly do your bylaws say about the President’s term? Many bylaws provide, for instance, that officers serve until their successors are elected. In this event, the President is correct that he would chair the meeting.

If his term indeed ends at the end of the annual meeting, however, then the Secretary would chair the meeting until a Chairman Pro Tempore is elected, who will in turn preside until a President is elected.

7 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said:

What do your bylaws say about the President's term and this reorganizational meeting? According to RONR, officers take office when elected, so a new President will be elected at the annual meeting and will take office, so any meeting after that should be chaired by the new President. Do your bylaws require this approval of the elected officers at the organizational meeting, though? If so, then that is when they take office. So, this ultimately depends on your bylaws. 

I suspect the issue is that board members are elected by the membership at the annual meeting, but officers such as the President are elected at the board meeting immediately following the annual meeting.

[Gary Novosielski]

2 hours ago, Joshua Katz said:

What do your bylaws say about the President's term and this reorganizational meeting? According to RONR, officers take office when elected, so a new President will be elected at the annual meeting and will take office, so any meeting after that should be chaired by the new President. Do your bylaws require this approval of the elected officers at the organizational meeting, though? If so, then that is when they take office. So, this ultimately depends on your bylaws. 

It is also common for the president not to be elected at the annual meeting, but rather that directors are elected there, and the reorganizational meeting is where the president is elected.

In this case, it is proper for the secretary, clerk, or any member to call the meeting to order and preside over the election of the president, who then presides.