Guest Totti Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:23 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:23 AM President initialized vote to eliminate committees, the board eliminated them by vote, then president announced she was the sole board member with the powers of dissolved committees-is this how it works? The board appoints power to committees, but it did not appoint those powers to the president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:44 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:44 AM No, that is not how it works unless your bylaws say so. The president has only that power given to her by the bylaws and by virtue of resolutions adopted by the society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Totti Posted February 11, 2019 at 05:11 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 05:11 AM This is what our by-laws say: (pic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted February 11, 2019 at 07:34 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 07:34 AM And what exactly do the bylaws say about committees? Are specific committees established by the bylaws or is the board given the discretion of creating or dissolving them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Totti Posted February 11, 2019 at 08:21 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 08:21 AM Everything I could find about committees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted February 11, 2019 at 02:08 PM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 02:08 PM 9 hours ago, Guest Totti said: President initialized vote to eliminate committees, the board eliminated them by vote, then president announced she was the sole board member with the powers of dissolved committees-is this how it works? The board appoints power to committees, but it did not appoint those powers to the president. Based on the additional facts provided, it seems quite clear this is not how it works. It seems to me that since your bylaws provide that the board delegates power to the committees, then if the committees were subsequently dissolved, the powers delegated to the committees return to the board, not to the President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 11, 2019 at 03:23 PM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 03:23 PM Guest Totti, although your bylaws do give broad power to the president by virtue of the president being given the power to "direct and control the business and affairs of the association and the members thereof. . . .", it is still "subject to the control of the Board of Directors". In addition, as Mr. Martin pointed out, since the board has the exclusive authority to create committees and those committees shall have whatever power the board delegates to them, I agree that whatever power and authority the dissolved committees had has reverted to the Board, not to the president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Totti Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:06 PM Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 at 04:06 PM Thank you so much for your input, very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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