In anscence if committees, does president “absorb” all powers of committees by default?

[Guest Totti]

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.

[Richard Brown]

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.

[Guest Totti]

This is what our by-laws say: (pic)

[Guest Zev]

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?

[Guest Totti]

Everything I could find about committees

[Josh Martin]

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.

[Richard Brown]

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. 

[Guest Totti]

Thank you so much for your input, very helpful.