Guest Gale Posted February 25, 2019 at 07:26 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 at 07:26 AM Our president's term is for 2 years. The current president's term will end in Dec 2019. What happens if no one is willing to fill the position except the current president? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted February 25, 2019 at 09:18 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 at 09:18 AM Some options - plan ahead to give notice to amend the bylaws to remove the term limit (no, you cannot just suspend this rule that's in the bylaws), - start beating the bushes to find someone willing to stand, - wait for nominations from the floor, - conduct a ballot vote and hope for a write-in to win (and to accept), or - start planning to wind up the organization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted February 25, 2019 at 09:19 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 at 09:19 AM What do the bylaws say about the term in office? Exact and complete quote of the bylaw provision, please. Do you have time between now and the beginning of the nomination & election process to amend the bylaws to remove the two year term limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 25, 2019 at 01:40 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 at 01:40 PM Am I the only one missing the term limit in the paraphrase of the term of office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted February 25, 2019 at 01:47 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 at 01:47 PM 7 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: Am I the only one missing the term limit in the paraphrase of the term of office? Don't think so, but the exact bylaw provision might contain the magic "or until..." phrase which would keep the sitting president in office past is/her allotted two years. So we should look at the bylaw provision before answering the OP's question definitively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gale Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:19 AM Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:19 AM "The President may not serve more than two consecutive years as president." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Zook Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:32 AM Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:32 AM Yeah, that's not the language we were hoping for. I refer to to the prior comments by Mr. Kapur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Zook Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:35 AM Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 at 04:35 AM Ooh! Ooh! I've got a bad idea! Find someone to agree to the following: be elected, and inaugurated as president. This breaks the presidency of the incumbent. Now the new guy resigns. The body then votes the now current, then previous president in as the new new president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 26, 2019 at 01:56 PM Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 at 01:56 PM On 2/25/2019 at 1:26 AM, Guest Gale said: Our president's term is for 2 years. The current president's term will end in Dec 2019. What happens if no one is willing to fill the position except the current president? On 2/25/2019 at 3:19 AM, jstackpo said: What do the bylaws say about the term in office? Exact and complete quote of the bylaw provision, please. 9 hours ago, Guest Gale said: "The President may not serve more than two consecutive years as president." Guest Gale, you are being very stingy with providing us with the bylaw language and facts we need. And what you have posted is rather confusing. Your first post leads us to believe that the term of office of the president is two years and that his two-year term is ending. But, your quote from the bylaw language makes it appear that the term of office is perhaps only one year (although nothing you have posted actually says that) and the president is limited to two one-year terms. There is a difference. Do I assume correctly that the president's term of office is actually one year, the president may not serve more than two consecutive terms, and the current president is actually completing his second consecutive one-year term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 26, 2019 at 02:23 PM Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 at 02:23 PM 9 hours ago, Nathan Zook said: Ooh! Ooh! I've got a bad idea! Find someone to agree to the following: be elected, and inaugurated as president. This breaks the presidency of the incumbent. Now the new guy resigns. The body then votes the now current, then previous president in as the new new president. That might work, but I'm sure the counter-argument will be that serving less than half a term does not count as a term and that therefore electing the former president to a new term would violate the term limit provision unless he sits out at least half of a full term.... six months, if I'm understanding things correctly. I don't know that sitting out the presidency for just a few days or weeks will work. But, it's ultimately up to this organization to interpret its own bylaws, so, who knows. . . . And, there is one more rather major complication to the scenario you proposed: When the newly elected "temporary" president resigns, the vice president will become president. There will not be a vacancy in the presidency to fill. The vacancy will be in the office of the vice president. But, if the current outgoing president is willing to be elected as vice president, and then shortly after the new terms begin the new president resigns, well, . . . . It's too early in the morning for me to figure that out. The elections are apparently still months away. They should just amend the bylaws to get rid of the term limit provision if they don't like having it. They could even make the change effective for only one specified term if they so desire and then hope that they don't wind up in the same situation at the end of that next year. And they can consider the other options Dr. Kapur suggested in the very first response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Zook Posted February 27, 2019 at 05:12 AM Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 at 05:12 AM 14 hours ago, Richard Brown said: That might work, but I'm sure the counter-argument will be that serving less than half a term does not count as a term and that therefore electing the former president to a new term would violate the term limit provision unless he sits out at least half of a full term.... six months, if I'm understanding things correctly. I don't know that sitting out the presidency for just a few days or weeks will work. But, it's ultimately up to this organization to interpret its own bylaws, so, who knows. . . . And, there is one more rather major complication to the scenario you proposed: When the newly elected "temporary" president resigns, the vice president will become president. There will not be a vacancy in the presidency to fill. The vacancy will be in the office of the vice president. But, if the current outgoing president is willing to be elected as vice president, and then shortly after the new terms begin the new president resigns, well, . . . . It's too early in the morning for me to figure that out. The elections are apparently still months away. They should just amend the bylaws to get rid of the term limit provision if they don't like having it. They could even make the change effective for only one specified term if they so desire and then hope that they don't wind up in the same situation at the end of that next year. And they can consider the other options Dr. Kapur suggested in the very first response. Now, now. We're talking bylaws, not the US Constitution.... I did say it was a bad idea, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gale Posted February 28, 2019 at 08:44 PM Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 at 08:44 PM Do I assume correctly that the president's term of office is actually one year, the president may not serve more than two consecutive terms, and the current president is actually completing his second consecutive one-year term? Yes, You are correct. I apologize for being unclear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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