Secretary walks out

[Guest Chris]

 Secretary acted strangely throughout meeting and walked out without saying a word about 3/4 through the meeting. How do I manage this as president?

[Richard Brown]

You elect a secretary Pro Tem to take minutes for the rest of the meeting. This can usually be done by unanimous consent by you as chair asking if there is any objection to Mr. Smith serving as secretary pro-tem in the absence of the regular secretary. 

[Joshua Katz]

Elect a secretary pro tem to complete the meeting. Then either the Secretary's notes can be combined with those of the pro tem, or, if the Secretary doesn't provide them, the pro tem, with help from others in attendance most likely, will need to do his best to produce minutes. 

If the Secretary doesn't show up to the next meeting, again, elect a secretary pro tem.

Longer term, how you handle it will depend on how the Secretary behaves. Does the term of office for the Secretary include a phrase like "until their successors..."? If not, if you want to remove the Secretary, you'll need to use the disciplinary process, either one in your bylaws or, failing that, the one in Chapter XX. 

 

[George Mervosh]

Not disagreeing with Mr. Brown and Mr. Katz but if this isn't a hypothetical question, what happened after he left?  Did anyone either become Secretary pro tem or simply take notes regarding any motions that were made after he left.  Oh, and have you talked with him since to see what's going on or if he will be presenting a draft of the minutes he took while he was there for your next meeting?