Guest MDV Posted May 2, 2019 at 07:32 PM Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 at 07:32 PM Hello, Hoping for some help here. I am secretary on the board of a non-profit organization. Recently our President offered to step down in that position to take a staff position that needed to be manned. The board then named her an ex-officio member and assigned an interim President until a special election could be held in the summer. The (now) former President found that this position was not going to work out and asked to rescind her resignation and the current interim is not in favor of this, Would this need to be sent back for a board vote as a new vote? Or is this even possible? Time frame is 2 weeks, if it helps. Thank you for any advice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted May 2, 2019 at 08:13 PM Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 at 08:13 PM 38 minutes ago, Guest MDV said: Hello, Hoping for some help here. I am secretary on the board of a non-profit organization. Recently our President offered to step down in that position to take a staff position that needed to be manned. The board then named her an ex-officio member and assigned an interim President until a special election could be held in the summer. The (now) former President found that this position was not going to work out and asked to rescind her resignation and the current interim is not in favor of this, Would this need to be sent back for a board vote as a new vote? Or is this even possible? Time frame is 2 weeks, if it helps. Thank you for any advice!! "ACTIONS THAT CANNOT BE RESCINDED OR AMENDED. The motions to Rescind and to Amend Something Previously Adopted are not in order under the following circumstances: c) When a resignation has been acted upon, or a person has been elected to or expelled from membership or office, and the person was present or has been officially notified of the action." RONR (11th ed.), p. 308 That is the rule in RONR. So it does not appear that the resignation can be rescinded based upon your stated facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted May 2, 2019 at 10:45 PM Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 at 10:45 PM I agree with the response by Mr Mervosh but I have a question. Why did the board name an interim president? Did you not have a vice president who should have automatically become president? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted May 3, 2019 at 12:35 AM Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 at 12:35 AM Is the board actually authorized by the bylaws to accept such a resignation? Does this society have a higher-ranking assembly that oversees the board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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