Guest LLPOA Heather Posted July 27, 2019 at 12:39 PM Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 at 12:39 PM Our Bylaws mention nothing about subcommittee so we are referencing RRules. It clearly gives instruction on who has the authority to establish a subcommittee: A committee can appoint subcommittees, which are responsible to and report tot he committee and not to the assembly. My questions are: It states the subcommittees are appointed by the committee. Does this mean there does not need to be a committee vote or a Board vote? RRules explains how the subcommittee can be set up but does not mention how it is to be dissolved. Is it by committee vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 27, 2019 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 at 02:31 PM Has the Subcommittee finished the task(s) the Committee gave it? Or is it still working on them but the Committee no longer desires its existence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LLPOA Heather Posted July 27, 2019 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 at 03:18 PM The committee never gave the subcommittee any tasks. The subcommittee was established last year by a motion (from someone other than the chair) and Board vote. This was done not in accordance to Robert Rules, which we just realized. The office handles 99.9% of this issues in regards to this subcommiitee. The Committee and Executive Committee feel that it is finished. We just need to know how to dissolve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 27, 2019 at 03:34 PM Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 at 03:34 PM Has the Subcommittee been tasked to do anything or is it just sitting around? Also, who does the motion establishing the Subcommittee specify it reports to? Just because it is called a Subcommittee doesn't mean it is really a subcommittee (as RONR defines it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Hunt Posted July 28, 2019 at 10:58 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 at 10:58 PM (edited) The answer in almost all cases is that whatever body created the subcommittee also has the power to destroy it. If the committee created it, it can discharge it. It sounds like the Board was the one that created it in this case, in which case the Board must dissolve it (a committee cannot overrule an instruction of the Board). If it's specified in your bylaws, the bylaws must be amended to remove it. And so on. Subordinate bodies can also be dissolved by direction from a higher body, for instance, if a committee of a board creates a subcommittee, the board could give it an instruction to dissolve the subcommittee. Quote The Subcommittee was made in the fires of Mount Board. Only there can it be unmade. Edited July 28, 2019 at 11:00 PM by Alexis Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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