Guest Rider Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:12 PM We are a small 501(c)3 sports group that is having issues with elections. We have a few people who did not submit their membership form until a week after the meeting and did not sign into the meeting but now want to be considered has having joined at that meeting to gain voting rights in time for the December elections. Can they do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:17 PM Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:17 PM If they weren't a member at the time of the meeting then they weren't a member at the meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:58 PM Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 at 09:58 PM 40 minutes ago, Guest Rider said: We are a small 501(c)3 sports group that is having issues with elections. We have a few people who did not submit their membership form until a week after the meeting and did not sign into the meeting but now want to be considered has having joined at that meeting to gain voting rights in time for the December elections. Can they do that? Barring some rule in your organization’s governing documents to the contrary, it seems to me that members should be considered to have joined at the time that they actually joined. I would note, however, that the rules in RONR only care about whether someone is currently a member and grants all rights of membership immediately, so it doesn’t weigh in on this subject directly. If your organization has a rule which requires persons to be a member for a certain period of time in order to gain voting rights, it will ultimately be up to your society to interpret that rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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