Resign to run

[Guest Linda Albert]

Hello,

Our club recently had a voting for the offices and BOD. My question is a member from the class of 2021 was on the ballot to be voted on as Vice President. She lost the votes, does she now automatically take her old BOD position class of 2021?

 

thank you,

Linsa Albert

[Transpower]

Uh, why would that be the case?  What do your bylaws say?

[Dan Honemann]

1 hour ago, Guest Linda Albert said:

Hello,

Our club recently had a voting for the offices and BOD. My question is a member from the class of 2021 was on the ballot to be voted on as Vice President. She lost the votes, does she now automatically take her old BOD position class of 2021?

 

It would seem that the answer to your question depends upon exactly what occurred incident to this member's resignation from the board. I suppose it's conceivable that her resignation was offered and accepted based upon an understanding that it would become effective only if and when she should be elected to the office of Vice-President. If not so conditioned (and I would doubt that it was), her resignation became final and effective upon its acceptance. If such is the case, she no longer holds the position from which she resigned, unless, of course, your club has some rule in place providing otherwise (which I also doubt is the case because, if it does, you wouldn't be asking this question 🙂).

[George Mervosh]

For the future, unless your governing documents require it, members should not resign from their current office when seeking election to another office, since no rule in RONR requires them to do so.

Edited December 5, 2019 at 02:16 PM by George Mervosh