Tricia27 Posted December 29, 2019 at 02:15 AM Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 at 02:15 AM What is the difference between a Vice-President of Membership, and a Membership Secretary on an executive committee of an organization (social, not for profit)? Are the terms interchangeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted December 29, 2019 at 02:36 AM Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 at 02:36 AM The roles and duties are whatever you define them to be, preferably in your bylaws. So, yes, the titles could be interchangeable. RONR assigns one duty to the vice-president: the person who will automatically become president if the president position becomes vacant. If there are more than one vice-president, then there should be a way to rank them to see which of them will ascend. So it's probably less confusing to use the Membership Secretary title. But that's just my opinion. Your organization gets to decide what it wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 29, 2019 at 03:15 AM Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 at 03:15 AM 50 minutes ago, Tricia27 said: What is the difference between a Vice-President of Membership, and a Membership Secretary on an executive committee of an organization (social, not for profit)? Are the terms interchangeable? They could be the same or they could be completely different, depending on the organization. What matters is what the duties of the position are, and they are whatever you want them to be. I agree with Mr. Kapur that as titles go, a defined role should not be assigned to a "vice president". So Membership Secretary would make more sense. If you are going to have more than one Vice President, it's best to use the good old numbering system: 1st VP, 2nd VP, 3rd VP, etc. If the president leaves office, the 1st (or only) VP automatically becomes president, and the others shift one number lower, creating a vacancy in the highest numbered office, if the rules in RONR apply. Assigning specific duties to specific vice president, is therefore a bad idea. If the president is hit by a beer wagon, the VP formerly in charge of membership could come in on Monday and find herself in charge of Buildings and Grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricia27 Posted December 29, 2019 at 07:04 PM Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 at 07:04 PM Thank you for your prompt replies! Very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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