RACE Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:04 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:04 AM Bylaws are amended at our annual meeting, if the BOD votes to change the name of one of their officers can they do it prior to bringing it to their general membership for an official vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:14 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:14 AM The board only has such powers that the bylaws provide. The bylaws could be amended by following your rules for their amendment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 5, 2020 at 05:19 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 at 05:19 AM 3 hours ago, RACE said: Bylaws are amended at our annual meeting, if the BOD votes to change the name of one of their officers can they do it prior to bringing it to their general membership for an official vote? The process for amending your bylaws is probably set forth in the bylaws themselves. Apparently it requires a vote of the membership at the annual meeting, among other possible requirements. The Board can't override the bylaws, and has only those powers granted to it by the bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:06 PM Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 at 02:06 PM (edited) 12 hours ago, RACE said: Bylaws are amended at our annual meeting, if the BOD votes to change the name of one of their officers can they do it prior to bringing it to their general membership for an official vote? Agreeing with the other comments, I suppose the board and its members can informally refer to officers by whatever names it desires, but any name change won’t be official until the change is made in the bylaws. I’m curious, though: why would the board want to refer to an officer by a title not provided for in the bylaws? It seems that doing so would only cause confusion. It would seem awfully strange for the board minutes to be referring to an officer position that does not exist. Edited August 5, 2020 at 02:09 PM by Richard Brown Added last sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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