President's Ex-Officio Committee Membership

[Weldon Merritt]

Suppose the bylaws specify that the president is an ex-officio member of all committees (with the usual exception), and also that the president appoints all committees. Then another provision says that a certain committee is to have a specified number of members, or a motion is adopted to create a special committee with a specified number. Is the president's ex-officio membership  then included in the specified number, or is  it in addition to that number?

[Dan Honemann]

On 7/2/2022 at 8:33 PM, Weldon Merritt said:

Suppose the bylaws specify that the president is an ex-officio member of all committees (with the usual exception), and also that the president appoints all committees. Then another provision says that a certain committee is to have a specified number of members, or a motion is adopted to create a special committee with a specified number. Is the president's ex-officio membership  then included in the specified number, or is  it in addition to that number?

The latter (generally speaking).

For example, looking at the sample bylaws in 56:65, I think that the Finance Committee and the Program Committee will each consist of five members, not counting the President.

 

[Weldon Merritt]

On 7/2/2022 at 7:18 PM, Dan Honemann said:

The latter (generally speaking).

For example, looking at the sample bylaws in 56:65, I think that the Finance Committee and the Program Committee will each consist of five members, not counting the President.

 

Thanks, Dan. That's generally been my understanding, but I haven't found anything in RONR directly saying so.