powers normally appurtenant to the office of the President

[Guest Winston]

What does this mean?  powers normally appurtenant to the office of the Presiden

[Gary Novosielski]

The only "normal" presidential power is presiding over meetings, as far as RONR is concerned. Anything else must be in the bylaws.

I've run across this phrase in some ancient bylaws. Apparently it was the expression du jour back in the day.  As far as I'm concerned it is far too vague to have any meaning at all. 

[Richard Brown]

Agreeing with Mr. Novosielski, section 47:20 of RONR (12th ed.) elaborates on his statement as follows:

Administrative duties of the president of a society. All of the duties of the presiding officer described above relate to the function of presiding over the assembly at its meetings. In addition, in many organized societies, the president has duties as an administrative or executive officer; but these are outside the scope of parliamentary law, and the president has such authority only insofar as the bylaws provide it. In some organizations, the president is responsible for appointing, and is ex officio a member of, all committees (with the exception of the nominating committee, which should be expressly excluded from such a provision, and with the further possible exception of all disciplinary committees; see 56: 47). But only when he is so authorized by the bylaws— or, in the case of a particular committee, by vote of the assembly— does he have this authority and status. As an ex-officio member of a committee, the president has the same rights as the other committee members, but is not obligated to attend meetings of the committee and is not counted in determining the number required for a quorum or whether a quorum is present.

[Josh Martin]

On 11/15/2022 at 8:13 PM, Guest Winston said:

What does this mean?  powers normally appurtenant to the office of the Presiden

It's lazy wording societies use when they don't want to think through the details. It provides no useful information. The administrative powers of a President tend to vary from society to society. There is no agreed upon list of the administrative powers a President "normally" has.

Edited November 16, 2022 at 05:45 PM by Josh Martin