Board President re-election clarification

[Guest Guest Lèa]

Is there a clarification in Robert's Rules where it clarifies that an officer can re-offer to sit in their position, but there needs to be a nomination? Our president is saying that they can sit for 3 full 3 year terms, and an election does not need to be called because they are re-offering to sit in their position.

[Joshua Katz]

An incumbent, if qualified to run, can run for another term like anyone else. But that doesn't mean you can't run against them. Although there has been a lot of that sort of nonsense going around the last few years.

[Rob Elsman]

I think it is incumbent on the officer to provide extraordinary proofs for such an extraordinary claim.

[Richard Brown]

Unless your rules provide otherwise, any officer who wants to serve an additional term must run for reelection for that term. He cannot just simply “claim that he is in for another term“.  He can run for another term, but he cannot lay claim to it automatically! He can only offer to serve another term if he is reelected for that new term.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 4/21/2023 at 8:30 PM, Guest Guest Lèa said:

Is there a clarification in Robert's Rules where it clarifies that an officer can re-offer to sit in their position, but there needs to be a nomination? Our president is saying that they can sit for 3 full 3 year terms, and an election does not need to be called because they are re-offering to sit in their position.

Yes, here's the clarification:  That claim is clearly total rubbish.