Guest Daniel D Posted December 7, 2023 at 08:33 PM Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 at 08:33 PM In our Senior Assn. we have a TRIP committee and has a chairperson. Trips are open to anyone who wants to go. My question is: what power/or say does President have in deciding what trips will be taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 7, 2023 at 11:01 PM Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 at 11:01 PM None, if the rules in RONR apply. But check your bylaws to see if there's some section granting such powers to the president. In the usual case, the committee would report to its parent body (which is?) with recommendations, and that body would decide if, when, and how those recommendations should be implemented. The role of the president is limited to presiding over the meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 8, 2023 at 12:31 PM Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 at 12:31 PM On 12/7/2023 at 2:33 PM, Guest Daniel D said: In our Senior Assn. we have a TRIP committee and has a chairperson. Trips are open to anyone who wants to go. My question is: what power/or say does President have in deciding what trips will be taken. Nothing in RONR grants the President any authority over what trips will be taken and, indeed, RONR says nothing whatsoever regarding trips. This is not a parliamentary issue, and this matter will be governed by your organization's own rules concerning these trips, not by any rule in RONR. "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." RONR (12th ed.) 47:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 10, 2023 at 06:58 PM Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 at 06:58 PM On 12/7/2023 at 5:01 PM, Gary Novosielski said: In the usual case, the committee would report to its parent body (which is?) with recommendations, and that body would decide if, when, and how those recommendations should be implemented. I agree that this is the USUAL role of a committee, but it is possible to create a committee "with power" -- that is, power to do or execute what it is recommending as long as it is within the designated powers of the committee. In other words, such a committee is not limited to making recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 10, 2023 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 at 10:42 PM On 12/10/2023 at 1:58 PM, Richard Brown said: I agree that this is the USUAL role of a committee, but it is possible to create a committee "with power" -- that is, power to do or execute what it is recommending as long as it is within the designated powers of the committee. In other words, such a committee is not limited to making recommendations. Well, that's certainly true, but it didn't seem applicable here, where the question was not whether the committee had the power to execute decisions, but whether the president acting alone could do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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