Election of Directors

[Guest Dmd10503@gmail.com]

We are working on amending our bylaws to change the board structure but may not have the work done before the AGM. Can we elect new board members contingent on them accepting new roles once the amendments have been approved?

[rulesasker]

Your election will need to be to positions in the bylaws in effect at the time of the election. So no, you can’t elect people to nonexistent positions contingent on those positions existing in the future under amended bylaws, if that’s the question. 

[Michael Seebeck]

This isn't very clear.  Who is the "we" working on the amending of the Bylaws relative to the Board and the general membership?  Does the general membership have any say in the amendment approvals?

That being asked, no, you cannot elect new board members contingent upon new role descriptions and titles that were not approved before the elections.  You would have to either have another set of elections at a special membership meeting for the new positions with the old positions being dissolved/eliminated, or alternatively, some sort of Board action to transition the personnel from the old roles to the new ones, with provisos for filling vacancies if a Board member constructively resigns from refusing the new (adjusted?) role.  The special membership meeting is the far better route, though, especially if the election of the Board is made by the general membership.