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quoram and First VP power at a meeting


Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

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Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

Firstly, the only way to change the quorum requirement is by amending the bylaws. So your "old" (i.e. current) quorum requirement is still in effect (regardless of bad weather and bad presidents). But there's nothing to correct . . . until only "

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Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

To put it another way, if the president and the vice-president(s) were absent, the person who was selected to be the presiding officer (the chair pro tem) would not assume the powers of the president. And neither does the vice-president."

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Guest Paul McClintock

> I contend he has full presidential powers and can make decisions and appointments according to the by-laws as the President would if she were there at the meeting.

If the bylaws say, for example, that the president shall make certain appoint"

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> I'd like to know is what the President did legal? If not how do we correct it? <

The answer to this one is so clear (as Mr. Mountcastle explained) that you probably won't get a lot of confirming replies... in case you wonder. As far as a "

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>If the bylaws say, for example, that the president shall make certain appointments, such as the members of all special committees, then per RONR another person presiding does not have the authority to make those appointments. But if the bylaws have no"

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