replacing president and vice pres.

[Guest Trina]

Under RONR, the VP doesn't just 'act' as president when the president resigns - rather, the VP becomes president, and there is a vacancy in the VP office.

No, you don't need to resign your position to run for office, and, yes, it is proper for th"

[Guest Trina]

> Our constitution gives the authority to a nominating commeittee to run the election. <

Your constitution supersedes rules in a parliamentary authority (such as RONR). If the constitution actually says that some member of the nominating co"

[Guest larry m]

Trina: Thanks so much for your quick response it will make my weekend go alot amoother knowing the info you gave me. One moe question, do we have to formally accept the presidents resignation in our meeting?

Larry"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Yes. A resignation is a request to be excused from a duty and is not final until it's accepted."

[Guest Trina]

Yes, the resignation should be accepted (normally by vote of the assembly at a meeting). When someone says that they resign, that is a request to be excused from a duty. The request has to be granted before it actually takes effect. The entity accepting t"