Board of Directors Vote

[Glenda]

When the Directors need to vote to present a motion to the members on whether or not to dissolve a non-profit corporation and there are four members what happens in the event that the vote is 2 "for" and 2 "against"?

[Mr. J!]

When the Directors need to vote to present a motion to the members on whether or not to dissolve a non-profit corporation and there are four members what happens in the event that the vote is 2 "for" and 2 "against"?

Nothing. The motion is not adopted.

[Robert B Fish]

The motion was not adopted because less than a majority favored it being adopted.

However, this would not prevent one of the two directors from making the motion at the membership meeting, assuming the director is also a member of the organization.

-Bob

[Trina]

When the Directors need to vote to present a motion to the members on whether or not to dissolve a non-profit corporation and there are four members what happens in the event that the vote is 2 "for" and 2 "against"?

Regarding the subtitle of your post ('How to break a tie vote'), note that there is no requirement to break a tie vote when voting on a motion -- as other posters have mentioned, the motion simply fails in this case.

[Rob Elsman]

It is unlikely, in my opinion, that an executive board has this power, unless the general assembly has specifically referred the question to it.

[jstackpo]

It is unlikely, in my opinion, that an executive board has this power, unless the general assembly has specifically referred the question to it.

Why, in your view, cannot an ExecBoard propose something to the general membership?

[Rob Elsman]

Why, in your view, cannot an ExecBoard propose something to the general membership?

Nothing in my reply suggests that an executive board cannot "...propose something to the general membership".

[jstackpo]

Hmm, then how do you read

"It is unlikely ... that an executive board has this power".

Or perhaps your "this" referred to something else. What?

[Rob Elsman]

Hmm, then how do you read

"It is unlikely ... that an executive board has this power".

Or perhaps your "this" referred to something else. What?

An executive board, being generally a managerial and supervisory body, would not likely be empowered in the bylaws to take up questions about the dissolution of the society; and, it should not do so, unless the general membership assembly, by a specific act, has referred the matter to it.