Guest Dee Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:00 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:00 PM We recently had a nomination of our new officers. Our nominating committee gave their recommendations for 2nd vice president and she accepted and was voted in. After that, someone from the floor nominated her for president? is she allowed to accept this nomination after accepting a lower position?
J. J. Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:03 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:03 PM We recently had a nomination of our new officers. Our nominating committee gave their recommendations for 2nd vice president and she accepted and was voted in. After that, someone from the floor nominated her for president? is she allowed to accept this nomination after accepting a lower position?Yes (p. 425).
Rob Elsman Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:07 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:07 PM We recently had a nomination of our new officers. Our nominating committee gave their recommendations for 2nd vice president and she accepted and was voted in. After that, someone from the floor nominated her for president? is she allowed to accept this nomination after accepting a lower position?Well, when elections are held office by office like this, the order that the offices appear in the bylaws is used as the order that the offices are filled. In most societies, this means that the president should be elected first. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 418, ll. 33-35; p. 426, ll. 7-25.
Guest Dee Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:38 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:38 PM Well, when elections are held office by office like this, the order that the offices appear in the bylaws is used as the order that the offices are filled. In most societies, this means that the president should be elected first. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 418, ll. 33-35; p. 426, ll. 7-25.They started with the lower positions so she was nominated,accepted and was elected in as 2nd VP, then when the office of president came, someone from the floor nominated her and she accepted the nomination. It was questioned that since she had already taken the position of 2nd VP, if she should have respectfully declined the nomination?Was the nominating committee wrong in their order of elections?
Rob Elsman Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:55 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 07:55 PM They started with the lower positions so she was nominated,accepted and was elected in as 2nd VP, then when the office of president came, someone from the floor nominated her and she accepted the nomination. It was questioned that since she had already taken the position of 2nd VP, if she should have respectfully declined the nomination?Was the nominating committee wrong in their order of elections?The nominating committee has nothing to do with the order of the elections. The president of the assembly sees to it that the election for each office is taken up in the proper order.
hmtcastle Posted June 1, 2010 at 08:10 PM Report Posted June 1, 2010 at 08:10 PM It was questioned that since she had already taken the position of 2nd VP, if she should have respectfully declined the nomination?If your bylaws prohibit a person from holding more than one office at a time (RONR doesn't), and if she had already accepted the position of 2nd VP, she would be ineligible to hold the office of president. But it's not a question of "declining the nomination" since it's not up to her.Was the nominating committee wrong in their order of elections?As noted, that's irrelevant.The nominating committee has nothing to do with the order of the elections. The president of the assembly sees to it that the election for each office is taken up in the proper order.Though it's too late now to complain that the elections were held in the "wrong" order.
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