Scheduling of meetings

[Guest Niken daas]

Does the President do the actually scheduling of the meetings by picking a date/time?

The board of our organization voted to have one of the board members come before the board for "removal" with VERY vague charges listed.

-Actions detrimental to the league or membership

-Multiple requests for information ignored

-Mishandling of funds

etc...

The President requested further explanation of the charges (our Constitution says the offender will be notified of the meeting and given a general nature of the charges). The President, being weary of the mishandling of funds part, asked for a more specific description of the charges.

No response was given.

Now what? If the President can't make the meeting, the Constitution says that the VP can act as the President and will have all duties and powers as te Presidents as lolng as the president has given them the authority to do so.

The President has NOT given our VP the authority to run the meeting.

Please help!!

[Kim Goldsworthy]

Does the President do the actually scheduling of the meetings by picking a date/time?

No.

Regular meetings are fixed by rule per one's bylaws.

Exceptions are possible. See your bylaws for the exceptions.

(our Constitution says the offender will be notified of the meeting and given a general nature of the charges). The President, being weary of the mishandling of funds part, asked for a more specific description of the charges. No response was given.

Now what?

I don't know.

I cannot tell you how to obey your unique rule. - You guys drafted it and adopted it. Now, obey it.

If the President can't make the meeting, the Constitution says that the VP can act as the President and will have all duties and powers as the President's as long as the president has given them the authority to do so.

The President has NOT given our VP the authority to run the meeting.

I don't know.

I cannot tell you how to obey your unique rule. - You guys drafted it and adopted it. Now, obey it.

That is the risk you take when you customize your rules in a way contrary to the default rules in Robert's Rules of Order. - If an anolmoly pops up, you have no recourse but yourselves.

[Trina]

Does the President do the actually scheduling of the meetings by picking a date/time?

The board of our organization voted to have one of the board members come before the board for "removal" with VERY vague charges listed.

-Actions detrimental to the league or membership

-Multiple requests for information ignored

-Mishandling of funds

etc...

Is this 'coming before the board' supposed to happen at the next regular board meeting? Or at a special meeting called just for that purpose? If it is a special meeting, your bylaws need to specify that special meetings are allowed, and further, the bylaws should describe how such special meetings are to be called (including who should do the scheduling).

The President requested further explanation of the charges (our Constitution says the offender will be notified of the meeting and given a general nature of the charges). The President, being weary of the mishandling of funds part, asked for a more specific description of the charges.

No response was given.

Did this further activity take place outside a meeting? If so, the body can't make a decision to modify the charges anyway (motions and votes can only happen at meetings).

Now what? If the President can't make the meeting, the Constitution says that the VP can act as the President and will have all duties and powers as te Presidents as lolng as the president has given them the authority to do so.

The President has NOT given our VP the authority to run the meeting.

Please help!!

Presiding at meetings in the president's absence is automatically the job of the VP, according to RONR. On the other hand, transferring the president's administrative duties and responsibilities to the VP is not automatic at all, according to RONR. Perhaps the provision in your constitution is only meant to apply to those other administrative duties and powers, and not to the president's parliamentary job as presiding officer (chair) at meetings? Ultimately, interpretation of your constitution and/or bylaws is the responsibility of your organization. RONR provides some useful principles of interpretation (RONR pp. 570-573).