Guest dgoodman Posted November 3, 2010 at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 at 01:26 PM Our president resigned. Our past president and a member that holds no office or represents a committee got together and nominated each other to be co-presidents. The past president just wanted back in and the member is a basically the mule. FYI, the member has attended 3 meetings all year. We meet monthly.What I'd like to know is, is this legal according to RRO?Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert B Fish Posted November 3, 2010 at 02:27 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 at 02:27 PM Our president resigned. Our past president and a member that holds no office or represents a committee got together and nominated each other to be co-presidents. The past president just wanted back in and the member is a basically the mule. FYI, the member has attended 3 meetings all year. We meet monthly.What I'd like to know is, is this legal according to RRO?Thank youUnless your bylaws specifically say otherwise for the office of president, when the office of president becomes vacant, the vice-president becomes president.Unless your bylaws say otherwise, you cannot have co-anythings. In case you are considering amending your bylaws to allow this, we don't recommend it. It's a bad situation.-Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted November 3, 2010 at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 at 03:51 PM And as I recall RONR speaks out against "Co-Presidents" as it becomes hard to divide up responsibility between two or more people who are performing the same job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 3, 2010 at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 at 04:25 PM Our president resigned. Our past president and a member that holds no office or represents a committee got together and nominated each other to be co-presidents.There no such thing as a nomination for a position that doesn't exist. If you don't have the office of co-president, which it appears that you do not, then you can't elect anyone to it, and you can't nominate anyone for it. What I'd like to know is, is this legal according to RRO?Thank youNo. As Mr. Fish mentioned, your vice-president (if you have one) automatically becomes president, in which case you have a vacancy to fill in the vp position. You can't just make up a new office, by way of a nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM Our president resigned. Our past president and a member that holds no office or represents a committee got together and nominated each other to be co-presidents. The past president just wanted back in and the member is a basically the mule. FYI, the member has attended 3 meetings all year. We meet monthly.What I'd like to know is, is this legal according to RRO?Thank youI can't spot anything correct in the whole mess. Unless your bylaws say you have co-presidents, you do not. I don't care if they have business cards already.And if you think it might be a good idea, continue to think until this is no longer the case. It is, in fact, an irredeemably bad idea. If you need more presidential-type officers, amend your bylaws to include a 2nd VP, 3rd, VP, as many VP's as you want. But never co-anything. Shared responsibility means no responsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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