Presidential resignation

[Guest Des Steel]

Our President is elected for a two-year term. After that term, he may sit on the executive Board in an advisory capacity as "past-president" but may not vote.

If he resigns within a couple of months of being elected and forces new elections,can he assume the same privileges as past president or are those automatically forfeited? There is no provision in our Constitution for this happening.

[Chris Harrison]

Our President is elected for a two-year term. After that term, he may sit on the executive Board in an advisory capacity as "past-president" but may not vote.

If he resigns within a couple of months of being elected and forces new elections,can he assume the same privileges as past president or are those automatically forfeited? There is no provision in our Constitution for this happening.

You will have to look to the bylaws defining the President, Past President, Executive Board, and anything else you can think of to know for sure but let me ask you this; if a former President is not a Past President what would he be? Isn't a Past President a past President whether he served the full two years or resigns the day after being elected (and having consented to the election)?

[Tim Wynn]

Our President is elected for a two-year term. After that term, he may sit on the executive Board in an advisory capacity as "past-president" but may not vote.

If he resigns within a couple of months of being elected and forces new elections,can he assume the same privileges as past president or are those automatically forfeited? There is no provision in our Constitution for this happening.

RONR doesn't answer this question, as it is based on your specialized rules. You will have to examine your bylaws for the specifics.

[hmtcastle]

If he resigns within a couple of months of being elected and forces new elections,can he assume the same privileges as past president or are those automatically forfeited?

Few, if any, on this forum think it's a good idea to give the (immediate) past president any "automatic" (i.e. ex-officio) status, and the scenario you describe is just one of many reasons. What if, instead of resigning, you kick your president out of office. Well, he's now the (immediate) past president and, presumably, a member of your board. Imagine if the former U.S. President had an automatic seat in the current U.S. President's Cabinet.

If you want to invite your past president(s) to sit in on board meetings, the board is free to do that without making him some sort of automatic, non-voting member of the board.

[Guest dan]

Few, if any, on this forum think it's a good idea to give the (immediate) past president any "automatic" (i.e. ex-officio) status, and the scenario you describe is just one of many reasons. What if, instead of resigning, you kick your president out of office. Well, he's now the (immediate) past president and, presumably, a member of your board. Imagine if the former U.S. President had an automatic seat in the current U.S. President's Cabinet.

If you want to invite your past president(s) to sit in on board meetings, the board is free to do that without making him some sort of automatic, non-voting member of the board.

Another analogy of why giving automatic priviliges to a past president is that this is much like an automatic invitation, every Sunday, to dinner to your ex-wife or ex-husband with the entire (new) family.

[David A Foulkes]

Another analogy of why giving automatic priviliges to a past president is that this is much like an automatic invitation, every Sunday, to dinner to your ex-wife or ex-husband with the entire (new) family.

(and except for these few words, that's all I'm going to say about this)