Guest P. Caplan Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:38 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:38 PM Our elected President formely resigned after 5 months (1 year term). Our 1st Vice-president assumed the role of President. We are now having a special meeting to decide a rather important question which, if passed will require the spending of a large amount of money from our treasury. Our 1 Vice has verbally said he will not act as Chairman (this was before the meeting was called). Who now should act as chairman at this meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:41 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:41 PM Who now should act as chairman at this meeting?Your 1st vp became the president the moment the (former) president's resignation was accepted. No "assuming the role", he's the president. And he should preside at all meetings. If he's unable, the new 1st vp (who used to be the 2nd vp) should preside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:55 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 at 05:55 PM If you don't have a 2nd VP, you elect, at the meeting, a chairman pro tem (who could perfectly well be your "old" chair if he is around and willing. Or anybody else) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 13, 2010 at 07:00 PM Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 at 07:00 PM Our elected President formely resigned after 5 months (1 year term). Our 1st Vice-president assumed the role of President. We are now having a special meeting to decide a rather important question which, if passed will require the spending of a large amount of money from our treasury. Our 1 Vice has verbally said he will not act as Chairman (this was before the meeting was called). Who now should act as chairman at this meeting?It should be noted that (since he has now become the new president) he has a duty to chair the meeting, and, if anything, should be requesting permission to be excused from presiding, not just announcing that he does not intend to do his job. (By the way, he's not the 1VP any more, he's the president. He doesn't assume the role, he assumes the office. And the 2VP has become 1VP, and any other numbered VPs have also shifted along.)As others have noted, if you have run out of numbered vice-presidents, you can elect a chairman pro tem for this meeting. And you can reprimand the president for not presiding, unless he's got a good excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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