Guest toni Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:02 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:02 AM WE HAD OUR ELECTION MEETING IN DECEMBER, IN JANUARY WE WENT TO OUR REGULAR MEETING AND ALL OFFICERS AND CHEIFS WERE SWORN IN. AT THE VERY END OF THE MEETING, A PERSON STOOD AND READ A LETTER WANTING A NEW VOTE FOR JUST 1 POSITION. THAT BEING AN ASSISTNT CHEIF. IN OUR BY LAWS WE HAVE RULES THAT SAY IN ORDER TO RUN FOR A POSITION YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEETINGS. IT ALSO STATES IN OUR BY LAWS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS A MEETING YOU NEED TO CALL, LEGAL EXCUSES ARE SICKNESS, WORK, MILITARY, SCHOOL AND VACATION. THIS PERSON ONLY MADE 3 MEETINGS AND NEVER CALLED FOR THE REST. SO NOW HE BRINGS A LETTER FROM HIS BOSS TO EXCUSE HIM FROM THE 2010 MEETING BUT AS I SAID ELECTIONS ARE DONE AND ITS A MONTH LATER. MY QUESTION IS IS IT LEGAL TO DO ANOTHER VOTE? IT JUST SEEMS THAT 2010 IS OVER AND THIS IS AFTER THE FACT. EVERYONE HAS BEEN SWORN IN AND JUST NOT SURE IF THIS IS RIGHT. THANKS TONI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:07 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:07 AM IN OUR BY LAWS WE HAVE RULES THAT SAY IN ORDER TO RUN FOR A POSITION YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEETINGS.Firstly, please do not type in ALL CAPS.Do your bylaws really say "run for office" or "hold office"?If they say "run for office", it's may be too late to object to the election. But if they say (or imply) "hold office", then the person who was elected would appear to be ineligible and you will have to hold another election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toni Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:17 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:17 AM Firstly, please do not type in ALL CAPS.Do your bylaws really say "run for office" or "hold office"?If they say "run for office", it's may be too late to object to the election. But if they say (or imply) "hold office", then the person who was elected would appear to be ineligible and you will have to hold another election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toni Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:41 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 03:41 AM it say qualifications for election of officers:a)must have attended or been excused from 8 of 12 meetins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 5, 2011 at 04:23 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 04:23 AM it say qualifications for election of officers:a)must have attended or been excused from 8 of 12 meetins.So "election of officers" is the exact wording used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted January 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM it say qualifications for election of officers:a)must have attended or been excused from 8 of 12 meetins.Well, some here might argue that the fact that a person isn't eligible to be elected to an office doesn't mean that he's not eligible to serve in that office. But I think most people would assume that the eligibility requirements for election were meant to be eligibility requirements for serving (and the bylaws are just poorly worded). But that's something your organization will have to sort out for itself.This is one reason why it's very important to carefully construct your bylaws. Changing just one word, or moving just one comma, can make a significant difference. Going forward, you'll save yourselves a lot of headaches (and visits to this forum) by examining your bylaws and "fixing" them where there's any confusion as to exactly what they say (or mean to say). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toni Posted January 5, 2011 at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 06:05 PM So "election of officers" is the exact wording used?yes hun it does sy election of officers, i copied it right out of our by laws. thank you for helping.toni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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