natcrafter Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:39 PM Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:39 PM At our last General Membership Meeting the President and Vice President were absent so the Secretary conducted the meeting. The issue of re-instating our former Activities Director came up and the Board was not in favor of re-installing her. The membership was quite upset over this and one of our members made a motion from the floor that the this person should be re-instated. The motion was seconded. There was discusion and the vote was called for. The results were 89 yes and 18 no. After the meeting closed and the Vice President had time to return to the park, he said the vote would not be accepted and they were still going to interview others for the position and the Board would inform us of who they selected for the job. Can they over ride the Memberships Vote? What does RONR say about this issue. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:44 PM Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:44 PM Can they over ride the Memberships Vote? What does RONR say about this issue.See Official Interpretations 2006-12 and 2006-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM RONR, as described in Official Interps. 12 & 13, as Mountcastle noted, would have it that the membership's decisions are the ones that count, and the Board should do what it is told.However, this is often tempered by whatever powers the bylaws give to the Board. So look carefully at your association bylaws. The board may well have full power to hire and/or fire employees or assign people to jobs, such as your Activities Director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natcrafter Posted January 23, 2011 at 11:36 PM Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 at 11:36 PM RONR, as described in Official Interps. 12 & 13, as Mountcastle noted, would have it that the membership's decisions are the ones that count, and the Board should do what it is told.However, this is often tempered by whatever powers the bylaws give to the Board. So look carefully at your association bylaws. The board may well have full power to hire and/or fire employees or assign people to jobs, such as your Activities Director.Thanks to JDStackpole and H Wm Mountcastle for your helpful comments. Natcrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM Thanks to JDStackpole and H Wm Mountcastle for your helpful comments. NatcrafterI agree completely with Dr. Stackpole's admonition that you review your bylaws very carefully to determine the extent of the powers conferred upon your board. However, I would suggest that, in the last sentence of his response, the word "full" be struck out and the word "exclusive" be inserted in its place. This is because, under the rules in RONR, the membership's assembly is the boss even if the board has full power to act between membership meetings. The board's decision will control only if the governing documents give the board exclusive power to act on the matter in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM Ah, yes. Thanks for the clarification/reminder. We all rely exclusively on Dan-the-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted January 24, 2011 at 05:11 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 at 05:11 PM Ah, yes. Thanks for the clarification/reminder. We all rely exclusively on Dan-the-man.No, but we do rely on him fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natcrafter Posted January 26, 2011 at 05:57 AM Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 at 05:57 AM Again may I Thank You All for your guidance. Natcrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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