Ask Little Ben
- Would you explain under the motion to rescind why only the negative can be resconsidered?
- Will the real past president please stand up?
- Will I be able to serve another term on the board if I resign as president?
- Who takes the minutes of the annual meeting when the secretary says she will resign at this meeting?
- Who takes over the duties if an officer resigns at a meeting?
- Who should read the resignation letters to the members?
- Who should conduct the meeting?
- Who presides if the president and vice president are not present?
- Who has the power to remove the parliamentarian?
- Who gives an oath to an incoming President?
- Who fills the vacancy when a chair resigns?
- Who fills the President's position if he resigns-- the Vice President or Past President?
- Who fills a vacancy when the bylaws are silent?
- Who determines seating arrangements?
- Who conducts the board meeting when the chairman resigns?
- Who conducts the annual Condo meeting when all the board members resign before the meeting?
- Who can remove an officer?
- Who can attend an executive meeting?
- Who calls the meeting for an election when officers resign from the board?
- Who becomes president when both the president and vice president resign?
- Who appoints the chairman when the chairman steps down?
- Who adopts bylaws? and what powers do Trustees have and are there penalities for not following Robert's Rules?
- Which is better? Electing the Treasurer or appointing the treasurer?
- Where is it mandated that organizations have to follow Robert's Rules of Order?
- When the secretary is not present at a meeting should the president appoint someone to take the minutes?
- When the president resigns does the past president have to resign too?
- When the President resigns does the parliamentarian automatically lose his position?
- When the President resigns and the Vice president moves up what office is considered vacant?
- When the bylaws state that a person must resign from his position to be consider for another office, when does he resign?
- When the board approves the minutes of the annual meeting, do the members need to approve them too?
- When is motion adopted?
- When does the president assume office?
- WHen does the new president take over?
- When does an elected board able to start transacting business?
- When does a board member need to resign to be considered for a position?
- When do you elect an executive committee of the board?
- When a president works behind the scenes can members remove him?
- When a person newly elected resigns, what is the procedure.
- When a person finishes filling a vacancy in a higher office does he return to his previous position?
- What we do if the board denies the slate of proposed officers?
- what vote is required to adopt a bylaw amendment?
- What to do when members want to switch offices?
- What to do if a person elected to office does not accept the position?
- What should we do if a Vice President is appointed at a meeting when there is no quorum?
- What should be done with missing minutes?
- What should be done when no one wants to chair the committee?
- What powers do the VP have?
- What order do you call on members to vote?
- What is the term of an ex-officio appointee to board or committee member?
- What is the rule for filling a term that was vacant?
- What is the purpose of an executive board?
- What is the procedure for nominations?
- What is the procedure for deleting a bylaw?
- What is the correct procedure in replacing the president when he resigns?
- What is considered filling a half a term?
- what is consider unethical behavior in a board member?
- What is a member's recourse to a secret meeting and new officer's elected?
- What if someone wants to be president now instead of president elect?
- What if documents are not filed with commissions? Are the officers elected still valid?
- What happens with both the president and vice president resign?
- What happens when we can't fill the positions of President and Vice President?
- What happens when the secretary resigns and no one wants to take the minutes?
- What happens when no one wants to run for office?
- What happens when an officer cannot attend the installation?
- What happens when a nominee withdraws his nomination for office?
- what happens when a committee member makes a motion and then resigns?
- What happens when a chairman resigns and there is no vice chairman to take his place?
- What happens to business made at an annual meeting whose date was contrary to the bylaws?
- What happens to a resignation that has been withdrawn?
- what happens to an abstention?
- what happens of no will run for office?
- What happens in a run off election when one candidate dies?
- What happens if there is a tie vote for president?
- What happens if no wants to serve a president?
- What happens if all positions on a board are not filled?
- What happends when you don't have an election?
- What does it mean when an inactive member is taken off the rolls?
- What do you when the president won't appoint board members so that there is a quorum?
- What do you when nobody will run for president?
- What do you when all your officers resign?
- What do you in filling as office when no one runs and the person's term is up?
- What do you do when you have no one qualified to serve in a position?
- What do you do when you can't get someone to serve?
- What do you do when you can't fill the office of Treasurer?
- What do you do when the Vice President refuses to fill the vacancy of the president?
- What do you do when the secretary resigns?
- What do you do when the secretary has not signed her resignation form?
- What do you do when the president oversteps his duties?
- What do you do when the President and VP are making the decisions without the enitre board?
- What do you do when the president and parliamentarian do not get along?
- what do you do when the officers resign except the Treasurer and Secretary?
- What do you do when the newly elected president is removed by the board?
- What do you do when the newly elect president resigns before he is sworn in?
- What do you do when the last board member does not want to fill vacancies on the board?
- What do you do when the board members walk away?
- What do you do when president resigns two days after the election and VP does not want the position?
- What do you do when no one wants to run for office?
- what do you do when no one wants to be Treasurer?
- What do you do when no one wants to be secretary?
- What do you do when a president presides to avoid disciplinary penalties
- What do you do when a mother and daughter want to run the club?
- What do you do when a majority of the board members resign and you do not have quorum.
- What do you do if no one wants to be vice president?
- What do you do about a person who knits during a committee meeting?
- what do theses bylaws actually mean?
- What can you do with a disruptive board member?
- What can you do if bylaw changes exclude others on purpose?
- What can you do if a member is not paying his fees?
- What can we do when no one wants to serve and there may be no quorum to elect the council?
- What can we do when no one wants to be considered or president?
- What are the duties of committee chair?
- What are the duties of a board alternate?
- Was it valid for the bylaw chairman to call a meeting to adopt bylaws when the president refused to do so?
- Was a mistake made in the presentation of the minutes?
- W hat happens when the person elected has not paid his membership dues?
- voting on the motion to rescind
- To be president does one have to have served in another office?
- So what can you do when the Treasurer excludes the VP from the budget meeting?
- Shoule we add an Immediate Past President to the bylaws?
- Should resigning from an organization be in writing or given verbally?
- Should officers be elected immediately after bylaws are revised?
- Should nominations be taken from the floor?
- Should an e-mail be shared?
- Should a motion be made to accept a committee report that requries no action?
- Should a board resignation be in writing according to state satutes?
- Should a board member resign when he is appointed parliamentarian?
- Rules for removal
- Minutes of Executive sesssion
- Let the assembly decide
- Is your book "Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied" correct?
- Is this person's term on the board decided by the office he holds or the fact that he was elected to the board?
- Is there a way to make legal the expenditure of a small sum by the president?
- Is there a rule that states that the minutes have to be read first?
- Is there a conflict when the parliamentary is also the Bylaw Committee chairman?
- Is the secretary still the secretary and can she vote for filling the vacancy of the president?
- Is the president still a member of the committee?
- Is the president responsible or leadding section meetings of a club?
- Is the person still president if the resignation letter has not been voted on?
- Is the parliamentarian appointed or elected?
- Is someone trying to remove a board person without the proper procedure?
- Is proper for a the office of president of a club to email the members to encourage them who to vote for in the other offices?
- Is it proper for the president to be appointing someone else to preside so that she can debate?
- Is it legal to ask certain people to leave when the board goes into executive session?
- Is it better for the members to elect the president or the board?
- Is a vote valid if the bylaws have not been followed?
- inactive members
- If you do not have a quorum can you set the date for another meeting to collect more votes to adopt a bylaw amendment?
- If there is a culmative vote, does that rule out a plurality?
- If ther are no nominations, are the current officers ertained for another term?
- If the VP fills the vacancy of the President is he eligible to run for the Presidency?
- If the vice-president fills the vacant office of president, will that person be able to serve another term?
- If the vice president does not want to fill the vacancy of the president, can the executive board fill that office?
- If the president's resignation has not been vote on is he still president?
- If the parliamentarian votes does it invaldiate the vote?
- If the entire board resigns, is that filling a vacancy or a new election?
- If the chairman resigns his position as chair does he still remain on the committee?
- If the chairman of the board resigns who takes his place?
- If someone misses the installation ceremony can they be installed at a later time?
- If someone is nominated for a higher office, if he loses the election, does he fill out his remaining term in a lower office?
- If bylaws state that the president is chief executive officer, does that mean she has the final say on everything?
- If all the school board members resign does the president have to also?
- If all board members resign what can we do ?
- If a person resigns from office when they run again for that office?
- If a person is appointed president for only four weeks, is he called the president?
- If a person holds two offices do they get to have two votes.
- If a new member pays his dues at annual meeting can he vote?
- If a chairman resigns his position on the board can he stay on as a board member?
- If a board member resigns several days into his term is he eligible to run next year?
- How to replace the president?
- How to replace a nominating committee member?
- How many years in a row can a president control the board?
- How many board members should a non profit organization of about 300 members have?
- How long does the past president serve on a board of directors?
- How long do we save the ballots of an election?
- How is a resignation handled?
- How is a deadlock handled?
- How do you set up staggered board terms?
- How do you reschedule an annual meeting?
- How do you replace incorrect minutes with the correct ones?
- How do you remove a board member office?
- How do you refuse an resignation?
- How do you list the past chair on our web site?
- How do you handle the Vice President resigning?
- How do you handle proxies that take way rights?
- How do you handle bullying at a meeting?
- How do you handle black mail?
- How do you handle a disruptive Past President?
- How do you hande deceit?
- How do you get the chairman to carry through on a roll call vote?
- How do you get someone to resign from the board?
- How do you get rid of board member who is working against the organization?
- How do you get people to serve on the board?
- How do you fill vacancies on a committee?
- How do you fill the vacancy if the board chairman resigns?
- How do you fill a vacancy on the board?
- How do you dismiss a committee?
- How do you correct the minutes?
- How do you censure the president?
- How do you call a meeting when there are no bylaws or chairman?
- How do you approve the minutes when there a new board members?
- How do you appoint some one who is not a board member to coordinate a unit of members?
- How do you amend the bylaws to delete a position?
- How do we vote on money on an adopted motion from a previous meeting?
- How do we stop an e-mail ballot?
- How do we remove the president?
- How do we remove someone from the Board of Trustees who hasn't attended meetings in two year?
- How do we get rid of antique bylaws and get new up to date ones?
- How do we get board members to follow the rules?
- How do we dismiss an officer appointed by the president?
- How do we allow a Treasurer elect to stay in that position when it is time to be Treasurer?
- How do the convention rules apply to committees?
- How do I get the study materials for becoming a Licensed Parliamentarian?
- How can you remove a president for extortion?
- How can we remove the president from office when they have been involved in fraud?
- How can we remove someone who has taken possession of the office of president?
- How are the minutes approved?
- Executive session?
- Does VP have to resign his office if he wants to run for president?
- Does the Vice Chairman have power to over rule a board member?
- Does the president need to take the no vote?
- Does the president have the power to tell the secretary what to put into the minutes?
- Does the Executive Board have to approve the filling of the vacancy for Treasurer?
- Does the ex officio member have voting rights?
- Does the creditientials report need to be adopted?
- Does the club officers need to let members know when a member has resigned?
- Does the Assistant Treasure have to become Treasurer?
- Does someone stay in the office when there is no election?
- Does previous notice for bylaws carry over for a rescheduled meeting because of COVID?
- Does an organization need a parliamentarian pro tem if the parliamentarian is sick?
- Does an officer have to resign his position to be nominated for a new position?
- Does an appointee have to meet the same eligibility requirements?
- Does a Treasurer or Secretary fill the vacant positions of President and Vice President?
- Does a quorum change when board members resign?
- Does a president have to be sworn in?
- Does a person nominated for president have to resign his position on the board?
- Does a past president have voting privileges?
- Does a former board member have the right to use the mailing list and tell members information that is misleading?
- Does a Condo's president have be elected when a new board is elected?
- Does a committee member have to resign his position to be nominated for an office?
- Do you have to vote on resignations?
- Do you have to have a trial to remove a board member?
- Do you have an election to fill a vacancy on the board?
- Do we need an election and a bylaw change?
- Do we need a vote?
- Do we have to replace a director if he resigns?
- Do candidates need to leave the room for the committee to discuss them?
- Did the President and Treasurer have the power to do this?
- Counting Qourm
- Can you remove all the officers at one time?
- Can you have the annual meeting on Zoom?
- Can you have a executive meeting if one member is absent?
- Can you force a president to resign from office?
- Can you elect?
- Can we elect a new board chairman before the new board members are seated?
- Can two committee members meet private and discuss committee business?
- Can the vice president when conducting a meeting make motions and vote?
- Can the vice president vote?
- Can the vice president refuse to fill the vacancy of the President?
- Can the treasure run for president?
- Can the secretary cast the ballot for the slate of officers
- can the secretary and treasurer be in the same household?
- Can the secretary and the treasurer be the same person?
- Can the secretary also serve as the treasurer?
- Can the rules of the meeting be adopted by general consent?
- Can the president-elect to do this before his term begins?
- Can the president take a field trip for the annual meeting?
- Can the president set meeting dates without a committee vote?
- Can the president remove the parliamentarian?
- Can the President of an HOA be chairman on committees?
- Can the president be the business agent?
- Can the President be also chairman of the board?
- Can the President appoint the vice president at each meeting?
- Can the president appoint someone to take the minutes if the secretary is not present?
- Can the parliamentarian vote?
- Can the parliamentarian vote if sitting in the assembly?
- Can the pariamentarian who is chairman of the nominating committee be a candidate for an office?
- Can the motion to adjourn the meeting be made while business is pending?
- Can the members rescind an action of the board?
- Can the founder of an organization who is a board member bypass the bylaws and make decisions on his own?
- Can the chairman participate in making motions, discussion in voting when he has a personal interest in the matter?
- Can the board vacancies filled by the board remain without having them elected by the members the next annual meeting?
- Can the board change grammar and spelling in the bylaws?
- Can the board chair sign committee documents?
- Can spouses serve on the board together?
- Can spouses hold positions on the board?
- Can someone who has resigned from the board run again in the next election?
- Can someone hold two elected offices at the same time?
- Can someone hold a lesser office for a short time, resign and then run for a higher office?
- Can so
- Can school board member speak during the citizen's comment section?
- Can people attend an on-site annual meeting by being on a conference call?
- Can other business at a meeting be discussed that is not on the agenda?
- Can objection to consideration of the motion be applied in a committee?
- Can members of a board or commission vote if they haven't been sworn in?
- Can members attend board meetings?
- Can HOA residents form their own AD HOC Committee?
- Can board members who are unhappy with the outcome of the vote call an annual meeting and remove the other board members?
- Can board members switch positions?
- Can board members remove other board members?
- Can another board member peside at a meeting?
- can an organization have co-presidents and can this be done by a main motion?
- Can an officer to avoid being removed from office?
- Can an HOA have bingo?
- Can an ex president of an executive board run for office again?
- can an ex officio serve as parliamentarian?
- Can an employee serve on the board?
- Can an elected officcer attend his first meeting before being sworn in?
- Can an association charge homeowners an assessment if they don't run for the board?
- Can an appeal be laid on the table?
- Can an adopted budget be changed without a vote?
- Can a vote by written mail be rescinded at a later meeting?
- Can a vote be taken by email?
- Can a vacancy for an officer be filled at the same meeting he resigns?
- Can a unanimous vote on a motion be still valid if it is ruled out of order?
- can a trustee serve on a committee?
- Can a trustee resign his position so that he can run again in the next election?
- Can a treasure and secretary be the same person?
- Can a social secretary suspend a member and over rule the vice chairman?
- can a single motion fill two vacancies?
- Can a secretary who has resigned her office remain on a committee?
- Can a secetary to include her personal opinions into the minutes?
- Can a ruling of the president be overturned?
- Can a resigning president become the immediate past president?
- can a resignation be accepted before the time stated in the resignation?
- Can a resident in an HOA tell the other residents not to elect the current board members?
- Can a recommendation be changed that was given notice for a special meeting?
- Can a president withdraw his resignation?
- Can a president who resigns still stay on the board?
- Can a President sign their own oath of office at re-election?
- Can a president serve on two clubs boards at the same time
- Can a president resign from office?
- Can a president remove an officer for rigging an election?
- Can a president remove a chairperson who is acting outside the mission of the organization?
- Can a president refuse to fill a vacancy?
- Can a president overturn what a board has adopted?
- Can a president overturn a motion adopted by the board?
- Can a president override the decision of the assembly?
- Can a President on a board hold another position on the board?
- Can a president of a Condo Board resign from President and still stay a director?
- Can a president nominate a vice president?
- Can a president be paid as a committee member?
- Can a president be also the parliamentarian?
- Can a president appoint a special committee?
- Can a person yield his time to discuss to another?
- Can a person resign from one office to run for another office?
- Can a person resign from office and still stay on the board?
- Can a person make a motion to accept his own resignation?
- can a person keep making the same motion over and over even if it is defeated?
- Can a past president resign?
- can a parliamentarian be chairman of the bylaw committee?
- can a non member participate
- Can a non board member be a substitute parliamentarian?
- Can a motion conflict with the bylaws?
- Can a mistake in a motion that was adopted be corrected by the chair without a vote?
- Can a member who is unable to attend the meeting be prevented from running for office?
- Can a member who blackmails the president have his voting rights revoked?
- Can a member stand for president and the committee at the same time?
- Can a member of HOA make a motion from the floor at a regular monthly board of directors' meeting?
- Can a member hold two offices at a time?
- Can a constitution or bylaw requirement be suspended?
- Can a committee to investigate propose a change to the original motion adopted?
- Can a committee member vote within the committee?
- Can a chairman reverse the action of the assembly and do whatever he wants?
- Can a chairman of a committee hire his wife to a paid position in the charity?
- Can a chairman keep money from a fundraiser if no bank account has been set up and there is no treasurer?
- Can a chair of a committee change a scheduled meeting day after the meeting has adjourned?
- Can a candidate that is elected and then resigns transfer his votes to another one?
- Can a board refuse to carry out what an assembly has voted for them to do?
- Can a board reconsider at motion at the next meeting?
- Can a board member vote when the motion is to remove him from office?
- Can a board member vote on his own resignation?
- Can a board member apply for a staff position?
- Can a board member also work for the association and earn money?
- Can a board introduce a motion to be voted on?
- Can a board have an advisor who does not vote at the meetings?
- Can a board have a planning meeting with out the members of the organization in attendance?
- Can a board have a chairman pro tem instead of a vice chairman?
- bylaws or bylaws
- At a convention can nominations take place at a different session than the elections?
- ARe the Chaplin and Business Manager Executive officers?
- Are email votes valid?
- Are bylaws to be recorded at the country clerk office?
- Are board meetings held in executive session?
- After giving previous notice for a number of bylaws, can the submitting person on present a few of these bylaws?
- absentee votes in meetings
- Can spouses both hold position on the board?
- Can a president make an executive decision and the members disagrre with the decision?