How do you amend the bylaws to delete a position?
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Our Club wishes to change a position in the Club from an elected position to an appointed position (by the President with Board approval)via a change in the bylaws. The question is that no one can find in RRO how to terminate that position(due to incompetance or other)before its term is up if it becomes necessary. The position is currently an elected officer position but non voting. The position is a delegate postion to another Corporation.
Hi Patricia,
If you need to remove someone from office because of incompetence, that is a different procedure. But if you want to change the bylaws and it will affect a person in that office, you can still amend the bylaws. Look at Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised the 11th edition page 597 line 24. If want to keep a person in the current office that you amending that can be done through a proviso. If you want to get rid of the office now, all you have to do is amend the bylaws and that office is no longer in existence. The person serving in that office then is no longer an officer because it has either been struck from the bylaws or it becomes a different position.
Hope this helps.
Cheerio,
Little Ben
Question submitted by Patricia on June 30, 2013