Article IV. Officers - please comment
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:53 pmArticle IV. Officers
Section 2. There shall be a Chairman of the Board, who is responsible for calling meetings of the Board of Directors and running the meetings.
Section 3. There shall be a President, who bears responsibility for performing or delegating all other operational functions of The Society.
Section 4. Additional Officer positions may be created by law, to manage other functions of The Society.
Section 5. Only voting Directors are eligible for the office of Treasurer, Chairman, and President. Eligibility for other Offices shall be specified by law.
Section 6. All Officers shall be chosen by majority a vote of Directors. The Board of Directors may call for a vote for any Officer at any time.
Section 7. A single person may act in multiple roles and hold multiple offices, except where prohibited by law.
Section 1. There shall be a Treasurer, whose duty is to account for all assets of The Society and to ensure that all uses of assets comply with applicable Laws.Vector's Commentary wrote:Eligibility requirements for Officers is somewhat complex. In general I feel it should be more permissive than Directors, since their roles and powers are circumscribed, and they therefore need not be 100% aligned with the principles of the society. For example, an instructor may have commercial interests on the side, but as an instructor he has very little influence on the spirit and direction of The Society.
On the other hand, President and Treasurer (and perhaps other Officer positions) are very powerful and must follow the principles of The Society in carrying out their functions. For this reason, the President and Treasurer must either have the same requirements as Directors (must be aligned with The Principles) or another way to accomplish the same thing is for them to simply be Directors. I think the latter is preferable because Directors require unanimous approval.
But I don't want to require all Officers to be Directors, because I think there is value in flexibility.
Section 2. There shall be a Chairman of the Board, who is responsible for calling meetings of the Board of Directors and running the meetings.
Section 3. There shall be a President, who bears responsibility for performing or delegating all other operational functions of The Society.
Section 4. Additional Officer positions may be created by law, to manage other functions of The Society.
Section 5. Only voting Directors are eligible for the office of Treasurer, Chairman, and President. Eligibility for other Offices shall be specified by law.
Section 6. All Officers shall be chosen by majority a vote of Directors. The Board of Directors may call for a vote for any Officer at any time.
Section 7. A single person may act in multiple roles and hold multiple offices, except where prohibited by law.