President's term

How long should a president 's term be?

The length of the president's term should be stated in your documents; most likely in the bylaws.

For example, in our HOA, the president's term is one year. This results because of the following:

Our board consists of 5 directors. Each director serves a two-year term. Three directors are elected in one year and two directors are elected in alternating years. Thus, there is overlap in the terms of the directors.

Following each annual election the board meets (within 10 days of the annual election) for an organizational meeting. At this meeting, officers are elected for the following year. The officers' terms begin immediately upon election and continue until the next organizational meeting the following year. Thus, the terms for all officers (including the president) are for one year. There is no limit to the number of terms an officer may serve, except that the president and vice president must be directors.

Directors and Officers are two different appointments. Granted, Officers are typically appointed from amongst the Directors. When this happens, the individual is actually wearing two hats and performing two jobs.

Some associations have staggered terms for Directors, some do not. Officers, based on the governing documents I have seen, are usually only appointed for one year terms.

As others have said, you will need to check your governing documents to see if they define the terms of an Officer. These are typically within your Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

Exoecting that your Association is incorporated as a nonprofit (most are), FL Not For Profit Corporation Act would also need to be complied with. Per that act, if your governing documents are silent, Officers only serve 1 year terms [emphasis added]:

617.0840 Required officers.—
(1) A corporation shall have the officers described in its articles of incorporation or its bylaws who shall be elected or appointed at such time and for such terms as is provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all officers shall be elected or appointed by the board of directors annually.

Hope this helps,

Tim

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I was asked to run for an HOA, BOD. I let it be known I would, but I also let it be known that I want no officer position and if nominated I would decline and/or refuse to serve.

I am retired and want to enjoy life. I will help, aid, suggest, work, etc. but I do not want any responsibilty. I am to busy enjoying life....LOL