Resignation

then the VP does not want the duties of a director

assuming the BOD elects the officers from amongst themselves, any director assumed the (potential) responsibility of any officer when they accepted a director 'slot'

one does not 'cherry pick', one either serves or one does not

y'all would be better off with a totally new board as y'all appear dysfunctional

READ AND UNDERSTANT your corporate bylaws AND corporate state law

OR

do not volunteer

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VP's do NOT step into the role of President in a corporation/HOA. That's in government. If you read the descriptions of each position you will find the VP's job pretty simple. It's to take over the meetings if the president can not make it NOT to take over the position when they leave. Ironically, if you read the President's description it will also state they can not do the job of the Secretary. Which is to take meeting notes and post them.

I'd suggest reading the duties of each position and then seeing if you can appoint someone to the position. In my HOA we could not appoint. We had to wait till the next elections to have someone voted in. Which meant the board had to be elected first and then voting amongst the board to pick the president. This worked as long as someone else had signatory rights to the checks until we could make it to next elections.

Laverne

Typically your Bylaws will cover how to fill a BOD vacancy. Usually the BOD will have to agree on the person filling the vacancy. Their term will either be until next election or the remainder of the term of the person they are replacing. In some Bylaws, you may not have to fill the vacant position at all. Just let it remain vacant until the next election.

It is my understanding the newly appointed person does not assume the position of the person they are replacing such as President in your case.

Once you all decide what to do, then I suspect the BOD will hold an election for new officers or for maybe just a new President.

Check your bylaws, Laverne.

With Jon & Melissa, the VP does not automatically become the president. But the VP should preside at meetings until you choose a president. If the VP doesn't want to preside, the Board should elect someone else from among themselves to act as meeting chair. The board itself elects a president usually from among the directors.

The board also should encourage homeowners to fill the vacant director position and often chooses him/her at the next open meeting of the board. If, however, you're very close to your annual election, you may wish to wait until that meeting.

Some bylaws, mine, for instance, state that if the board refuses to fill the vacant director position, the homeowners can call a meeting and elect someone.

How many directors should you have per your bylaws, Laverne? How many do you currently have? What are the officers you're required to have? Don't any of the current directors want to be president? Or doesn't a majority of the Board want any existing director to be president? Can some officer positions be held by th same person.

(Melissa repeatedly is baffled about why the Pres. & Sec'y usually can't be the same person. I believe the answer is that in most if not all HOAs, both must sign the meeting minutes.)

Often the prez doesn't have much to do except preside at meetings and sign contracts & checks IF you have a property manager. If you do not have a PM, the prez has more duties as spelled out in your bylaws. Still, most decisions are made by the board, not the president.

I agree, Laverne, that JohnB was way out of line.

"You all" missed my point:

the directors elect a president from amongst themselves

any 'director at large' may be called upon to fulfill any officer's position by 'board' vote

if a director is not willing to step up and serve they should NOT be a director

directors should not 'cherry pick' their work assignment

all the above is subject to the corporate bylaws and state law

the existence of the issue proves the disfunctionality of the 'board' in question

Y'ALL HAVE A NICE DAY