This article discusses how to join the executive committee after the AGM and when co-option is permitted.
Question: We have just had an AGM and elected an EC. Subsequently, a member of the OC has requested to join the EC. What process are we required to undertake to legally have them on the committee?
Answer: Usually, willing incumbent EC members would need to wait until the next AGM to join the EC.
Basically, if an AGM has been held recently, and a new committee elected, another person cannot join the EC unless:
- a residing EC member resigns; and,
- the remaining members of the EC all agree to co-opt a new member.
Unless this happens, any willing incumbent EC members would need to wait until the next AGM and volunteer at that point to join the EC.
This post appears in Strata News #533.
Gareth Halverson Civium Communities E: gareth.halverson@civium.com.au