Why not check with the apropriate authority? A short phone call should remove all doubt.You're being nominated for an Ordinary Member position on the committee, not as public officer (as far as I can see). The Public
Officer of an association is a single, particular person, who acts
as the "legal face" of the association.
Thanks for clearing that up. I really have no idea about most of this stuff.
As a former bureaucrat with over 30 yrs experience (most of it in Legal Branches) I recommend that you _never_ check the legality of your intended actions with a Public Servant. They will always give you the most conservative answer they can (or the one that is most in favour of the Dept).
The nonsense written about LH's nomination has gone on far enough. He is presumably competent (i.e., not insane); as an Ordinary Committeeman he can take no action unilaterally; (again presumably) there is no explicit rule in SLUG's Rules that preclude his election; he will not be undertaking (apart from voting) any action for which his nonage might be an incumbrance; and, remember, there are no common law rules -- apart from mental incompetence or, possibly, an age of such tender years that understanding itself is in question -- on who can and who cannot vote in a private association.
Let him stand -- and then insist that anyone who challenges his election point to an unequivocal, written, Law or binding Court judgement that explicitly and unambiguously states otherwise, in which case there will be (from that moment on) a casual vacancy in the Committee but all decisions made by or contributed to by LH prior thereto will stand and be binding on the members of SLUG.
Volunteer associations are never in a position to knock back a willing worker.
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