AMERICAN LEGION POST OFFICERS GUIDE –
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
“The administrative
affairs of this post of The American Legion shall, except as may be otherwise
provided by the By-Laws, be under the supervision of an Executive Committee
which shall consist of . . . . members in addition to the officers of the
Post.”
Suggested Form for
Post Constitution Article V—Officers—Section 1
“The government and
management of the Post is entrusted to an Executive Committee of . . . members,
to be known as the ‘Executive Committee’.”
Suggested Form of Post
By-Laws Article II—Management—Section 1
In the model post
constitution and by-laws appearing elsewhere in this book, the government and
management of the post is entrusted to the executive committee. Meetings of the executive committee are set
for regular intervals upon the call of the commander or as often as the
commander may deem necessary.
The post executive committee is further charged with hiring
such employees as may be necessary; authorizing and approving all expenditures;
requiring adequate bonds from all persons having the custody of post funds;
hearing reports of post committee chairmen; and generally having charge of and
being responsible for the management of the affairs of the post.
Delegation of these functions to the executive committee is
in no way intended to usurp the powers of the membership through regular post
meetings. Rather, this allows the dull,
routine, operational affairs of the post to be resolved without distracting
from post meetings. Committee reports of
general interest to members should still be given at post meetings.
The key to interesting post meetings is using the executive
committee effectively. The post meeting
that becomes bogged down in arguments on petty details is interesting only to
those doing the talking. The meeting is
dead and a waste of time to everyone else.
Duties at William Clinton Story Post 342:
From Post By-Laws
ARTICLE III – POST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. The Post Executive Committee shall meet for
organization and such other business as may come before it at the call of the
Post Commander within ten days after the installation of the new officers. Thereafter the Post Executive Committee shall
meet at the call of the Commander at least once a month and as often as said
Commander may deem necessary. The Commander
shall call a meeting of the Post Executive Committee upon the joint written
request of three or more members of said Post Executive Committee; five members
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum thereof.
Duties at William Clinton Story Post 342:
From Post By-Laws (page 2)
ARTICLE III – POST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 2. The Post Executive Committee, subject to the
approval of the Post, shall hire such employees as may be necessary; shall
authorize and approve all expenditures; shall hear the reports of The Post
Committee chairmen, and generally, shall have charge of and be responsible for
the management of the affairs of this Post between meetings of the Post and
subject to the approval of the Post; shall require that all Post officers and
members handling American Legion moneys be properly bonded with a good and
solvent bonding and surety company, as surety to cover double the average
amounts of money handled in a single year; bonds to be approved by the
Executive Committee.
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