Conducting board meeting?

At our December Annual Meeting one of our board members resigned and the President was not re-elected. At the January board meeting one board position needs to be appointed and officers need to be selected. Does the Vice President from the previous year conduct the meeting until new officers are selected? Which comes first choosing the new board member or selecting officers? I would think it would be to appoint the new board member in order for new board member to be included in the selection of officers. There are 2 members vying for the board, which could cause a tie. What happens when there are 4 board members and no extra member to break the tie? Can someone tell me how this would be handled under Roberts Rules of Order?

Missy,
Yes,the VP conducts the meeting initially. First chose the new Board member; if a tie occurs and not broken then flip a coin. After selecting the new Board member elect the officers - President, VP, Secretary, then Treasurer.

Missy,

First of all, what do your ByLaws require for a number of Board members? I am sure that it is an uneven number so that number will need to be obtained first. Be it by election or Board appointment, that number should be obtained. You won't have any tie votes with an odd number of BOD's, and that is why you need an odd number.

Once you get your Board in place, then the Board elects amoungst itself, the Officers of that Board. We do that immediately after the annual or election meeting, whichever has the Board election.

Susan:

The VP would just chair the meeting in the absence of a President. Again he does not automatically just become President. He/she is just acting in the absence of the office.

For a TEMPORARY position, yes, the VP simply fills the duty of the president. In this case (one month) the VP simply assumed the duties and would preside over the meeting.

FYI - for the long term absence of a president - since the original poster asked what Roberts Rules says:

From Roberts Rules of Order, 10th edition, page 442 l. 2 - 7.
"In case of the resignation or death of the president, the vice-president (if there is only one) or the first vice-president (if there is more than one) automatically becomes president for the unexpired term, unless the bylaws expressly provide for the filling of a vacancy in the office of the president."