trustee/officer

My question is do the officers come only from those elected as trustees...correction to the above question

Thanks RB just wondering because there is a long section of trustee duties, then further in the back of the by-laws it mentions the officers. Here is states the Pres. and Vice pres. "Shall" be members of the board of trustees which could appear to be they are added to the 5 (elected trustees). Then says the board my also appoint assist. Treas, and Assist. Secs. They also say the officers of the association shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of trustees. Such wording just makes it appear that the positions are more seperate ie. their are 5 trustees and then 4 seperate officers positions morese than trustees being officers, if that makes sense.

Thanks again for your answers as I said I am new and just trying to get a better understanding of this stuff.
So in essence I guess I understand the meaning of "the officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the board, means if the other board members do not feel the person they elected to a particular office is sufficient for the job they can vote to remove them out from that position, but they still remain a trustee. The wording of these by-laws is very confusing to me.

So there are 5 trustees 4 which are trustees/officers. Do they answer to the president. For instance if 2 or three of the board member have a discussion they agree on and choose to inquire to anyone within the organization (hired vendors, contractors, management company)to get answers do they have to get the permission of the President before this is done.

Does the president decide what the other board members do?

What exactly is the role of the President, because our by-laws just say he/she is the chief officer, shall preside at all meetings of the association, all board meetings and shall have all general powers and duties which are normally given to the office of President of an association. also states they have the power to appoint committees among the members of the association as they may deem necessary to help in the affairs of the association.

Your president is the most powerful position on the Board with the right to appoint committee members or disband those committees, as he or she deems necessary. The president is also the one who would set the agenda for the Board meetings and the membership meetings and preside over those meetings or facilitate them.
Your secretary is the person who is in charge of the records of the association and in many ways is also a very powerful person on the Board. When a letter from the Board needs to be written, it is the secretary's job to perform the task or have the letter written. The secretary records the minutes of the board meetings and membership meetings and makes those minutes (when finalized) available to the membership. In our HOA the secretary also manages our office and its staff.
Both the president and the secretary are usually signers on accounts or checks and legal documents i.e. bank checks, legal documents such as title companies, sales agreements, etc.
The vice president fills in when the president or secretary are unable or not available to perform their duties. For this reason, the secretary cannot also carry the title of vice president.
The treasurer is in charge of the monies and the financial accounts of the association and the reporting of the financial accounts to the Board and the membership. A treasurer could also be a vice president.
In our HOA, our bylaws set us up to have a nine member board with 3 year terms and an election at every annual general meeting. The board elects the officers at the first board meeting right after the annual general meeting (minutes after the AGM.)