Question: Officers and Board Members

Is the PTO Officers and Board Members the same? Do we need different people for these groups? Will it be ok to not assign Board Members and just have meetings with officers to make group decisions to present to members for final vote during regular scheduled meetings?

Asked by Anonymous

Answers:

Community Advice

rldavis writes:
Sorry about the grammatical error, just noticed it. I started with the question going one way then made some edits.

Community Advice

mum24kids writes:
It depends what your bylaws say, and possibly the laws of your state (assuming your are incorporated). In our organization, all the officers are members of the Board, and the school principal is also a member of the Board (but not an officer). We have three general membership meetings during the year where we may have something on the agenda for the membership to vote on. All our other meetings are Board meetings (to which the membership is invited), and those are more "working meetings" where the Board makes their decisions on day to day operational stuff.