President of a organization

Toni:
Your question begs more questions from me. You haven't said what type of organization you have. I assume it is a non-profit corporation. When that entity was formed it must also be assumed that there were corporate Articles of Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the state in which you reside. Corporate By-laws may have also been written and adopted by the corporation.

These documents will govern how you amend, alter or disband the corporation. The rules of rthis appear (or should appear) in those papers.

Of course, if the present Board of Directors wants to resign, there are very probably directions for establishing a new board. Rather than trash the whole animal, it should be easier to elect a new board. The articles and/or by-laws should tell you how many board members there may be. It should list a minimum and a maximum.

If the present board (or a portion thereof) refuses to step down, then the election process can be used to replace them - assuming that you have enough votes to win the day.

This brings me to the next question. What are your membership requirements and is it only dues paying people that are considered "members' of your organization. There should be some control of just who are and are not members of the organization. If you allowed just anybody to walk in to the meeting off the street and to vote immediately, you would be faced with a stuffing of the ballot box. There should be rules as to how long you are a member before you are allowed to participate in elections.

Many times the status quo goes unchanged because the parties who want to create a new face for the club won't go through the qualification process properly and they never get enough of like minded people eligible to vote in the election (usually annually). Of course, emergency elections can be called if everyone steps down. If this should occur, you'd better have your new people qualified and enough votes lined up or you are wasting your time.

Tell us more about the structure of your group and maybe we can offer more information.