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12-497: The CILANE has no president but rather a "Coordinator", elected for three years. The coordinator's role is to prepare and conduct the spring and autumn sessions of the CILANE and to carry out its decisions, enabling each national association to carry out projects together. It holds an international congress every three years. The spring session takes place traditionally in Paris, the seat of

24-407: A president and a chief executive officer varies, depending on the structure of the specific organization. In a similar vein to a chief operating officer , the title of corporate president as a separate position (as opposed to being combined with a " C-suite " designation, such as "president and chief executive officer" or "president and chief operating officer") is also loosely defined; the president

36-410: A president has the duties of presiding over meetings. Such duties at meetings include: While presiding, a president remains impartial and does not interrupt speakers if a speaker has the floor and is following the rules of the group. In committees or small boards, the president votes along with the other members. However, in assemblies or larger boards, the president should vote only when it can affect

48-457: Is usually the legally recognized highest rank of corporate officer, ranking above the various vice presidents (including senior vice president and executive vice president), but on its own generally considered subordinate, in practice, to the CEO. The powers of a president vary widely across organizations and such powers come from specific authorization in the bylaws like Robert's Rules of Order (e.g.

60-516: The CILANE. In autumn the sessions are held in one of the other member countries. Significantly, most of the organisations represented in CILANE are private initiatives, particularly in nations where titles of nobility are no longer recognised by their respective states and therefore unregulated by law . Due to the position of the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness and Titles of

72-514: The Kingdom of only recognizing foreign titles as such if «...the succession in these titles should only be reflected when they have been possessed by people who have recognized the succession of kings effectively reigning, but not claimants or holders in exile of disappeared kingdoms", particularly in "...in the case of titles of the extinct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, such a kingdom no longer exists and

84-547: The claimants to it are not effectively reigning monarchs", and the consequent internal divisions within it, Spain does not have official representation in the coordinating organization of the European nobility CILANE. The delegates represent their nobility associations at the CILANE for the following countries: President (corporate title) A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group. The relationship between

96-413: The particular organization would provide details on who can perform these disciplinary procedures and the extent that they can be done. Usually, whoever appointed or elected the president has the power to discipline this officer. Some organizations may have a position of president-elect in addition to the position of president. Generally the membership of the organization elects a president-elect and when

108-409: The president can make an "executive decision" only if the bylaws allow for it). Originally, the term president was used in the same way that foreman or overseer is used now (the term is still used in that sense today). It has now also come to mean "chief officer" in terms of administrative or executive duties. The powers of the president vary widely across organizations. In some organizations

120-474: The president has the authority to hire staff and make financial decisions, while in others the president only makes recommendations to a board of directors , and still others the president has no executive powers and is mainly a spokesperson for the organization. The amount of power given to the president depends on the type of organization, its structure, and the rules it has created for itself. In addition to administrative or executive duties in organizations,

132-462: The result. At a meeting, the president only has one vote (i.e. the president cannot vote twice and cannot override the decision of the group unless the organisation has specifically given the president such authority). If the president exceeds the given authority, engages in misconduct, or fails to perform the duties, the president may face disciplinary procedures. Such procedures may include censure , suspension, or removal from office . The rules of

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144-439: The term of the president-elect is complete, that person automatically becomes president. Some organizations may have a position of immediate past president in addition to the position of president. In those organizations, when the term of the president is complete, that person automatically fills the position of immediate past president. The organization can have such a position only if the bylaws provide it. The duties of such

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