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Removing an e-board officer
In November 2012 we have the elections for our seven executive officers. Their office terms begin January 1, 2013. Well, the President and I recently received grade releases for all of our members from the Fall 2012 semester. We found out our 2013 recruitment chair did not do well at all. His semester GPA was a 2.1 and his cumulative GPA dropped from a 2.95 to a 2.65. This is a problem because (1) this is his second semester with a semester GPA below our chapter requirement, which is a 3.0 every semester, and according to our local bylaws, he is now placed on social and academic probation, which makes him a member not in good standing (a requirement to be an officer), and (2) to hold an executive officer position your cumulative GPA must be a 2.8, and he no longer has this.
This is the first time this has happened ever in our chapter. We've only been re-charted since 2004 so who knows what happened years before that. What is the best way to approach this? For me, this is a very simple numbers game; he does not meet the requirements, he is no longer in good standing, so it is not fair to the chapter to have the recruitment chair stay the recruitment chair. However, there is a severe lack of interest in running for the recruitment chair position.
It's an ethical decision, because we could just not tell anyone his grades and pretend nothing happened, but I am not comfortable doing that. I strive in holding high standards, too, so in my eyes this is unacceptable. Regardless of what I think, what steps should we take to handle this? Do we talk to him and see if he is having some personal issues? Is it the presidents decisions? Is it standards board? Overall it's a violation of the bylaws, but do we make it this black and white, or do we explore a possible gray area?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Sorry for this long novel.
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