Help Needed Asap!

[Kevin]

Here's the good news: Being Pres. is going to look great on your resume or application for your graduate program, so good job.

That's all the good news though!

Sometimes, as a leader, you must take a stand on certain issues. The membership has spoken, and the officers are who they are. I would recommend showing confidence in your memebers and in the vote that just occured. Its finality should not be questioned. It would be a nasty precedent for years to come.

Screw the constitution and bylaws at this point. You don't want to empower people that are going to be constantly questioning your leadership and standing in your way over the next year or so.

That said, don't be a hard ass about it, just take them individually aside and explain this diplomatically. This isn't the time to defer to rules and such, this is the time to show leadership and simply move forward.