Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term is Latin, meaning literally \"from the office\", and the sense intended is \"by right of office\"; its use dates back to the Roman Republic. A common misconception is that the participatory rights of ex officio members are limited by their status but an ex officio member's power is only limited by law and, if there is no law stating this, there are no limits to their power. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised clarifies that the term denotes only how one becomes a member of a group, not what one's rights are. It is a method of sitting on a board or committee, not a class of membership. Ex officio members will frequently abstain from voting; however, unless the bylaws constrain their rights, they are afforded the same rights as other members (e.g., debating, making formal motions, and voting)."@en }
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- Ex_officio_member abstract "An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term is Latin, meaning literally \"from the office\", and the sense intended is \"by right of office\"; its use dates back to the Roman Republic. A common misconception is that the participatory rights of ex officio members are limited by their status but an ex officio member's power is only limited by law and, if there is no law stating this, there are no limits to their power. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised clarifies that the term denotes only how one becomes a member of a group, not what one's rights are. It is a method of sitting on a board or committee, not a class of membership. Ex officio members will frequently abstain from voting; however, unless the bylaws constrain their rights, they are afforded the same rights as other members (e.g., debating, making formal motions, and voting).".