Although RONR doesn't use the word "exclusive" in reference to the powers of a board on p. 578, knowledgeable people here have stated (entirely reasonably) that while the sample bylaw article on p. 578 confers on the Board the power to do anything that the assembly can (properly) do (with possible exceptions), it doesn't prohibit the assembly from superseding (amending or rescinding, most likely) something the Board has done. In order to give the Board "total" or "absolute" (oligarchical-?) pow