I am on BOD of a non-profit youth softball association. It's Board members are elected by the membership. Open positions are filled by the Board, by majority vote, however, this is not in the Bylaws.
In a recent board meeting, a board member said he was threw with Board and verbally resigned after not being voted as a team manager and not being allowed to coach. He then proceeded to rant on about how the Board should have come to him about complaints. Shortly into his rant, the president called the meeting and walked out not wanting to continue hear the rant. The Board member continued his rant pointing out what he perceived were Board and individual member deficiencies and then stating he was done, resigned his position a second time, and walked out of the Board meeting room. Note he did not point out his deficiencies. The meeting adjourned after he walked out. From reading some of the posts, it sounds like everyone is saying he is still on the Board since we did not vote to accept or make any movement to replace him. He did say he would turn over his task to another member of the Board and that member agreed.
I do not understand why we would need to vote on resignation from a voluntary position in an all-volunteer organization. If someone does not want to serve for whatever reason, why do we have to vote or make a motion to accept his resignation? Our bylaws do not contain wording regarding resignations, acceptance, or withdrawal of a resignation. The operating procedures, however, have rules regarding a member who leaves his position before the end of the term without cause not being eligible to serve on the Board the following year. Now, he has sent an email to the Board that he has withdrawn his resignation. Can we still vote to accept the resignation in our next meeting and ignore the withdrawal?