Camilla Keith Rickman

We have board members that are ineligible and I need to know the proper procedure on how to put this on the agenda. The board members are ineligible due to failing to attend 75% of the meetings and not paying their membership from 2019. According to our bylaws, nonconforming board members shall be automatically removed from the Board. My problem is that our board is ignoring these bylaws and not following through on them. The ineligible board members are voting on important decisions concerning our employees. When this was brought up at the last meeting, I was told that it happened last year and we need to move on and sometimes we just let people get away with it. There is nothing in our bylaws stating that they can be suspended. It just states that they need to be removed. Do I have a chance to bring this up and have the board follow through on the bylaws?

Because the President has arranged for three of her co-workers and friends to get on the board.

Sorry, she granted the employee to meet with the board. The board received the email regarding that situation and we were waiting for the date to be set. But, the President decided to do an email vote on meeting with the employee even though she granted him to meet with us. We did not receive an email with the final voting results and not everyone replied to her email request. She was confronted about granting his request and said, “It is what it is”.

The board does have the authority to fire employees based on the recommendations of the Personnel Committee. The meetings that I am referring to are not committee meetings. The employee asked to meet with the board of directors and that was granted by the President. But, she decided for the board to vote on it and never gave any details on the count. Our bylaws do not permit email voting or voting by Zoom. This has been brought into question as well.

I belong on a board for a small community theatre. The President has brought on friends who have a grudge against an employee. I know of this to be true because the President has told me in the past that they want to get this person fired. The President also put all of those people on the Personnel Committee and they caught all off guard by wanting to fire him after one of the meetings. The other board members are kept in the dark and have not been allowed to attend board meetings that the employee has requested and that the President granted. The President will not give direct answers to the board members nor will the President answer any emails from the board or the public who have ask questions pertaining to the matter. The President has lied about being at a "secretive" meeting and will not share any of the information with the board members. The President will not share the vote count on any decisions when it is done by email pertaining to this issue. We are non profit and our state is at will, so a majority of votes from the board can fire the employee at anytime. We are confused and need to know what the appropriate steps are to bring up before our board. Any information is appreciated!