The board is also members of the organization. In this instance, with 16 members present...the chair with no vote....8 "regular" members and 7 members who were also on the board of directors. During this meeting it was said the members who were on the board, collectively counted as 1 single vote....in this case, YES to remove the person. The 8 "regular" members voted NO to removing this person. So even though there was 15 voting members present, there was only 9 votes.