Guest scott Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:10 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:10 AM We have a board member, a director not an officer, who has basically abandoned their position. They have not attended a monthly board meeting since September, stopped communication with the board, do not respond to emails and have not responded to a registered letter, sent from the board, asking them to consider resigning, which was signed for. The position is a one year term that expires in Sept of 2011. My understanding is that to voter them out, we would need to have a motion and vote at a general meeting. Unfortunately we are a very geographically diverse club and can usually only get a quorum at our annual meeting which is in September. We also do not want to go the trial route, if at all possible, even though there are grounds to do so. Is there any other method we can use to remove this board member. If not,are we required to continue to communicate meeting notices/agendas etc. and include them in communication among board members. We are concerned they do not have the clubs best interest in mind. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:15 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:15 AM Perhaps if you initiate the formal removal proceedings found in Chapter 20 of RONR (even though you may have little hope of completing them because of your membership dispersion -- don't tell him that!) it will "encourage" him to resign rather than undertake the hassel of the trial process.It might also not look so good on his resume, which is (maybe) why he is holding on to his board membership. It all might take until next September anyway so what have you got to lose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:20 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:20 AM Is there any other method we can use to remove this board member. If not,are we required to continue to communicate meeting notices/agendas etc. and include them in communication among board members. We are concerned they do not have the clubs best interest in mind. There is nothing in RONR that says members must attend meetings. So unless you have something in the bylaws that allows removal for nonattendance you are stuck with him until September and you must treat him as a Board member even if he doesn't want to act like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dan Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:41 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 at 12:41 AM Check your bylaws to see if there are any requirements of board members and whether there are provisions for removing a board member.I am, for example, a board member of an organization whose bylaws provide for the board removing another board member who misses a certain number of monthly meetings. We actually did that once when a board member stopped coming to board meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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