Removing a director

[Guest Linda]

Our Federation of Agriculture is at the end of the ropes so to speak and we are now making plans to remove a bothersome director. We have in our constitution that a president has the right to conduct meetings without the presence of rambunctious members (including directors). There is one director that we feel is inhibiting the remainder of us and we do have documentation of her inability to be a 'team' member. We are giving the required ten days notice of a special meeting to attempt resolution of the problem and we need to ask if this director must be named in our announcement and must she /he be present.

[jstackpo]

I suspect the answer may be in your bylaws and "removal" rules. If you have any such. It sounds as though you do.

RONR Chapter 20 tells how to discipline (and remove) members, but those are the default rules. Yours would supersede RONR's rules.

[Guest Edgar]

We have in our constitution that a president has the right to conduct meetings without the presence of rambunctious members (including directors).

The word "rambunctious" is in your constitution?

[David A Foulkes]

We are giving the required ten days notice of a special meeting to attempt resolution of the problem and we need to ask if this director must be named in our announcement and must she /he be present.

Per RONR, notice of a special meeting must be sent to all members of the body that is meeting. (RONR 11 p. 91 ll. 31-35) Whether this member wishes to attend is her choice, as a right of membership. (RONR 11, p. 3 ll. 1-5) What your rules say in unknown.

[Gary Novosielski]

Our Federation of Agriculture is at the end of the ropes so to speak and we are now making plans to remove a bothersome director. We have in our constitution that a president has the right to conduct meetings without the presence of rambunctious members (including directors). There is one director that we feel is inhibiting the remainder of us and we do have documentation of her inability to be a 'team' member. We are giving the required ten days notice of a special meeting to attempt resolution of the problem and we need to ask if this director must be named in our announcement and must she /he be present.

I don't think I've ever seen bylaws that contained the word "rambunctious" before. That's cool.

[Josh Martin]

We are giving the required ten days notice of a special meeting to attempt resolution of the problem and we need to ask if this director must be named in our announcement and must she /he be present.

The member retains all rights (including rights to notice of meetings and to attend meetings) until those rights are suspended through disciplinary procedures or a provision in the Bylaws. Since it seems the disciplinary process won't actually start until the special meeting, the member still has such rights at this point, unless something in your Bylaws suggests otherwise.