Guest Marc Posted December 22, 2014 at 02:43 PM Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 at 02:43 PM I am president of a 401C not for profit organization. A board member has made physical threats to me in front of some of the other members. What steps do I or can I take to expel this member of his duties as a board member? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 22, 2014 at 02:49 PM Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 at 02:49 PM I am president of a 401C not for profit organization. A board member has made physical threats to me in front of some of the other members. What steps do I or can I take to expel this member of his duties as a board member?See FAQ #20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 22, 2014 at 03:11 PM Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 at 03:11 PM I am president of a 401C not for profit organization. A board member has made physical threats to me in front of some of the other members. What steps do I or can I take to expel this member of his duties as a board member?...and call the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 22, 2014 at 06:26 PM Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 at 06:26 PM ...and call the police.I thought that was Edgar Guest's copyrighted line. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 22, 2014 at 06:54 PM Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 at 06:54 PM I thought that was Edgar Guest's copyrighted line. . . . There you go, thinking again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted December 23, 2014 at 09:49 AM Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 at 09:49 AM Got this, Marc? No two ways anybody put up with anything like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcmntn Posted December 24, 2014 at 03:00 AM Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 at 03:00 AM My bylaws state: The demand to expel or exclude a member from the organization shall be made in writing, with the signature of the complainant to the board of directors, and must contain a clear statement of the cause of such action. It also states in the bylaws that the president resides over all board meetings and ex-officio over all committees. Is it right for me to preside over this meeting the board will have with me be president? Is it right for the accused board member be in attendance of this special meeting? Does the board member whom I am going to write about get a letter also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 24, 2014 at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 at 06:23 PM My bylaws state: The demand to expel or exclude a member from the organization shall be made in writing, with the signature of the complainant to the board of directors, and must contain a clear statement of the cause of such action. It also states in the bylaws that the president resides over all board meetings and ex-officio over all committees. Is it right for me to preside over this meeting the board will have with me be president? Is it right for the accused board member be in attendance of this special meeting? Does the board member whom I am going to write about get a letter also?I think it would be prudent for you to relinquish the chair to the Vice President during proceedings on this issue. So long as the individual in question is a member of the board, he has the same rights as other members. So yes, he has the right to attend the meeting and should receive a copy of the letter.I'd also note that your original question was regarding how to remove this person from the board, and the passage from your bylaws appears to be addressing the procedure to remove someone from the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcmntn Posted December 26, 2014 at 12:07 AM Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 at 12:07 AM Josh,Thanks for the reply. My current bylaws do not state how to remove an officer. I only want the board member removed from his duties. Not removed from the membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted December 26, 2014 at 10:49 AM Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 at 10:49 AM Josh,Thanks for the reply. My current bylaws do not state how to remove an officer. I only want the board member removed from his duties. Not removed from the membership. Well then. You'll still have to look at Chapter Twenty in RONR, much of it very carefully, and probably re-examine your bylaws, at least about how they define the terms of officers. (You have seen that posters on this forum are way accommodating; but it's all much too much to type, and maybe a violation of copyright, though clearly I'm not offering an opinion on that, not even having one, since I'm not a lawyer and don't practice law, or maybe much of anything, though there are some who are of the opinion that my typing could use some brushing up. (Maybe I shoulda quit when I wasn't opining about filing banks. (Oh nuts, I bet some polymath is gonna tell me that "shoulda" isn't an English word. Great Steaming Cobnuts: I thought I was maybe gonna win one today.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted December 26, 2014 at 10:50 AM Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 at 10:50 AM ... (...maybe gonna win one ... Aaaaahh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcmntn Posted January 15, 2015 at 03:11 AM Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 at 03:11 AM I would like to thank every one who has posted a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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