Any way to inquire?

[Guest Inparticular]

A board member began stonewalling me when I was asking details about his role in a committee we were both on. He is a new board member but a well known figure in the community.

I felt I was asking valid questions because in all appearances it seemed he was overstepping his imaginary powers on a regular basis, and I wanted him to define his role, but he stonewalled me every time it got down to brass tacks, as it were.

I was trying to get to the bottom of his assumptions, and have him put in writing what his role was, and what he had the power to do, because he seemed to be doing things outside his defined role explained in the charter. I was also suggesting changes to the committee process because it was extremely inefficient and chaotic and in the middle of it all, he acted as if he was in control of everything.

I was in the process of nailing down a meeting between the board president and himself to discuss all this when at a monthly meeting, the vice-acting as president, who hates me personally, made a motion to suddenly disband the committee, one that has existed for many, many years, but this was a new incarnation of it, it having recently split off from another committee. we were short two people, one would have voted against the motion, and another who could have gone either way.

Anyway it was seconded by the man in question and another board member who always seems to vote with him no matter what the issue at hand is. The person who made the motion voted for it (of course) and the other two voted against it and were quite outspoken about why, during the discussion portion, but ti made no difference.

I have no idea if they all communicated before the meeting, discussing intentions, of it was a fluke, or what. I have no idea what he might have said about me or the situation, but I believe this action was aimed directly at me. I felt it was because I was 'rocking the boat', and questioning his role. One of the people who voted for it left right after that vote, and she always stays the every board meeting to it's dry, boring end, like she just came in to take care of that and then leave.

How can I find out what really happened here? is there any way, a process of inquiry?

This seriously blindsided me and I'm pretty upset about it.

Seems like if he could not have the power, he didn't want the group to exist, and he strategized to get his way.

[Dan Honemann]

No rule in RONR requires anyone to explain why he voted the way he did.

[Richard Brown]

No rule in RONR requires anyone to explain why he voted the way he did.

And no rule in RONR prohibits members of an organization from discussing organization business privately among themselves outside of a meeting.