Willowmrtn Posted December 19, 2017 at 04:45 AM Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 at 04:45 AM We had a potential member write a letter of complaint about our executive secretary to the president and the secretary of our board. The letter was never shared with the rest of the board. 2 months later, I received an email from this potential member that included the original letter. Within the letter it was stated that when he asked the president for an update about his complaint, he was told that the board was still discussing the issue. The president never told the board. He blatantly lied to this person as well as did not share this correspondence with the board. I requested a special meeting to discuss this, but was ignored. The issue still has not been resolved - or even discussed for that matter. It has now been 7 months. What do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 19, 2017 at 07:08 AM Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 at 07:08 AM See FAQ # 7 and # 20. http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#7. instead of "no confidence" use "censure". http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 19, 2017 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 at 05:46 PM 13 hours ago, Willowmrtn said: We had a potential member write a letter of complaint about our executive secretary to the president and the secretary of our board. The letter was never shared with the rest of the board. 2 months later, I received an email from this potential member that included the original letter. Within the letter it was stated that when he asked the president for an update about his complaint, he was told that the board was still discussing the issue. The president never told the board. He blatantly lied to this person as well as did not share this correspondence with the board. I requested a special meeting to discuss this, but was ignored. The issue still has not been resolved - or even discussed for that matter. It has now been 7 months. What do I do? Well, you could bring it up at a regular meeting, if you can't get a special meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 19, 2017 at 06:06 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 at 06:06 PM (edited) 13 hours ago, Willowmrtn said: . . . It has now been 7 months. What do I do? You can also try discussing it privately with the president. Have you? What does he say about it? You can also call and email the rest of the board about it. Unless this is a public body of some sort, you can have all of the private conversations with officers, members and board members that you want. Even if it is a public body governed by open meetings laws, you probably have at least some latitude to contact other board members privately about it. Edited December 19, 2017 at 06:07 PM by Richard Brown Added first part of last sentence re open meetings laws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted December 19, 2017 at 06:58 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 at 06:58 PM Looks like much ado about nothing to me, but in any event, I don't see that this raises any question about proper application of the rules of procedure for deliberative assemblies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCad Posted December 20, 2017 at 02:01 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 at 02:01 AM I think the only question would be how to phrase it as a main motion to force the letter out and then another motion to take (whatever) action to follow up on it. Seems pretty cut and dried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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