Tomm Posted March 8, 2020 at 06:33 PM Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 at 06:33 PM Per our Corporate Bylaws: Article IV refers to the the General Membership of the corporation and states the rules for the Annual Membership Meetings. Article V refers to the Board of Directors and the Meetings of the Board (held twice a month). A motion was passed in a Board meeting and met the requirements to do so, but now they're (General manager of the org.) is saying the motion didn't pass because it didn't meet the 10 day previous notice requirement which is only stated in Article IV (membership Meetings). The Article V Meeting of the Board requirement is only a 7 day notice which was satisfied because it was posted on the organizations website a week ago when the reminder of the upcoming meeting was announced and a posting of the agenda was offered. The acceptance of this website notification is listed in the Boards Article V. Am I correct to challenge the decision because you can't apply the Bylaws of Article IV (Membership meetings) to an Article V Meeting of the Board. Aren't they two distinctly different assemblies governed by their specific Articles/rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted March 9, 2020 at 12:04 AM Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 12:04 AM What power does the general manager have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 9, 2020 at 12:07 AM Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 12:07 AM The general manager is not a member of the board. The general manager is the only employee that the board has control over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 9, 2020 at 01:56 AM Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 01:56 AM The Board has the responsibility to only hire the General Manager and the General Manager has the responsibility to hire and administer his staff as they manage the day to day operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted March 9, 2020 at 02:06 AM Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 02:06 AM It doesn't sound like the General Manager has any power to decide what is or is not valid. In fact, since the GM is not a member of the board he can't even raise a point of order in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 9, 2020 at 02:42 AM Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 02:42 AM But am I correct that the rules of an Article VI Membership Meeting are out of order to be applied to an Article V Meeting of the Board? The Board meets again tomorrow and I want to ask for an explanation during the comment section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted March 9, 2020 at 03:35 AM Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 03:35 AM 51 minutes ago, Tomm said: But am I correct that the rules of an Article VI Membership Meeting are out of order to be applied to an Article V Meeting of the Board? The Board meets again tomorrow and I want to ask for an explanation during the comment section. Yes, I think it is correct that a rule concerning notice for membership meetings has no bearing on meetings of the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted March 9, 2020 at 03:39 AM Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 at 03:39 AM 56 minutes ago, Tomm said: But am I correct that the rules of an Article VI Membership Meeting are out of order to be applied to an Article V Meeting of the Board? The Board meets again tomorrow and I want to ask for an explanation during the comment section. Yes, that's how I would interpret it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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