How do we deal with a non board member interupting business or going straight through to the person involved?

[Guest Don]

We have a non board member who reads our minutes from a previous meeting, then on her own with no board approval approaches the subject with incorrect information.  i.e.  We have a bookeeper, non board member or member, who was not submitting information in a timely manner, i.e. 3-4 months.

 

The board instructed the treasurer and/or President to contact the Bookkeeper.

 

This non board member contacted the bookkeeper herself and gave incorrect information, it is not her business to circumvent the board without board permission

[Josh Martin]

2 minutes ago, Guest Don said:

We have a non board member who reads our minutes from a previous meeting, then on her own with no board approval approaches the subject with incorrect information.  i.e.  We have a bookeeper, non board member or member, who was not submitting information in a timely manner, i.e. 3-4 months.

The board instructed the treasurer and/or President to contact the Bookkeeper.

This non board member contacted the bookkeeper herself and gave incorrect information, it is not her business to circumvent the board without board permission

I suppose I would start by having the board adopt a motion ordering this person to stop doing this.

If it continues to be a problem, then the organization may wish to review what its bylaws say regarding discipline, or if they are silent, see Ch. XX of RONR.

[Rob Elsman]

The executive board can adopt its own written orders to the bookkeeper, saying exactly what needs to be said.  This will cut out the intermediary and solve the communication problem.

[Richard Brown]

While I agree with the responses above, I think I would start with a simple private request from the president that the member stop doing this. The request can be accompanied by a statement from the president that if the behavior continues, the member is likely to face disciplinary action.