Jay M Posted January 18, 2024 at 05:49 AM Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 05:49 AM our constitution says : Disqualification of Membership Rights: Demonstrated activities against the purposes of the corporation as defined in Article I shall constitute grounds for disqualification from membership. This will be determined by a vote of two‐thirds (2/3) of the total membership of the Board of Trustees. My question if our board of trustess remove a member from memrship by 2/3 majority of vote and If that member happens to be a memeber of board pf trustees does he/she loses his/her trustee postion too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 18, 2024 at 08:45 AM Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 08:45 AM Depends. Do your bylaws condition board membership on being a member of the organization? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay M Posted January 18, 2024 at 03:25 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 03:25 PM On 1/18/2024 at 2:45 AM, Joshua Katz said: Depends. Do your bylaws condition board membership on being a member of the organization? Yes this is the clause: The number of trustees shall be sixteen (16), all of whom shall be members with voting rights of the corporation. The trustees shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of the members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 18, 2024 at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 03:42 PM Well, that strikes me as a bit ambiguous. Either it means (more likely) that you must be a member of the corporation to become a board member, or it means if you are a trustee, you automatically have voting rights in the corporation. As a parliamentary matter, your organization would need to decide by a point of order being raised (such as challenging their board membership), a ruling, and an appeal. However, as this is a corporation, there may also be legal implications leaving the organization not entirely free to make that decision. It seems to me that, either way, a person affirmatively disqualified from membership in the corporation would not be able to serve as a board member, so the above ambiguity may not be material in any event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 18, 2024 at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 05:13 PM On 1/18/2024 at 9:25 AM, Jay M said: Yes this is the clause: The number of trustees shall be sixteen (16), all of whom shall be members with voting rights of the corporation. The trustees shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of the members In my view, under this clause, a person who is removed as a member of the corporation would also lose their position as a trustee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay M Posted January 18, 2024 at 06:42 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2024 at 06:42 PM Thanks Josh and Joshua for your answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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