President unilaterally changing BOD dates

I would like your thoughts on this.
Our by-laws clearly state that the BOD sets meeting dates. We have set the third
Friday of the month for our meetings, and have done so for the last two years.

The President unilaterally changed the date of the meeting, I believed it was because he was unable to attend.

Of course the by-laws state if the President can't run the meeting responsibility for running the meeting
falls to the Vice President, who was more than able to run the meeting.

What recourse does a board member have when this happens? If someone questions the validity of the meeting,
since the President changed the meeting contrary to the bylaws, what happens at the meeting.
Does the validity of the meeting then have to be discussed at the meeting?

The President simply ignored the statement and continued the meeting.

I would appreciate anyone's help on this issue.

Typically the dates of meetings are set by a majority vote of the board.

I'd suggest at the next meeting to make a motion to change the meeting dates back to the original date.
BTW - are you willing to pick up the duties of the President if they quit because they can't attend meetings?

Unless the bylaws so provide, the president doesn't have the authority to unilaterally do anything, least of all, change the meeting dates. Unfortunately, there will always be those who mistakenly believe because they are president, they are "the boss."

The board can censure the president, or, if the board appoints the president, it can remove him from office. That will drive the message home.

Sorry, breach of conduct...

In my opinion your bylaws should be amended. Fortunately our meeting date is not listed in the bylaws other than that it be regular.

We have to change our meeting dates frequently becuase of different schedules. Two of us work and one has another meeting to go to three evenings a week.

The September meeting date is really a problem since the date we originally planned is our condo dinnier night, the next night, I have an additional inservice from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. andy time afther 5:00 is too late to start due to one members other meeing startingat 6:30 P.M.

I hope the meeting for October is easier to schedule.

JohnC46 wins the chicken dinner with the above post.

If board members are generating chatter about huge problems with setting meeting dates, there is a conflict on the board that goes beyond meeting on Friday nights - which sounds like a party.