forced off the board

What options you have depends on your governing documents and state law. Typically, the board can only kick you off if they appointed you, such as to fill an open position. If you were elected, I think it is very unlikely the board can kick you off.

Jarad,

Sorry you are going through this.

Typically, as Ben posted, if the Board appointed you the Board can remove you.
Had you been elected by the membership, a recall election would be required to remove you.

Following by-laws/restrictions don't make your HOA "Better". It just makes it into compliance. A HOA job is to make the property ATTRACTIVE to homeowners it does not add/make home values. So if that was your goal in enforcing the rules, it's not going to happen.

Maybe it is your approach? How exactly did you want them to enforce? What avenues does your HOA have to make people compliant? It doesn't happen overnight enforcing the rules. It takes lots of time, effort, and following the law. Does your HOA have a fining schedule? Does it have the right to fine? What is the timeline in fixing a violation? Who is to approach and give notification of violation?

There are so many factors involved in enforcement that demanding it is not enough. You have to have a process in place and a backbone. Sounds like many of these factors aren't even in place. So the board was probably frustrated with you because of your demands of enforcement. When and what did you really want it all to happen?

Just out of curiosity... What was their arguments against you? I had lots of members who wanted to improve the hood and were turned down. Not that their ideas weren't valid or appreciated. It just not something we could afford or cause additional issues.

We had a volunteer day but that had to be monitored pretty closely. Nothing could be done that would require a license/insured contractor. It is pretty risky to put anyone on a ladder. Supplies for cleaning or even planting flowers cost money. Flowers or purchasing supplies had to be approved.

It's great that you want to do all of this but in a HOA it's not an individual contribution but a group one. There are factors that go into that. Even simple things as changing a light bulb can be a logistical nightmare. A vote has to be conducted to do the work. The bulb has to be purchased. It has to be decided if an Electrician is needed. Have to put out bids for the contractor. All of this takes time/money.

All good intentions in a HOA is shortly followed by procedures/rules... The board/MC may agree to all of your efforts/ideas but they also have to protect themselves from them... You fall off a ladder? Demand you are reimbursed or paid for your efforts? You can quickly become a liability to the HOA even though your trying your best to improve your HOA.

As President of my Civic League, myself and other board members are ready to force one member off the board.
Every time we discuss needed maintenance that needs to be done on our community property, this board member insists that we need the vote of general membership to do so. The latest argument involved filling holes along our playground with dirt from where one of our residents just had a tree taken down. He considered it "dumping" which is against our property rules.
It's one thing if we were spending over $100 (any expenses over $100 must be approved by general membership) but just to fill holes with dirt that is free, um no.

Ahhhh...but said board member practically thumps the by laws and has manipulated a few other board members in to his thinking.

I agree with Brandy. A competent Board majority should be capable of simply outvoting the "offending" director (time and again) and move on to what the real business of the organization is.